Comics on Parade #12 (24)
"Bad Luck to Break Mirror" in Comics on Parade #12 (1940) finds Danny caught in a series of misadventures when his boss Maloney insists on being left alone—only for Danny to accidentally become an insurance salesman, juggling multiple policies he didn’t mean to sell. Meanwhile, Danny and Pa Dingle dream up a clever soap scheme, but their plan hits a snag when they can’t even scrape together a nickel to start. Written, drawn, and inked by Bernard Dibble, this slice-of-life comic captures the quiet chaos of everyday frustrations with a touch of whimsy.
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Danny's boss Maloney doesn't want to be disturbed by an insurance salesman, so Danny keeps the man out (but winds up buying multiple policies for his boss). Danny and Pa Dingle concoct a scheme to buy soap for a nickel a bar and sell them for ten cents (but they don't have a nickel to invest in their first bar).
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