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Issue Details

Issue #458
Published April 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 458." Code number is OSWALD O.S. #4458-544. Copyright 1953 by Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. Number 11 of 20 Oswald the Rabbit Four Colors. Cover scene has no connection with any of the interior stories.

Cover Details

Characters Oswald the Rabbit
Genre funny animal; science fiction
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Oswald story "Unwanted Audience Participation"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis One of the twins gets so wrapped up in a television western that he throws a vase at the villain.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Lloyd White
Inks Lloyd White
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

12 page Oswald the Rabbit story "Nothing in Life is Free"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Reddy Fox (villain); Wil Weasel (villain)
Synopsis Reddy Fox gets a gullible Oswald hooked by free flying lessons, free carrots, free carrot stew, and free photos. Each time he is saved by Floyd and Lloyd from becoming Reddy's lunch.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Lloyd White
Inks Suzanne Seaborne
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page Oswald the Rabbit story "Cousin Jacques"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Cousin Jacques; Reddy Fox (villain)
Synopsis Oswald's Cousin Jacques, a loudmouth lumberjack from the North Woods, comes to visit.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Lloyd White
Inks Suzanne Seaborne
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

12 page Oswald the Rabbit story "Outwitting Reddy Fox"

Characters Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Reddy Fox (villain)
Synopsis Floyd and Lloyd have some fun outwitting Reddy Fox in an abandoned house. Later Reddy tries a fake camera trick on the rabbits, but he ends up grabbing a passing skunk instead.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Lloyd White
Inks Suzanne Seaborne
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on back cover in color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)