Police Comics #15 (Jan. 1943):
“Deer Gran Sun Dewey, Yistady I decided to jine up with yore army”
by John Devlin

Police Comics #15

Title: “Deer Gran Sun Dewey, Yistady I decided to jine up with yore army”

Feature: Dewey Drip

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1943

Publisher:
Art by: John Devlin

Number of Pages: 1

9 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Pappy (lead character)		[Dewey Drip's grandfather; has 66 children or dependents]		1
unnamed army recruitment officer		U.S. Army [work at Draft Board office where Pappy tried to join Army]		1
U.S. Army (details)  Except for the first panel, showing Dewey Drip on base, his entire episode takes place in the Draft Board office located in Hog Hollow, with Dewey's grandfather talking to a recruitment officer.		[military unit]		1,801
Banker Boggs (Boggs) (2-panel cameo, pg. 32, panels 4-5)		[Pappy shot buttons off his suspenders to show marksmanship]		1
Dewey Drip (1-panel cameo, pg. 32, panel 1)	Protestant	U.S. Army [loves feuding; was excited to be drafted]		20
Pappy's progeny (1-panel cameo, pg. 32, panel 9)		[Pappy's numerous children (and perhaps grandkids too)]		1
Grandma Drip (mentioned, pg. 32, panel 9)  one of Pappy's progeny: "But Pappy, Mawm wants yo!" another of Pappy's progeny: "She got two revenoors treed!" It is quite likely, but not confirmed, that Pappy is Dewey Drip's paternal grandfather, and that "Mawm" referenced by one of his progeny is Grandma Drip.	Protestant	[Dewey Drip's paternal grandmother; hillbilly]		1
revenooers (mentioned, pg. 32, panel 9)  one of Pappy's progeny: "But Pappy, Mawm wants yo!" another one of Pappy's progeny: "She got wo revenoors treed!"		[U.S. govt. revenue agent, esp. one chasing moonshiners]		1
Junior (mentioned, pg. 32, panel 9)  one of Pappy's progeny: "Junior's jug's empty, Pappy..."		[one of Pappy's progeny; only one mentioned by name]		1

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