A Treasury of Comics was a newspaper reprint title which lasted for five issues (but not really, explanation to follow) from 1947 tp 1948; each issue featured a separate newspaper comic strip or comic book feature. Issue #1 featured Raeburn Van/Buren's Abbie an' Slats. The second issue featured Jim Hardy with Windy and Paddles by Dick Moores. The third issue featured Bernard Dibble's Bill Bumlin. Issue #4 once again featured Abbie an' Slats. And issue #5 (the "not really" one mentioned at the beginning of this paragraph) was to once again feature Jim Hardy, but became Jim Hardy #1, as identified in the indicia although the cover said A Treasury of Comics #5.
Bill Bumlin was a character used in some United Feature comics. Dibble was an assistant artist and "ghost" artist on many title, but he never really got a chance at a major strip of his own and Bill Bumlin was the best known work he signed his name ("Dib") to. For reasons unknown early characters in the comic stories were drawn with tiny wings on their backs. The stories themselves were humorous fantasies, involving everything from a magic anti-gravity elixir to a gentle and lisping Frankenstein's monster who loved flowers, especially "red roses." Despite his best efforts, Bumlin usually gets the short end of the stick. The artwork is wildly and comically original'
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