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Issue Details

Issue #476
Published June 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "RIN TIN TIN, No. 476." Code number is R.T.T.O.S. #476-536. Copyright 1953 by Lee Duncan. Second of three Rin Tin Tin Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Rin Tin Tin (photo)
Genre animal
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

2 page Rin Tin Tin foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Introduction of story characters"

Characters Rin Tin Tin; Capt. Red Johnson; J. B. Mooney
Synopsis Introduction of the eight main characters in the story.
Genre animal
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore
Notes Inside front cover and inside back cover; black and white. Total of eight illustrations with hand-lettered text.

32 page Rin Tin Tin story "Canyon Peril"

Characters Rin Tin Tin; Capt. Red Johnson; J. B. Mooney
Synopsis Rin Tin Tin and his owner Capt. Red Johnson meet J. B. Mooney at an airport. Mooney has secret plans for a government rocket. He, Johnson, and Rinty are escorted from the airport by men who are supposed to be government agents, but they slug Johnson and Rinty and kidnap Mooney. After going to the rocket plant, Johnson and Rinty trail the spies to a hidden valley that holds ancient cliff dwellings, as well as Mooney and the spies.
Genre animal
Pencils Sparky Moore
Inks Sparky Moore
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). This story is set in the present and has no connection to the more well-known Rin Tin Tin TV series, which did not air until October 1954.

1 page [Rin Tin Tin] illustration "Portrait"

Characters Rin Tin Tin (photo)
Synopsis Head and shoulders portrait photo of Rin Tin Tin.
Genre animal
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes Back cover; color. Photo is cropped to remove background.