Giggle Comics #8
"Grouch Club" in Giggle Comics #8 (1944) delivers a delightfully offbeat tale of a bear whose basement leak leads to an unusual repairman: Short-Circuit, a robot plumber drafted during wartime shortages. With all the human quirks of a real plumber—forgetting tools, taking long breaks—Short-Circuit’s antics turn the job into a farce. Ken Hultgren’s expressive art brings the mechanical mishaps to life, both in the story and on the cover, where his distinctive pencils and inks capture the humor and charm of this wartime oddity.
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A bear calls for a plumber to fix the leak in his basement. Short-Circuit, a robot plumber, is dispatched because of the wartime manpower shortage. However, the robot has all of the same failings as a human plumber (forgets his tools, takes a long lunch break, etc.). In the end, the bear fixes the leak using parts from Short-Circuit.
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