Star Comics #9
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Kernal Hippo" Plays "Santa" at the New Year Gift Party, the whimsical title character takes center stage at a festive gathering, bringing holiday cheer with a twist. This 1938 issue, published by Ultem Publications, features a typeset lettering style and a cover by Charles Biro, who both pencils and inks the artwork.
Adolphe Bernhorn, a Swiss goatherd, encounters Gretchen Nisson on a mountain path and discovers a sacred edelweiss—a sign of betrothal among the mountain folk—despite a family feud stretching back a century. Torn between the obligation to hate her and an undeniable attraction, the two must reckon with their fathers' old grudges and their own growing feelings. When fate delivers them an unexpected revelation, the truth about the past emerges and a chance for reconciliation blooms.
A new reporter arrives in Bug-Ville with big ambitions, only to discover the insect community has a decidedly cool reception to outsiders. This one-page humor strip captures the chaos and wisecracks that follow when an eager newcomer tries to make an impression in a town that clearly prefers its own kind.
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Reprinted in Keen Detective Funnies #5 (1939), Star Comics #7 (1939), Comic Pages #6 (1939), Captain America Comics #13 (1942), Snap Comics #9 (1944), Carnival Comics #[13] (1945), Komik Pages #1 (10) (1945), Red Seal Comics #16 (1946), Punch Comics #22 (1947)
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