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Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) comic books 1950-1959

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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 267

    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 267 PR 0.5

    Interior is complete. Extensive accumulation of defects.

    Starts Jun 24

    Indicia title is "LITTLE BEAVER, No. 267." Cover art by Fred Harman. Blackjack and the Indians; An outlaw named Blackjack commits crimes with the help of men dressed as Indians; A vigilante group is formed to drive Chief White Cloud's tribe out of the area; Little Beaver and Po-Ko go to warn Chief White Cloud and have to hide with the tribe in cliff dwellings when the vigilantes come; Red Ryder comes to their rescue. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 296 CGC 6.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4416308003

    Starts Jul 6

    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE in PRIVATE EYE FOR HIRE, No. 296." Private Eye For Hire; Mickey becomes a private investigator; A man hires him to trail his wife to keep her from cheating on her diet. The Black Pearl Mystery, art by Al Hubbard; While vacationing in Shark Bay, Mickey and Goofy find a message in a bottle that has a map to a treasure in a sunken ship in the bay. Mickey Mouse and the Tagalong Pup, art by Jim Pabian; Mickey finds a small pup that whistles. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 1026 CGC 8.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4405576006

    Starts Jul 6

    Walt Disney's Spin and Marty. Photo Cover shows Marty Markham (as portrayed by David Stollery) and Spin Evans (as portrayed by Tim Considine). Stories by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer. Art by Dan Spiegle. Featuring the tales "The Treasure of Old Fort Resolute" (where an old soldier helps Spin and Marty discover the mystery of an abandoned fort) and "The Mystery of the Hidden Mermaid," plus the 1-pager "Frontier Forts" and activity page "Spin and Marty's Gold Quiz"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 1049 CBCS 7.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #23-40B95C4-001

    Starts Jun 10

    Indicia title is "DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP, No. 1049." Adapted from the 1959 movie "Don't Give Up the Ship." Photo cover of John Paul Steckler VII (as played by Jerry Lewis). Preview with photos. Don't Give Up The Ship, script by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer, art by Dan Spiegle; When the Navy asks for appropriations, Congressman Mandeville demands to know the whereabouts of an unaccounted-for destroyer escort, the USS Kornblatt from World War II, as an excuse to deny funding; Vice-Admiral P. T. Bludde sends for Lt. John Paul Steckler, who was the man who last signed off on the ship; Steckler, a bumbler, was the lowest ranking officer left when the ship left Pearl Harbor and he managed to run the ship on a reef near an island; Steckler goes ashore, only to find it occupied by Japanese soldiers who don't know the war is over; His crew thinks he's dead and sails to San Diego. A quiz to match illustrated words with their meaning in Naval slang. Silhouettes of various types of Navy ships on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.