Police Comics #1 (Aug. 1941):
“Dewey Drip”
by John Devlin

Police Comics #1

Title: “Dewey Drip”

Feature: Dewey Drip

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1941

Publisher:
Written by: John Devlin
Art by: John Devlin

Number of Pages: 1

12 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.
Dewey Drip (lead character)	Protestant	U.S. Army [loves feuding; was excited to be drafted]		20
Mr. Drip	Protestant	[hillbilly; Dewey Drip's father]		5
Lulubelle	Protestant	[hillbilly; Dewey Drip's girlfriend]		3
Mrs. Drip (1-panel cameo, pg. 58, panel 2)	Protestant	[hillbilly; Dewey Drip's mother]		6
Mailman Mose (Mose) (1-panel cameo, pg. 58, panel 1)		[delivered Dewey's draft notice]		3
? Drip (1-panel cameo, pg. 58, panel 2)	Protestant	[Dewey's baby brother; being bathed when draft letter came]		1
? Drip (1-panel cameo, pg. 58, panel 2)	Protestant	[Dewey's baby brother; drying on line when draft letter came]		1
unnamed donkey (1-panel cameo, pg. 58, panel 1)	N.A.	donkey [carried mail in rural Appalachia]		1
Potluck (1-panel cameo, pg. 58, panel 1)	N.A.	dog		5
U.S. Army (mentioned, pg. 58, panel 11)  Dewy Drip (upon receiving draft letter): "They pays spendin' money fo' feudin'? Yewnited States Army - har ah come!"		[military unit]		1,801
soldiers (mentioned, pg. 58, panels 9-10)  Lulu: "Of c'ose, Dewey - but a selectee is a soldier - an' ef the gov'mint has t'go to war they need soldiers!" Dewey Drip: "War? Thet's like a feud, aint' it?" Lulu: "Sho' 'tis- but they pays yo' real spendin' money fo' bein' a soldier!"		[occupation]
Hatfields (mentioned, pg. 58, panel 4)  Dewy Drip: "Git f'cover Paw! - Them Hetfields musta lost their jug - they're shootin' straighter!"		[famously feuded with the McCoys]		1

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