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Tip-Topper Comics

    (United Features, 1949-1954)
™ and ©1951-1952 United Features Syndicate

Tip-Topper Comics served as a showcase for United Features Syndicate’s popular comic strip characters of the 1940s and 50s, including Fritzi Ritz (a.k.a. Nancy), Li’l Abner, and Curly Kayoe. Ernie Bushmiller’s Fritzi Ritz, with its utterly goofy storylines and diagrammatic illustration, stands as a masterpiece of stylization. Its influence can still be felt today in the work of Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library) and even underground artist Trina Robbins. L’il Abner was, at the time, just off its peak in terms of satirical power, but the ghost hand of Al Capp’s then-assistant, Frank Frazetta, can be seen in some of the panels. Curly Kayo was a short-lived Joe Palooka rip-off. Ferdinand, a one page humor strip, also appeared in the back pages.
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  • 1
    #1
    Oct 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Jerry DeMott, Sam Leff, Maikel Verkoelen, Raeburn Van Buren, Ed Dodd, Al Capp, Elizabeth Woodward, Ving Fuller, Hix  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Jerry DeMott, Sam Leff, Maikel Verkoelen, Raeburn Van Buren, Ed Dodd, Al Capp, Ving Fuller, Douglas Heyes
    Oct./Nov.1949
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Dec 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Raeburn VanBuren  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Raeburn VanBuren
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Feb 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Raeburn VanBuren  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Raeburn VanBuren
    No copies available
  • 4
    #4
    Apr 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Raeburn VanBuren  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Raeburn VanBuren
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    Jun 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff
    No copies available
  • 6
    #6
    Aug 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff
    No copies available
  • 7
    #7
    Oct 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff
    No copies available
  • 8
    #8
    Dec 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff
    No copies available
  • 9
    #9
    Feb 1951
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff
    No copies available
  • 10
    #10
    Feb 1951
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff
    No copies available
  • 11
    #11
    Jun 1951
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff
    No copies available
  • 12
    #12
    Aug 1951
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff
    No copies available
  • 13
    #13
    Oct 1951
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff
    No copies available
  • 14
    #14
    Dec 1951
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff
    No copies available
  • 15
    #15
    Feb 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff
    No copies available
  • 16
    #16
    Apr 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz
    2 page Peanuts story by Charles Schulz
    No copies available
  • 17
    #17
    Jun 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz
    2 page Peanuts story by Charles Schulz
    No copies available
  • 18
    #18
    Aug 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz
    2 page Peanuts story by Charles Schulz
    No copies available
  • 19
    #19
    Oct 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz
    2 page Peanuts story by Charles Schulz
    No copies available
  • 20
    #20
    Dec 1952
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz
    2 page Peanuts story by Charles Schulz
    No copies available
  • 21
    #21
    Feb 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz
    2 page Peanuts story by Charles Schulz
    No copies available
  • 22
    #22
    Apr 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz
    2 page Peanuts story by Charles Schulz
    No copies available
  • 23
    #23
    Jun 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Henning Mikkelsen  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Henning Mikkelsen
    No copies available
  • 24
    #24
    Aug 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz
    2 page Peanuts story by Charles Schulz
    No copies available
  • 25
    #25
    Oct 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al Capp, Henning Mikkelsen, Sam Leff, Charles M. Schulz
    3 page Peanuts story by Charles Schulz
    No copies available
  • 26
    #26
    Dec 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Oskar Lebeck, Al Capp, Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al McWilliams, Al Capp, Charles M. Schulz
    2 page Peanuts story by Charles Schulz
    No copies available
  • 27
    #27
    Feb 1954
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Oskar Lebeck, Al Capp, Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al McWilliams, Al Capp, Charles M. Schulz
    2 page Peanuts story by Charles Schulz
    No copies available
  • 28
    #28
    Apr 1954
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Ernie Bushmiller, Oskar Lebeck, Al Capp, Charles M. Schulz  ·  A: Ernie Bushmiller, Al McWilliams, Al Capp, Charles M. Schulz
    2 page Peanuts story by Charles Schulz
    No copies available