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Rocket, v. 1, issue 1, March 1940

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'OOFTISH' ---------------by----------- dick wilson

Little Joey crawled about in the back yard amoung the hedges, sighting occasionally along the barrel of his rocket pistol and going " Bing " He also went "Zap-zap" and "Barooom". He was happy.

Suddenly he wriggled around the corner of a bush and came face to face with a pair of boots. The face on one boot was that of Flash Gordon and on the other, that of Buck (Anthony) Rogers.

"Hello," said Joey.

"Hmmmm," said the boots. " Aren't you a bit old for that sort of thing?"

"Nah," said Joey. " I'm a science fiction fan. "

" Really?" The boots raised their eyebrows. " How interesting. Do the writings of Henry Kuttner appeal strongly to you? "

" Blam!" went Joey, polishing off a martian. " Kuttner? No. I don't go for the blood and thunder type. I prefer the psychological sort of stuff that Binder does. "

" I like Eando myself. He and Dick Calkins, I think, represent the peak of perfection in fantastic literature. "

" My idea exactly. "

" Say, by the way, how would you like to go on a bit of a jaunt to our Lunar neihbor. I have my spaceship just outside. "

" That I doubt," said Joey. " Strongly. "

" I swear it," said the boots, " by Almighty Ghu. I give you my word ---- Cross my heart. Listen."  He raised his voice:"Hey Amborse"

There was a metallic rattle from the street.

" Hurry up, will you?" queried the rattle "there's a cop out here putting chalk-marks on my tires. He tickles."

" You see?" said the boots. "Convinced?"

" Passably. Although my old man sounds like that sometimes when he gets plastered." He vanished into the house. "Be right back," he said "Soon's I get a sandwich."

The boots ssquatted on the grass, removed a lipstick from his pocket and recarmined the lips of Flash and Anthony, then reached up and wrote "joey loves Judy" on the white side of the house.

Five minutes later Joey reappeared, and the two soon seated themselves in Ambrose.

{Cartoon of two odd aliens by WD + BM, captioned "Say, Paddy, I'll bet these earthlings are going to be funny looking things."]

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9 'OOFTISH' ---------------by----------- dick wilson Little Joey crawled about in the back yard amoung the hedges, sighting occasionally along the barrel of his rocket pistol and going " Bing " He also went "Zap-zap" and "Barooom". He was happy. Suddenly he wriggled around the corner of a bush and came face to face with a pair of boots. The face on one boot was that of Flash Gordon and on the other, that of Buck (Anthony) Rogers. "Hello," said Joey. "Hmmmm," said the boots. " Aren't you a bit old for that sort of thing?" "Nah," said Joey. " I'm a science fiction fan. " " Really?" The boots raised their eyebrows. " How interesting. Do the writings of Henry Kuttner appeal strongly to you? " " Blam!" went Joey, polishing off a martian. " Kuttner? No. I don't go for the blood and thunder type. I prefer the psychological sort of stuff that Binder does. " " I like Eando myself. He and Dick Calkins, I think, represent the peak of perfection in fantastic literature. " " My idea exactly. " " Say, by the way, how would you like to go on a bit of a jaunt to our Lunar neihbor. I have my spaceship just outside. " " That I doubt," said Joey. " Strongly. " " I swear it," said the boots, " by Almighty Ghu. I give you my word ---- Cross my heart. Listen." He raised his voice:"Hey Amborse" There was a metallic rattle from the street. " Hurry up, will you?" queried the rattle "there's a cop out here putting chalk-marks on my tires. He tickles." " You see?" said the boots. "Convinced?" " Passably. Although my old man sounds like that sometimes when he gets plastered." He vanished into the house. "Be right back," he said "Soon's I get a sandwich." The boots ssquatted on the grass, removed a lipstick from his pocket and recarmined the lips of Flash and Anthony, then reached up and wrote "joey loves Judy" on the white side of the house. Five minutes later Joey reappeared, and the two soon seated themselves in Ambrose. {Cartoon of two odd aliens by WD + BM, captioned "Say, Paddy, I'll bet these earthlings are going to be funny looking things."]