Buzzy #30
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeBuzzy #30 is a representative issue of DC's first dedicated teen-humor title — a series that George Storm launched in 1944 as the publisher's direct answer to MLJ/Archie's runaway success. The issue is notable for carrying a Scribbly backup written and drawn by Sheldon Mayer, one of the most significant cartoonist-creators in DC history, at the very tail end of his self-described Scribbly 'novel' period (he left the character around 1950). That crossover of DC's two flagship teen-humor properties in a single issue, combined with a public-service page scripted by editor Jack Schiff and drawn by Bob Oksner, captures the editorial ecosystem of early Atomic Age DC humor comics in miniature.
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Buzzy Brown debuted in All Funny Comics in late 1943 as the creation of newspaper-strip veteran George Storm, whose prior credits included the long-running Bobby Thatcher strip. Storm and scripter Alvin Schwartz established the series when it launched as its own bi-monthly title in December 1944, after which the strip passed through several hands, with Henry Boltinoff becoming a primary contributor. By issue #30 (cover-dated August 1950), the regular art duties had shifted to Graham Place, while Sheldon Mayer — who had resigned DC's editorial directorship in 1948 to write and draw full-time — was contributing Scribbly backups to Buzzy as part of his broader presence across DC's teen-humor line.
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- Published August 1950 by DC Comics (National Periodical Publications) as part of the bi-monthly Buzzy series (Vol. 1), which ran 77 issues from 1944 to 1958.
- Cover art and interior Buzzy stories drawn by Graham Place, who handled the title's art duties during this mid-run period.
- Backup story 'On TV' — script and art by Sheldon Mayer — features Scribbly Jibbet on a television quiz show, one of the earliest depictions of a TV quiz-show scenario in a DC humor comic, reflecting the rapid rise of television in American households circa 1950.
- Public-service announcement 'Balance Your Fun Diet' starring Buzzy was scripted by editor Jack Schiff and illustrated by Bob Oksner, a pairing typical of DC's civic-minded PSA pages of the era.
- The issue's character index includes house-ad appearances by characters from across the DC line — among them Captain Marvel (Billy Batson), Wonder Woman (Diana Prince), Robotman (Robert Crane/Paul Dennis), Ibis the Invincible (Prince Amentep), and western stars Red Ryder, Tom Mix, and Whip Wilson — indicating DC used Buzzy as a promotional vehicle for its superhero and genre titles.
- Buzzy was DC's first teen-humor title and was conceived in direct response to the commercial success of Archie, who had debuted in Pep Comics #22 in 1941 and received his own title in 1942.
- Scribbly Jibbet (and supporting cast Snoony Jibbet and Clover Cooley) crossing over into Buzzy exemplifies Sheldon Mayer's practice of placing Scribbly in back-up slots across DC's humor books alongside its parent title, which ran until 1952.
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Wonder Woman gives a young boy advice on staying fit.
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