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

  • Issue #101
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 101

    Indicia title is "TERRY AND THE PIRATES, No. 101." Cover art by Milton Caniff. Untitled story, script and art by Milton Caniff; The Dragon Lady and her guerrillas are engaged in one of their frequent battles with the invader; Terry, April Kane, and Deeth Crispin are her not-too-willing guests, Pat, Connie, and Big Stoop are traveling with the invader as neutrals, while looking for Terry and his friends. Reprinted from "Terry and The Pirates" (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) newspaper comic strips from 1939-1940. 52 pages, full color. [Note: Number 101 is the last issue to carry the "Four Color" logo on cover; all issues beginning with number 100 are marked "...O.S" (One Shot) which can be found in the bottom left-hand panel on the first page; the numbers following "O.S." relate to the year/month issued.] Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #102
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 102

    Indicia title is "OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 102." Map of scenes from the story, art by Walt Kelly. Oswald Rabbit and The Great Egg Hunt, art by Lloyd White and Walt Kelly; The mortgage is due on Oswald and Toby's house; Mister Skrats, who holds the mortgage and wants them to default so he can dig for buried treasure in the cellar, tricks Oswald and Toby into heading to the mountains to seek the biggest egg, which would win a contest; If the contest wasn't fake, that is; The two find a roc's nest and the roc takes them to a tropical island where they become kings of a cannibal tribe. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #104
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 104

    Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 104." Painted cover art by Arthur E. Jameson. Tiny Esmeralda, art by Arthur E. Jameson; Esmeralda, a tiny princess in the forest, sees a handsome man on horseback and wishes she was his size; The mouse prince goes to the witch's house to see if she can help. The Kingdoms of the Thousand Mountains, art by Arthur E. Jameson; In a mountainous kingdom, people do not venture out after dark for fear of a witch. The Wee Man, art by Walt Kelly; An evil sorcerer shrinks a man, Crumpet, to mouse-size; A prince rescues the little man from a hawk, but the sorcerer puts a curse on the prince's son, causing him to shrink to Crumpet's size. Melisandra, art by Arthur E. Jameson; A cruel queen takes her young stepdaughter to the enchanted forest and abandons her there. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #105
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 105
    • 2" spine split from base of comic.
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    Stories, Art and Cover by Walt Kelly. Featuring tales such as "The Internal Intern," "Albert and the Barbecue," "Such A Duel About Nothing or Feud For Thought Use Remarks" and "Fearless Friends of the Fish Fry"! Starring Pogo Possum and Albert the Alligator! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #106
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 106
    • Oxidation.

    Stories and Art by Russ Westover. Reprints of Tillie the Toiler (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) newspaper strips from 1939 and 1940. Starring Tillie Jones, Mac MacDougall, Glenny Hodge and Mr. Simpkins! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #108
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 108
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Centerfold detached.
    • Label #0009861-AA-014
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    Indicia title is "DONALD DUCK in the Terror of the River, No. 108." Cover art by Carl Buettner. The Terror of the River!!, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald's sneezes at an auction are mistaken for bids on a houseboat and soon he and the nephews are sailing down the Ohio River; There they encounter a huge serpent. The Firebug, script by Carl Barks, art by Carl Barks; Carl Buettner (last two panels only); Donald falls on his head when getting up one morning and turns into a pyromaniac, setting harmless fires but also getting the blame for big fires set by another firebug. Seals Are So Smart, script and art by Carl Barks; The nephews play ball at the beach with a baby seal, and this sets Donald to dreaming of how much money he could make with a trained seal act. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #110
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 110
    • Severe water damage. Cover/centerfold detached. 4" Cumulative spine split.

    Cover art by John Stanley. Treasure Hunt; Lulu and Tubby row to an island in the lake to look for buried treasure. He Can't Hurt Us; Lulu shows Tubby how to stand up to Willy, who is trying to bully Tub. Stuff and Nonsense; Lulu brings Edgar the horse home and leads him upstairs into her bedroom. The Working Girl; Lulu is hired to deliver a success wreath to a customer. Lulu In Distress: A Tragedy; Lulu tells Alvin about when her wicked stepmother locked her in a castle tower. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #112
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 112
    • Water damage.
    • 3/4" Spine split from bottom.

