Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) comic books 1955 or before

Indicia title is "HUBERT at CAMP MOONBEAM, No. 251." Cover art by Dick Wingert. Hubert at Camp Moonbeam; Hubert and his wife are sent to Camp Moonbeam as chaperones to keep Hubert's boss's daughter Ginny from getting involved in a summer romance; Ginny is embarrassed and convinces Hubert and Trudy to pose as her friends from school. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's PINOCCHIO, No. 252." Underwater Birthday Party one-page story, art by Tony Strobl. Pinocchio; Geppetto wishes his puppet was a real boy; The "Wishing Star Fairy" grants his wish; On his way to school, Pinocchio is tricked by J. Worthington Foul fellow and Gideon into joining Stromboli's puppet show; The fairy rescues Pinocchio, but Foulfellow talks Pinocchio into taking a trip to Pleasure Island with other boys; At Pleasure Island the boys are turned into donkeys for the mines. New version of Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #92. Adapted from the 1940 Disney animated movie "Pinocchio." Watermelon Dreams back cover strip, art by Tony Strobl. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 253." Cover art by Walt Kelly. The Three Blind Mice Play Santa, script and art by Walt Kelly; A cat chasing the Three Blind Mice upsets a mailman, causing him to lose a letter. Little Boy Blue and Little Girl Green, art by Walt Kelly; Little Girl Green recruits colorful toys to wake Little Boy Blue on Christmas morning. 3 Christmas Bears, art by Walt Kelly; The Goldilocks and the Three Bears story with a Christmas Day setting. Jeminy's Christmas, script and art by Walt Kelly; Jeminy Groundhog asks Willie Winkle to wake him up for Christmas; When he wakes, Jeminy thinks it's time for Easter, instead of Christmas. Christmas Grace traditional English Christmas prayer on back cover, art by Walt Kelly. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 254." Santa's First Helper, script and art by Walt Kelly; Puggy Pink, a dwarf, volunteers to be Santa's first helper in making toys; Santa leaves him at a little girl's house to be a temporary fill-in for the doll that isn't ready at Christmas. A Visit from Saint Nicholas, script by Clement Moore, art by Arthur E. Jameson; Illustrated version of the 1823 poem by Clement Clarke Moore, sometimes titled "The Night Before Christmas." The Land Without Christmas, script and art by Frank Jupo; Santa uses a rocket to take a test trip to a distant star and a land ruled by the bad-humored King Pepy. Albert and Pogo's Christmas, script and art by Walt Kelly; Albert dresses up to play Santa Claus for the swamp's children. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "Zane Grey's The Ranger. Facts about the Colt Single-Action Army Revolver, art by Till Goodan. The Ranger, script by Zane Grey (original story) and Gaylord Du Bois (comic adaptation); Pardoned outlaw Buck Duane, now a Texas Ranger, goes undercover to find out the identity of the criminal mastermind known as Cheseldine. Abridged adaptation of 1915 novel "The Lone Star Ranger" by Zane Grey. Facts about the Winchester Model 94 rifle, art by Till Goodan. Facts about stagecoach travel in the old West, art by Till Goodan. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in "LUCK OF THE NORTH," No. 256." Cover art by Carl Barks. Luck of the North, script by Carl Barks and Dana Coty (story idea), art by Carl Barks; Donald, exasperated by Gladstone Gander's good luck, sends him on a wild goose chase to Alaska in search of a uranium mine, then is overcome by remorse and fears for Gladstone's safety; He and the nephews follow Gladstone to a desolate iceberg that just happens to contain a Viking ship decked out in gold trim. 3 one-page Barks strips. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "LITTLE IODINE, No. 257." Cover art by Jimmy Hatlo. Untitled strips, scripts and art by Jimmy Hatlo. Little Iodine helps Henry land a big contract; When he doesn't realize that they won the contract and tries to punish Iodine his boss punishes him instead by making him be Iodine's secretary. Iodine trades an expensive camera for Hoppy (a kangaroo). Henry buys a new gun without Effie's permission but gets mad at her for buying a new record player. When Henry gets a call from a bill collector he pretends to be someone else. When Henry needs to hide from the bill collector he decides to take Iodine to the museum. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA and the BALLOON RACE, No. 258." Cover pencils by Dick Hall. Andy Panda and The Balloon Race, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Anahid Dinkjian; A hot air balloon lands in Andy's back yard; In its basket is Professor Gaas Bag, who has been hit over the head by his rivals in a championship long-distance balloon race; He is unable to continue, so he lets Andy and Charlie take his balloon to finish the race. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

