 I'm the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man and I'm here to read the funnies to you happy boys and honey 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 and put 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 fine too and we have a little surprise for you today in the comics goody I love surprises especially when they come in the comics tell me about it beginning today we have a new comic it's called beetle Bailey the story of a fellow who's in the army what's he like well he's something like Dagwood he's always getting into trouble it is and we'll read it in just a moment because that's on the very first page 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 plot the comic weekly and on the first page under bringing a father our new hero beetle Bailey very well my lady toot me a toot and tweet me a tweedle squeeze out music for Bailey the beetle at the army post where beetle is stationed its mail time and as the sergeant passes out letters to the man he says box for Bailey and tosses a big box to beetle Bailey one of the men says hi it's that cake he's been expecting beetle starts to walk off with his package hi he's trying to sneak off without sharing it away beetle goes like a shot out of a gun my girl made this for my birthday and it's all mine through the top sergeant office he goes out the window last picture top row first picture bottom row the men see a trash can bumping along by itself one of them yells stop that trash can beetle leaps out of the trash can meanwhile as the chase for the cake goes on an officer waits beside a car he looks at his watch and says now where's that messenger with that new mind they developed at the proving grounds it has to be on that plane for a Washington in ten minutes just then beatle dashes by the package in his hands second picture bottom row the officer yells I said give me that I'll just make the plane as beetle stops and dismay the car drives off with Beatles cake last picture at army headquarters seven generals and admirals are staring at the cake which has a candle sticking up out of it one of them says well so that's the new secret weapon and an admiral says you know it looks sort of like a cake another general says very importantly well it's hard as a rock and a general at the head of the table says well let's get busy and see how quick we can turn out a million of them I guess it's because of that candle sticking up out of it it looks like a secret weapon and a general says get busy and make a million out of them well that would be a good way to win a war throw cake in the face of the enemy how could you win a war that way well when the enemy sits down to eat the cake you sneak up and take their guns away from them and then you say surrender or we won't give you any more cake and since everyone likes cake well then they surrender yeah that's a wonderful idea sure and here's another wonderful idea let's turn over the page to Prince Valiant oh yes I'm anxious to read that because Val has been telling young Arf the story of Thule that's the country king I rise the ruler of and he was telling Arf how he had gone in search of adventure and found savage huns trying to capture the castle of Andalcrag where men who love goodness and kindness and justice and beauty and those were about the only people left and that's why the world you were good people that's right and that's why Val wanted to help them he slipped into the castle and joined Prince Cameron leader of the troubadours who loved beauty and music and fought against the huns but then another terrible attack came against the castle I wonder what'll happen let's read now and find out here we go with Prince Valiant in the days of King Arthur heck-it-break-it Gray Malkin and Quince music romantic for a fair fair prince Val tells the story of the next attack of the huns the savage huns built siege machines tall towers by which they tried to climb over the top of the castle wall but with grapples we rock their towers back and forth till they tumble then they tried battering rounds for days they hammered away at the walls and then finally the walls tumbled they found we had built another inner wall as strong as the first and still they could not pass always Prince Cameron was ever in the forefront of the battle an example to all in the splendor of his manhood the defenders were fewer now but nothing could dampen the spirits of these gallant people although they had fought fiercely upon the walls and many were wounded when their moments of rest came they sang and played gaily with good will in their hearts for each other and then came the day we fear there was no more food and drink we are at a banquet table which you see in the big picture then Prince Cameron rose to his feet smiling into the eyes of his comrades for the last time he said last picture the huns rule from sea to sea we are the last of the warrior troubadours because of our ideals the world has been a better place to live in only Andalcrag stands unconquered it will cease to exist still unconquered tomorrow we will do that which we have to do what they're going to do tomorrow