 I'm the comic weekly man, the jolly comic weekly man, and I'm here to read the funnies to you happy boys and honnies. 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 have poked the comic weekly straight into your living room. Your friend the comic weekly man, the jolly comic weekly man. Little Miss Honey, how are you today? Oh I'm just fine thank you and I'm very very happy because this week is Valentine's Day. Yes that's right Valentine's Day is this week. I like Valentine's Day because I get so many Valentine's. And candy too? Yes and candy too. And you know what else happens this week? What? I'll give you a hint. The birthday of a very famous American. Who? He was a very famous president. Who? One of the most famous men in the world. Who? You guessed it Abraham Lincoln. Yes and the funnies too. Oh yes read them please. Poked the comic weekly. Very well I will in just a moment but before I do let's listen to this nice man. Now here we go with Poked the comic weekly and on the bottom of page one Hop along Cassidy. Oh happy. Magic words for the music please. Very well my lady. Six cups blazing as he thunders along. Give us music for Hop along. Poppy and some of his friends from the Stebbins Ranch have gone after Calico, leader of the outlaw counterfeiting ring with the purpose of ending Calico's lawless rule. The secret attack they planned on Sulphur City the town that Calico runs was spoiled because one of Calico's men had learned of Hoppy's plan. A ferocious battle ensued during which Hoppy and two of his men were cornered in the freight office behind some explosives. Things looked very bad for Hoppy. Meanwhile a wagon drawn by two horses is stopped at the outskirts of the city by two of Calico's men. The driver says hey ain't that shooting? One of Calico's men says forget it. Some lawbreakers drifted into town gunning for trouble. Till we've settled with them our orders are to keep all citizens off on the streets. Just then one of the shots frightens the horses who will run away heading directly at the guards. Now look out the team's bulletin. Last picture top row they run directly down the street of Sulphur City. First picture next row in the freight office one of Hoppy's companion says hey we gotta find cover somewhere else Hoppy. We'll get our heads blown off of a while short find these explosives. Another one says yeah they're keeping us pinned down no way out. Hoppy replies I'm not so sure boys look what's coming get ready. At this moment the runaway horses pulling the loaded wagon are coming right past the place where they're hiding. Hoppy and his pals grab hold of the side and hang on unseen by Calico's gang and get a free ride to safety. When the wagon disappears Calico and her men across the street in an office window high above look down at the spot where they'd seen Hoppy a minute ago and one of them exclaims hey they disappeared. First picture bottom row some distance from the freight office Hoppy and his two companions who've been hanging on to the side of the wagon drop off as Hoppy says far enough boys let's double back and try to get them behind. Thinking Hoppy is still hiding in the freight office Calico and her men are closing in to smoke them out when they're just a few feet from the freight office one of the men puts a shot directly into a box of blasting powder and last picture the freight office goes up in a gigantic explosion taking some of Calico's men with it. I don't think that Hoppy was killed by the explosion because he was in the freight office. Cassin thinking he's dead they won't expect him to suddenly appear from behind it. No I hope he makes it. So do I and don't forget to follow Hoppy in the daily papers too. Oh I would just love Hoppy. Good now let's see what's over the page it ought to be Prince Valiant. You're right it is Prince Valiant on page three. I'm anxious to read that because Prince Valiant and his friends are on their way to do an errand for Val's father and everywhere they went houses were burned and things were destroyed and and even people killed it was awful. Yes cruel barbarian soldiers have been sweeping over that part of the country destroying everything that came before them. And just when Val came to the top of the hill he saw the whole army before him. I wonder what's going to happen. Well let's read now and find out with Prince Valiant and the days of King Arthur, Eckett, Breckett, Gray Malkin and Quintz music romantic for a fair fair prince. The rear guard of a horde of barbarians turns toward Prince Valiant Eagle Rufus and Arf. They finger their weapons and smile in anticipation at the thought of further slaughter. Val puts aside his lance and draws the singing sword saying remembering the burning village we passed and the horrible evidence of their visit I must do a little work. Will you join me? They do and Val and his friends ride at the rear guard and at a very short time the barbarian soldiers know they have met four tornadoes. After their moment of pleasure Val and his friends gallop laughingly away all morning they search unsuccessfully for a way across the towering mountains. Last picture of the row they share lunch with a wandering friar and he tells them of a monastery in the hills whose abbot knows of a secret pass through the mountains. First picture bottom row late that afternoon Val and his friends come to the monastery where lives the abbot who knows of the secret pass Val and his friends stop and gaze at it. The monastery is perched in a soaring crag impregnable as any fortress for Christians are being persecuted by the surging pagans. Val thinks that surely no one could capture this fortress placed as it is in such an out of the way and almost unreachable spot. Last