Now Don't Give Us No Trouble

Not long ago, we looked at Trouble. Jasper "Trouble" Jones, that is. Or is it Wilfred "Trouble" Berlad? Or perhaps Phinius "Trouble" Elbuort? He's got trouble with names, too. 

Friend to Koppy "Supersnipe" McFadd, and walking statistical anomaly. Let's take in a trio of tales to see just how much trouble Trouble brings. (And how very different the culture was in them long ago days)

Try to imagine the reaction if this was published today -

It was a rough world for yesterday's kids, eh? But, it's a good thing for Trouble that it wasn't modern times and attitudes when they thought he was homeless...

Before we go...
As mentioned, yesterday was off watching Avengers: Endgame. Most of you have likely already seen it by now.

Did you catch the march of this sinister duck?

Go Howard!

page art by George Marcoux from Supersnipe v.4 #s 3, 8, & 11 (1948)

If You Ask Me - This Is A Job For Supersnipe!

Koppy (Supersnipe) McFad* lived in a very odd little town, even when adjusted for looking back into a different time. How many towns other than Yapburg do you suppose decided "Hey! That kid is the Happiest, so we need to make him more happy!"? 
Okay, yeah - they do that all the time. But how many say that's what they're doing?

*(Yes, i know i spell McFadd elsewhere, but it changes story to story, and so it changes.)

In Yapburg, they not only do that, they do it every week! Ed Gruskin and George Marcoux tell us all about it...

<Insert SFX: Record scratch mixed with screeching brakes> 

Um, wait - What?

Koppy is Trouble's 'protecter'? 
Trouble is a boy?

When did this happen? Last we saw in Supersnipe, Trouble was Dotty's dog! Okay, we didn't actually see that. We looked at Dotty Loves Trouble before they added the dog named Trouble, but we did mention it. So... who's this guy?

Let's journey back a year earlier and find out, with the full 23 page tale Introducing - "Trouble"...

Despite that ending, Trouble's curse remained. He returned for a few stories, eventually getting his own short feature - just five appearances ranging from 3-8 pages each.

Since it wasn't in our previous collection, here's the cover for Trouble's first appearance - 

page art by George Marcoux for Supersnipe v.2#8 and v.3#9 (1945, 1946)

The Step-Father, Uncle and Grandfather of Invention

As mentioned, we're returning to visit with Supersnipe and his crew this weekend.

Let's start by checking in with Ulysses Q. Wacky, Unlimited Inventor & Genius. Truth be told, very few of his inventions work out as he had planned. In fact, there may be only one truly successful working invention to come out of Wacky's workshop. He created it at the end of volume one, and it returned at the beginning of volume three.

Let's take a look, shall we?

Yeah - this one would never sell these days...

page art by George Marcoux from Supersnipe v1#12 and v3#1 (1943, 1946)