I think he expects tomorrow they'll have another battle the most desperate of all but how can they have strength to fight if they have nothing to eat I wonder too well next week we'll find out now let's go over the page past the lawn ranger yes brave Robin Hood who has defied the cruel sheriff of Nottingham who hates Robin Hood because he helps the poor people let's read now and find out here we go with a story of Robin Hood it's merry merry England in days long ago time now for Robin Hood some music I hope as the sheriff's men attack prior tuck springs to the defense of the trap Robin Hood but the sheriff fells in with the swift blow of the sword and pointed to Robin Hood he shouts take him alive Robin stands surrounded by the sheriff's men he drops his sword to the ground and raises his hands above his head as the men relax for a second thinking he's caught suddenly Robin springs in the air catches the limb of a tree swings his feet forward kicks one of the guards against several of the others leaves over some bushes last picture top road dashes across the shallow stream first picture bottom row the sheriff's shouts to his archers crouching low Robin scrambles out of the stream onto the opposite bank as arrows whizz around his ears the sheriff's men dash across the stream in pursuit suddenly a volley of arrows burst on the slope above Robin Hood the sheriff's men fall past picture Robin breaks through the brush to see his men crouching behind trees sending arrow after arrow at the sheriff's men and one of them shouts not only escaped but led the sheriff's men straight into an ambush where Robin's merry outlaws can give him what they deserve you're so right well now let's go to the very last page of the first section and see what flash Gordon's up to while flash was changing the course of the comet ship so it wouldn't crash with the earth the comet men had opened a hatch and let in fire gas that began to heat the airship and it got so hot that they would all die if he didn't do something so now he's fighting the comet men who aren't bothered by this heat what happened he's got to find some way to close the door so the heat won't come in and kill them dad well let's see how he manages here we go with flash Gordon bring a regga dune dunes ask him attach let's have music for heroic plan in his insulated asbestos suit flash wades through the flaming gases of the comet's head with swift and deadly ray bursts he blasts the comet men away from the space fears airlock before they are able to complete their work of sabotage and then suddenly flashes ray gun stop shooting and he sees to his horror that it is melting in the intense heat from a trusted weapon it has changed instantly into a supercharged bomb ready to backfire any second last picture top roll flash hurls the ruined ray pistol as far as possible from the airlock then dodges back inside the cabin even so he's badly shaken as the guns explosion scatters the comet men like campings the survivors attempt to close in on their unarmed full first picture bottom roll last seizes the nearest comet man by the ankle and whirls him around like a baseball bat driving the scaly armored attackers off into space with his enemies temporarily scattered flash attempts to seal the space fears gaping hole in a desperate effort to keep out the comet's fiery atmosphere with zarkov's aid he successfully patches the outer shell with flashed iron patch plates from the ship's emergency locker meantime the comet is carrying the spaceship headlong toward the sun's all-consuming cosmic furnace flash and zarkov finish their repairs then race back to the instrument room just in time to catch the treacherous flamma in a daring attempt to overcome dale and seize control of the comet world but it was flash has seen an awful lot of action but I don't think I've ever seen so much happen so fast as it did right there no need to deny you think he's in time to stop flamma from getting dale's weapon well that's something we'll find out next week now it's time for Dagwit and blondie and here we go with Dagwit and blondie ram of food and my thumbs in some zombie conjure me music for Dagwit and blondie the phone rings in the bumpstered house Dagwood answers it hello it's quite important Dagwood puts the phone down dashes out of the house blondie blondie last picture top row he dashes down the street ain't you see blondie mrs. snuggles well yes I saw her walking that way a while ago first picture second row blondie finds the phone off the hook and she exclaims my goodness what's the receiver doing off the hook hello when she hears what the man wants she says oh well I'm sorry but you'll have to talk to my husband about that last picture second row blondie dashes out of the house Dagwood meanwhile first picture third row Dagwood is still dashing down the street asking everybody what do you see and blondie is dashing down the street asking everybody last picture third row Dagwood dashes around the corner and sees blondie dashing down an alley and he shouts blondie first picture bottom row he dashes into the house stops at the phone picks up the phone hello the