picture they are at the door which is open to them and Val and his friends are made welcome and enter into one of the strangest segments of medieval life. Now that was the time of history which was about 700 years ago the middle ages of man which was marked by an earlier way of thinking and living just the way we see it in Prince Val. Oh I'm sure that when the abbot finds out that Val is a good man he'll tell Val how to get over the mountain. I hope so. Yes well now would you like to read Dick's adventure. Oh yes please. Very well if you'll turn over to the last page of the first section. Oh here's the page. Dick is with General Washington in the early days of America. Yes he's with General Washington's army and it's a cold cold winter. The soldiers don't have enough to eat and they don't have warm clothes. Washington has been slipping away from the British commander because he doesn't want to fight until he knows he can win. I'm anxious to find out what's going to happen today. Very well here we go with Dick's adventures and say the magic words with me. Dick is with Washington's army back in 1776. An army driven by the British into what looks like a hopeless position on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River. Suddenly Dick realizes that it's Christmas day. There's no yuletide cheer. Only a yearning for victory and peace. Officers bent hard against the storm are hurrying out of Washington's field headquarters. They are General Nathaniel Green, Colonel Alexander Hamilton and James Monroe. Dick thinks to himself something's big is going to happen today. Last picture top row a few minutes later the whole camp learns what it is. Washington is determined to catch the smug British forces off guard by moving his men secretly back across the Delaware and attacking the enemy hell town of Trenton. First picture next row the men prepare for the crossing because the Delaware is storm swept desperately dangerous to cross with men and cannon just for these reasons Washington is crossing it. He's sure the British won't expect it. About four o'clock the next morning just a few hours before dawn the last boats cross the river with Washington's army and cannons. Dick explains hey we've got almost everybody across. Gee this looks familiar. First picture bottom row Washington's army's on the march through the wind and snow heading for Trenton, New Jersey. The cannons are placed unloaded and then comes the command fire. The sleeping enemy is surprised terrified and utterly confused. Trenton is overrun by Washington's men. Dick yells ah and they thought Washington was late. They thought Dick sits up in bed his eyes wide open and he recognizes his own room in the year 1951 and he says oh I've only been dreaming again. Yes that was really daring crossing that rough river in those small boats in the middle of winter and at night. Oh I just love Dick's adventures because he has him. And next week I'm sure he'll have another one just as excited. Oh goody Dick's adventures and and the last week a squire bogs had found Rusty trailing him and he locked Rusty below deck on the old schooner. Yes but Rusty got out and saw squire bogs up to his mean business. And then squire bogs and Captain Cloon went down in the boat to get Rusty and Rusty slipped over and locked them up. Just then Tex and Mr. Kilgore the government treasury agent were on their way to find Rusty. Oh I hope they get there in time. Very well here we go with Rusty Riley. Gallop and run till the road is dusty give us music for his horse and Rusty. Tex and Mr. Kilgore are following Flip who leads them to the old schooner hook where Rusty has squire bogs and Captain Cloon locked below deck. Third picture first row. Tex and Mr. Kilgore are beside Rusty on the deck of the old schooner hook. Tex says a suffering horn told you lad what are you doing here. I thought I told you to hit the hay. Rusty replies. I know Tex and Mr. Kilgore too but but but I got them. They thought they had me but I fooled them. Last picture top row Tex asked. Well you got who Rusty. Yeah what are you talking about Rusty replies. What squire bogs and Captain Cloon learned a little cabin under this hatch way I'm sitting out. First picture bottom row Tex replies. They're great snakes boy you've got bogs and Cloon trapped down there. Yeah I hear them banging on the hatch. Here come on Mr. Kilgore we gotta let him out. Yeah but wait Tex wait until I tell you wait until I tell you what they were doing. Hey just look in that cabin over there Mr. Kilgore they stored away a lot of those metal cylinders just like the one we fished out of the water near our boathouse. Quickly Kilgore investigates in the cabin when he sees the metal cylinders he explains. Fine George I believe the boy has solved my case for me. Last picture he says okay Tex now we connect those two out thanks to Rusty I think we're about at the end of the chase and Tex explains the word and Rusty's eyes pop wide open with astonishment. Yes it is and I'll read them if you'll pick up the first page of the second section but first here's that nice man again with something interesting to say. Now here we go again with Puck the Comic Wiggly and on the first page of the second section Dagwit and Blondie. Magic words for the music please. Very well my lady Ramaphore Ramapham Zim Zim Zombie conjure me music for Dagwit and Blondie. Tootsie Woodley Blondie's neighbor has dropped in for a little chat and she's telling Blondie about a movie she saw last night she's saying oh Blondie you must go to the movies tonight it's simply wonderful it's so romantic why honestly Herbert is so sweet and affectionate since we saw it and Blondie says really. Last picture top row Tootsie goes unwraptuously