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

  • Issue #651
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 651

    Indicia title is "Luke Short's KING COLT, No. 651." Painted cover art. Full page reproduction of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." King Colt, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; An old prospector fakes his death after an ambush attempt, which sets in motion a complex struggle for control of Cosmos County as cattleman Major Fitz and corrupt sheriff Baily Blue face off against former deputy Johnny Hendry and his two sidekicks. Promo for Dell's Zane Grey's Stories of the West #27. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #652
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 652

    Indicia title is "BUCK JONES, No. 652." Painted cover art by Don Spaulding. Full page reproduction of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Return of the Renegades, script by Phil Evans, art by Mike Arens; Two robbers hold up a stage and stumble across an old man's ranch while trying to escape; They find the man is a former cellmate of theirs who has gone straight for the past ten years; They threaten to expose him and his schoolteacher daughter unless he gives them food and lets them hide the loot on his land. Buck Jones and The Top Gun, script by Phil Evans, art by Mike Arens; Buck comes to Jacktown to visit a friend, but finds a pair of gunmen are operating an extortion racket taking advantage of an existing feud between the ranchers and the homesteaders. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #653
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 653
    • Interior wraps splitting at centerfold. Slightly brittle.

    Indicia title is "SMOKEY THE BEAR, No. 653." Painted cover art. Smokey the Bear photos. Smokey's Story; Smokey tells of his being caught in a forest fire as a cub and being rescued by the Forest Service; As an adult he is now a forest ranger; Little Smokey and Specs the raccoon help him organize the forest animals to fight a forest fire. Deer Trouble; When an overabundance of deer threaten to consume all the food in the area, leaving nothing for the other animals, Smokey must find another feeding area and convince half the deer to move there. Water Water Everywhere!; With the help of some beavers, Smokey and his friends rebuild an eroded watershed. All interior art by Morris Gollub. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #654
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 654

    #654, 1955, 10c. Pluto. Adventures with Mickey Mouse's dog Pluto. Issue features "Daniel Boone Boner," an untitled story with Pluto and Jiminy Cricket, "The Catnipper," "The Radium Run-Around," and "The Un-Eager Beaver." Issue also has one and two-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #655
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 655

    Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 655." Cover art by Don Gunn. Full page reproduction of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." On Robinson Crewcut's Island, art by Don Gunn; Francis and Pete spend the night in a farmer's barn; During the night a flash flood washes the barn down the river and out into the ocean; They wash up on a tropical island, inhabited by a hermit named Robinson Crewcut; The hermit has a cave full of diamonds that had washed up on the beach. Francis and Pete take a handkerchief full of diamonds and then capture the captain of a ship of smugglers. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #656
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 656

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    Turok, Son of Stone (# 2) in "The Mystery of the Mountain" and "The Missing Hunters." Painted cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $250 * Four Color #656 CGC 4.0 2nd TUROK Dinosaur Son of Stone Andar (4265870024) *

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  • Issue #657
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 657

    Indicia title is "BEN BOWIE AND HIS MOUNTAIN MEN, No. 657." Painted cover art. Description of building a log cabin. The Dangerous Coast; Ben must find a way to draw the French and their Algonquin Indian warriors into an open meadow for a showdown with the British Redcoat soldiers. The Hunters; Ben and his men go far to the West, searching for buffalo; They find the buffalo, but are captured by Sauk Indians, who don't intend to let them return to the East. Promo for Dell Junior Treasury #3 (Gulliver's Travels). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #658
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 658

    Cover by Paul Murry. Stories by Don R. Christensen and various. Art by Phil de Lara and Tony Strobl. Featuring the tales "Playing It Safe," "Goofy and His Lucky Bump," "The Gentleman" and "Goofy and His Money Mine," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Fourth of fifteen Goofy Four Color issues. Starring Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Clarabelle Cow! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #659
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 659

    Cover pencils by Tony Strobl. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Moores. Featuring four untitled tales, plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Second of nine Daisy Duck's Diary Four Color issues. Starring Daisy Duck, Gladstone Gander, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Donald Duck, Clarabelle Cow and Clara Cluck! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #660
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 660

    Indicia title is "LITTLE BEAVER, No. 660." Painted cover art. Facts about the Indian travois load carrier. Empty Saddle; While sledding in the mountains, Little Beaver and Po-Ko find a runaway horse; They backtrack and find the supply train to the logging camp has been stopped by an avalanche. Trouble in the Badlands; Little Beaver and Red Horse go to town to get supplies; On the way home their wagon is upset in the badlands. Wolf Cry; The Paiutes invite the Navajo Chief and warriors to a peace council. A Bag of Tricks; Red Ryder and Little Beaver are tracking a bank robber; Little Beaver finds a young white boy who has wandered away from his home. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #661
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 661

    Indicia title is "FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, No. 661." Painted cover art by Mel Crawford. Frosty the Snowman Recovers His Broom; While Frosty is skating at a pond in the woods, an old witch takes his broom to use for flying. Weather Trouble; During a spell of mild weather, Frosty gets a job selling frozen food for a grocery store. Santa's Helper; Santa's elves are all down with colds. Frosty rounds up children to finish making the toys so Santa can make his rounds on schedule. Hero of Chillybone County; Frosty goes to a gold rush in Chillybone County in the North Woods, where he helps Grandpa Green find gold and captures Black Jack, the robber. All interior art by Dan Gormley. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #662
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 662

    Indicia title is "ZOO PARADE, No. 662." The Zoo and Its Director article. Facts about various animals, "narrated" by Marlin Perkins. The Gorilla. The African Elephant. The Echidna. The Bald Eagle. The Canada. GooseBird of Paradise. The Albatross. The Ostrich. The Galapagos Tortise. The Alligator. The Chameleon. Capturing Wild Animals Alive article. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #663
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 663
    • Piece missing from back cover.

