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

  • Issue #3
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 3
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    • Comic TRIMMED for post-manufacturer binding (removed). Spine damage, hole punches, staples added.

    Indicia title is "ALLEY OOP, No. 3." Untitled stories starring Alley Oop. The women are running Moo; A stranger, Eeny from Jerooly, ingratiates herself with Queen Umpa; She plots to depose Umpa and declares herself dictator of Moo; She enlists Oop as an assistant. Evil dictator Eeny tries to trap Oop in his cave with a landslide. Foozy and Oop frighten dictator Eeny and her followers out of Moo, but three of Oop's old enemies show up. After a flood forces all the inhabitants of Moo to higher ground, Oola leads the refugees back to Moo and Guz is crowned King again. With Moo destroyed by the flood, King Guz decides to take the population to visit Sawalla for a while. Ex-dictator Eeny stumbles across "MooToo" and is chased away. The truce between Oop and his former enemies breaks and the latter three are banished from MooToo, leaving just Oop and Foozy. Scripts and art by V. T. Hamlin. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 7
    • Centerfold detached at one staple.
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    Indicia title is "SMOKEY STOVER, No. 7." Cover art by Bill Holman. Untitled stories starring Smokey Stover. Smokey sees a man to whom he owes $50; To escape, he hides in a box full of dynamite. Smokey gets to be chief for one day. Smokey is supposed to be raking leaves, but decides to take a nap in the pile of leaves. Smokey gives an exploding cigar to a friend and it makes the round until it comes back to him. Fiddling Finnegan practices his awful fiddling at Smokey's firehouse. Smokey's son is supposed to practice the violin, but rigs it up with a clock's pendulum. Smokey decides to go to Texas for a vacation because it's all downhill on the map. Cookie bakes the Chief a birthday cake, but the only "candle" Smokey can find turns out to be a firecracker. Smokey and the Chief hide their clothes in a pile of sand while they go swimming, but the sand turns out to be cement. Scripts and art by Bill Holman. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 11
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    Indicia title is "WASH TUBBS, No. 11."U ntitled stories starring Wash Tubbs. Easy gets in the middle of a love triangle with Helga Zmith and Beverly Hill; Zmith turns out to be the mastermind of a mid-ocean robbery that nets her gang $3,000,000. With Easy gone, Wash decides to go back to his home town; He connects with an old pal, Gozy Gallup, but Gozy's wife tosses both of them out of the house. Wash gets a check for $3,000 for helping recover the S.S. Platonic's gold. Wash opens the Topsy-Turvey Club and is an immediate success. The law is helpless when Slaughter repeatedly vandalizes Wash's night club. Easy sets a trap for Slaughter, but Slaughter is warned and instead goes to the club where he roughs up Wash and demands the lease for the night club. Slaughter machine-guns Wash's limousine and one of his men threatens to disfigure Carol with acid. Scripts and art by Roy Crane. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #12
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 12
    • 7" cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached. Oxidation.
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Staples replaced. Centerfold detached. Tape on interior cover and under staples.
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    Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S BAMBI, No. 12." Cover art by Ken Hultgren. Illustration of Friend Owl, with head shots of the other characters in each corner by Hultgren. Bambi, script by Felix Salten (original story) and Chase Craig (adaptation), art by Ken Hultgren; The adventures of Bambi and his friends as he grows from a new-born fawn into his birthright as Prince of the Forest. Inside back cover Bambi in the forest art by Hultgren. Back cover Thumper art by Hultgren. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 14
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    Indicia title: Smilin' Jack. No. 14. Untitled Smilin' Jack stories. Smilin' Jack infiltrates The Ring disguised as Powder. The Head finds out Jack is Powder; Jack escapes. Jack's plane crashes and he ends up on an island; It happens to be the island in which Powder is engaged to the Chief's daughter. Smilin' Jack is still being mistaken as someone named Powder, and he is forced to marry Boona Goo. Limehouse puts Jack and Fat Stuff in jail and to work in the sulphur mine. Smilin' Jack, Fat Stuff, The Head and The Claw escape from jail, but are eventually caught. Smilin' Jack escapes from prison again, and it looks like he may be rescued. Downwind rescues Jack from the island and brings him back to civilization. Scripts and art by Zack Mosley. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #19
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 19
    • Centerfold detached.

    Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S THUMPER MEETS THE SEVEN DWARFS, No. 19." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Thumper Meets the Seven Dwarfs, script and art by Carl Buettner; Thumper goes on a quest to find the "end of the world"; He falls in a hole, which leads to the Seven Dwarfs' diamond mine; After spending the night at the Dwarfs' house, Thumper takes a drink from a "wishing well"; Thumper wishes to meet a giant and is captured by one; He is taken to the giant's castle to be kept as a pet; Thumper wishes for Doc and Dopey to help him and they magically appear in the castle and help him escape; After a series of adventures, Thumper wishes the trio was back in the Dwarfs' house. Reprinted in Silly Simphonies. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 23
    • Cover and centerfold detached at single center staple.
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    Stories and Art by unknown. Featuring Raggedy Ann and Andy, along with the Raggedys' old friends The Loonies, Friendly Dragon, Snoopwiggy, Grinny Bear and all the others! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #29
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 29
    • Cover detached and taped to first wrap. Cover and interior oxidation.

    Indicia title is "DONALD DUCK AND THE MUMMY'S RING, No. 29."Cover art by Carl Buettner. Intro in which Donald puts up wall posters with the story titles on them, art by Carl Buettner. Donald Duck and the Mummy's Ring, script and art by Carl Barks; Huey is trapped inside a mummy case and taken to Egypt by emissaries of the Bey El Dagga, who is restoring life in his province to the way it was in ancient times. The Hard Loser, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald and the nephews are rivals in the "Screwball Derby," a cross-country horse race in which any dirty trick may be played on the other contestants. Too Many Pets, script by Carl Barks and Merrill de Maris (plot), art by Carl Barks; An organ grinder gives the nephews a monkey named Jingo, who plays hob with Donald's house until Donald sells him to a stranger. Back cover in which Donald is on a ladder closing the book, art by Carl Buettner. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #30
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 30
    • Cover detached. 1" Cumulative spine split.

    Indicia title is "BAMBI'S CHILDREN, No. 30." Cover art by Ken Hultgren. Bambi's Children, script by Felix Salten (original story), art by Ken Hultgren; The adventures of the children of Bambi and Faline (Gino and Gurri), Thumper (Hopper and Patter), and Flower (Buttercup and Primrose). Map of the Forest filler page, art by Ken Hultgren. Back cover portrait-style illustration of Bambi with his children Geno and Gurri, art by Ken Hultgren. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #34
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 34
    • INCOMPLETE. Missing 7 pages, interrupts art and story.
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    Indicia title is "DICK TRACY, No. 34." Several untitled Dick Tracy strips, scripts and art by Chester Gould. John Lavir blackmails Tess into helping him with his stolen dog racket; She and Lavir get into a scuffle and the police find Lavir with his throat cut and charge Tess. Tracy and Pat try to prevent the hijacking of a truckload of furs, but get caught in a fiery crash; Tracy gets Fred Marken to help set up a trap for the fur thieves. Stooge Viller gets $55,000 from a safe-deposit box and goes into business with "The Professor" manufacturing small items that would be useful for criminals. Tracy finds The Professor's workshop, but is captured by Stooge Viller. After being accidentally shot by his daughter, Stooge Viller tries to escape by swimming across a river, but drowns. The baby's grandfather snatches the baby from the police station and takes it to his laboratory where he injects it with tropic sleep germs. Reprinted from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune) newspaper strips from 1938-1940. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #39
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 39
    • Centerfold detached. Internal page tears.