when he picked her up in his strong arms and carried her over the threshold I nearly spooned and Blondie replies how thrilling and then Tootsie goes home. Blondie thinks that maybe Dagwit might become nice and romantic to her if he saw such a romantic picture so first picture next row she says to him sweetly Dagwood darling would you like to go to the movies tonight and Dagwood who has settled down in a sweet chair for a long comfortable evening at home exclaims not so sweetly no so they go to the movies. Last picture of the row they're sitting in the theater watching a dashing hero making love to a beautiful girl on an island in the south seas and Blondie sighs with happiness and Dagwood sighs with disgust and then Dagwood falls asleep. First picture next row Blondie shakes Dagwood saying here comes the big love scene. So Dagwood wakes up just long enough to see that the hero is being pursued by South Sea natives the hero has carried the beautiful girl to safety with a knife between his teeth this everybody sighs with relief and from Dagwood we're here and that's the end of the picture. Last picture the row Blondie has managed to get Dagwood on his feet and has gotten his hat and coat on and leading him home and she says Dagwood wake up the show is over and we're on our way home but Dagwood doesn't know what happens he's so drowsy and by the time you can go Blondie and Dagwood are home Dagwood leans against the front of the house as Blondie says wasn't that romantic when he carried her over the threshold but Dagwood just answers and then slowly slides down to the ground and there he lies in the porch asleep Blondie looks at him with disappointment that he isn't carrying her over the threshold like the hero in the movie did and she gives a sigh oh well then takes him by the shoulders and drags him into the house saying that was no way to accept you like that well what would you like him to do put a knife between his teeth and pick Blondie up in his arms and carry her all the way home well no with a knife in his teeth no the key oh use me that's all right hey look underneath Blondie oh goody Roy Rogers last week he ended his last adventure so maybe he's gonna start a new one today so quick read please very well then here we go with Roy Rogers king of the cowboy hi yep hi oh now here we go with Roy and trigger hi yep hi oh Roy is on his way to Saddlebute a western town as he comes to a fork in the road he sees a man in a wagon lashing his horses furiously when Roy sees the man mistreating his horses he heads after him sees his one of the horses rattles and slows him down as he yells slow down mister you're running these horses to death in a moment Roy has stopped the wagon the driver explains zones it's my bosom friend Roy Rogers but there's no time to talk Rogers I must get to Saddlebute and Roy exclaims Jay Lucian Dangerfield you all scalloway hey what's the big hurry and sure enough it is Jay Lucian Dangerfield the head of the Wild West show that Roy got mixed up with once before Lucian answers I've been ranging the countryside for livestock to use in my wild best extravaganza but right now urgent business awaits me in town Roy replies last picture top row well you never get there if you don't give these horses a blow first picture bottom row Lucian says well I'll explain later Roy right now I must and suddenly a man jumps up from underneath the blanket in the wagon and knocks danger field out of the wagon oh it's a convict in jail where it's closed and as he holds his gun on Roy he snarls I told you to keep this wagon moving your jabbering ol maverick I gotta blow your head off reach both of you Roy asks who's your friend in the convict suit danger field the convict clams out of the wagon say I'm handles Baldwin I want your dutch cowboy start peeling Roy sees there's nothing to do but give him his clothes and as Roy starts to untie his neck a chief last picture Baldwin says I plug two guards breaking jail and I don't mind adding to the score that don't dodge so danger field whippers please mr handles no violence no violence and Roy says you won't get away with his Baldwin well that gun on him I don't know what else he can do well maybe when he's unbuckling his own gun belt he can pull his gun and bang bang before the convict knows that he will shoot his gun right out of his hand well that's something we'll have to wait till next week to find out but now let's turn over the page and see who's there well since it's your favorite favorite we'll read that right now so here we go with Uncle Remus and his tales of rare rabbit say the magic words with me hippity hoppy make it a habit to give us music for old rare rabbit uncle remus says these tales about the time bra rabbit and bra bar had the argument about old bra ghost living in that haunted house yes bra rabbit and bra bear are arguing about ghosts and bra rabbit is pointing to the old house on the top of the hill and he's saying but I think that haunted house is so full of ghosts it whammies and bra bar replies and you is full of ignorant there ain't no such thing as ghosts and bra rabbit says yeah I bet your wagon know the water matters to a barrel of honeysuckle juice that you is scared to spend the night in that haunted house and bra bear answers I accept the insult you has done lost yourself a barrel of honeysuckle juice and then bra bar signers off home to prepare for his evening in the haunted house rare rabbit wiggles his finger in the air and a moment later bra moth flies to him and lands on bra rabbit's finger bra rabbit whispers something to bra moth and bra moth flicks his wings which means yes and bra rabbit says now bra moth you do just like I told you and I'll give you in the boys an old