man on the phone answers he turns to blondie and says the man had the wrong number and blondie who's lying on the sofa exclaims oh I'm so exhausted I can't make supper you have to take us to a restaurant last picture they're all at a restaurant and as the waiter brings in their dinner blondie smiles cheerfully and Dagwood who is thinking what the dinner is going to cost him sinks his teeth in his chair and thinks to himself bachheimer bachheimer bachheimer yes and then they find out that the man had somebody else on the phone he fought he wasn't it yes you bet it was and Dagwood's pretty unhappy about it well now look underneath Dagwood and blondie look who's there big ben both oh yes and I'm anxious to read that because dinner's in trouble now read it in just a moment but first here's that nice man again with something interesting to say now here we go again with puck for comic weekly and on the first page of the second section big ben boat oh and I'm worried about him because you remember big ben had got caught in the middle of what oh a feud something that goes on for years and years yes a feud well well ben had got their names were holidays and the ventures yes and the holidays attacked the cabin where ben was with the ventures and little boy got shot and ben has told the ventures to stop their shooting while he tries to get the boy to the doctor and ben opened well let's find out right now here we go with big ben both magic words for the music please very well my lady faint and punch and dodge and twist it's a knock our blow from big ben's fist then comes through the open door the wounded boy in his arms one of the holiday men draws a beat on him and ben says hey listen to me listen to me I want to talk to you the leader of the holidays holds up his hand all right hold your fire ashley holiday last picture top row ben walks to the man who says hey you ain't no venture but for you sticking your nose and what ain't your business then says listen you crazy pools can shoot holes through each other until the cows come home and he goes on first picture bottom row that's your pleasure but this boy hasn't harmed anybody and he's going to die if he doesn't get to a doctor quick yeah he's a venture any he's just a kid and he deserves to live until he's old enough to make up his own mind about joining in this insane murder game you play you talk big and blowy mister you ain't even got a gun I got a mind let my boy shoot you down where you stand ben just looks at the boy in his arms and then the leader of the holidays changes his mind he takes the boy from ben and says ashley take this boy over to the docks the stranger staying thanks last picture the man chuckles and says don't thank me yet son leased ways not till you met up with little david hey little david come on uncle listen to ben and send the boy to the doctor so am I it's mighty brave of ben to face those holidays that way yes well that's something we'll find out next week now let's turn over the page and see who's there oh look it's right and you remember that Roy had saved the guard from being burned up on that stagecoach and then he had brought the guard to a little trading post and when the guard went inside the store Roy heard a shot Roy rushed in and found the guard lying on the floor shot and standing over him was hairpin dob the man who had held up the stagecoach and now he's holding a gun on Roy and I wonder what'll happen to Roy well let's read and find out here we go with Roy Rogers king of the cowboys a yep I owe now here we go with Roy and trigger Roy stands in front of Dobbs his hands in the air as Dobb faces him with a gun Roy says well so you're hairpin Dobbs you shot this man so he wouldn't identify you as the Hombray who held up his stage meanwhile outside the house Sam Teal the owner of the trading post is listening he takes a rifle and sneaks up beside the window when he says to himself no wonder what's happening in there he ain't healthy for me to have a ruckus at my trading post as Roy faces hairpin Dobbs the hold up man says third picture well I suppose the shotgun guard told you what I was looking for in that stagecoach you know Rogers well you ain't gonna live to blab about it he cocks his trigger to shoot Roy but at that moment Sam Teal owner of the trading post appears at the window last picture top row rifle in hand quickly Dobb world sends a shot at the rifle which appears in the window quickly Roy leaps up seizes a chandelier over his head and swings his feet forward knocking Dobbs over Teal comes in the door just then that saddle bum only hit my rifle Rogers I'll lock him in my work room till the sheriff arrives all right get moving hairpin Roy who's kneeling over the guard says but it's man still alive I'll see you that he gets to a doctor Prano a few minutes later Sam Teal is facing Dobbs in his work room Dobbs says match the sheriff when I'll expose you Sam Teal I'm wise you're smuggling fresh mine gold nuggets from the government Indian reservation he'll answers shut up open that door behind your hairpin Dobbs snarls well I figured you hide him somewhere under stages when they're