    Indicia title is "WINKY DINK, No. 663." Painted cover art. Winky Dink in the Totem Trail with Dusty Dan; Polecat Pete steals a totem pole from Prof. Throckmorton Z. Bubblehead that contains a secret formula hidden inside. Winky Dink with Mike McBean and His Adventure Machine; Winky goes with Mike McBean and his Adventure Machine back in time to meet Redbeard the Pirate. Winky Dink at the Arctic with Mysto the Magician; Mysto the Magician conjures up a balloon to take Winky Dink and Mr. Bungle to the South Seas, but all three end up in the Arctic instead. Winky Dink and Elmo the Spy: Trail of the Pink Elephant; Winky Dink stows away on a ship where Elmo the Spy is plotting with Vizier Mustafa to do away with the Rajah of Shuddadore. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #664
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 664

    Davy Crockett in "The Keelboat Race." TV tie-in. Fess Parker photo cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $385 Four Color #664 CGC 8.0 (1955) River City Pedigree Davy Crockett Dell Publ.

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  • Issue #665
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 665

    Painted cover and photo back cover for Walt Disney nature movie. Dell Nature Classic: The African Lion, a True-Life Adventure Feature. The King of Beasts, monarch of multitudes, ruler of a vast primitive paradise... 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $196 CGC 9.4 Four Color 665 Disney AFRICAN LION One of the highest graded copies

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  • Issue #666
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 666

    Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 666." Painted cover art by Mel Crawford. A maze game featuring Santa's reindeer. A Message To Santa; Kevin and Judy, the woodcutter's children, go on a journey to deliver a letter to Santa Claus; The forest animals find shelter for them and deliver the letter to Santa. Tiny's Christmas Pack; Manuel, a Mexican peasant boy, has to take his pet burro and set him free outside of the canyon where he lives with his parents. Santa and the Magician; An elf, who is a magician, helps Santa finish making the Christmas toys. Christmas Comes To Mars; Tam and Teena, two Martian children, come to Earth in a flying saucer and observe Christmas celebrations. All interior art by Dan Gormley. A holiday-themed crossword puzzle. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #667
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 667

    Indicia title is "Max Brand's SILVERTIP AND THE STOLEN STALLION, No. 667." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Facts about wild horses in the American West. Silvertip and the Stolen Stallion, art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; Silvertip tracks the wild stallion Parade for days across miles of mountains and desert in order to capture him; After all his work in breaking Parade, Silvertip is ambushed and Parade is taken by two men who exhibit the horse at a rodeo; Eventually Silvertip must win a race on Parade in order to regain ownership of the stallion. Based on the 1933 novel "Stolen Stallion" by Max Brand. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $43 1955 Four Color #667 Max Brand's SILVERTIP - Kinstler art - Dell - CGC 5.0

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  • Issue #668A
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 668A
    • Centerfold detached.
    • 2" cumulative spine split. Lateral spine tear.
    • 1" Cumulative spine split. Water damage.

    1st printing. "Dumbo The Flying Elephant" - Written by unknown. Art by Al Hubbard. Cover by Carl Buettner. Reprinted from Dell Giant Silly Symphonies (1952) #4. (Edited reprint - pages 2, 3, 4 and 8 removed.) 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #668B
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 668B

    Dumbo (2nd Printing). Same cover as 1st printing but has Timothy Mouse added and striped background. Same Contents. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #669
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 669

    Reprints #413. "Robin Hood" - Written by Gaylord Du Bois. Art by Morris Gollub and Jon Small. Photo cover of Richard Todd. Adaptation of the Walt Disney motion picture, 'The Story of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.' Starring Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Little John, The Sheriff of Nottingham, Prince John and Richard the Lionheart! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #670
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 670

    Indicia title is "M.G.M.'s MOUSE MUSKETEERS, No. 670." Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. The Poaching Poossycat; M'sieur Poossycat is poaching the King's pheasants in order to sell them to the villagers. The Jousting Knight; Red Dog, a famed jouster, challenges M'sieur Poossycat to a jousting duel. The King's Signet Ring; The King makes the Musketeers rulers of the Province of Calvados. Clock Stoppers; M'sieur Poossycat convinces the King to order all mice to leave town before noon. All art by Harvey Eisenberg. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #671
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 671
    • Cover detached. Staple rust. Rust migration.

    Walt Disney's Davy Crockett and "The River Pirates" - Written by Paul S. Newman. Art by Jesse Marsh. Photo Cover of Fess Parker as Davy Crockett. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.