Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #508
Published October 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "BOZO, featuring Bozo the Capitol Clown, No. 508." Code number is BOZO O.S. #508-5310. Copyright 1953 by Capitol Records, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters Bozo
Genre humor
Pencils Lee Hooper
Inks Lee Hooper
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Bozo the Capitol Clown story "Giraffe Helps Fire Department"

Characters Bozo
Synopsis Bozo uses a giraffe to replace the pole in a firehouse.
Genre humor
Pencils Lee Hooper
Inks Lee Hooper
Letters Lee Hooper
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page Bozo the Capitol Clown story "Bozo the Capitol Clown and the Vanishing Elephants"

Characters Bozo; Sparky; the Boss
Synopsis Elephants keep disappearing from the circus despite being under guard. Bozo and Sparky investigate and it appears the Boss is using an inflatable elephant to swindle the insurance company.
Genre humor
Script Don Sheppard
Pencils Lee Hooper
Inks Lee Hooper
Letters Lee Hooper
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

6 page Bozo the Capitol Clown story Bozo the Capitol Clown and the "Ya-Chi-Ta Lion"

Characters Bozo; Sparky; the Boss
Synopsis When a lion escapes from his cage, Bozo uses some ventriloquism to convince the Boss that it is a "Ya-Chi-Ta," a lion that talks.
Genre humor
Script Don Sheppard
Pencils Lee Hooper
Inks Lee Hooper
Letters Lee Hooper
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

7 page Bozo the Capitol Clown story "Mojah's Evil Spell"

Characters Bozo; Sparky; the Boss; Mojah the Elephant Trainer; Lorenzo the Escape Artist; Rudolph the Ringmaster; El Flamo
Synopsis The Boss fires Mojah the elephant trainer, who puts a curse on the circus. A small man applies for work as a magician, but the Boss doesn't believe him and hires him as a water boy for the elephants. Shortly, all kinds of strange events start occurring throughout the circus.
Genre humor
Script Don Sheppard
Pencils Lee Hooper
Inks Lee Hooper
Letters Lee Hooper
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

7 page Bozo the Capitol Clown story "Cannonball Act"

Characters Bozo; Sparky; the Boss
Synopsis The Boss decides Bozo should perform a human cannonball act.
Genre humor
Script Don Sheppard
Pencils Lee Hooper
Inks Lee Hooper
Letters Lee Hooper
Notes Logo says "The Capital Clown," with Capitol misspelled. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

2 page Bozo the Capitol Clown story "Off-Key Seal"

Characters Bozo; the Boss
Synopsis A seal disrupts an music act by blowing his horn off-key.
Genre humor
Script Don Sheppard
Pencils Lee Hooper
Inks Lee Hooper
Letters Lee Hooper
Notes Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Bozo story "The Crying Lady"

Characters Bozo; Sparky
Synopsis Bozo does tricks to try to cheer up a lady who is crying.
Genre humor
Script Don Sheppard
Pencils Lee Hooper
Inks Lee Hooper
Letters Lee Hooper
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Bozo the Capitol Clown story "Elephant Jump-Rope"

Characters Bozo; Mister Crabb
Synopsis When the grounds foreman forbids the children to use the circus ropes as jump-ropes, Bozo uses the elephants to make a substitute.
Genre humor
Script Don Sheppard
Pencils Lee Hooper
Inks Lee Hooper
Letters Lee Hooper
Notes Back cover. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)