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Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 52

  • Issue #52
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 52
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #0080061005
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Indicia title is "LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, No. 52." Untitled Little Orphan Annie stories, script and art by Harold Gray. Rose Chance's husband Ace steals money from his wife's business in order to gamble; In a high-stakes poker game Ace shoots a pro gambler and is arrested. Jack, who's secretly in love with Rose Chance, goes to great lengths to make sure that the man Ace Chance shot lives and that Ace will get good legal defense. Jack and Ace get into a brawl, which Jack wins; Ace goes to work as a manual laborer for Jack's trucking company. Bindle Al comes to talk to Jack. A truck axle falls on Ace's foot, smashing it; During his recovery, Jack makes him the bookkeeper and Ace has to fight temptation when dealing with cash. e is accused of theft when Jack's company's office is robbed; but Jack stands behind him and the real robber is picked up by the police. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.