    Indicia title is "OSWALD THE RABBIT, Four Color #39." Cover art by Lloyd White. Oswald the Rabbit in Easterland, art by Lloyd White; Oswald and Toby go to Easterland, where everything is made of cookies and candy and where all the Easter candy is made. Oswald Meets Buck Beaver, art by Lloyd White; Oswald and Toby join up with Buck Beaver's medicine show. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #44
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 44
    • Cover detached. Mold. Only one staple (manufacturing).
    • Cover detached at single center staple
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    Indicia title is "TERRY AND THE PIRATES, No. 44." Untitled Terry and the Pirates strips, scripts and art by Milton Caniff. Connie and Big Stoop get a $5,000 reward from Mr. Smythe-Heatherstone and hire servants to do their work for Pat and Terry. After a confrontation with Baron De Plexus and his bodyguard, Pat decides to leave Hong Kong and take Terry, Connie, and Big Stoop to see Smythe-Heatherstone. At the plantation, Pat and Terry meet April Kane, the young sister of Dillon Kane, who has disappeared. Pat and Connie find Dillon Kane being held captive in the cave. Sanjak shows up at De Plexus' airstrip with a hypnotized April. De Plexus and his thugs try to get information on Sanjak in Yankuk, but the populace, even the underworld, refuses to give them any information. Reprints Terry and The Pirates (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1938 and 1939. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #45
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 45
    • Cover coming loose from staple.

    Indicia title is "RAGGEDY ANN, No. 45." Cover art by George Kerr. Untitled Raggedy Ann stories, art by George Kerr. A cuckoo from a clock falls and lands on Quacky Doodles; The Raggedys fix the cuckoo, while Quacky, miffed because nobody is paying attention to him, goes outside into the meadow. Marcella takes her toys to the beach, but leaves them on the beach overnight. Raggedy Ann falls in a bucket of mop water and the bleach turns her completely white. When food runs low in the middle of winter, the Raggedys take Grampie and Granny Fieldmouse to Cookie Land, where there is an endless supply of sweets. Dr. Stork loses his spectacles and the Raggedys help him make his deliveries of babies. The toys have a pillow fight and a stray pillow knocks open the door to Dicky Bird's cage. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #46
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 46
    • Cover detached. Water damage and staple rust with migration. Cover oxidation.
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold and 3 adjacent wraps missing, interrupts art and story.

    Indicia title is Felix the Cat and the Haunted Castle, No. 46. Just a Little Squirt, art by Otto Mesmer. Felix the Cat and the Haunted Castle, art by Otto Mesmer; Felix enters a spooky mansion; Blue Betty, Cinderella, Little Bo Peep, Red Riding Hood, Magic Midgets, Beanstalk Jack, and Bruto guest-star. Felix has Spring Fever, art by Otto Mesmer. Reprinted from the Felix the Cat newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, Inc.). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #49
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 49
    • Cover and first wrap detached. Water damage. Oxidation.
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    Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, No. 49." Cover art by Walt Kelly. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, script by Merrill de Maris, pencils by Hank Porter, inks by Bob Grant; Jealous Queen Grimhilde orders her huntsman to take beautiful Snow White to the forest and kill her, so that the Queen would be "the fairest one of all"; The huntsman can't do the deed and tells Snow White to flee through the forest; She finds the home of the Seven Dwarfs, who eventually accept her as one of the household. Untitled story; The Seven Dwarfs are lonesome after Snow White goes to live in the Prince's castle. She sends them a magic wishing lamp and they wish for someone to take Snow White's place so they won't be lonely. On cue, Dumbo is blown by a strong wind through the window. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #54
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 54

    Indicia title is "ANDY PANDA, No. 54." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Ghostrider, art by Dan Gormley; Charlie and Andy take a vacation out West and end up in the rundown town of Grimy Gulch; When the Ghost Rider appears after a ten-year absence and robs the bank, Andy and Charlie are made deputies and trail him; They get lost and end up in a ghost town, where Miranda Panda and Wally Walrus are held captive by a gang of "ghosts." The Magic Hat, script by John Stanley, art by Dan Gormley; Andy and Charlie go into a magician's hat and find themselves in Hocus-Pocus Land, the place things go when magicians make them disappear. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #56
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 56
    • Water damage. Mold.

