Animal Comics (1942-1948 Dell) 13

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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, a fish story keeps growing until Pogo and Albert are hunting for whale in the pond. In another Kelly story, a monkey turns the elephant's trunk into a scary puppet. Hector fakes his own death to get back at his wife, in a Hector the Henpecked Rooster story written by John Stanley of Little Lulu fame. Bucky Horse; Uncle Wiggily; Hector the Henpecked Rooster; Blackie; Albert the Whaler; Cilly Goose; Raggedy Animals; Elephunnies; Friend in Need. 48 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.