 I'm the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man and I'm here to read the funnies to you happy boys and honeys Yes boys and girls. It's comic weekly time and here I come right into your house to bring a little fun and happiness Right out of the pages of Puck the comic weekly straight into your living room your friend the comic weekly man The jolly comic weekly Oh, well little miss honey, how are you today? Why I'd never be tired of hearing you say anything. Thank you. You're welcome. What are you so anxious about today? Well, maybe we'll find that out today Oh, so am I last week Tillicombe his nurse caught up with the people who had captured it alarm and she got little arm back Yes, but she's still well the only way we'll find out is to read Puck the comic weekly very well. I'll read that in just a moment But before I do let's listen to this nice man Now here we go with Puck the comic weekly and since you're so anxious to find out what's happened to a little prince I'm let's turn to the second page of the first section right away quick And here we go with Prince Valiant in the days of King Arthur magic words for the music Please very well my lady heck at record grey Morgan and quints music romantic for a fair fair prince After rescuing little iron from the outlaws in the middle of the night Tillicombe tells Arne to make a trail in the soft earth leading away from the camp Next morning the outlaws discovered Arne was missing and of course found the tracks mounted their horses and rode along the trail away from camp As soon as they disappeared Tillicombe a little prince Arne went to the camp and began to help themselves to food and weapons that they'd need for the journey home Meanwhile back along the trail that little Arne had left the horseman expecting to find only a little boy Find instead a thing that strikes cold terror in the hearts It is bolt our last picture top row his eyes red with weariness Smoldering rage in his heart and his great battle axe gripped in his fists riding toward Hey look this water turn around and ride for the hills and then bolt our seized little Arne's cap in the hand of one of them He roars Draws back his arm first picture second row and hurls his mighty axe Last picture second row Tillicombe hears bolt our voice and the shriek And she looks up to see the horses galloping toward camp. She fits an arrow to her bow and as the men ride by Empties another saddle Then first picture bottom row Voltaire enters the glade And then he halts At the sight of his bride his anger melts away Tillicombe stands poise between her small charge and her wounded enemy like the goddess Diana Slowly almost humbly Boltaire the hearty son of Neptune approaches his wooden imp and folds her in his mighty arms and Then last picture they packed their supplies on the two horses Lift little Arne onto one of them and little Arne brandishes a sword thinking himself a mighty hero and Boltaire and Tillicombe leading the horses turn homeward once again Yes, they knew they were in trouble then and maybe next week we'll start a new adventure with Prince Valion Very well over the page we go Yes Robin Hood and you remember last week the sheriff of Nottingham had ordered his men to dress like Robin Hood's merry-out laws and Rob the wagon train that was carrying the gold that was to ransom King Richard Then they discovered that the maid Marion had been captured by Prince John and that she must be kept Prisoner back at the castle. Well, let's read now and find out here. We go with a story of Robin Hood It's merry-mary England in days long ago time now for Robin Hood some music Hi-ho back at Nottingham Castle Prince John and the sheriff of Nottingham who are sure their plan to rob the wagon train of the Gold that would buy King Richard's freedom see their men approaching the drawbridge is lowered And the horsemen thunder across into the castle Third picture top row Slowly four of the horses dismount and approach the expectant pair on the landing It lowered head the four men come up the steps and stop before Prince John and the sheriff and then Last picture top row four knives are whipped out and Prince John and the sheriff look into the faces of Robin Hood and three of his men Robin says quietly Lead us to made Marion or forfeit your lives as Prince John turns first picture bottom row Robin says to two of his men who are guarding the sheriff Guard him till little John and I returned with a maid A moment later Prince John is unlocking the door of a dungeon as he swings it open Robin looks within third picture bottom row and exclaims Marion Marion rises to her feet and rushes to Robin Hood Last picture she throws herself in his arms tears of joy in her eyes as Prince