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Issue Details

Issue #506
Published October 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Incidia title is "LITTLE SCOUTS, No. 506". Code number is L.S.O.S. #505-5310. (Note issue number in the code number is not same as indicia or cover.) Copyright 1953 by Roland Coe. Based on "The Little Scouts" children's books by Roland Coe.

Cover Details

Characters The Little Scouts [Snackbar; Wilmer; unidentified scout]; Scoutmaster Johnson
Genre children
Notes Semi-infinity cover. A comic book on the table is labeled "The Little Scouts" with a very rough drawing of the same cover of this issue. Cover has "by Roland Coe" byline, but it is doubtful that he drew it.

1 page The Little Scouts story "The Human Nutcracker"

Characters Scoutmaster Johnson
Synopsis A squirrel uses the Scoutmaster as a human nutcracker.
Genre children
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

12 page The Little Scouts story "The Hanford House Mystery"

Characters The Little Scouts [Beller; Jebby; Wilmar; Snackbar]; Officer Mahoney
Synopsis Mr. Hanford disappeared years ago and his house has been empty since. While collecting scrap, the Little Scouts are given some picture frames and a painting from the Hanford House. They find tiny writing hidden in the hair of the woman in the painting which leads them on a treasure hunt inside the supposed haunted house.
Genre children
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Letters Don Gunn
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page The Little Scouts story "Poor Little Rich Boy"

Characters The Little Scouts [Beller; Jebby; Wilmar; Snackbar]; Scoutmaster Johnson
Synopsis Clifton Courtney IV, son of very rich man, comes to the Scouts' camp on Farmer Brown's farm, accompanied by his valet Jarvis and all the comforts of home.
Genre children
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Letters Don Gunn
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

6 page The Little Scouts story "The Rambling Wreck"

Characters The Little Scouts [Beller; Jebby; Wilmar; Snackbar; Sprig]; Scoutmaster Johnson
Synopsis Scoutmaster Johnson shows up in a beat-up old car to take the Scouts to Eagle Lake. When the car breaks down, the Scouts dismantle it while trying to help fix it.
Genre children
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Letters Don Gunn
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

6 page The Little Scouts story "Giants and Fairies"

Characters The Little Scouts [Beller; Jebby; Wilmar; Snackbar]; Scoutmaster Johnson; Miss Primly
Synopsis The Scouts are volunteered to take part in Miss Primly's dramatic club's play, "The Fairies of Yellow Mountain." At rehearsal Mr. Johnson gets cast in the part of the Giant, but gets locked out of the theater clad only in a bearskin.
Genre children
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Letters Don Gunn
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page The Little Scouts story "Hobo's fire"

Characters The Little Scouts [Beller; Jebby; Snackbar]; Scoutmaster Johnson
Synopsis While on a campout, Scoutmaster Johnson fixes steaks for supper, but finds the Scouts prefer roasting potatoes over a hobo's fire.
Genre children
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page The Little Scouts story "Cat in tree"

Characters Scoutmaster Johnson
Synopsis Scoutmaster Johnson tries to rescue a woman's cat who is up in a tree.
Genre children
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Back cover; color; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)