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Cover: Bill Holman
Four Color #35
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Alarm Cluck" is a 1944 Four Color #35 tale from Dell, spotlighting a quirky mystery involving Smokey, the Chief, and a suspiciously unimpressive hair tonic salesman named Dan Druff. Written, drawn, inked, and lettered by Bill Holman, the story unfolds with a sudden tip-off about a firebug known as "Arson Nick," setting off a short but sharp chain of events. The cover, also by Bill Holman, captures the comic’s playful, wartime-era charm.
Contains 51 stories
Alarm Cluck
Hotfoot Hogan
Head Squirt
Country Butter
Arson Nick and Old Waste (of Time)
cop
In this 1944 Four Color tale, Smokey and the Chief follow a lead on the notorious firebug Arson Nick, only to stumble into a bizarre encounter with Dan Druff, a pitchman peddling a hair tonic that’s less effective than a stiff breeze. The absurdity unfolds in a single page of classic wartime humor, where the usual detective work takes a wild detour into slapstick and satire.
Clef Dweller
The Arson Nick Story - Part One.
target shooter
To Hair is Human - Toupee Devine! - Part One.
passerby
The Arson Nick Story - Part Two.
Smokey StoverChief Cash U. NuttArson NickSpooky (cat)Flannigan
To Hair is Human - Toupee Devine! - Part Two.
Smokey StoverChief Cash U. NuttMrs. Nutt
To Hair is Human - Toupee Devine! - Part Three.
cop
To Hair is Human - Toupee Devine! - Part Four.
Foon Dancer
dancing instructor
Swelterweight Chump
Foreign Entanglements
Fenwick FlookyChinese laundryman
Lid Astray
Fenwick FlookyEddie (hat shop proprietor)Eddie's short assistant
Closeted Iron(y)
Smokey StoverChief Cash U. NuttCookie StoverSpooky (cat)
Nozzle Nurse
Smokey StoverChief Cash U. NuttSpooky (cat)
Old Dimer
Smokey StoverChief Cash U. NuttSpooky (cat)Skull Duggery
Hot Notes
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flooky
Fall Guy
Smokey StoverChief Cash U. Nutt
Winner by a Draw
Smokey StoverChief Cash U. Nutt
Plug Ugley [sic]
Smokey StoverChief Cash U. Nuttthe mayorSpooky (cat)duck
Snooze Boy
Smokey StoverChief Cash U. NuttSpooky (cat)Kennebunk K. Kaboose (cameo)
Teacher's Fret
Smokey StoverEarl StoverSpooky (cat)Quincy K. Clabber (cameo)
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Smokey Stoverother firemen
Camera Crank
Smokey StoverCookie Stoverfootograhper (photographer)Montague T. Kettle (cameo)
Half Lit
Smokey StoverCookie StoverSpooky (cat)cop
Pig Skinned
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flooky
Bunk Artist
Smokey StoverCookie StoverSpooky (cat)lots of birds
Home Run
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flookyveterinariandog
Quack Ducktor
Smokey StoverChief Cash U. NuttSpooky (cat)Dr. Pierpont Nutt
Thyme Keeper
Smokey StoverChief Cash U. NuttSparks (dog)
Carfoonist
Smokey StoverCookie StoverSpooky (cat)
Fire the Tailor
Smokey StoverCookie Stover
Old Crab
Smokey StoverCookie StoverSkull DuggerySpooky (cat)
Dolled Up
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flooky
From Bud to Worse
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flookycopbeeduck
Counter Sign
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flooky
Hounded
Spooky (cat)dogmany other dogs
Sound Reasoning
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flookypuzzled motorist
Groan Panes
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flooky
Putting On the Dog
Spooky (cat)parrot
Air Tonic
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flooky
Paint in the Neck
Smokey StoverCookie StoverSpooky (cat)Mort Gage (landlord)Mort's dog
Bubble Dance
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flooky
Sub Fun
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flookypuzzled sailor
Good Turn
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flooky
Batter Luck Next Time
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flookyangry neighbor
Tents Situation
Spooky (cat)Fenwick Flookymouse
Buck Private
Smokey StoverChief Cash U. NuttSpooky (cat)telegram delivery boy
The Not-So-Nicer De-Icer
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writer, artist, inker, letterer Bill Holman
cover pencils, inks Bill Holman
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