John stares on Helpless in the grip of Robin's huge strength little John Who did say it and you were right? Maybe we'll find out next week now Let's go across the page past the Lone Ranger turn over that page and on page five under buzz saw you There's Donald Duckle Then we'll read your favorite right now here. We go with Donald Duck say the magic words with me Squeeze them squeeze them squiddly chicka-chack Today Donald is to make a speech at a very important banquet So we find them all dressed up with his three nephews in his car Barreling merrily down the highway Donald gets out of his car and looks at a flat tire then at his best suit and exclaims All right, I'll look fine at the speakers table after changing a tire His nephew Dewey exclaims Donald I have an idea. There's a first aid kit in the back and you know what you could do easy A few minutes later Donald's nephews are just finishing bandaging both of his hands Donald says You'll be a genius when you grow up Last picture top row a car comes along the road and then the driver seeing Donald standing beside the road with both hands bandage suddenly stops Little Huey says I missed her we need help and by the time you can say get out to Jack Jack Man is changing Donald's tire Donald stands by trying to look as helpless as he can and he says The man replies boy shucks couldn't turn down a guy in your shape, and then he gives a final tap and Donald sighs A Few minutes later the nice man who changed Donald's tire is driving along the highway when he hears behind him He pulls to one side to let the driver behind pass The car pulls up beside him and his hat pops off an amazement For there is Donald without a bandage on his hands driving his car and Donald shouts Again buster the man is so furious. He jerks on his wheel and last picture We're at the banquet and there sits Donald at the speakers table his coat tattered and torn his collar half ripped off His tie dripping like a wielded leaf his hair must stuff a lump on his head One black eye and strips of adhesive tape criss-crossed over bruises all over his face and the toast master gets up and says The next speaker Donald duck Yes, if he'd been smarty would have either that or he was so smart Alec he thought he'd show the man He tricked him that was his big mistake. Yes, that was his big mistake Well, now there's no mistake about this if you'll turn to the last page of the first section I'll read flash Gordon for you Oh, and I and King Stang ordered flash to go with Queen Vicki out into the forest with the harvesters Who are some huge Yes, and as flash and one of the guards were keeping watch a long tentacle came out of a tree and caught the guard in a vise-like grip Then flash started to help the Queen and suddenly felt himself caught by one of those tentacles Well, let's read now and find out here we go with flash Gordon a regga regga doon doon saskam a task Let's have music for heroic flag Hurrying back to the clearing in response to Queen Vicki's cry for help flash suddenly finds himself in the grip of a huge blue tentacle As he's thrown to the ground his precious chemigun slips away and lands just out of reach Second picture Vicki sees flashes predicament But so great is her panic that she flees screaming to her flying jet car and jams down on the starting pedal with a trembling foot Last picture top row for a few seconds. There was a desperate tug of war But just as flash is about to lose the unequal contest with the blue monster his outstretched fingers managed to grasp the chemigun There's a fantastic denizen of the jungle drags him closer flash fires point blank at its gelatinous body As an inhuman bubbling cry in the tentacle slowly relax their grip the blue one is no more flash shouts Vicki I got him. I got him But his words are drowned out by the roar of the jet car as it takes off And then flash stares horrors stricken as a pair of massive tentacles dart up from the jungle foliage And stop the car in flight Yes, can you imagine those blue ones being strong enough to stop a jet car? I think you're right. I wonder how flash will ever get away from their safe. Well, that's something we'll find out next week Now it's time for Dagwin and Blondie And I know you're right So if you'll pick up the first page of the second section I'll read Dagwin and Blondie in just a moment, but first here's that nice man again with something interesting to say Now here we go again with Puck the comic weekly and on the first page of the second section Dagwin and Blondie It's the end of the day Dagwood is coming in the door. Oh boy. It's good to get home tonight. I'm as hungry as a bear Dagwood, don't take off your coat and hat. We're going to a recital for Mrs. McNalf's