Tip Top Comics

    (St. John, 1936-1961)
™ and ©1955 St. John Publishing

Tip Top Comics packaged reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Ernie Bushmiller’s “simple to the point of being an archetype” art on his quintessential strip “Nancy,” was one of the comic strips that found a second home in comic books.

Nancy was certainly an acquired taste. Her quaint adventures predated the saccharine-laden type of gags perfected by “The Family Circus.”

Also featured were reprints of “The Captain and The Kids,” an iteration of “The Katzenjammer Kids” by Rudolf Dirks who relinquished his original creation when he went to another syndicate.

One of the most pertinent strips to be found in this title however, is a very early version of “Peanuts.” Charles Schultz had not yet refined these characters as the familiar images that enjoy international recognition today, and it is a treat to view the genesis of an icon.
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  • 1
    #1
    Apr 1936
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    1st Appearance of Tarzan (in comics)
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    #2
    Jun 1936
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    #3
    Tarzan cover by Hal Foster
    Jul 1936
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    #4
    Aug 1936
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    #5
    Sep 1936
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    #6
    Oct 1936
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    #7
    Nov 1936
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    #8
    Dec 1936
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    #9
    Tarzan cover
    Jan 1937
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    W: Hal Foster, Alan Maver, Gus Mager, Bernard Dibble, Bill Conselman, Robert L. Dicky, Harry O’Neill, Dan Chadwick, Al Capp, Ed Dodd, Ernie Bushmiller, Dick Richards, Paul Berdanier, Olive Ray Scott, Mo Leff, Ketten, J. Carver Pusey, Ben Batsford, H.E. Homan, R.M. Brinkerhoff  ·  A: Hal Foster, Alan Maver, Gus Mager, Bernard Dibble, Charlie Plumb, Robert L. Dickey, Harry O’Neill, Melvin Hopla, Al Capp, R.M. Brinkerhoff, Ed Dodd, Ernie Bushmiller, Dick Richards, Paul Berdanier, Ed Kuekes, Mo Leff, Ketten, J. Carver Pusey, Ben Batsford, H.E. Homan
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    #10
    Feb 1937
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    #11
    Mar 1937
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    #12
    Apr 1937
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    #13
    May 1937
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    W: Hal Foster  ·  A: Hal Foster
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    #14
    Jun 1937
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    #15
    Jul 1937
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    #16
    Aug 1937
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    #17
    Sep 1937
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    #18
    Oct 1937
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    #19
    Nov 1937
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    #20
    Dec 1937
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    #21
    Jan 1938
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    #22
    Feb 1938
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    #23
    Mar 1938
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    #24
    Tarzan cover
    Apr 1938
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    W: Rudolph Dirks, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dick Moores, Mo Leff, Fred Methot, Vic Forsythe, Bill Conselman, Al Capp, Harry O’Neill, Ernie Bushmiller, Ed Dodd, R.M. Brinkerhoff, Paul Berdanier, J. Carver Pusey, Alan Maver, Robert L. Dickey  ·  A: Rudolph Dirks, Hal Foster, Dick Moores, Mo Leff, Vic Forsythe, Charlie Plumb, Al Capp, Harry O’Neill, Ernie Bushmiller, Ed Dodd, R.M. Brinkerhoff, Paul Berdanier, J. Carver Pusey, Alan Maver, Robert L. Dickey
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    #25
    May 1938
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    #26
    Jun 1938
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    #27
    Jul 1938
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    #28
    Aug 1938
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    #29
    Sep 1938
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    #30
    Oct 1938
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    W: Rudolph Dirks, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Alan Maver, Harry O’Neill, R.M. Brinkerhoff, Bill Conselman, J. Carver Pusey, Ernie Bushmiller, Ben Batsford, Ed Dodd, Robert L. Dickey, Paul Berdanier, Al Capp  ·  A: Rudolph Dirks, Hal Foster, Dick Moores, Alan Maver, Harry O’Neill, R.M. Brinkerhoff, Charlie Plumb, J. Carver Pusey, Ernie Bushmiller, Ben Batsford, Ed Dodd, Robert L. Dickey, Paul Berdanier, Al Capp
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    #31
    Nov 1938
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    #32
    Tarzan cover by Paul Berdanier
    Dec 1938
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    W: Rudolph Dirks, Don Garden, Fred Methot, Harry O’Neill, Bill Conselman, J. Carver Pusey, Ernie Bushmiller, Ben Batsford, Ed Dodd, Robert L. Dickey, Paul Berdanier, Al Capp  ·  A: Rudolph Dirks, Hal Foster, Dick Moores, Paul Berdanier, Harry O’Neill, R.M. Brinkerhoff, Charlie Plumb, J. Carver Pusey, Ernie Bushmiller, Ben Batsford, Ed Dodd, Robert L. Dickey, Al Capp
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    #33
    Tarzan cover by Paul Berdanier
    Jan 1939
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    W: Rudolph Dirks, Dick Moores, J. Carver Pusey, Harry O’Neill, R.M. Brinkerhoff, Bill Conselman, Ernie Bushmiller, Boris Batford, Ed Dodd, Robert L. Dicky, Paul Berdanier, Al Capp  ·  A: Hal Foster, Dick Moores, J. Carver Pusey, Alan Maver, Harry O’Neill, R.M. Brinkerhoff, Charlie Plumb, Ernie Bushmiller, Boris Batford, Ed Dodd, Robert L. Dickey, Paul Berdanier, Al Capp
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    #34
    Tarzan cover by Paul Berdanier
    Feb 1939
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    W: Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dick Moores, J. Carver Pusey, Ed Dodd  ·  A: Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Hal Foster, Dick Moores, J. Carver Pusey, Ed Dodd
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    #35
    Mar 1939
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    #36
    Apr 1939
