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Cover: George Harrison & L. B. Cole
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Patches #4

Sep 1946 · Orbit-Wanted · 0.10 USD
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An anthology featuring multiple stories: "Adventures of Patches and Tubby" follows the title characters as they encounter a rare specimen called a "motzorilla" while searching for a banana split prize during an insect-hunting competition. "Youthbuilders, Inc." documents the activities of a Brooklyn junior high school youth club that has spread to chapters in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago, with members engaged in community service and relief efforts for starving children in Europe. "Junior Hall of Fame" welcomes new Youthbuilders members to its ranks. "Tomorrow's World" explains the history and applications of electronics, describing how electron tubes led to revolutionary developments including cathode-ray tubes, television, radar, X-rays, fluorescent lamps, sound movies, electric eye doors, and high-frequency radio waves.

Contains 5 stories
Pigs Is Pigs
8 pp · Humor, Teen
Inks Terry Woik

Tubby and Patch are stuck in a bizarre dream sequence after Patch’s nose is surgically removed—only to discover his ears have become grotesquely pig-like, sparking a frantic chase and a series of escalating absurd mishaps. As Patch panics over his new appearance, Tubby tries to help, but the situation spirals into a surreal mix of mistaken identities and slapstick chaos.

High Society
6 pp · Humor, Teen

Sandy and Spiderlegs crash the gate at Hamilton Higgins’ mansion, hoping to return his lost dog and claim a reward, only to be mistaken for elite guests by Higgins’ daughter, Fifi, and the butler, Giles Cholmondoley Hawkins. What starts as a prank turns into an unexpected night of wild partying, mistaken identity, and chaotic fun inside the lavish home—until the real owner returns.

Entomology
8 pp · Humor, Teen
Charlie Barnet
2 pp · Humor, Teen
A Lion's Tale
8 pp · Humor, Teen

Tubby brings his beloved movie lion, Larry, to school as a science project, only to have the class confused when the lion escapes and causes chaos. The real danger arrives when a wild circus lion named Nero breaks loose, and Tubby’s calm handling of the situation earns him unexpected praise and a chance to see the circus for free.

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Raw (Good) $22
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $799
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Full credits

artist, inker Maurice Del Bourgo
cover pencils George Harrison
cover inks L. B. Cole

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