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Issue Details

Issue #530
Published January 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "BOB CLAMPETT'S BEANY AND CECIL, No. 530." Code number is BEANY O.S. #530-541. Copyright 1953 by Bob Clampett. Fifth of seven Beany and Cecil Four Colors. Based on the original Beany and Cecil TV series "Time For Beany."

Cover Details

Characters Beany; Cecil; Capt. Huffenpuff
Genre humor
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page Beany and Cecil story "Apple and Oranges"

Characters Beany; Cecil
Synopsis Cecil has trouble with a math problem.
Genre humor
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

22 page Beany story "Beany and the Miner Bird"

Characters Beany; Cecil; Professor X; Capt. Huffenpuff; Wong; Dishonest John; Captain Kidder
Synopsis Professor X reconstructs a map to the buried treasure of 17th Century pirate Captain Kidder. The treasure is buried on the Pacific island of Pogo Pogo. On the way there, the Leakin' Lena is diverted by Dishonest John to cross the International Date Line in the mysterious waters of Latitude Q and is thrown back into time into the 17th Century. There Beany and Cecil meet Captain Kidder, who trades a Miner Bird (who can spot gold mines) for Beany's calendar watch. Cecil pulls the Lena into a whirlpool that sends them back into the present. They continue on the way to Pogo Pogo, where Dishonest John steals the miner bird. Wong's seaweed soup gets the bird back and it leads them to Capt. Kidder's treasure chest. In the chest is Beany's watch, with the year set to 1693.
Genre humor
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury

10 page Beany and Cecil story "The Gold Cup Race"

Characters Beany; Cecil; Capt. Huffenpuff; Professor X; Dishonest John
Synopsis Cap'n Huffenpuff enters the Leakin' Lena in the annual boat race to Holiday Island. Professor X has invented jet pills to make the gasoline in the boat's tank 1,000 times more powerful than normal. Dishonest John switches the jet pills for aspirin then buys a rickety boat to use in the race.
Genre humor
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury

1 page Beany story "The Runaway"

Characters Beany; Cecil
Synopsis Beany and Cecil are concerned when they see a clown running away from a policeman.
Genre humor
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Beany and Cecil story "Signs, Signs, Signs"

Characters Beany; Cecil
Synopsis Beany and Cecil find their vacation resort is covered with signs restricting activities.
Genre humor
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Notes Back cover.