Animal Comics (1942-1948 Dell) 10

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Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories by Gaylord Du Bois (credited as Howard R. Garis), John Stanley and Walt Kelly. Art by Walt Kelly, Hubbell R. McBride, Rube Grossman, Otto Feuer, George Kerr, and Tom Golden. Dell's classic funny-animal series included early work by former Disney animator Walt Kelly, creator of beloved comic strip Pogo. In an early Pogoverse story by Kelly, Albert the Alligator is accused of eating Dee-lish-us Rackety Coon, but he sets out to prove the real culprit is an escaped circus tiger. In another Kelly story, a monkey catches a ride on an elephant train. Mrs. Henpeck's brother Rupert comes to visit, in a Hector the Henpecked Rooster story written by John Stanley of Little Lulu fame. Adorable cover by Kelly. Why the Butterfly Has Beautiful Wings; Uncle Wiggly; Hector the Henpecked Rooster; Albert Holds That Tigah; Blackie; Cilly Goose; Raggedy Animals: Lion Trouble; Elephunnies. 48 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.