Police Comics #14 (Dec. 1942):
“My cousin Whiskers is on his way to visit Dewey”
by John Devlin

Police Comics #14

Title: “My cousin Whiskers is on his way to visit Dewey”

Feature: Dewey Drip

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1942

Publisher:
Art by: John Devlin

Number of Pages: 1

8 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.
Mrs. Drip (lead character, pg. 58, panel 9)	Protestant	[hillbilly; Dewey Drip's mother]		6
Whiskers		[visited Dewey Drip on base, unknowingly looking like Hitler]		1
U.S. Army (3-panel cameo, pg. 58, panels 7-9)		[military unit]		1,801
Mr. Drip (3-panel cameo, pg. 58, panels 1, 6, 10)	Protestant	[hillbilly; Dewey Drip's father]		5
Dewey Drip (1-panel cameo, pg. 58, panel 9)	Protestant	U.S. Army [loves feuding; was excited to be drafted]		20
Adolf Hitler (photo/picture/video, pg. 58, panel 10)  (panel 6): Paw Drip: "Did he look fancy, Maw?" Maw Drip: "Sho did -- he fixed hisself lak this stranger wot gets his pitcher in so many magazines.. ah don't know his name.." Adolf Hitler is central to the humor of this strip. Preparing to visit Dewey Drip on base, Paw Drip's cousin Whiskers shaves off his long beard, using a picture of Hitler as a guide. Hilarity ensues.	Nazi	[1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)]	Shochiku Kinema	1,593
bears (mentioned, pg. 58, panel 2)  Maw Drip: "Better trim them whiskers fust.. or the sojers will be shootin' you for a bear!"	N.A.	[animal species]	Longmans, Green & co.	200
unnamed corn cure salesman (mentioned, pg. 58, panel 3)  Cousin Whiskers: "Might as well slick up real fancy -- wonder what style them city fellers wear their whiskers?" Maw Drip: "Here's some pitcher magazines the corn cure salesman left. Might give you an idea!"		[left magazines with Drips]		1

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