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    W: Bill Conselman, Rudolph Dirks, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dick Moores, Ed Dodd, Alan Maver, Harry O’Neill, Pete Llanuza, R.M. Brinkerhoff, Ernie Bushmiller, Ben Batsford, J. Carver Pusey, Robert L. Dickey, Paul Berdanier, Al Capp  ·  A: Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Hal Foster, Dick Moores, Ed Dodd, Alan Maver, Harry O’Neill, Pete Llauza, R.M. Brinkerhoff, Ernie Bushmiller, Ben Batsford, J. Carver Pusey, Robert L. Dickey, Paul Berdanier, Al Capp
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    #37
    May 1939
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    W: Hal Foster  ·  A: Hal Foster
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    #38
    Jun 1939
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    #39
    Jul 1939
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    W: Edgar Rice Burroughs  ·  A: Hal Foster
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    #40
    Aug 1939
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    #41
    Sep 1939
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    W: Ed Dodd, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Al Capp  ·  A: Ed Dodd, Rex Maxon, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Charlie Plumb, Ben Batsford, Harry O’Neill, Ernie Bushmiller, Vic Forsythe, Paul Berdanier, Robert L. Dickey, R.M. Brinkerhoff, Al Capp, J. Carver Pusey
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    #42
    Oct 1939
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    #43
    Nov 1939
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    #44
    Dec 1939
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    #45
    Jan 1940
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    A: Rex Maxon
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    #46
    Feb 1940
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    #47
    Mar 1940
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    W: Edgar Rice Burroughs  ·  A: Hal Foster
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    #48
    Apr 1940
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    #49
    May 1940
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    #50
    Jun 1940
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    #51
    Jul 1940
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    #52
    Tarzan cover by Paul Berdanier
    Aug 1940
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    A: Hal Foster, Ed Dodd, Dick Moores, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Hal Forrest, Maurice Ketten, Harry O’Neill, Robert L. Dickey, Raeburn Van Buren
    68 pages.
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    #53
    Sep 1940
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    #54
    Oct 1940
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    #55
    Nov 1940
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    #56
    Dec 1940
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    #57
    Jan 1941
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    #58
    Feb 1941
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    #59
    Mar 1941
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    #60
    Apr 1941
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    #61
    May 1941
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    #62
    Jun 1941
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    #63
    Jul 1941
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    #64
    Aug 1941
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    #65
    Sep 1941
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    #66
    Oct 1941
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    #67
    Nov 1941
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    #68
    Dec 1941
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    #69
    Jan 1942
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    #70
    Feb 1942
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    #71
    Mar 1942
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    #72
    Apr 1942
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    #73
    May 1942
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    #74
    Jun 1942
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    #75
    Jul 1942
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    #76
    Aug 1942
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    #77
    Sep 1942
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    #78
    Oct 1942
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    #79
    Nov 1942
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    #80
    Dec 1942
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    #81
    Jan 1943
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    W: Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Fred Methot, John Hix, Ernie Bushmiller, Dick Moores, Al Capp, Hal Forrest  ·  A: Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Reg Greenwood, John Hix, Ernie Bushmiller, Dick Moores, Al Capp, Hal Forrest
    Also Vol. 7 #9 in indicia; Fritzi Ritz; Hawkshaw the Detective; Iron Vic; Jim Hardy; Li’l Abner; Looy and Dilbury; Nancy; Tailspin Tommy; The Captain and the Kids; Triple Terror
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    #82
    Feb 1943
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    #83
    Mar 1943
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    #84
    Apr 1943
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    #85
    Jun 1943
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    #86
    Jul 1943
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    #87
    Aug 1943
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    #88
    Sep 1943
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    #89
    Oct 1943
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    #90
    Nov 1943
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    #91
    Dec 1943
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    #92
    Jan 1944
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    #93
    Feb 1944
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    #94
    Mar 1944
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    #95
    Apr 1944
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    #96
    Jun 1944
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    #97
    Jul 1944
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    #98
    Aug 1944
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    #99
    Sep 1944
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    #100
    Oct 1944
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