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Issue Details

Issue #522
Published December 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 522." Code number is BROWNIES O.S. #523-5312 (Note code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1953 by Western Printing & Lithographing Company. Ninth of ten Brownies Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters The Brownies
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn

1 page The Brownies story "Runaway Car"

Characters The Brownies
Synopsis The Brownies build a car, but it takes off without a driver.
Genre fantasy
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)

8 page The Brownies story "The Brownies Blast Off Into Space"

Characters The Brownies [Wizard; Brainy; Spindly; Muddles; others]
Synopsis Brainy and Spindly attempt to reach the moon in a homemade rocket powered by a firecracker. They land on a watermelon in Farmer Brown's field instead.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page The Brownies story "The Brownies Rescue Mrs. Ladybug"

Characters The Brownies [Wizard; Spindly; Muddles; others]; Mrs. Ladybug; Ferdie Frog
Synopsis The Brownies fight a grass fire caused by carelessly tossed cigar. They rescue Mrs. Ladybug and her children and move her house to the creek. There they are trapped by the flames before Ferdie Frog comes to the rescue.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

6 page The Brownies story "The Brownies Play a Benefit Show"

Characters The Brownies [Brainy; Wizard; Spindly; Wobble; others]; Farmer Brown; his wife; their daughter
Synopsis When Farmer Brown's daughter is ill, the Brownies make a pretend television set out of a cardboard box and put on a variety show to entertain her.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page The Badkins story "Trapped in a Bottle"

Characters The Badkins; The Brownies [Wizard; Brainy; others]; Billy Beetle
Synopsis The Brownies rescue Billy Beetle after the Badkins put him in a glass jar. The Badkins then steal and eat a strawberry shortcake that the Brownies had made. The Brownies make another shortcake, but this time when the Badkins try to steal it they are caught in the same jar they had put Billy Beetle in.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page The Brownies story "Parking Ticket for a Turtle"

Characters The Brownies
Synopsis The Brownie cop gives a turtle a ticket for napping in a "no parking" zone.
Genre fantasy
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 Brownies story "Losing a Hat on a Windy Day"

Characters The Brownies
Synopsis A Brownie's wide-brimmed hat causes problems in a gusty wind.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Back cover; pantomime story.