    Indicia title is "PORKY PIG'S ADVENTURE IN GOPHER GULCH, No. 112." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Porky Pig's Adventure in Gopher Gulch, art by Tom McKimson; Porky finds a lost toupee that belongs to movie star Eric Jones. Porky Pig and the Million Dollar Mix-Up, art by Roger Armstrong; Porky is to inherit one million dollars from the estate of his uncle Hog Brissels. Porky Pig's Masquerade, art by Carl Buettner; Petunia is to start work at a new job, but was already scheduled to work a charity bazaar and deliver a cake to Silas Pinchpenny. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #117
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 117

    Roy Rogers Comics: "Roy Rogers and the Spooks of Howling Mesa." Photo covers. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #119
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 119
    • Cover oxidation and water spotting.
    • .5" Spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached.
    • 2" Cumulative spine split. Extra staples (manufacturing).
    • Interior is complete. Spine split through about half of the wraps. Brittle.
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    Felix the Cat; All new Felix stories begin. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #124
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 124
    • Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

    Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 124." Roy astride original Trigger photo cover. Roy astride horse (identity unknown), waving hat, inside cover photo. Raiders From the Sea, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Erwin L. Hess and Jesse Marsh; Roy battles an ingenious band of sea-going cattle rustlers. Roy With Six-Guns inside back cover photo. oy tucking daughters Cheryl and Linda Lou into bed back cover photo. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #127
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 127
    • 2.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

    Indicia title is "POPEYE, No. 127". Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. My Kingdom For a Horsh or It's Too Far To Walk!; Olive's brother Castor has discovered gold and Olive and Wimpy go west to visit him; Popeye follows, only to find that Olive has become engaged to Bad Bull Battle, owner of 50 gold mines. Two-To-One" or Fifty Thousand Bucks Fer Two!; Popeye is tricked into a boxing match with a small man named "Little Jim" and his huge brother "Big Jim" and has to fight both at the same time. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #128
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 128
    • Centerfold detached at single center staple. Interior residue. Oxidation.
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    Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 128. Santa and the Angel, script by Oskar Lebeck, art by Morris Gollub; A group of angel babies are busy polishing the stars in preparation for Christmas.; The littlest one becomes tired and falls asleep on a cloud that slowly drifts to Earth and lands in the middle of a snow-covered forest; The angel baby, who is naked, is cold and frightened and starts to cry; This attracts the animals of the forest who huddle around him to keep him warm; The animals decide to take him to the cabin of a woodchopper and his wife, who live at the edge of the forest; It is Christmas Eve and just as the animals reach the house, Santa and his reindeer arrive. Christ is Born: A Christmas Play, art by Dan Noonan. To Santa's Rescue, script and art by Dan Noonan; Tom Felding drives the "Dover Mail" stagecoach from London in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve. A Mouse in the House, script and art by Walt Kelly; Returning from his night's work, Santa finds a mouse in his beard while getting ready for bed. He lets the mouse stay for the evening. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #129
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 129
    • 1.75" Cumulative spine split with splitting to interior wraps. Centerfold detached.

    Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S UNCLE REMUS AND HIS TALES OF BRER RABBIT, No. 129." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Brer Rabbit an' De Tar-Baby, script by Chase Craig, pencils by Paul Murry, inks by Carl Buettner; Brer Fox makes a tar-baby to trap Brer Rabbit. Brer Terrapin's Tug-o'-War, script by Chase Craig, art by Tom McKimson; Brer Rabbit bets the forest dwellers that Brer Terrapin is stronger than Brer Bear in a tug-o'-war. Brer Fox an' de Stolen Goobers, script by Chase Craig, pencils by Paul Murry, inks by Carl Buettner; Brer Rabbit is caught in a trap while stealing peanuts from Brer Fox's patch; He tricks Brer Bear into taking his place in the trap. Brer Rabbit Visits De Witch, script by Chase Craig, art by Tom McKimson; Afraid he is losing his smartness; Brer Rabbit goes to a witch to get help. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #130
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 130
    • Centerfold detached.