    Indicia title is "DICK TRACY, No. 56." Untitled Dick Tracy strips, scripts and art by Chester Gould. A girl with amnesia gets a job as a nightclub singer. Later she leads Tracy to the body of a man in a stream; Tracy confronts the dead man's business partner, but as he's questioning him, the partner is shot. The evidence points to Rudy Seaton as the killer of Fred Mason. Trohs has his gang grab Tracy and bring him to his hideout, where he crushes Tracy's right hand in a vise. Trohs uses the St. Bernard to escape from Tracy. Trosh decides to buy the tourist camp as a hideout. Reprinted from Dick Tracy (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips (1940?). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #57
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 57

    Indicia title is Gene Autry, Raiders of the Range, No. 57. Raiders of the Range starring Gene Autry, art by Till Goodan. Cowboy Lingo article. The Mystery of the Diamond-A, art by Till Goodan; Gene Autry investigates the mysterious horse stealing at the Diamond-A Ranch. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #59
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 59
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Color touch.
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    Indicia title is "MOTHER GOOSE AND NURSERY RHYME COMICS, No. 59." Cover art by Walt Kelly. Illustrated text rhymes featuring illustrations by Walt Kelly. Old Mother Goose. There Was a Crooked Man. Tom Twist; Acrobatic Tom Twist goes to sea and has adventures on a tropical island and in China before returning home. Little Miss Muffet. Sugar and Spice. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe. The Farmer in the Dell. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #61
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 61
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    Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 61." Cover art by Arthur E. Jameson. How Santa Got His Red Suit, script and art by Walt Kelly; Years ago, Santa did not always wear a red suit; One Christmas eve, Jack Frost steals his sleigh and toys and leaves Santa stranded; He finds refuge at a tiny house full of elves. The Night Before Christmas, script by Clement Clark Moore, art by Arthur E. Jameson; The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Miracle in the Wildwood, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Arthur E. Jameson; Two quarrelsome knights divide the village of Benn in half; As time goes by the village falls away from the Christian religion and becomes a cruel, violent place. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #62
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 62
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    Indicia title is "DONALD DUCK IN FROZEN GOLD, No. 62." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Frozen Gold, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald flies penicillin to Point Marrow, Alaska, but a crook has stashed a stolen map to a gold mine in Donald's plane; When he reaches Alaska, Donald is kidnapped by two crooks and abandoned on the barrens. Mystery of the Swamp, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald and the nephews go exploring in the Everglades, where they run afoul of strange little goblins called Gneezles; Donald tries to capture a Gneezle, but instead the ducks are captured by them, and are to be fed to the alligators. Two untitled Donald Duck stories, art by Al Taliaferro. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #67
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 67

    Indicia title is "OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 67." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Untitled Oswald the Rabbit story, script by John Stanley, art by Lloyd White; Oswald and Toby fall into a deep hole at the top of a mountain and end up in a strange land; Oswald and Toby are jailed when Toby accidentally picks the last flower in the kingdom. The Secret Six, script by John Stanley, art by Lloyd White; D. J. Rarebit, the president of a large company, is threatened by "The Secret Six"; He hires Oswald to impersonate him in hopes that the gang will "knock off" Oswald and think it was him. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #68
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 68

    Indicia title is "MOTHER GOOSE AND NURSERY RHYME COMICS, No. 68." Cover art by Walt Kelly. The Mother Goose Birthday Party, script by Charles H. Herman, art by Walt Kelly; Mother Goose has a birthday party and invites a large number of nursery rhyme characters. An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, script by Oliver Goldsmith, art by Walt Kelly; A man gets a dog, which bites him; But it's the dog that dies, not the man. Various nursery rhymes with art by Walt Kelly, including Mary Had a Little Lamb, Three Blind Mice, and The House That Jack Built. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #69
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 69
    • Cover detached at one staple. Extra staples (manufacturing). Water damage and staple rust/migration.

    Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 69." Cover art by Walt Kelly. The Enchanted Head, art by Arthur E. Jameson; A prince has been placed under a spell so that only his head remains. Tiny Folk and the Giant, script and art by Walt Kelly; Gold-seeking dwarfs sack the village of the tiny folk; The tiny folk find a giant who sends the dwarfs flying far away. The Giant with Three Golden Hairs, art by George Kerr; A fairy declares that the son of a woodsman will marry the King's daughter. The Three Wishes; A fairy grants three dwarfs their fondest wishes, but they find that trouble and sorrow come along with the wishes. Back cover art by Walt Kelly of The Fairy Ball. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #76
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 76
    • 2" Spine split from bottom.