woolen blanket for your dinner and bra moth answers I mean my family knows what to do in a way he flies to do what he in his family knows what comes the night and bra bar is sitting in the haunted house beside a lighted candle a gun in hand a pistol beside him an axe in a club on the floor in front of him and he says nervously everybody knows there ain't no such thing as ghosts I hope and all of a sudden first picture bottom roll a thing which looks like a ghost without stretched arms comes sailing through the air sailing straight for bra bear and it howls and bra bar looks up bra bar's eyes pop open and fear and the ghost makes a dive at him and then the ghost goes oh and bra bar leaps to his feet he drops his gun and dashes for the door yelling the help save me and he disappears in the distance never stopping to see that what looks like the ghost was 300 of bra moth's relatives flying in close formation making got something that looks like a white sheet last picture bra rabbit is giving the moths a nice wool blanket just what moth loved for dessert and he's saying well bra moth you sure make the fine ghost and here's the blanket I promised you now everybody just sit down and have a banquet and as the moths exclaim happily over the delicious banquet um sort of a moth ball uncle rima says most folks don't wait long enough to think twice yes brah bar he's a dumb one because there aren't any ghosts but bra rabbit we know haunted house and yeah I'll bet he won't either well now let's turn over the page right at the top they were escaping from the underground caverns which the widget had caused a cave in on them and their rafts were carried into the rapids of the underground river into the whirlpool and then when the rafts were destroyed and it looked like they were going to drown dead they were carried up against a huge gate or something and they held on to the bar so now let's we can see what's going to happen very well here we go with flash gordon regga regga dune dunes asuka matash let's have music for heroic flash flash and dale escaped from the underground whirlpool while prince feno helps queen suni dale suddenly notices a door and she wonders if that may be a way out flash and feno find a heavy beam of wood they pick it up and last picture top row better vainly at the stout barrier flash exclaims must be the wizards passage to the pool we can't break through it we'll have to make them open it for us they stop trying to break it down feno suddenly guesses that the channel leading out of the pool through the grate must be the wizards power turbine mill race the grading has been put there to stop any debris like floating raw trees or logs from going into the channel where the power turbines are and destroying them so flash first picture bottom row dives down to unfasten the protected grating feno bravely follows it under the water they find the hooks by which the grading is fast working quickly they soon have dislodged the grating and as they come to the surface of the water again flash laughs while the wizard will come in a hurry when all that debris hits their turbines and shuts off their metal melting rays and then with another scheme in mind flash has feno help him lift the grating up on top of the rock just above the heavy door leading to the engine room he barely has time to balance the heavy grating over the passage when the locked door swings open and like angry ants the wizards troubleshooters swarm out of the tunnel with tools and weapons above him and flash is going to drop the grating that's the plan oh how much of that's why he wanted to make the engine stop so they would come out and see what happened that's right and flash intends to overpower the guards and slip into the engine room himself and maybe find a way out i can highly wait until next week to see if he succeeds well i'm afraid you'll have to well oh oh read this one more please oh all right then let's go back to the very first page and we'll read snookums all right and here we go with little old snookums diddly da diddly do we come back and look them let's have a little tune for little snookums archie buys a pretty little puppy for snookums and brings it home last picture top row he puts the puppy down on the ground before snuffing saying snookums my boy look at the nice little puppy that daddy bought for you and snookums is so happy he runs for the little puppy with his arms out straight saying oh isn't he cute a little later archie hears snookums crying because the puppy ran away first picture bottom row so archie goes looking for it and he finds a puppy in front of the house and he exclaims oh there he is i'll get him snookums as we tiptoe toward it and then archie makes a leap at the puppy and finds that his head has banged against an iron dog and archie his eyes blackened and his head aching with pain comes in the house last picture and rosie asks him if he saw the cute little cast iron dog she bought for the long and archie exclaims i did dog comes the puppy the same day that rosie brought the iron dog because they used to like poor archie yes poor archie he certainly got fooled that time he thought the iron dog was the real dog well now that's all the time i have but before i go here's that nice fellow with some more interesting information honey and all your boys and girls they got to go now all right mr. comic weekly man but i'll be waiting for you next week okay that's a date and a date with all your boys and girls be sure to meet me with a little friend miss honey next week when i read pop 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 hotties don't forget boys and girls see you all next week your friend the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man