    Indicia title is "ANDY PANDA, No. 130." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The City of Ice, art by Dan Gormley; While in New Mexico, Andy and Charlie find a man suffering from starvation and exposure. Picnic Problems, art by Dan Gormley; Andy and Charlie go on a picnic, but are harassed by bugs, a raccoon, and a bear. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #137
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 137

    Photo cover of Roy Rogers. Roy and Dale Evans, rearing on original Trigger, inside front cover photo. Roy Rogers and the Dead Men's Gold, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; Roy gets the goods on a crooked lawyer. Roy and original Trigger, with Roy leaning on a hitching rack, inside back cover photo. Roy behind wagon wheel, six-shooter drawn, back cover photo. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #143
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 143

    Indicia title is "OSWALD THE RABBIT AND THE PREHISTORIC EGG, No. 143." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Prehistoric Egg, script by John Stanley, art by Dan Gormley; Oswald and Toby go with Dr. Weskit in his rocket to an island looking for the lost city of Oakie Doakie. The One That Got Away, art by Dan Gormley; Toby uses a hat rack to show Oswald how big "the fish that got away" was. Heckling at TV Boxing Match, art by Dan Gormley; Oswald heckles the boxers in a bout on TV. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #144
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 144

    Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 144. Roy Rogers and Trigger cover photo. Roy Rogers on the Apache Trail, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Erwin Hess; Roy comes across loot taken when Apaches wreck a train and rob the passengers; Finding a pocket watch of an old friend among the clothes, he takes it with him; He then runs into a sheriff and his posse and his possession of the watch makes him a prime suspect in the crime. [Roy and Trigger publicity inside back cover photo. Roy Rogers back cover photo. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #147
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 147
    • 1" Spine split from bottom. Cover coming loose at the staple and taped to first wrap.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #2004293010
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    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Color touch, spine rebuild, tear seals, staple replaced, TRIMMED. Tape under staple. Cover oxidation.
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    • INCOMPLETE. Three center wraps missing. Interrupts art and story.
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    • INCOMPLETE. Missing centerfold, affects art and story.
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    Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY"S DONALD DUCK IN VOLCANO VALLEY, No. 147." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Volcano Valley, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald accidentally receives a full-size World War II bomber instead of the model plane he ordered, and sells it to the South American country of Volcanovia. Donald Duck and Radio Trouble, art by Tom McKimson; Donald sends the nephews to buy six eggs, but the advertisement for the eggs lands upside-down and the kids buy him six expensive radios from the Friendly Credit Store instead. Donald Duck's Big Blow-out, art by Jack Hannah; Donald and Neighbor Jones both build barbecues and get in a fight when Jones buys up all the marshmallows in town for a party. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #148
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 148
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4034924020

    Indicia title is "ALBERT THE ALLIGATOR AND POGO POSSUM, No. 148." Cover art by Walt Kelly. The Great Sam Widge Contest; Owl and Albert are judges in Pogo and Churchy's sandwich-making contest. Rainy Daze; Pogo and Albert get on each others nerves while spending a rainy day together at Albert's house. The Catfish Pirates; Pogo catches a boatload of catfish, but Churchy and Owl dress up as pirates to steal the fish for dinner. Mr. Owl and the Atomic Bomb; Owl captures a batch of bugs named Adam in order to make an "Adam" [Atom] bomb. East Lint with Albert and Pogo and an All Star Cast in Person; The swamp critters dress in costume to see who is the best actor. All scripts and art by Walt Kelly. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #149
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 149
    • Cover oxidation.

    Indicia title is "SMILIN' JACK, No. 149." Return Trip Without Sleep; After taking Jack Beaverduck on a business trip, Jack decides to make the return trip without resting; On the flight back he falls asleep and has to make a forced landing; He makes his way home only to find that Joy, his new bride, has the measles and is under quarantine. Downwind Decides to Get Married; After seeing how happy Jack and Joy are after their marriage, Downwind Jackson decides he should get married, too. The Baby Bullet; Joy buys a midget racing plane and intends to set a non-stop record from New York to Rio de Janiero. Caught in a Tropical Storm; Over Jack's objections, Joy takes off on her non-stop flight to Rio de Janiero. Crash into Ocean; Buffeted by the storm, Joy's plane goes out of control and she must bail out into the ocean. Scripts by Zack Mosley Reprinted from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1940 and 1941. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #152
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 152

