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Issue Details

Issue #809
Published June 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE LITTLE PEOPLE, No. 809." Code number is L.P.O.S. #809-576. Copyright 1957 by NEA Service, Inc. Based on the 1952-69 newspaper strip "The Little People" by Walt Scott. Sixth of ten Little People Four Color issues.

Cover Details - "The Little People in the Days of Knights"

Characters The Little People [Old One; Loop; Cork; Chub; Jinx]
Genre fantasy
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset

1 page The Little People story "Candidates for Knighthood"

Characters The Little People [Old One; Loop; Cork; Chub; Jinx]
Synopsis Old One raises bumps on the others' heads when he hits them with a sword to knight them.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

32 page The Little People story "The Days of Knights "

Characters The Little People [Old One; Loop; Cork; Chub; Jinx]; The Groons; Tar (crow)
Synopsis The Little People are sent back to the days of Chivalry when the Old One makes a wish with a magic wand. They rescue a damsel in distress from the Black Knights (the ancestors of the Groons.)
Genre fantasy; period
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page The Little People story "Knight in Armor"

Characters The Little People [Chub; Jinx]
Synopsis Chub outfits Jinx with a full set of armor, complete with can-opener.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page The Little People story "The Scary Shield"

Characters The Little People [Cork; Loop]
Synopsis Loop is frightened by something he sees on Cork's shield--his reflection.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).