    Indicia titles is "LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, No. 76." Untitled Little Orphan Annie stories. The police and mob boss Nick Gatt use their own ways to try to find the mysterious Axel and keep him from harming Annie; Gatt's methods are more brutal--and more effective. Buck shoots Gregory as the shopkeeper tries to take Annie into a back room where Axel's men are waiting. Annie finds out that Axel and his followers plan to take over the country. While Nick Gatt is trying to figure out a way to stop Axel, Byron Bolo is working on a plan to eliminate Gatt and take over his rackets. Nick Gatt brings Annie back to the Tecums, but he and Bryan Bolo are both killed in an off-panel shootout. Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #78
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 78
    • Cover and interior oxidation.
    • Cover oxidation.
    • Centerfold detached. 1" Cumulative spine split.

    Indicia title is 'PORKY PIG, No. 78." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Porky Pig and the Bandit Twins, art by Carl Buettner; Bugs and Porky are delivering reporter "Scoop" Stevens' car to him after washing it; They're stopped for speeding and Bugs convinces the cop Porky is Stevens. Porky Pig and the Magic Coat, art by Carl Buettner; Beaky is working for a dry cleaner and delivers the wrong coat to Porky; This one makes him invisible; Some crooks had convinced a professor to make the invisible coat for them and when the crooks discover the mix-up they come after Porky. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #79
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 79
    • Cover loose at one staple. Lateral spine tears.

    Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE, No. 79." The Riddle of the Red Hat, script by Eleanor Packer, art by Carl Barks; Mickey laughs at Minnie's new hat, then mistakes a girl in a similar hat for Minnie; The girl mistakes Mickey for someone else and gives him a "diamond ring" that actually contains a large ruby. Pluto the Hero, art by Vivie Risto. Goofy's Orphans, art possibly by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #91
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 91
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    Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 91." Christmas Comes to the Wood Land, script and art by Walt Kelly; The animals of the southern woodland decide to have a Christmas party and invite Santa to attend. Christmas In Norway; Ole and Olga make Christmas presents for their poor friends Sigurd and Sigred; Mr. Olsen dresses like Santa and delivers the presents on skis. A Gift From Santa; Orphan John Hammond is a stable boy in old England, who lives a hard life with a harsh master; Santa stops at the stable to feed and water his reindeer; Santa takes the boy to live with a loving family. Toy Trouble back cover strip by Walt Kelly. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #92
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 92
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    • Cover and interior oxidation.

    Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO". Cover art by Walt Kelly. The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio, script by Carlo Collodi (novel) and Chase Craig (adaptation), art by Walt Kelly; The Blue Fairy brings Gepetto's wooden puppet Pinocchio to life; Jiminy Cricket is enlisted as his conscience.; Pinocchio is first captured by the evil showman Stromboli, but is rescued by the Blue Fairy; Not learning a lesson, Pinocchio is then enticed to travel with a coach load of boys to Pleasure Island. The Wonderful Mis-Adventures of Donocchio; After reading the story of Pinocchio, Donald wishes he was Pinocchio; The Blue Fairy grants his wish, and gives him two more wishes; As Pinocchio, Donald (with a head of black hair) gets involved with Gideon and Foulfellow and ends up sold to Stromboli. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #93
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 93

    Indicia title is "GENE AUTRY IN "THE BANDIT OF BLACK ROCK," No. 93." Cover art by Till Goodan. Gene Autry and The Bandit of Black Rock, art by Jesse Marsh; Gene comes to visit an old friend, Jud Grant, at Black Rock; When he gets there he finds that Jud has shot himself; He goes to the ranch to see Jud's wife Mary and finds that Judge Hanly, Doctor Jones, and Jack Wilson are trying to talk her into selling the ranch to Wilson. Gene Autry and Little Pete, art by Jesse Marsh; Gene is stopped on the road by a little boy whose uncle has been shot and killed; Gene takes the boy to town where he finds that the boy's father is in prison and his mother is dead; Gene takes the boy to a carnival, where the boy recognizes the man in the strong man act as the one who killed his uncle. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #102
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 102