pupils. What? Last picture top row Dagwood watches with a watering mouth as Blondie puts a delicious meal in the oven Your supper's already. We'll keep it warm for you in the oven until we return Oh, this is cruel Then she whisks them out the door and down the street First picture second row they come to a peanut stand Dagwood stops but Blondie pulls them along She has to give the recital early so it won't keep the children up so late A few minutes later they pass a hot dog stand Dagwood reaches for a hot dog. No Dagwood. Last picture second row they're at the recital a little girl begins to play begins to think of a 40-decker sandwich filled with cheese and ham and onions and mustard and hamburger and hot dogs and Sour pickles instead of sour notes and then The piece comes to an end finally the time comes first picture third row when Mrs. McNalf announces The final number will be a violin duet by little kids play Dagwood thinks of a big platter of steak and mushrooms and potatoes and fruit and string beans and onions and hot rolls and butter and molasses in January and Then the recital is over Dagwood's out of his chair and out the door hurry. It's over at last Blondie sticks her head out the door and yells Last picture at the Bumstead's house Dagwood dashes for the oven Takes out the plates Blondie my supper's disappeared nothing but empty plates And then second picture bottom row. He hears Blondie saying to the maid I'll phone you when I need you again Julia, and he hears the maid answer I love to do your cleaning Mrs. Bumstead. You always have such nice things to eat sitting around And last picture Dagwood dashes into a diner the waiter says Now what do you have? Dagwood grabs the cats a bottle and starts shaking cats up in his mouth and he gasps Just so it's quick I don't think there ever was an appetite to compare with Dagwood. I think so too Well, now I know you're anxious to find out what dick is doing now So let's turn over the page quickly go past page two Turn over page three and here on page four of the second section is dick's adventures Oh, yes, when the Americans were at war with the British and the important day came when Perry and the British ships were to engage in a Furious sea battle, but just thinking about the battle. Well, let's find out right now here We go with dick's adventures. Say the magic words with me That's some music for adventure this dick It's the end of another day and dick has gone to bed He's been reading about young Oliver Perry in the war of 1812 Dick's dad and mother find him asleep with the light steal on as they tuck him in his dad says Well, dick's been dreaming about Perry's battle with the British and Lake Erie in the war of 1812 He's probably back in the old days right now mother And dick's mind he goes back back And last picture top row finds himself fighting beside captain Perry and his flagship the Lawrence all day The battle is raised and the ship is rapidly being battered to pieces by the British gun Perry orders dick to have a small boat lowered over the side First picture second row was the British sea captain Perry and his men row away from the battered ship, but triumph and shout goes up But the British don't know Perry last picture second row in astonishment and rage They now see that Perry with unbelievable effrontery has no intention of surrendering but is transferring his flag to another ship Come an Uber that few fighting skippers before or since have ever attempted. He has showered with shell First picture bottom row Perry runs up his flag And it's quite a flag with words by another fighting skipper whom Perry has always idolized on it are the words don't give up the ship and With this flag flying at the top of the mast captain Perry the skipper who should have surrendered comes racing back He roars through the middle of the demoralized British fleet The British are doomed and dick is shouting at the top of his voice Last picture dick sits up in bed his fist clenched and sees he's in his own room in the world today and dick exclaims Wow, I've been dreaming again, but Perry really said those words, and I'll bet no one will ever forget them Yes, that's right. I read it too That's an excellent idea you keep on doing that now look underneath dick's adventures. There's rusty Riley That's right gift certificates Yeah, that piece is a paper that you can give to a merchant and he'll give you so many dollars worth of goods for them Yes, but rusty was going so she could pay mr. Milo the money shield that's right because if she doesn't give mr. Milo the thousand dollars before the day is over she's going to lose her farm Let's read now and find out here. We go with rusty Riley gallop and run till the road is dusty give us