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Issue Details

Issue #414
Published August 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "BOB CLAMPETT'S BEANY in HORSE-FLY HUBBUB, No. 414" Code number is BEANY O.S. #414-528. Copyright 1952 by Bob Clampett. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Based on the original Beany and Cecil TV series "Time For Beany."

Cover Details - "Horse-Fly Hubbub"

Characters Beany; Cecil; Cap'n Huffnpuff
Genre fantasy
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury

1 page Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent story "Hose Charmer"

Characters Beany; Cecil; Cap'n Huffnpuff
Synopsis Cecil comes up with a solution when Beany can't handle a high pressure water hose.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

17 page Beany and Cecil story "Horse-Fly Hubbub"

Characters Beany; Cecil; Cap'n Huffnpuff; Mr. Crow; Clowny; Wong; Dishonest John
Synopsis The Leakin' Lena is blown hundreds of miles off course by a storm. They find a mysterious island inhabited by giant horse-flies (who look more like horses than flies, except for the wings and six legs). When a young horse-fly injures his leg, the crew takes him back to the United States. Dishonest John gains possession of the now healthy horse-fly and rides him to a win in a horse race.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

15 page Beany and Cecil story "The Blue Man"

Characters Beany; Cecil; Cap'n Huffnpuff; Professor X; Mister Nobody
Synopsis The Leakin' Lena and her crew sail to the North Pole in search of an "elephant wearing a fur coat." They find a mammoth and a caveman frozen in the ice and thaw them out.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Beany story "A Fishy Story"

Characters Beany; Dishonest John
Synopsis Dishonest John uses a phony "No Fishing" sign to trick Beany out of the fish he has caught.
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Beany and Cecil story "Cecil Uses His Head"

Characters Beany; Cecil
Synopsis Beany gets some help from Cecil in the ringing the bell with a sledge hammer at a circus.
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Back cover.