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Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 105

  • Issue #105
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 105
    • INCOMPLETE. Heavy interior tearing. Cover detached. 5 1/2" cumulative spine split with tearing to interior wraps. Centerfold detached at one staple.
    • 2" spine split from base of comic.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Indicia title is "Albert the Alligator and Pogo Possum, No. 105." Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Walt Kelly. Four Color is the collective title for Dell's long, irregularly published series of one-shots. This issue features Walt Kelly's Pogo, back before it was a comic strip, when Albert the Alligator was the star. The story of how Pogo Possum first met Albert the Alligator. Pogo and Albert compete to impress new arrival Frances, who is supposed to arrive on the railroad. A case for the volunteer fire department turns into a fish fry. Plus a letter featuring poetic nonsense and a whimsical self-portrait by Walt Kelly. To Whom It May Concern; Albert the Alligator; Pogo Possum: The Internal Intern; Albert and the Barbecue; Such a Duel About Nothing or Feud for Thought Use Remarks; Fearless Friends of the Fish Fry. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.