laid up for repairs next door huh all right Dobbs goes out the door Teal aims at his back and says okay hairpin the door is open get going and good luck he's gonna shoot dad yes it does doesn't I wonder if he'll even know he's helping Roy neither do I and maybe we'll find out why we don't trust him next week well now it's time for Dick's adventures so let's go to the very last page yes and you remember with general hall and the English has just declared war on the map and general hall knows that the ship that's carrying his supplies will be captured by the British on Lake Erie so he hurries his shorthanded army to Detroit oh I wonder if you'll get to the fort safely well let's find out now here we go with Dick's adventures say the magic words with me rickety pack is that because they let's have music for adventure to stick general hall and his army reached the frontier town of Detroit first picture second row they find the 800 inhabitants of the fort including many women and children in the grip of terror after he is investigated a situation Paul says to dick a little later oh it's not the British we fear land they're civilized but that bloodthirsty devil chief tecumseh is fighting on their side we hear he's got 5 000 braves ready to swarm drone on us rather than a weight attack general hall last picture second row launches an assault first only to be driven back by the dire news that even greater hordes of tecumseh's warriors are gathering outnumbered and faced with a prospect of wholesale massacre all surrenders and first picture bottom row Detroit becomes a pretty city as dick salutes the flag with tears in his eyes he sees it grow dimmer and dimmer and he's saying we lost Detroit Lake Erie's bottled up yeah but wait'll Perry gets there last picture dick sits up and sees is in his own hammock in his own backyard hey i've been dreaming again yes it was but general hall was wise he prevented the massacre of all those people by the Indians yes i think and save the people's lives yes much better i wonder what'll happen next week and new adventure or some more about well we'll find that out next week now look underneath dick's adventures there's rusty riley oh yes and horses are out on a farm near the seacoast the farm is owned by mrs jones and a mr marlowe is trying to get that farm away from mrs jones and he can do it too if she can't pay him some money that she owes him before the end of the week so rusty is going to try to help her and he's training a horse to run in a race and if he wins the race he'll get a thousand dollars and he and tex found some strange smelling mud on the horses hoops and rusty has shown tex that the mud is on mrs jones's farm and tex when he saw the mud said to rusty that there was oil there oh i managed to find out more about this quickly very well here we go with rusty riley gallop and run till the road is dusty give us music for his horse and rusty rusty says to tex hey jeepers tex if there's oil here mrs jones is really rich and Pete says yes your tex all we got to do is to tell her and then she can pay off that money she owes mr marlowe now whoa whoa now there hold on there boys it ain't it going to be quite that simple dealing with that marlowe farmant oh the way i see it the tex driven showed oil here just about the time that jones was killed in that truck accident now marlowe didn't want to share it with mrs jones so he got some phony engineer to sign a report that there's no oil at all and he goes on last picture top roll yeah and it looks like he's got things tied up good the temporary lease and that huller must be to keep nosy folks away till he forecloses that mortgage and that's going to be right soon rusty says first picture bottom roll well tex he won't do it if i can stop him you see our plan is to win the blue brook handicap at the county fair i had this cold pretty well broken before we left milestone farm oh he's awful fast and pete says yeah and that race pays a thousand bucks well tex answers well banking on a racehorse is pretty much like counting on hatch chicks rusty but during if it ain't worth a try next morning at the picnic grounds rusty is training his horse peter has been watching asks well how do you think he's doing rusty rusty answers well he's picking his feet up too high pete like a hackney he didn't know that when i wrote him at the milestone track last picture pete says well rusty you suppose that we did anything to his feet when we cleaned out that black clay rusty answers heck no that wouldn't make him run that way but whatever it is he'll never win that race high steppin that's something to worry about yes it is because rusty says he can't win the race running away and rusty knows because he knows everything about horses well maybe next week you'll find out how to correct that oh i hope so now it'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 i got to go now all right mr. best week okay that's a date and a 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 or 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 all next week your friend the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man