    Indicia title is "LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, No. 152." Annie Finds a Body in an Ice House; Annie finds the body of "Hoppy" Hark in an abandoned ice house. Combination to District Attorney's Safe; Annie finds a combination to a safe in "Hoppy" Hark's room, then gets shot at while walking through the woods. Evidence Against Turk Torp; Racketeer Turk Torp frames town drunk Guy Gulp for the murder of "Hoppy" Hark. The Trial of Turk Torp; Shyster lawyer Sam Sleazy tampers with the jury and gets Turk Torp declared innocent of murder. Annie Leaves Gooneyville; Fearing for her life, Annie decides to leave Gooneyville. Mazie's Boarding House; After hopping a train to the big city, Annie befriends a beggar, who turns out to be well-off and sets Annie and Sandy up in a room in the boarding house where he lives. Scripts and art by Harold Gray. Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1944. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #154
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 154
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Pedigree: Davis Crippen "D" Copy
    • Davis Crippen "D' Copy. Includes The Davis Crippen "D" Copy Collection COA.
    • Label #0745262012
    • Staple rust.

    Indicia title is "WALTER LANTZ ANDY PANDA, No. 154." The Ghost of Captain Kidd, art by Dick Hall; Andy and Charlie are passengers on an ocean cruise ship. Midway through the cruise the ship is attacked by a 17th Century sailing ship with a crew of pirates under the command of Captain Kidd, who died 250 years earlier. Andy and Charlie sneak aboard the pirate ship and are taken to their island headquarters, along with a girl from the cruise ship. Andy comes up with a plan to defeat the pirates (who really are ghosts!). 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #156
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 156

    Indicia title is "PORKY PIG AND THE PHANTOM, No. 156." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Porky Pig and the Phantom, art by Roger Armstrong; Porky's Uncle Curly (who Porky had never heard of) leaves him a ranch in Centipede Canyon. Porky, Petunia, and Elmer all go to see the ranch, but when they get there they find that the ranch is being haunted by a headless phantom, who steals cattle and drills holes in the walls of the ranch house. Telephone Trouble, art by Don Gunn; Cicero is jealous of the time Petunia spends with Porky and embarks on a series of nasty pranks to make Petunia angry with Porky. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #159
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 159
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3989641002
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    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK IN THE GHOST OF THE GROTTO, No. 159." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Donald Duck and the Ghost of the Grotto; While the ducks are running a kelp-gathering boat in the West Indies, they are told of the mystery of an armored man who appears every fifty years to kidnap a small boy; This time, the armored man kidnaps Dewey, and the ducks fight to free him from the armored man's stronghold in a grotto in a coral reef, beneath a rotten old galleon guarded by an enormous octopus. Adventure Down Under; Donald is hypnotized into believing he is a kangaroo and buys airplane tickets to Australia for himself and the nephews; In Australia the ducks try to trap Mournful Mary, the "queen of the kangaroos," and this leads to Donald's falling into the hands of savage aborigines. Scripts and art by Carl Barks. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #163
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 163

    Indicia title is "DICK TRACY, No. 163." Trigger Doom and the Stolen Jewels, script and art by Chester Gould; While on the trail of Trigger Doom and some stolen jewels, Tracy encounters other classic rogues and guest stars. Reprinted from Dick Tracy (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1941. Frank Redrum, Lee Ting, Stud Bronzen character profiles. teve Brogan, Larceny Lu, and Mortimer character profiles. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #164
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 164
    • Cover oxidation. Water damage. 3/4" Spine split from bottom. Cover loose at one staple.

    Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY FINDS THE FROZEN KINGDOM, No. 164." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Bugs Bunny Finds the Frozen Kingdom, art by Tom McKimson; A conman sends Bugs and Porky to a random place in Alaska after they promise to give him a third of the gold they find; When their plane runs out of gas in a snow-covered wasteland they decide to walk for help; A snowslide uncovers a cave filled with gold pillars. Bugs Bunny and the Magic Perfume, art by Tom McKimson; Bugs buys some cheap perfume to get on the good side of Mrs. Glutz, the grocer's wife; It turns out that the bottles of perfume Bugs bought are experimental gases that were accidentally sent from the perfume factory. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #165
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 165
    • Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.
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    "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 165." Cover art by John Stanley. Weight and Fortune Machine; Lulu gets a card from a weight and fortune machine. The Case of the Purloined Popover; Lulu is spanked by her mother, who thinks she stole some popovers from the kitchen. Alvin's Solo Flight; Lulu and Tubby go to the beach, but have to take Alvin along with them. Never Again; Lulu borrows her father's pipe, smokes some doll hair, and has hallucinations. Scripts and art by John Stanley. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #167
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 167
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #0913088007

