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Issue Details

Issue #547
Published April 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 547." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #547-544. Copyright 1954 by United Feature Syndicate. Fourth of 17 Francis the Famous Talking Mule Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Francis the Talking Mule; Pete
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Francis story "Francis Wants to Make a Record"

Characters Francis the Talking Mule; Pete
Synopsis Francis wants to make a record of his voice at a music supply store.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

32 page Francis the Famous Talking Mule story "The Gold-Finder"

Characters Francis the Talking Mule; Pete; Billygoat
Synopsis A millionaire lets Pete and Francis fly a helicopter to his gold mines in Alaska. In Alaska they meet an eccentric old miner named Billygoat, who has invented a "gold-finder." The invention finds gold, but it's in the vault of the town bank.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Francis story "Begging for Money"

Characters Francis the Talking Mule; Pete
Synopsis Francis provides the dialogue when Pete has to beg for some money for food.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Francis story "The Art Critic"

Characters Francis the Talking Mule
Synopsis Francis critiques an artist's painting of a horse.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)