Four Color comic books issue 501
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Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 501." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Farm Auction; Francis thinks he's bidding on a horse blanket, but ends up with a buggy, instead. The Missing Link; After hiring on a freighter, Francis and Pete end up in Africa; Francis is sentenced to death by a sheik because he is "full of evil spirits"; Pete helps Francis escape by painting stripes on him so that the mule supposedly looks like a zebra. All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.