    Indicia title is "OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 102." Map of scenes from the story, art by Walt Kelly. Oswald Rabbit and The Great Egg Hunt, art by Lloyd White and Walt Kelly; The mortgage is due on Oswald and Toby's house; Mister Skrats, who holds the mortgage and wants them to default so he can dig for buried treasure in the cellar, tricks Oswald and Toby into heading to the mountains to seek the biggest egg, which would win a contest; If the contest wasn't fake, that is; The two find a roc's nest and the roc takes them to a tropical island where they become kings of a cannibal tribe. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #104
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 104

    Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 104." Painted cover art by Arthur E. Jameson. Tiny Esmeralda, art by Arthur E. Jameson; Esmeralda, a tiny princess in the forest, sees a handsome man on horseback and wishes she was his size; The mouse prince goes to the witch's house to see if she can help. The Kingdoms of the Thousand Mountains, art by Arthur E. Jameson; In a mountainous kingdom, people do not venture out after dark for fear of a witch. The Wee Man, art by Walt Kelly; An evil sorcerer shrinks a man, Crumpet, to mouse-size; A prince rescues the little man from a hawk, but the sorcerer puts a curse on the prince's son, causing him to shrink to Crumpet's size. Melisandra, art by Arthur E. Jameson; A cruel queen takes her young stepdaughter to the enchanted forest and abandons her there. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #105
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 105
    • 2" spine split from base of comic.
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    Stories, Art and Cover by Walt Kelly. Featuring tales such as "The Internal Intern," "Albert and the Barbecue," "Such A Duel About Nothing or Feud For Thought Use Remarks" and "Fearless Friends of the Fish Fry"! Starring Pogo Possum and Albert the Alligator! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #106
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 106
    • Oxidation.

    Stories and Art by Russ Westover. Reprints of Tillie the Toiler (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) newspaper strips from 1939 and 1940. Starring Tillie Jones, Mac MacDougall, Glenny Hodge and Mr. Simpkins! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #108
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 108
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Centerfold detached.
    • Label #0009861-AA-014
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    Indicia title is "DONALD DUCK in the Terror of the River, No. 108." Cover art by Carl Buettner. The Terror of the River!!, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald's sneezes at an auction are mistaken for bids on a houseboat and soon he and the nephews are sailing down the Ohio River; There they encounter a huge serpent. The Firebug, script by Carl Barks, art by Carl Barks; Carl Buettner (last two panels only); Donald falls on his head when getting up one morning and turns into a pyromaniac, setting harmless fires but also getting the blame for big fires set by another firebug. Seals Are So Smart, script and art by Carl Barks; The nephews play ball at the beach with a baby seal, and this sets Donald to dreaming of how much money he could make with a trained seal act. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #112
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 112
    • Water damage.
    • 3/4" Spine split from bottom.

    Indicia title is "PORKY PIG'S ADVENTURE IN GOPHER GULCH, No. 112." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Porky Pig's Adventure in Gopher Gulch, art by Tom McKimson; Porky finds a lost toupee that belongs to movie star Eric Jones. Porky Pig and the Million Dollar Mix-Up, art by Roger Armstrong; Porky is to inherit one million dollars from the estate of his uncle Hog Brissels. Porky Pig's Masquerade, art by Carl Buettner; Petunia is to start work at a new job, but was already scheduled to work a charity bazaar and deliver a cake to Silas Pinchpenny. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #116
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 116

    Indicia title is "MICKEY MOUSE AND THE HOUSE OF MANY MYSTERIES, No. 116." Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Mickey Mouse and the House of Many Mysteries, art by George Waiss and Dick Moores; When their car runs out of gas in a remote area, Mickey and Minnie are picked up by a radio-controlled car which takes them to a palace in the middle of the desert. Mickey Mouse and Goofy's Prize Fight, art by Don Gunn; When boxer Atomic McBiff kicks a kitten, Goofy decks him with one punch. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #119
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 119
    • Cover oxidation and water spotting.
    • .5" Spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached.
    • 2" Cumulative spine split. Extra staples (manufacturing).
    • Interior is complete. Spine split through about half of the wraps. Brittle.
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    Felix the Cat; All new Felix stories begin. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #124
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 124
    • Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

    Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 124." Roy astride original Trigger photo cover. Roy astride horse (identity unknown), waving hat, inside cover photo. Raiders From the Sea, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Erwin L. Hess and Jesse Marsh; Roy battles an ingenious band of sea-going cattle rustlers. Roy With Six-Guns inside back cover photo. oy tucking daughters Cheryl and Linda Lou into bed back cover photo. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #127
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 127
    • 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

    Indicia title is "POPEYE, No. 127". Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. My Kingdom For a Horsh or It's Too Far To Walk!; Olive's brother Castor has discovered gold and Olive and Wimpy go west to visit him; Popeye follows, only to find that Olive has become engaged to Bad Bull Battle, owner of 50 gold mines. Two-To-One" or Fifty Thousand Bucks Fer Two!; Popeye is tricked into a boxing match with a small man named "Little Jim" and his huge brother "Big Jim" and has to fight both at the same time. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #128
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 128
    • Centerfold detached at single center staple. Interior residue. Oxidation.
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    Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 128. Santa and the Angel, script by Oskar Lebeck, art by Morris Gollub; A group of angel babies are busy polishing the stars in preparation for Christmas.; The littlest one becomes tired and falls asleep on a cloud that slowly drifts to Earth and lands in the middle of a snow-covered forest; The angel baby, who is naked, is cold and frightened and starts to cry; This attracts the animals of the forest who huddle around him to keep him warm; The animals decide to take him to the cabin of a woodchopper and his wife, who live at the edge of the forest; It is Christmas Eve and just as the animals reach the house, Santa and his reindeer arrive. Christ is Born: A Christmas Play, art by Dan Noonan. To Santa's Rescue, script and art by Dan Noonan; Tom Felding drives the "Dover Mail" stagecoach from London in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve. A Mouse in the House, script and art by Walt Kelly; Returning from his night's work, Santa finds a mouse in his beard while getting ready for bed. He lets the mouse stay for the evening. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #129
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 129
    • 1.75" Cumulative spine split with splitting to interior wraps. Centerfold detached.

    Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S UNCLE REMUS AND HIS TALES OF BRER RABBIT, No. 129." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Brer Rabbit an' De Tar-Baby, script by Chase Craig, pencils by Paul Murry, inks by Carl Buettner; Brer Fox makes a tar-baby to trap Brer Rabbit. Brer Terrapin's Tug-o'-War, script by Chase Craig, art by Tom McKimson; Brer Rabbit bets the forest dwellers that Brer Terrapin is stronger than Brer Bear in a tug-o'-war. Brer Fox an' de Stolen Goobers, script by Chase Craig, pencils by Paul Murry, inks by Carl Buettner; Brer Rabbit is caught in a trap while stealing peanuts from Brer Fox's patch; He tricks Brer Bear into taking his place in the trap. Brer Rabbit Visits De Witch, script by Chase Craig, art by Tom McKimson; Afraid he is losing his smartness; Brer Rabbit goes to a witch to get help. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #130
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 130
    • Centerfold detached.

    Indicia title is "ANDY PANDA, No. 130." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The City of Ice, art by Dan Gormley; While in New Mexico, Andy and Charlie find a man suffering from starvation and exposure. Picnic Problems, art by Dan Gormley; Andy and Charlie go on a picnic, but are harassed by bugs, a raccoon, and a bear. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #137
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 137

    Photo cover of Roy Rogers. Roy and Dale Evans, rearing on original Trigger, inside front cover photo. Roy Rogers and the Dead Men's Gold, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; Roy gets the goods on a crooked lawyer. Roy and original Trigger, with Roy leaning on a hitching rack, inside back cover photo. Roy behind wagon wheel, six-shooter drawn, back cover photo. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #140
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 140
    • 1/2" spine split from bottom. Water damage and staining.

