Golden Comics Digest #46
In "The Big Frame-Up," Tubby’s clever scheme to win a share of chocolate eggs backfires spectacularly when his bandaged form spooks Gloria and Lulu into believing he’s a ghost. With the girls convinced that roosters can banish spirits, they bring home a farmyard rooster—only to discover it’s actually a hen. Written by John Stanley and illustrated by Irving Tripp, this playful 1975 tale from Golden Comics Digest #46 delivers a lighthearted mix of mischief and mistaken identity, with Tripp’s expressive art bringing the absurd situation to life. Cover by Irving Tripp.
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In a ploy to gain Gloria's sympathies so she will share chocolate eggs with him, Tubby has himself wrapped up in bandages. Gloria and Lulu thinks he's a ghost however, and under the assumption that ghosts are afraid of roosters crowing, so they fetch the rooster who followed Lulu home from a farm. Tubby is scared away, and the girls discover the rooster is actually a hen.
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