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Issue Details

Issue #704
Published May 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "PRISCILLA'S POP, No. 704." Code number is PRIS.P.O.S. #704-565. Copyright 1956 by NEA Service, Inc. Based on the NEA newspaper strip "Priscilla's Pop" by Al Vermeer. Third of four Priscilla's Pop Four Color issues.

Cover Details - "Priscilla's Pop"

Characters Priscilla; Oliver (dog)
Genre children
Pencils Al Vermeer ?
Inks Al Vermeer ?
Letters typeset
Notes Cover says "by Al Vermeer," but he may or may not have drawn it.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Another Outstanding Award for Dell Comics"

Characters Dell Publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr. (photo); Col. Draper F. Henry, USAF (photo); Major General Lucas V. Beau, USAF (photo); Hon. John I. Lerom, Asst. Sec. USAF (photo); Col C. Short, USAF
Synopsis Photo of trophy and citation "for his continuing efforts in behalf of the betterment of American youth" given by the Civil Air Patrol to Dell publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr.
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos, typeset text, and Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

8 page Priscilla's Pop story "The Holiday"

Characters Priscilla; Lester; Oliver (dog); Jenny Lu; Hollyhock
Synopsis Priscilla gets "freckleitis," a harmless but contagious ailment, and is told to stay home from school for a week. Taking advantage of the situation, she charges other kids a nickel to catch the ailment so they can stay out of school a week, too; but the scheme backfires.
Genre children

8 page Priscilla's Pop story "The Lion Tamer"

Characters Priscilla; Lester; Jenny Lu; Hollyhock; Stuart
Synopsis After watching a lion-tamer, Priscilla decides her new ambition is to be a lady lion-tamer. When Cato, an old and tame lion, runs away from the zoo; Priscilla find him and holds him at bay with a chair until his trainer tracks him down.
Genre children

8 page Priscilla's Pop story "Mixed-Up Movies"

Characters Priscilla; Lester; Jenny Lu; Hollyhock
Synopsis When time runs short on producing a play for a contest, Priscilla borrows her father's home movie camera to film the scenes. The plan is for the silent films to be projected and the characters to read their dialogue from behind a screen. However on the night of the contest, Priscilla distributes the scripts in the wrong sequence and the dialogue doesn't match the film.
Genre children

8 page Priscilla's Pop story "The Hypnotist"

Characters Priscilla; Lester; Oliver (dog); Jenny Lu; Hollyhock
Synopsis Priscilla reads a book on hypnotism. The other kids pretend to be hypnotized, but it turns out Lester really is and Priscilla orders him to carry her books to school each morning. Lester's mother is not happy with this turn of events and tells Priscilla to "un-hypnotize" him, but Priscilla can't remember the word to break the spell.
Genre children
Notes The story narration at the bottom of each panel is told in rhyme, which was a device sometimes used in the newspaper strip.

1 page Priscilla's Pop story "Sealing Envelopes"

Characters Priscilla
Synopsis Priscilla has to lick the flaps to seal a stack of envelopes for her mother.
Genre children
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Priscilla's Pop story "Following instructions"

Characters Priscilla
Synopsis Priscilla follows the instructions on a TV cooking show, but misunderstands an instruction.
Genre children
Notes Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."