    Indicia title is "EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 140." Cover art by Walt Kelly. The Easter Egg Party; Mother Goose has invited all the children in Storyland and all the woodland creatures to an Easter Party; She has a contest to see who can bring in the most beautiful Easter egg. Eggs to Market; An old woman has troubles when she takes Easter eggs to sell at the market. Goldilocks and the Baby Bear's Basket; An Easter variation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Ugly, the Duckling; The story of the Ugly Duckling, told in verse. Chicken Little; The Chicken Little story with a twist ending. The Easter Bunny and the Dwarf; A dwarf gets his head stuck inside one of the Easter Bunny's decorated eggs. All art by Walt Kelly, some scripts by Kelly. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #143
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 143

    Indicia title is "OSWALD THE RABBIT AND THE PREHISTORIC EGG, No. 143." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Prehistoric Egg, script by John Stanley, art by Dan Gormley; Oswald and Toby go with Dr. Weskit in his rocket to an island looking for the lost city of Oakie Doakie. The One That Got Away, art by Dan Gormley; Toby uses a hat rack to show Oswald how big "the fish that got away" was. Heckling at TV Boxing Match, art by Dan Gormley; Oswald heckles the boxers in a bout on TV. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #144
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 144

    Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 144. Roy Rogers and Trigger cover photo. Roy Rogers on the Apache Trail, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Erwin Hess; Roy comes across loot taken when Apaches wreck a train and rob the passengers; Finding a pocket watch of an old friend among the clothes, he takes it with him; He then runs into a sheriff and his posse and his possession of the watch makes him a prime suspect in the crime. [Roy and Trigger publicity inside back cover photo. Roy Rogers back cover photo. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #147
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 147
    • 1" Spine split from bottom. Cover coming loose at the staple and taped to first wrap.
    • Cover and 5 wraps detached at single center staple. Interior tearing. Tape on interior cover. Oxidation.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #2004293010
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Color touch, spine rebuild, tear seals, staple replaced, TRIMMED. Tape under staple. Cover oxidation.
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    • INCOMPLETE. Missing centerfold, affects art and story.
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    Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY"S DONALD DUCK IN VOLCANO VALLEY, No. 147." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Volcano Valley, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald accidentally receives a full-size World War II bomber instead of the model plane he ordered, and sells it to the South American country of Volcanovia. Donald Duck and Radio Trouble, art by Tom McKimson; Donald sends the nephews to buy six eggs, but the advertisement for the eggs lands upside-down and the kids buy him six expensive radios from the Friendly Credit Store instead. Donald Duck's Big Blow-out, art by Jack Hannah; Donald and Neighbor Jones both build barbecues and get in a fight when Jones buys up all the marshmallows in town for a party. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #149
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 149
    • Cover oxidation.

    Indicia title is "SMILIN' JACK, No. 149." Return Trip Without Sleep; After taking Jack Beaverduck on a business trip, Jack decides to make the return trip without resting; On the flight back he falls asleep and has to make a forced landing; He makes his way home only to find that Joy, his new bride, has the measles and is under quarantine. Downwind Decides to Get Married; After seeing how happy Jack and Joy are after their marriage, Downwind Jackson decides he should get married, too. The Baby Bullet; Joy buys a midget racing plane and intends to set a non-stop record from New York to Rio de Janiero. Caught in a Tropical Storm; Over Jack's objections, Joy takes off on her non-stop flight to Rio de Janiero. Crash into Ocean; Buffeted by the storm, Joy's plane goes out of control and she must bail out into the ocean. Scripts by Zack Mosley Reprinted from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1940 and 1941. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #152
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 152

    Indicia title is "LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, No. 152." Annie Finds a Body in an Ice House; Annie finds the body of "Hoppy" Hark in an abandoned ice house. Combination to District Attorney's Safe; Annie finds a combination to a safe in "Hoppy" Hark's room, then gets shot at while walking through the woods. Evidence Against Turk Torp; Racketeer Turk Torp frames town drunk Guy Gulp for the murder of "Hoppy" Hark. The Trial of Turk Torp; Shyster lawyer Sam Sleazy tampers with the jury and gets Turk Torp declared innocent of murder. Annie Leaves Gooneyville; Fearing for her life, Annie decides to leave Gooneyville. Mazie's Boarding House; After hopping a train to the big city, Annie befriends a beggar, who turns out to be well-off and sets Annie and Sandy up in a room in the boarding house where he lives. Scripts and art by Harold Gray. Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1944. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.