FlipBook (cover each side). "Santa and the Angel" and "Santa at the Zoo." Indicia title is "SANTA AND THE ANGEL, No. 259." Cover art by Morris Gollub. Santa and the Angel, script by Oskar LeBeck, art by Morris Gollub; A little angel drifts to Earth on a cloud and lands in a forest; The forest animals find him and take him to a woodchopper's cabin at the edge of the forest; They get there just as Santa arrives at the cabin and Santa takes the angel back to heaven. Santa at the Zoo, script by Oskar Lebeck, art by Tony Rivera; The animals at the zoo are surprised when Santa Claus pays them a visit. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG, HERO OF THE WILD WEST, No. 260." Porky Pig, Hero of the Wild West, pencils by Fred Abranz; While on a vacation at a ranch, Petunia nags Porky about not being a he-man; Petunia is abducted by The Krisco Kid, who looks like Porky, except with a pointed black moustache. Porky Pig, Truant Officer, art by Tony Strobl; Porky is truant officer; Cicero and his friend are out fishing, thinking it is Saturday, and Porky disguises himself as an (Asian) Indian prince in order to try to capture them. The Greedy Squirrels, art by Jim Pabian; Petunia sends Porky to the forest in a rainstorm to gather some nuts for the fudge she is making. How to Raise Children, art by Tony Strobl; Porky's nosy neighbor keeps criticizing the things Porky allows Cicero to do. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE and the MISSING KEY, No. 261." Cover art by Paul Murry. Mickey Mouse and The Missing Key, art by Jim Pabian; Two clowns deliver a steel trunk to Goofy, an inheritance from his Uncle Clown Goof; However they didn't leave a key to the trunk, so Mickey and Goofy travel to Clownland to retrieve the key. Mickey Mouse and the Phantom Thief, script and art by Bill Wright; Chief O'Hara comes to Mickey's house late at night to request his help because a string of burglaries has been committed. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY, No. 262." Vitamin Water; Mr. Diggs has the Raggedys mix some vitamins in a pool of water, creating "vitamin water" that causes plants to grow and makes people energetic. The Cloudburst; The Raggedys prevent Grinny Bear and Snoopwiggy from taking Sunny Bunny's kite; To get revenge, the villains start a fire that threatens the Raggedys' doll house home. The Bow and Arrow Hunters; The Snoopwiggy and Grinny Bear are shooting arrows at everyone in the forest. The Raggedy Snake in Loonie Land; When Bertram Bear threatens to ruin the Raggedys' picnic with Mummy and Sunny Bunny, the Raggedys make a fake snakeskin to scare him away. The Pumpkin Patch Pies; Mr. and Mrs. Meadow-Mole are living in a pumpkin in Mr. Digg's pumpkin patch and are selling pumpkin pies. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES, No. 263." Cover art by Carl Barks. Land of the Totem Poles, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald is hired as a salesman on the Kickmiquick River in Northwest Canada, and learns only when he arrives there that he is to sell steam calliopes. Trail of the Unicorn, script by Carl Barks and Dana Coty (story idea), art by Carl Barks; Donald and the nephews are sent to the Himalayas to capture a unicorn for Uncle Scrooge's private zoo. 3 one-page Barks strips. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER in the MAGIC LANTERN, No. 264. Cover pencils by Dick Hall. Woody Woodpecker and the Magic Lantern, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Woody purchases an old kerosene-type lantern from a shady antique dealer; The lantern turns out to be the home of a genie. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "KING of the ROYAL MOUNTED, No. 265." Cover art by Jim Gary. Beard, the Blind Beggar/Plot to Kill Prudence Plenty, script and art by Jim Gary; A man posing as a blind beggar robs and kills a messenger; He sets the city morgue on fire to cover his getaway; Beard leads King on a chase into the mountains; Beard is killed in a fire and King meets a girl who tells him Prudence Plenty is targeted for murder; King goes to see Miss Plenty and gets caught up in a plot to murder Miss Plenty. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY on the ISLE OF HERCULES, No. 266." Cover art by Roger Armstrong. Carpenter TV Program one-page strip, art by Ralph Heimdahl. Bugs Bunny on the "Isle of Hercules, art by Tony Strobl; After spending the night in a supposedly haunted house, Bugs is deemed the "World's Bravest Person" and is signed to fight "Turk, the Terrible" in a boxing match; At the library, Porky finds a reference to the South Seas "Isle of Hercules" where the people have super-human strength. The Case of the Vanishing Newsboys, art by Fred Abranz; Bugs disguises himself as a newsboy to find out why newsboys are disappearing. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "LITTLE BEAVER, No. 267." Cover art by Fred Harman. Blackjack and the Indians; An outlaw named Blackjack commits crimes with the help of men dressed as Indians; A vigilante group is formed to drive Chief White Cloud's tribe out of the area; Little Beaver and Po-Ko go to warn Chief White Cloud and have to hide with the tribe in cliff dwellings when the vigilantes come; Red Ryder comes to their rescue. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney presents MICKEY MOUSE'S SURPRISE VISITOR, No. 268." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Pluto the Pointer, script by Hubie Karp, art by Bob Grant. Mickey Mouse's Surprise Visitor, script by Merrill de Maris and Floyd Gottfredson, pencils by Floyd Gottfredson, inks by Ted Thwaites and Bill Wright; Friday, a native Mickey befriended on an adventure in Africa, sends his brother Thursday to Mickey's house in order to have him receive an education; Thursday causes Mickey all sorts of trouble with his lack of understanding of American customs; reprinted from Mickey Mouse (King Features Syndicate) 1940.01.15 - 1940.04.20 daily newspaper strips. Mickey, Donald, and Goofy on stage in a spotlight back cover art by Dan Gormley. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "JOHNNY MACK BROWN, No. 269." Johnny Mack Brown photo cover. The Red Arrow Rustlers, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jesse Marsh; The Red Arrow gang is stealing herds of cattle being driven to Dodge City; Johnny becomes involved when they steal the herd of his friends Tub and Squint on the Box-H ranch. Four photos of Johnny Mack Brown on inside back cover. Back cover photo of Johnny Mack Brown. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's DRIFT FENCE, No. 270." Cover art by Morris Gollub. Facts about the chuck wagons used to feed cowboys on the range, art by Till Goodan. Drift Fence, art by Morris Gollub; At his uncle's request, Jim Traft comes to the Diamond Outfit, where he is to be in charge of building one hundred miles of fence to keep the ranch's cattle from straying; He has to win the respect of his men while fending off those who don't want the free range fenced; Adapted from the 1929 novel, "The Drift Fence," by Zane Grey; A sequel to this story, "Hash Knife Outfit," was adapted as "Range War" in Four Color #555 (May-July 1954). Facts about the "Hackamore" and "Snaffle Bit," harnesses used while breaking horses, art by Till Goodan. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in PHANTOM OF THE PLAINS, No. 271." Cover art by Roger Armstrong. A Safe Drive, art by Fred Abranz; Porky has car trouble while taking Petunia for a drive and Petunia has to fix the problem. Phantom of the Plains, pencils by Roger Armstrong, inks by Kaem Wong; Porky and Petunia go to the "Bar-Soap Ranch," owned by Petunia's uncle Baked Ham; On the way they are held up by Sylvester, who has been hypnotized by a criminal named Hypnotic Harry; Sylvester snaps out of his trance and the Sheriff arrives to explain the situation. Looking for Yahooty, art by Fred Abranz; Porky gets a job delivering packages for Mister Muldooly. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's CINDERELLA, No. 272." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Inside front cover and inside back cover; Ten stills from the movie, printed in monochrome bluish-black ink, with a line of text underneath. Cinderella, script by Chase Craig, art by Dan Gormley; Cinderella, after being tormented by her evil stepmother and step-sisters, gets to go to the Prince's ball with the help of her Fairy Godmother; Adapted from the 1950 Disney animated movie "Cinderella." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 273." Cover art by Dan Gormley. See-Saw, art by Dan Gormley; Floyd and Lloyd give Oswald a nasty spill when they hop off their side of a see-saw. Home Sweet Home, art by Lloyd White; When their rundown home finally collapses, Oswald and the boys have to find a new house; With no success at finding any suitable houses in town, they go to the woods to build a cabin. A Family Affair, pencils by Lloyd White, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Oswald looks up his family tree and finds that he is the only heir to the McRabbit fortune; He and Toby go to the Red Ridge Mountain, only to find themselves in the middle of a feud between the Fatfields and the McRabbits. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY, HAREBRAINED REPORTER, No. 274." Harebrained Reporter, art by Tony Strobl; A newspaper editor gives Bugs the assignment of finding out what happened to the town of Bleak Point, which has vanished; It turns out that the town never existed and the assignment was just a ploy to get Bugs out of the editor's sight. Bugs Bunny and The Mortals of the Sea, pencils by Roger Armstrong; Thinking they will bring good luck, the leader of an ocean expedition takes Bugs and Porky along. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in ANCIENT PERSIA, No. 275." Cover art by Carl Barks. Donald Duck in Ancient Persia, script and art by Carl Barks; The ducks are kidnapped by a mysterious scientist and flown to Persia, where they dig into an ancient city, Itsa Faka. Jet-Job Joes, art by Paul Murry; The nephews want to enter their racer in a race, but Donald doesn't want them to go very fast. Rules 'n' Regulations, art by Paul Murry; Tired of the nephews messing up the house, Donald makes a set of rules that they have to follow; To escape the regulations, the nephews build a houseboat. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 276." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Frog Pond Fright; Uncle Wiggly and Uncle Butter build a boat, but when they launch it into the Frog Pond, they run into the Scillery Scallery Alligator. The Woodland Circus; Fuzzy Fox and Shaggy Wolf disguise themselves as clowns to get into Uncle Wiggily's Woodland Circus. The Prize Pumpkin; Wiggily takes his prize pumpkin to the county fair; On the way he has to elude the Pipsisewah and the Skeezicks. The Pie Snatcher; Wiggily sets a trap to catch whoever is stealing Nurse Jane's pies from her window sill. Wiggily the Baby-Sitter; The Bad Chaps pretend to be a mother and her son so they can hire Wiggily as a baby-sitter. Scripts by Roger Garis, art by Francis Kirn. Reprinted from Uncle Wiggily (Bell Syndicate) newspaper strips. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is PORKY PIG in DESERT ADVENTURE, No. 277. Desert Adventure, art by Fred Abranz; As part of a plan to evict Porky and keep his first month's rent, landlord Squire Squeeze puts an ostrich in Porky's house; Porky and Sylvester take the ostrich to the desert to dump it, but Porky's car gets hooked by a runaway hot air balloon and they end up lost in the middle of the desert. The Lost Look, pencils by John Carey; After frightening Petunia as a joke and causing her to spill ink on her new dress, Porky has to find a way to get the ink spots out. Super-Strength, art by Gil Turner; Porky borrows Cicero's Hercules play suit to wear to a masquerade party. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "BILL ELLIOTT COMICS, No. 278." Cover photo of Bill Elliott. Inside front cover photo of Bill Elliot. The War on Spider Creek, art by Cary; Bill is summoned by Clay Fielding to Marin County; There he finds that Fielding is in a conflict with Martin West and the Drag-W over the water rights to Spider Creek; Fielding needs the water for his paper mill. The Ghost of Poco Loco Ridge, art by Cary; Bill saves a man from quicksand in a river; He finds that the man and his partner had struck gold earlier and that his partner threw him into the quicksand so that he could register the claim in his name only. Drive to Thunder Butte, art by Cary. Bill Elliot back cover photo. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE and PLUTO BATTLE THE GIANT ANTS, No. 279." Cover art by Bill Wright. Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants, script and art by Bill Wright; While on a plane trip over the uncharted Amazon jungle, Mickey and Goofy discover a city of giant ants who speak in Morse Code signals through their antennas. Monkey Business, art by Tony Strobl; Morty and Ferdie adopt two monkeys, who cause general havoc for Mickey and the rest of the town. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA in THE ISLE OF MECHANICAL MEN, No. 280. Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Isle of Mechanical Men, pencils by Dan Gormley; A tornado snatches Andy and Charlie while they are fishing and deposits them on a strange island; The island is the hideout of an old professor and his helper Rocky; The professor is in the process of creating a robot army to conquer the world. Charlie Has Sleeping Sickness, pencils by Dan Gormley, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Charlie comes down with a case of sleeping sickness and Andy has to take him to Africa so he can be bitten by a Tsetse Fly as a cure. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY in THE GREAT CIRCUS MYSTERY, No. 281." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. The Great Circus Mystery, art by John Carey; When animals turn up missing at the circus, Bugs and Porky are hired as detectives to find out who is trying to ruin the show. Bugs Bunny and the "Giant Rabbit, art by Tony Strobl; Bugs has played so many practical jokes that no one will take his word on anything; So when a giant rabbit really does come into the forest, no one will believe him. Make-Believe Millyunaires, pencils by Roger Armstrong; Bugs goes into the lending library business; He reads a book on hypnotism and hypnotizes Sylvester into believing he's a millionaire. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK and the PIXILATED PARROT, No. 282." Cover art by Carl Barks. Donald Duck and "The Pixilated Parrot, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald gives Uncle Scrooge a parrot that only counts, instead of talking, and Scrooge has the parrot memorize the combination to his safe; which Scrooge has been forgetting. Pig in a Poke, pencils by Riley Thompson; Huey, Dewey, and Louis go to a farm to get an animal to show at the county fair. Fresh Milk and Eggs, art by Paul Murry; Donald is a milkman whose customers complain about not receiving fresh milk and eggs. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Zane Grey's KING of the ROYAL MOUNTED, No. 283." Cover art by Jim Gary. Nitro the Bank Robber/The Found Money, script and art by Jim Gary; King flies to Plain City, where "Nitro" has sent "invitations" to the police and others to attend the robbery of the First National Bank; The robber shows up right on time and threatens to detonate a container of nitroglycerin if he isn't given $50,000; He takes King as hostage to gain passage to the mountains, where he leaves King without his gun or boots; After he makes his way back to town, King is again confronted by Nitro, who plans to repeat the robbery in 24 hours; King and his companion, a girl named Aurora, find out Nitro's real identity, but Nitro forces the pair into King's single engine police plane and orders King to fly him to the coast. King overcomes Nitro, but on the way back Nitro dumps the stolen money out of the plane. Reprinted from King of the Royal Mounted (King Features Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1942. Facts about the Mounties on inside front cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in THE KINGDOM OF NOWHERE, No. 284." Cover art by Roger Armstrong. The Kingdom of Nowhere, art by Roger Armstrong; Sylvester and Porky find a suitcase full of "Boovarian" paper money; It turns out to be counterfeit, as there is no country of "Boovaria." The Seafarers, art by Fred Abranz; Porky becomes a scoutmaster in the Sea Scouts and takes Cicero and Sylvester on a chaotic trip in a rowboat; They end up in a lagoon full of rare and unusual fish. Back cover Porky Pig strip, pencils by Fred Abranz. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "BOZO THE CLOWN and his MINIKIN CIRCUS, No. 285." Cover art by Bob Grant. Bozo the Clown and his Minikin Circus, script by Don Sheppard, art by Bob Grant; Bozo's circus sets up near the "Great Tar Pits"; The noise from the cannon wakes up a dinosaur in the tar pit who causes chaos until Bozo lures him back into the tar; In attempt to get the dinosaur back, the circus owner sets off explosions, which cause an earthquake; Bozo and his friend Sparky fall through a fissure into an underground lake which leads to the catacombs of the tar pit, which contain giant animals and a race of people called the Tar Men; Bozo makes their King laugh and as a reward is given the giant animals. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE in "THE UNINVITED GUEST," No. 286." Cover art by Bill Wright. The Uninvited Guest, pencils by Riley Thompson; Mickey and the nephews are vacationing at the beach when a seal takes over their bathtub; The seal causes Mickey all sorts of problems; Mickey is kidnapped by a bank robber named Big Duke. Feat of Fancy, art by Tony Strobl; Mickey falls asleep during a chess match with Goofy and dreams he is a knight who has to defeat a dragon to win the hand of the fair Princess Minnie. Hot Day back cover strip, art by Bill Wright. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "GENE AUTRY'S CHAMPION in the GHOST OF BLACK MOUNTAIN, No. 287." Cover art by Morris Gollub, small cover photo of Gene Autry. Inside cover photo of Champion. The Ghost of Black Mountain; Two outlaws set up a fortified hideout on Black Mountain; They scare off Ricky and Champion who are out hunting stray cattle, but the boy and horse return the next day; The "Ghost" knocks Ricky into an underground river, but Champion saves him; The next day Ricky and his Uncle Smoky return to the mountain and discover the hideout. Inside back cover photo of Gene Autry, Champion, and Little Champion. Back cover photo of Champion, in full saddle gear, posed against the back of a bus or trailer that has a "Gene Autry and Champ" sign on it. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER in KLONDIKE GOLD, No. 288." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Klondike Gold, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Woody flies to Alaska to prospect for gold; He hires an incompetent guide, Chief Wormy-Apple, but the pair stumble across a gold mine that is supposedly haunted; The ghost in the mine turns out to be Sourdough Sam, a friend of the guide. Woody Woodpecker and the Bank Bandits, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Suzanne Seaborne; Woody and "Shorty," an ex-dog catcher, go into business as an armored car service, but are robbed on their very first trip. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY in "INDIAN TROUBLE", No. 289." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Indian Trouble, art by Tony Strobl; Bugs inherits his Uncle Snazzy's collection of feather dusters; He tricks Porky into driving him to the Indian reservation so he can sell the feathers to the Indians. Chapter Two, The Sagebrush Kid, art by John Carey; Bugs pretends to be the Sagebrush Kid as a publicity stunt to draw people into the town of Ghost Town. Flivver Foolery, art by Fred Abranz; Elmer is trying to clean his car, but Bugs keeps getting it dirty. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "THE CHIEF, No. 290." Cover art by Morris Gollub. Buffalo Caller, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Morris Gollub; While his three comrades eat breakfast, Running Wolf, a Pawnee, nephew of Chief War Eagle, finds a buffalo herd that could feed the tribe for a year; Three Cheyenne enemy hunters appear, rivals for the herd, and liable to scalp him; Running Wolf's bow-string breaks; He flees, diving in the river, hiding underwater against a rock in the rapids; The Cheyenne believe him dead. Running Wolf runs home; he alerts War Eagle of the herd and the Cheyenne; Running Wolf's friends return. Illustrations of war clubs, tomahawks, and lacrosse sticks by Morris Gollub. The Towers of Death, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Jon Small; Spring rain has come. At the shrine with the others, War Eagle, keeper of the sacred bundle, opens it; He prays to "Tirawa, Mighty Sky Father," for blessing of "corn and children," and gives thanks for the rain; in the spring, they go to the Southwest. Apache Grass Hogan fact two-pager, art by Morris Gollub. Blunt Arrow Boy, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Morris Gollub. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in "THE MAGIC HOURGLASS" No. 291." Cover art by Carl Buettner. The Magic Hourglass, script and art by Carl Barks; Scrooge gives his nephews an hourglass that he later discovers is the source of his great wealth; Carrying a billion dollars to buy the hourglass back, he follows the ducks to Africa. The Spirit of '76, pencils by Riley Thompson; The nephews decide to put on a play about the American Revolution; Donald takes charge and decides that the family should live like their forefathers in order to get the feel for their parts. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "CISCO KID COMICS, No. 292." Cover art by Bob Jenney. History of Western Saddles fact page. The Cisco Kid and the Red Deuce Gang; In a New Mexican town, Cisco and Pancho stop a man from bothering a woman; The woman is traveling north to Pueblo to meet her uncle, Tim Garrity, who is the sheriff. The Outlaws of Big Drum Ridge; Cisco and Pancho come across the aftermath of a stage coach robbery, which has left one man dead and the driver wounded. Cowboy Outfits fact page. All art by Bob Jenney. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 293." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Brownies on the Farm, art by Don Gunn; The Brownies have a series of adventures on Farmer Brown's farm. The Brownies and the Picnic, art by Don Gunn; The Brownies raid the food in a picnic basket. The Brownies and the Caterpillars; The Brownies try to stop the caterpillars from fighting over which mushrooms to rest under. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "LITTLE BEAVER, No. 294." Painted cover art. Trapped In Black Canyon; After they are accidentally shut in a railroad boxcar, Little Beaver and Po-Ko witness a train robbery. Lost in Spirit Valley; fter falling into a hole that leads into a cave, Little Beaver and Po-Ko find their way out of the cave only to find themselves stranded in the Lost Valley of the Spirits. Head shots of Little Beaver and Po-Ko on back cover, art by Fred Harman. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in PRESIDENT PORKY, No. 295." Cover pencils by Ralph Heimdahl. President Porky, pencils by Fred Abranz; Porky is chosen to be the President of the tiny Kingdom of Upper Gorgonzola; He is threatened by The Dunderbunk, a group who want to restore the old monarchy of King Schmaltz. Second Sight, art by John Carey; In Chinatown, Porky buys a jar of perfume supposedly used by Chinese Mandarins; He takes a whiff of the perfume and temporarily acquires "second sight," the ability to find anything that's lost or hidden. The New Swimming Hole, art by Jack Bradbury; Porky and Bugs run into all sorts of problems when they try to dig a swimming pool in Porky's yard. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE in PRIVATE EYE FOR HIRE, No. 296." Private Eye For Hire; Mickey becomes a private investigator; A man hires him to trail his wife to keep her from cheating on her diet. The Black Pearl Mystery, art by Al Hubbard; While vacationing in Shark Bay, Mickey and Goofy find a message in a bottle that has a map to a treasure in a sunken ship in the bay. Mickey Mouse and the Tagalong Pup, art by Jim Pabian; Mickey finds a small pup that whistles. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA in THE HAUNTED INN, No. 297." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Haunted Inn, art by Dan Gormley; Andy and Charlie get lost while on a drive and take refuge from a storm in a spooky old inn; They inadvertently sign a contract to purchase the place and become the new owners. Untitled Andy Panda story, art by Dan Gormley; Andy and Charlie get a job painting a sign on the side of a skyscraper. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY in SHEIK FOR A DAY, No. 298." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Bugs Bunny, Sheik for a Day, art by Tony Strobl; Bugs boards the wrong plane and ends up in Memphis, Egypt instead of Memphis, Tennessee. Floorwalker, art by John Carey; Bugs is a floorwalker at a department store, but gets in trouble when he harasses the customers. Bugs Bunny, Tree Surgeon; Bugs is a tree surgeon; He is called by a rich old lady to save "Old Faithful." 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "BUCK JONES and the IRON HORSE TRAIL, No. 299." Painted cover art by Nicholas Firfires. Winning the West, art by August Lenox; Brief overview of the settling of the American West. Buck Jones and the "Iron Horse Trail, art by Mike Arens; Buck gets involved in a plot by the owner of a stagecoach line to extort money from a competing railroad to buy out his now-obsolete business. Buck Jones astride Silver-B, roping a steer painted back cover art by Nicholas Firfires. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Buettner. Big-Top Bedlam, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald loses Daisy's heirloom brooch on the way to hock it for enough money to buy circus tickets for himself and the nephews. The Firebugs, pencils by Paul Murry. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.