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Issue Details

Issue #459
Published April 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "ROOTIE KAZOOTIE, No. 459." Code number is R.K.O.S. #459-534. Copyright 1953 by Rootie Kazootie, Inc. Second of three Rootie Kazootie Four Color issues.

Cover Details

Characters Rootie Kazootie; Gala Poochie
Genre children
Pencils Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Gala-Poochie story "Chasing Cats"

Characters Gala-Poochie
Synopsis Two cats use a fence to confuse Gala-Poochie when he tries to chase them.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

4 page Rootie Kazootie story "Joining the Lions on TV"

Characters Rootie Kazootie; Gala-Poochie
Synopsis Rootie uses his magic Kazootie to step into a jungle program on TV. He immediately gets into trouble and is saved when Gala-Poochie uses the magic Kazootie.
Genre children; fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

5 page Rootie Kazootie story "Pinockey-Pup"

Characters Rootie Kazootie; Gala-Poochie
Synopsis Rootie tells Poochie a bedtime story about a woodcarver who carves a wooden dog that is brought to life by Winkety Blink, the lucky star.
Genre children; fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Notes Story is a parody of "Pinocchio", with the moral "Don't be a wooden head". Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page Rootie Kazootie story "Dottie and the Baseball Game"

Characters Rootie Kazootie; Polka Dottie; Gala-Poochie
Synopsis Dottie wants Rootie to take her to the baseball game, but he'd rather go to the game with the other boys.
Genre children
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

6 page Rootie Kazootie story "Rootie's Zany Zoo"

Characters Rootie Kazootie; Polka Dottie; Gala-Poochie
Synopsis Rootie takes Dottie to his Zany Zoo, which features nonsensical animals like the Fidgell, the Boojy, the Glonk, the Quissie, the Twaddy, and the Bliff.
Genre children; fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

7 page Rootie Kazootie story "New Clubhouse"

Characters Rootie Kazootie; Polka Dottie; Gala-Poochie
Synopsis When Rootie's clubhouse is blown down by a windstorm, the club members decided to rebuild it bigger and better than before. Their rivals, the Tough Guys Club, don't want the new clubhouse to be better than theirs, so they threaten to tear down any clubhouse Rootie's club builds.
Genre children
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Polka Dottie story "Unhappy Hitchhiker"

Characters Polka Dottie; Rootie Kazootie; Gala-Poochie
Synopsis Dottie is hitchhiking on a sidewalk, but the only one who'll stop is Rootie. She ends up pushing Rootie in his soapbox racecar (and swearing (!X*@!x!) in a most unladylike manner.)
Genre children
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story.

1 page Rootie Kazootie story "Finders Keepers..."

Characters Rootie Kazootie
Synopsis Rootie finds a dime and remembers the old saying "Finders keepers". Unfortunately the rest of the saying "Losers weepers" also comes true.
Genre children
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Back cover; color. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)