Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Swing With Scooter #22

Swing With Scooter #22 (On Sale: August 5, 1969) has a cover by Henry Scarpelli.

We have Scooter and Sylvester in "He Who Learns Karate... Gets Sore Back," which is inked by Henry Scarpelli. When one day at the beach, Sylvester is pushed around by the captain of the football team, he decides to take up karate. Scooter takes him to a local dojo and is signed up for classes with Sylvester. After beating up the sensei's young son, Sylvester thinks he is ready to go back to the beach. When the football captain again beats up Sylvester, Cookie takes the player out with judo moves she learned by watching Batman on TV.

Next is Cynthia in "Hat a Girl," which is again most likely inked by Henry Scarpelli. When Cynthia puts a deposit down on an expensive hat, she works for a month babysitting in order to afford it. When she finally has enough to buy it she sees a horse wearing the same hat.
 
Malibu stars in three one-page gags: "The Expert," "The Poet" and "Room for Rent," all which are again most likely inked by Henry Scarpelli.

We end with Scooter and Kenny in "Mod Addict." Scooter tries to make some extra money to buy some clothes for a Mod Dress dance on Saturday night. He gets fires before he earns anything. When his Uncle Freddy hears of his problem, he offers to pay Scooter to clean out his attic. There Scooter finds some old clothes from the 1920s that look pretty mod, so he wears them to the party. As with all the stories in this issue, this again most likely inked by Henry Scarpelli.

Edited by Joe Orlando.

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