Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) comic books 1948

Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 179. Cover art by Walt Kelly. Uncle Wiggily's Flying Shoes, script by Roger Garis, art by H. R. McBride; Uncle Wiggily finds that he can bound high in the air with the aid of air-filled rubber pillows on his feet and guide himself with his umbrella; After Uncle Wiggily foils Skeezicks' attempt to steal a bird's nest; Skeezicks and his pal Pip plot to get revenge. Homemade Skeeter Dope, script by Roger Garis, art by H. R. McBride; Uncle Wiggily mixes up a batch of mosquito repellent, but it attracts mosquitoes rather than repels them. Uncle Wiggily Buries His Fortune, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by H. R. McBride; Uncle Wiggily digs a hole deep under a tree to bury his fortune. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "OZARK IKE, No. 180." Cover art by Ray Gotto. Hillbilly Football and Ozark the Boxer, script and art by Ray Gotto; Ike plays in the farcical 47th annual Fatfield-McBatt Football Feud game, scoring the winning touchdown; He then goes to the city to seek his fortune; He becomes a prize fighter, but gets tricked out of his ring earnings by crooked promoters. Reprinted from Ozark Ike (King Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1945 and 1946. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE in JUNGLE MAGIC, No. 181." Cover art by Bill Wright. Mickey Mouse and Jungle Magic!, script and art by Bill Wright; Mickey is working in a flower shop; A wealthy woman requests a black orchid and the store's owner sends Mickey and Goofy to the Orinoco River area in South America to find one. Mickey Mouse and the Soap Box Derby, art by Gil Turner; The nephews are so busy building a soap box racer that Mickey thinks they've forgotten his birthday. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in EVER-NEVER LAND, No. 182." Cover art by Tom McKimson. Ever-Never Land, art by Roger Armstrong; Porky and Petunia join Prof. Y. E. Oldbones on an expedition to Ever-Never Land to find the Flugleberry bush, whose berries are said to give great wisdom to whoever eats them. Porky Pig's "Gorilla Hunt, art by Tom McKimson; Bugs and Cicero dress up in a gorilla suit to advertise a new movie; Porky hears a report of an escaped gorilla on the radio, not knowing it's from a distant city, and sends the town into a panic after seeing the two in the gorilla suit walking the streets. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 183." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Easter Party, script by John Stanley, art by Dan Gormley; Oswald is hired by rich Mrs. Van Dough to play the part of an Easter bunny at a party for her spoiled son Algernon. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "TILLIE THE TOILER, No. 184." Cover art by Jack Callahan. Love and Candy Kisses; Mac goes into business selling taffy candy kisses at the fair; He hires a couple of young women to make singing commercials, which makes Tillie jealous so she goes with Yip Zoompy to the fair while Mac works. Presenting Mac in Muscle-bound; Tillie has a crush on Hefty Luggins, a weight-lifter whose parents moved in across the street. Presenting Mac in "The Understudy Over-acts"; Tillie has the lead in the Dandy Amateur Players play and Mac is the understudy for ten roles. Scripts and art by Jack Callahan. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "EASTER with MOTHER GOOSE, No. 185." Cover art by Walt Kelly. The Lost Chick; A chick goes into the forest to find the Easter Bunny. The Candy Egg; A mouse imagines a candy egg as big as the world. The Three Pigs Help the Bunny; Two pigs take eggs home to boil them for the Easter Bunny; The Wolf thinks this would be a good time to have ham and eggs. Into the Egg with the Pied Piper; The Pied Piper rids the town of rats; Instead of the purse of 1,000 pounds of gold, the Mayor gives him one gold coin. Humpty Dumpty; Humpty Dumpty goes to the Easter Bunny's party, but ends up falling off a wall. All art by Walt Kelly. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's BAMBI, No. 186." Cover art by Morris Gollub. Bambi, script by Felix Salten (original story) and Chase Craig (comic adaptation), art by Morris Gollub; The story of Bambi and his adventures growing up during two years in the forest. Thumper and Friends, art by Morris Gollub; Advice on observing wildlife and a warning to prevent forest fires. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY and the DREADFUL DRAGON, No. 187." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Bugs Bunny and the Dreadful Dragon, art by Ralph Heimdahl; Bugs goes to the "mythical kingdom of Dragonwych," where he meets a giant, a dragon, and a witch. Bugs Bunny and the Pirate's Treasure, art by Roger Armstrong; Bugs is a mascot on the pirate ship captained by Scuttlebutt Sam (Yosemite Sam), when the crew plans a mutiny. Stuff 'n' Nonsense, art by Ralph Heimdahl; Bugs is working in Elmer's taxidermy shop; When he takes a nap, Mrs. Van Pester, Elmer's best customer, sees Bugs and, thinking he's a stuffed rabbit, orders Elmer to deliver him to her home that afternoon. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 188." Cover art by Dick Hall. Star of the Circus, art by Dick Hall; Tackhammer gets a job as a musician in the circus. Woody gets a tuba and ends up as part of the circus band, too; Woody ends up disrupting the performance, but the audience thinks it's all part of the act. Jumping Through back cover strip, art by Dick Hall; Woody imitates a dog jumping through a paper-covered hoop, but ends up in a pool of water. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK IN THE OLD CASTLE'S SECRET, No. 189." Cover art by Carl Barks. The Old Castle's Secret, script and art by Carl Barks; Uncle Scrooge and the ducks go to Scotland to find the treasure hidden in the walls of the old McDuck castle, and there they encounter a "ghost" that is invisible except for the shadow cast by its skeleton; The "ghost" soon steals the treasure and traps the ducks on a balcony a hundred feet above the ground, but the nephews get down safely and find a secret entrance to the castle through an old graveyard. Horseshoe Luck, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald refuses to believe that finding a horseshoe brings good luck. Bean Taken back cover strip by Carl Barks; Donald devises a system for guessing the number of beans in a jar. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "FLASH GORDON, No. 190." Cover art by Paul Norris. Activity page with drawings of Flash Gordon's rocket ship, to be pasted on cardboard and cut out and assembled. The Adventure of the Flying Saucers, script and art by Paul Norris; While on Mongo, Flash and Dale spot flying "disc-ships" traveling from the planet Misto to attack Earth; They follow the ships to Earth, where Flash destroys the fleet, except for the ship of the commander, Wongee; who disables Flash's ship. Flash attaches his ship to Wongee's and after a mutiny against Wongee, Flash and Dale are taken to Misto; They escape from the ship as it comes in for a landing and find themselves in the midst of a rural area. Misto Disc Ship activity page; Drawings of the top and bottom of a Misto Space Ship, designed to be pasted to cardboard and cut out and glued back to back to make a flying disc. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG TO THE RESCUE, No. 191." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Porky Pig to the Rescue, art by Roger Armstrong; Handsome Homer tricks Petunia into going with him to a costume party instead of going with Porky; Porky, dressed in a Robin Hood costume, falls asleep on a park bench; He dreams he's Porkington Pigge of Robin Hood's band and rescues Princess Petunia from the evil Earl of Wottaham. Porky Pig's Magic Show, art by Harvey Eisenberg; Porky wants to become a magician so Cicero tries to get him a job as Blackrock the Magician's assistant. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 192." Cover art by Walt Kelly. They Help the Toymaker; Three Brownies decide to help the toymaker; They are joined by an "out of town" Brownie, Whiskers, who sabotages their efforts. A Trip to the Moon/The Telescope; The Brownies notice a piece is out of the moon and recruit a duck to fly them there to repair it; They don't get very far. The Chicken's Child/The Hockey Game; A Brownie hides in an Easter egg; A chicken tries to hatch it and when the Brownie emerges the chicken assumes the Brownie is her "chick." The Ooglies and the Cuckoo Clock/The Musician; The Ooglies steal a cuckoo clock; The Brownies trick them into putting it back. All art by Walt Kelly. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "TOM & JERRY IN DOUBLE TROUBLE, No. 193." Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Double Trouble, art by Havery Eisenberg; Tom kicks Jerry and Tuffy out of the house; The pair get back into the house by way of the attic; In the attic they find a movie projector and a reel of film containing a Tom and Jerry cartoon!; Jerry and Tuffy use the projector and cartoon to make Tom think they have become ghosts. Tom Gets a Bath back cover comic, art by Harvey Eisenberg; Tom tries to get out of the house before he has to take a bath. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE IN THE WORLD UNDER THE SEA, No. 194. Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Mickey Mouse and the World Under the Sea, script and art by Bill Wright; Goofy invents a tank that will go underwater and fly; On a test run they find a huge air-filled undersea cavern with fields and a city; Their tank is stolen by Count Drakova, who somehow manages to render it invisible; Mickey and Goofy recover the tank and go to the city where they find that Count Drakova is threatening to make a man disappear if the King does not deliver a chest of gold to him. Pluto's Problem, art by Harvey Eisenberg; Pluto gets an inferiority complex after seeing the large and vicious animals in the zoo. Red and White House back cover strip, art by Bill Wright; Mickey and Goofy are told to paint a house red and white. Mickey paints his side white with red shutters, while Goofy paints his side red with white shutters. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is TILLIE THE TOILER, No. 195. Tillie the Toiler Tills the Soil; Tillie decides to become a gardener; As usual, Mac ends up doing all the work. Presenting WRAPsody In Mink; Tillie decides to get a mink coat by raising the minks herself; After that plan falls through, she and Mac go to the woods to have a trapper show them how to trap minks. Tillie the Toiler Presents "Mac Joins the Scrub Team!"; Tillie's mother is going out of town; Bubbles comes over to help Tillie keep house while she's gone. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is CHARLIE McCARTHY in the HAUNTED HIDE-OUT, No. 196. Photo cover of Charlie McCarthy. Charlie McCarthy Trivia. The Haunted Hide-Out, art by Harvey Eisenberg; Charlie and Mortimer go into the laundry business, with disastrous results; To drum up business, Mortimer decides to go to a haunted house to see if the ghosts need their sheets washed and Charlie follows; The haunted house happens to be the hide-out of a couple of bank robbers. Charlie McCarthy and His Pet Ostrich, art by Harvey Eisenberg; When Charlie's pet ostrich causes problems, Charlie tries to sell her to Mortimer. Back cover photo of Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is Zane Grey's 'SPIRIT OF THE BORDER, No. 197. Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. Facts about Eastern Woodland Indians' weapons, ceremonial items and garments. The Spirit of the Border; Set in the Ohio Valley in the late 18th century, the story features Lew Wetzel, who has dedicated his life to the destruction of Indians and to the protection of white settlements. Two brothers, Jim and Joe Downs, arrive with a party of Moravian missionaries, who are attempting to convert the Indians. The brothers' lives take different paths but they eventually meet again as captives in a Delaware Indian village. Adapted from the 1906 novel "The Spirit of the Border" by Zane Grey. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA in The MIGHTY MITES, No. 198. Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Mighty Mites, script by John Stanley, art by Dan Gormley; When their car is stuck in the mud on a back road, Andy and Charlie make their way to an isolated house where they are captured by Mr. Morgan, who has invented a reducto ray, which is capable of shrinking people to four inches high. Andy and the Squirrel back cover strip, art by Dan Gormley; Andy is sleeping on a park bench with his mouth open; A squirrel decides that would be a good place to hide an acorn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in SHERIFF OF BULLET VALLEY, No. 199. Cover art by Carl Barks. Sheriff of Bullet Valley, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald becomes a sheriff's deputy in Bullet Valley and is sent out to bring in a gang of rustlers; The rustlers are led by Blacksnake McQuirt, a tough gunman who poses as a legitimate rancher and uses a branding ray to change brands from as far as a mile away. Best Laid Plans inside back cover strip by Carl Barks. The Genuine Article back cover strip by Carl Barks; Donald tests the authenticity of worm holes in an antique. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is BUGS BUNNY, SUPER SLEUTH, No. 200. Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Bugs Bunny - Snooper Sleuth, art by Ralph Heimdahl; Bugs has a detective agency and is hired by Angus MacRory to guard MacRory's super-explosive "carrot bomb" from Yosemite Sam and his henchman. Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears, art by Roger Armstrong; Bugs is sent to be Junior Bear's new baby-sitter. Bugs entertains the super-strong Junior; Meanwhile, Papa Bear (Hubert) decides that a meal of roast rabbit would be a nice change from porridge. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is CHRISTMAS with MOTHER GOOSE, No. 201. Cover art by Walt Kelly. Christmas in the Shoe; Mr. Nicholas solicits gifts from the residents of Mother Goose Town so that the Old Woman Who Lives in A Shoe's children can have a merry Christmas. A Christmas Alphabet; Christmas-themed Illustrations for each letter of the alphabet. Hickory and Dickory Help Santa Claus; A pair of mice help Santa when he becomes stuck in the chimney of their house. Three Jovial Welshmen; Three Welsh men go hunting on Christmas Day and spend more time arguing than hunting. The Tale of Chip-Chop and his Christmas Good Deed; Chip-chop the chipmunk gathers trinkets in Santa's workshop for Mr. Crow to distribute to the forest animals. All art by Walt Kelly. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 202. Woody the Football Hero; A pro football team hires Woody, but they want him to be water boy, not a player; With the home team behind, the coach relents and puts Woody in the game and he uses some unusual tactics to get his team back in the game. Noisy Neighbors; Woody rigs up a loudspeaker system to irritate Tackhammer; Tackhammer gets revenge by doctoring Woody's soup with hot pepper and tabasco sauce, temporarily ruining Woody's singing voice. All art by Dick Hall. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in THE GOLDEN CHRISTMAS TREE, No. 203. The Golden Christmas Tree, art by Carl Barks; The nephews, disappointed in their wish for a golden Christmas tree, are lured into a trap by a witch who plans to use their tears in a magic potion that will destroy all the Christmas trees on earth. Special Delivery, script and art by Bill Wright; Santa sprains his ankle when he visits Mickey's house on Christmas Eve; Mickey and Goofy deliver the presents on the few remaining stops on Santa's list, but not without a number of accidents. The True Test one-page strip, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald tests toys to see how sturdy they are. Ornaments on the Way one-page strip, script and art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "FLASH GORDON, No. 204." Cover art by Paul Norris. Flash Gordon Cut-Out Jet-Car activity page. Adventure on Orano, script and art by Paul Norris; Two modified V-2 missiles take off from Earth, one crash-lands on Mongo, the other on the planet Orano; Flash finds the ship that crashed on Mongo has an American crew; The other ship is a mystery; Flash and the Americans go to Orano to investigate, but are captured by the forces of Orano's cruel ruler, Torro, the Terrible. Orano Fly Model Space-Ship activity page. Fight at Space Port back cover art by Paul Norris. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 205. Cover art by Morris Gollub. Ticky Tack the Littlest Reindeer, script and art by Walt Kelly; Ticky Tack, a tiny reindeer, is too small to pull Santa's sleigh; One Christmas Santa forgets a toy sleigh and Ticky Tack and Shortbread the elf deliver it to its destination. Jingle Bells illustrated lyrics, art by Arthur E. Jameson. Santa's New Suits, script and art by Frank Jupo; Nimble Needle, Santa's tailor, convinces Santa that he should wear the national dress of the various countries he visits. Petey Parrot's Christmas, art by Dan Noonan; Petey Parrot decides to play Santa for the mice children in his house. Santa's Sea Trip, art by Arthur E. Jameson; in the early 1800s, a storm threatens to keep a frigate from reaching port for Christmas. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, No. 206. The Battle for Peg's Son, Billy, script and art by Harold Gray; Peg becomes a successful dress designer; Her former husband, band leader and movie star Peter La Plata (Bill Slagg), tries to take their son away from his parents, who are raising the boy in the boarding house where Peg and Annie are staying; (Not knowing that the boy is Peg's son); Failing in his attempt to get his parents to give him the boy, La Plata breaks his wrist while taking a swing at Sam the tailor, which sets a series of events in motion that leads to his downfall. Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1940. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is KING of the ROYAL MOUNTED, No. 207. Cover art by Jim Gary. The Suspicious Death of Sir Basil, script and art by Jim Gary; King is sent to Fraser Ranch to investigate the death of Sir Basil, a famous horseman who died under suspicious circumstances. Reprinted from King of Royal Mounted (King Features Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.