music for his horse and rusty Rusty is very worried he and Pete and their friend stove pipe are at the barn at the racetrack Thinking the situation over rusty saying golly mr. Stove pipe. I thought the prize in that race was a thousand dollars and money We can't pay off mrs. Jones's mortgage with purchase certificates Stove pipe answers. Yes, it is indeed a bit of low, but I suggest we appeal to this stony-hearted skin flint First picture bottom row they enter mrs. Jones's house They find mr. Marlowe and the sheriff in the parlor with mrs. Jones Marlowe snaps Yeah, what's the idea of busting in here can't you see we're busy the sheriff recognizing stove pipe answers You know wait a minute. Aren't you a dark stove pipe from the carnival? Why yes, yet if I'm often referred to in that manner rusty turns to mr. Marlowe and mr. Marlowe mrs. Jones owes you a thousand dollars Will you accept this thousand dollars and purchase certificates his payment? Huh? What certificates? Don't be silly the sheriff answers Well, no, that's a reasonable offer Marlowe. No, you's being too hard on this lady Why not take it and be satisfied nothing do when sheriff I got it right to demand money and I won't take nothing else Just then the doorbell rings mrs. Jones goes to answer it In a moment. She's back saying why it's somebody to see rusty and Pete I forgot to tell you he was here before he says his name is Clem and rusty exclaims Cheapers that's Clem the sailor off the freighter That's right So do I because that nasty old mr. Marlowe won't take a thousand dollars worth of gift certificates I wonder what rest you'll be able to do or maybe Clem will bring good luck. We'll find out next week now Let's turn over the page Yes, and Roy Rogers is in trouble he and a man named brimstone Barlow We're going to try to capture a gang of outlaws headed by a man called the Sphinx Mission which was Well, let's see how Roy gets out of this here we go with Roy Rogers king of the Cowboys I yip by you now here We go with Roy and trigger a yip by you As the outlaws fire away at them Roy takes out his knife saying I'm cutting this very loose brimstone those outlaws mean business Brimstone shouts well if I hadn't reformed I'd got him down and forget my mission to convert bad man Roy The outlaws seeing what's happened run for the horses Third picture top row the raft goes around the bend in the river Roy mounts trigger on the barge saying All right, the coast is clear I want to capture those bandits and use them as hostages to get inside the Sphinx's had out brimstone answers Well, we got a better chance just posing as outlaws Rogers. They ride off the bar Clammer up onto the bank and then they wait behind a rock They hear galloping horses and a second later the two outlaws come around the bend last picture top row Roy shouts Oh, it reads jets Okay, brimstone get that guns we'll show them how real gunman operate brimstone answers Roy Yeah, you said it hog leg Harrison At this moment first picture bottom row at the outlaws hideout, which is the old mission the lookout has been watching What's been going on? He shouts down to the leader the Sphinx below. Hey Gusty and L have been grabbed by them men who cross the river they're headed this way The Sphinx doesn't say a word just turns makes a signal one of the outlaws grins Hey, Sphinx wants us to watch the fun Gusty's a lead in the pilgrims toward that piano wire struck between the trees A few minutes later Roy and brimstone third picture bottom row with the two outlaws ahead of them Approach the outlaw hideout as they come between the trees the outlaw named gusty shouts back to Roy You can't fool me you home breeze our lawman The two outlaws cross low over the horse's necks and break into a swift gallop Roy shouts Hey, they're making a break for the mission brimstone yells No, don't you Roy and then last picture the wire stretch between the trees catches them at the throat And Roy and brimstone are pulled off their horses And that's what those outlaws would like to see happen Yes, they're sure to be knocked unconscious and then the outlaws could capture them well We'll find out for sure what happens next week now That's all the time I have but before I go here's that nice fellow with some more interesting information In all your boys and girls I gotta go now Okay, that's a date and the date with all your boys and girls be sure to meet me with our little friend miss honey next week When I read pock the comic weekly for I'm the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man I'll be back to read the funnies to you happy boys And honey don't forget boys and girls. See you all next week your friend the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man