Issue | #729 |
Published | November 1956 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "Bob Son of Battle, No. 729." Code number is B.S. OF BATTLE O.S. #7729-5611. Adapted from the 1898 book "Bob Son of Battle" by Alfred Ollivant. |
Characters | Bob (dog); James Moore |
Genre | animal |
Pencils | Mo Gollub (painting) |
Inks | Mo Gollub (painting) |
Colors | Mo Gollub (painting) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Cover art credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Characters | Bob (dog); James Moore; Adam M'Adam; Red Wull (dog) |
Synopsis | Preview of story. |
Genre | animal |
Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
Inks | Mike Peppe |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations and text. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Author of the original book, Alfred Ollivant, is mis-identified on this page as being "Alfred Oliphant". |
Characters | Bob, Son of Battle (dog); James Moore; Adam M'Adam; Red Wull (dog) |
Synopsis | The conflicts of James Moore and his dog Bob, Son of Battle, and his neighbor Adam M'Adam and his dog Red Wull as they compete for the Dale Cup, Scotland's symbol of sheepdog supremacy in a story that stretches over a number of years of the annual contests. |
Genre | animal |
Script | Alfred Ollivant (original story); Gaylord DuBois (comic adaptation) |
Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
Inks | Mike Peppe |
Notes | Story concludes on inside back cover in black and white. Adapted from the 1898 book "Bob Son of Battle" by Alfred Ollivant. Highly abridged version leaves out several characters and some major plot points of the original story. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Characters | Francis the Talking Mule |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Bottom third of last interior page in middle of story. Promo for Dell's Francis the Talking Mule comic and also for the movie "Francis and the Haunted House." The cover of Dell Four Color #745 (November 1956) is depicted. |
Synopsis | Facts about sheepdogs. |
Genre | fact |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Text article with five monochrome illustrations. |