    "The Lone Ranger and the Hooded Horsemen" Written by Fran Striker, Art by Charles Flanders, and Cover art by Morris Gollub. A gang of hooded men holds two sisters hostage to get their father to sign over his property to them. The Lone Ranger and the Dagger Gang; The Lone Ranger and Tonto find a man in a cabin who has been stabbed; Tonto stays with him, while the Lone Ranger goes for help. The Lone Ranger on the Trail of a Fugitive; The Lone Ranger is on the trail of Red Hawkins, a man accused of killing a Texas Ranger; The Lone Ranger and Silver get caught in an explosion meant to blow up a bridge. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #168
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 168

    Indicia title is "POPEYE, No. 168. Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Microbe Battle or A New Champ of the Slap Swappers; Mr. K. O. Biffer, the fight promoter, tricks Popeye into signing a contract for Swee'pea to fight Baby Boom for the "Microbeweight" title of the world. Water Hole or Kin Ya Spare a Couple of Thousand Fer a Cup of Water?; A water hole is found on Olive's desert property and Popeye and Olive go to Slither Creek; They sell the property to Mayor Gunrod, not realizing that the water hole is the only source of water for the area. Fish Bait; Popeye goes on a fishing trip with Prof. Herman H. Haddock and Dr. G. B. Bluzard, who are fighting over the honor being the first to catch a rare Roccus Scomberomorus Lineatus. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #171
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 171
    • Cover oxidation.
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    Indicia title is "CHARLIE McCARTHY AND THE TWENTY THIEVES, No. 171". Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Six short movie magazine-style "gossip" notes about Charlie and Mortimer, art by Harvey Eisenberg. In an ancient city, Charlie is a poor woodchopper and Mortimer is a wealthy merchant; While cutting wood one day, Charlie sees a gang of bandits coming; He hides in a tree while the leader of the gang (The Twenty Thieves) gives the command "Open Sesame"; A stone pivots, revealing the gang's hideout, which is full of stolen treasure; After the gang leaves, Charlie tries the magic words and takes some gold on his mule Scheherazade; Mortimer learns of Charlie's gold and goes to the cave himself; He is trapped inside when he can't remember the magic words to open the door; The Twenty Thieves return, find Mortimer, and chain him to the wall to starve. Posed photo of Charlie and Edgar in tuxedos on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #172
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 172
    • 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.
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    Indicia title is "CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 172." Mother Goose Helps Santa; With Christmas coming up, the Black Giant kidnaps Santa's helpers and is holding them for ransom; Mother Goose comes by and comes up with a plan where she will dress up as Santa to fool the Black Giant. Goosey Gander's Gift; The farmer intends to have Goosey Gander for Christmas dinner. The Three Blind Mice and A Christmas Deed; The Three Blind Mice, who aren't really blind, visit Mother Hubbard, only to find that she has no food. Little Jack Horner's Christmas Pie; Little Jack Horner puts in an order for a pie at the Pieman's shop, where he meets Simple Simon. Contrary Mary And The Angel; Mary is sent to her room for being contrary; There an angel takes her to "Contraria", a nightmarish land where every object can talk and always contradicts what Mary says. Scripts and art by Walt Kelly. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #173
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 173

    Indicia title is "FLASH GORDON, No. 173." Cover art by Paul Norris. Adventure in Opto, art by Paul Norris; Flash and Dale's spaceship in shot down on Opto, a planet where people cannot see but are guided by radar in the headgear they wear; Flash, Dale, and a girl named Chee escape from being killed by the High Tribunal, and make their way to the winter region of Opto, where the rebel Vango is plotting a revolt against the dictator, the Regent Optik. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #175
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 175

    Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 175." Painted cover art by Morris Gollub. A Letter to Santa, script by Oskar Lebeck, art by Morris Gollub; Santa receives a letter from Teddy Bear saying that the children to which Santa gave him, Matilda Doll, and Blackie the pup last Christmas have mistreated them; Santa sends Trundle the gnome on Blitzen to retrieve the three. Santa's Mistake text story, art by Arthur E. Jameson. The Great Three-Flavored Blizzard, script and art by Walt Kelly; Fuzzychin and the Easter Bunny go to see Santa; They find that Twinkle the elf, the messenger Santa sent to the weatherman to find out why there is no snow, has not returned. A Christmas Play in Three Acts with Two Scenes, art by Dan Noonan; Santa rescues two children from their wicked stepmother. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #176
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 176

    Indicia title is "TILLIE THE TOILER, No 176." Cover art by Jack Callahan. Mac, the Iceman Goeth; Mac comes up with an invention for an ice-making machine; He teams up with a doctor, who wants to make a sandwich machine, and opens a skating rink. At Last Mac Is In the Dough; Tillie promises to bake a cake for Mrs. Biltops' sale. The Tillie Jones Orchestra Is Born and Mac Gets the Blame; Tillie thinks Mac is a natural drummer and organizes a band. Scripts and art by Jack Callahan. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #177
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 177
    • 1/2" lateral spine tear.

    Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 177." Roy Rogers and original Trigger photo cover. Candid-like photo, taken on filming location ("On the Old Spanish Trail", identified in caption), featuring Roy with owl on inside front cover. Roy Rogers and the Wolves of the Little Moab, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Harry Parkhurst [as Harry Parks]; Roy helps Sheriff Bill Prime, an old friend, solve a murder and cattle-rustling committed by the "Wolves of the Little Moab" gang (so-called because they wear wolf's head masks). Captioned, candid-like photo featuring Roy on movie location, cleaning rifle, on inside back cover. Roy Rogers and original Trigger back cover photo. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #178
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 178
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #17-2A6599E-002
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    • Cover oxidation.
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    • 3" Cumulative spine split (partially taped). Cover detached at one staple. Cover oxdation.
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    • 3" cumulative spine split. Cover and interior oxidation.
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    • 2" spine split from bottom. Cover oxidation. Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration.
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    • 4.25" Spine split (taped). Cover interior and exterior and first wrap taped. Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust. Rust migration.
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    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK, No. 178. Cover art by Dan Gormley. Christmas on Bear Mountain, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald's stingy old Uncle Scrooge McDuck lets the ducks use his mountain cabin for the Christmas holidays, planning to test Donald's bravery by coming to the cabin disguised as a bear; However, two real bears--a mother and her cub--turn up at the cabin soon after the ducks' arrival. Santa Claus Land, art by Don Gunn; Mickey and Goofy are working at Santa's Workshop at the North Pole; Doc and Grumpy of the Seven Dwarfs and Dumbo are also working there; Goofy is made custodian of Santa's reindeer, where he discovers that Prancer has been stolen by Willie the Giant. Two one-page Barks strips. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #181
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 181
    • 5.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust. Rust migration.

    Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE in JUNGLE MAGIC, No. 181." Cover art by Bill Wright. Mickey Mouse and Jungle Magic!, script and art by Bill Wright; Mickey is working in a flower shop; A wealthy woman requests a black orchid and the store's owner sends Mickey and Goofy to the Orinoco River area in South America to find one. Mickey Mouse and the Soap Box Derby, art by Gil Turner; The nephews are so busy building a soap box racer that Mickey thinks they've forgotten his birthday. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #182
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 182

    Indicia title is "PORKY PIG in EVER-NEVER LAND, No. 182." Cover art by Tom McKimson. Ever-Never Land, art by Roger Armstrong; Porky and Petunia join Prof. Y. E. Oldbones on an expedition to Ever-Never Land to find the Flugleberry bush, whose berries are said to give great wisdom to whoever eats them. Porky Pig's "Gorilla Hunt, art by Tom McKimson; Bugs and Cicero dress up in a gorilla suit to advertise a new movie; Porky hears a report of an escaped gorilla on the radio, not knowing it's from a distant city, and sends the town into a panic after seeing the two in the gorilla suit walking the streets. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #183
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 183
    • Staple rust.

    Indicia title is "OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 183." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Easter Party, script by John Stanley, art by Dan Gormley; Oswald is hired by rich Mrs. Van Dough to play the part of an Easter bunny at a party for her spoiled son Algernon. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #186
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 186

    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's BAMBI, No. 186." Cover art by Morris Gollub. Bambi, script by Felix Salten (original story) and Chase Craig (comic adaptation), art by Morris Gollub; The story of Bambi and his adventures growing up during two years in the forest. Thumper and Friends, art by Morris Gollub; Advice on observing wildlife and a warning to prevent forest fires. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #188
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 188
    • Cover detached at one staple. Multiple long interior tears (slightly affects art and story).

    Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 188." Cover art by Dick Hall. Star of the Circus, art by Dick Hall; Tackhammer gets a job as a musician in the circus. Woody gets a tuba and ends up as part of the circus band, too; Woody ends up disrupting the performance, but the audience thinks it's all part of the act. Jumping Through back cover strip, art by Dick Hall; Woody imitates a dog jumping through a paper-covered hoop, but ends up in a pool of water. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #190
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 190

    Indicia title is "FLASH GORDON, No. 190." Cover art by Paul Norris. Activity page with drawings of Flash Gordon's rocket ship, to be pasted on cardboard and cut out and assembled. The Adventure of the Flying Saucers, script and art by Paul Norris; While on Mongo, Flash and Dale spot flying "disc-ships" traveling from the planet Misto to attack Earth; They follow the ships to Earth, where Flash destroys the fleet, except for the ship of the commander, Wongee; who disables Flash's ship. Flash attaches his ship to Wongee's and after a mutiny against Wongee, Flash and Dale are taken to Misto; They escape from the ship as it comes in for a landing and find themselves in the midst of a rural area. Misto Disc Ship activity page; Drawings of the top and bottom of a Misto Space Ship, designed to be pasted to cardboard and cut out and glued back to back to make a flying disc. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #191
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 191

    Indicia title is "PORKY PIG TO THE RESCUE, No. 191." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Porky Pig to the Rescue, art by Roger Armstrong; Handsome Homer tricks Petunia into going with him to a costume party instead of going with Porky; Porky, dressed in a Robin Hood costume, falls asleep on a park bench; He dreams he's Porkington Pigge of Robin Hood's band and rescues Princess Petunia from the evil Earl of Wottaham. Porky Pig's Magic Show, art by Harvey Eisenberg; Porky wants to become a magician so Cicero tries to get him a job as Blackrock the Magician's assistant. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #192
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 192

    Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 192." Cover art by Walt Kelly. They Help the Toymaker; Three Brownies decide to help the toymaker; They are joined by an "out of town" Brownie, Whiskers, who sabotages their efforts. A Trip to the Moon/The Telescope; The Brownies notice a piece is out of the moon and recruit a duck to fly them there to repair it; They don't get very far. The Chicken's Child/The Hockey Game; A Brownie hides in an Easter egg; A chicken tries to hatch it and when the Brownie emerges the chicken assumes the Brownie is her "chick." The Ooglies and the Cuckoo Clock/The Musician; The Ooglies steal a cuckoo clock; The Brownies trick them into putting it back. All art by Walt Kelly. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #199
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 199
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #3963010001
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    • Centerfold detached. Cover oxidation. Interior tearing.
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    • 2 centerfold wraps detached.
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    Indicia title is Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in SHERIFF OF BULLET VALLEY, No. 199. Cover art by Carl Barks. Sheriff of Bullet Valley, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald becomes a sheriff's deputy in Bullet Valley and is sent out to bring in a gang of rustlers; The rustlers are led by Blacksnake McQuirt, a tough gunman who poses as a legitimate rancher and uses a branding ray to change brands from as far as a mile away. Best Laid Plans inside back cover strip by Carl Barks. The Genuine Article back cover strip by Carl Barks; Donald tests the authenticity of worm holes in an antique. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #200
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 200
    • Staple rust with migration.

    Indicia title is BUGS BUNNY, SUPER SLEUTH, No. 200. Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Bugs Bunny - Snooper Sleuth, art by Ralph Heimdahl; Bugs has a detective agency and is hired by Angus MacRory to guard MacRory's super-explosive "carrot bomb" from Yosemite Sam and his henchman. Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears, art by Roger Armstrong; Bugs is sent to be Junior Bear's new baby-sitter. Bugs entertains the super-strong Junior; Meanwhile, Papa Bear (Hubert) decides that a meal of roast rabbit would be a nice change from porridge. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #202
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 202

    Indicia title is Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 202. Woody the Football Hero; A pro football team hires Woody, but they want him to be water boy, not a player; With the home team behind, the coach relents and puts Woody in the game and he uses some unusual tactics to get his team back in the game. Noisy Neighbors; Woody rigs up a loudspeaker system to irritate Tackhammer; Tackhammer gets revenge by doctoring Woody's soup with hot pepper and tabasco sauce, temporarily ruining Woody's singing voice. All art by Dick Hall. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #203
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 203
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1974813014
    • Cover oxidation.
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    Indicia title is Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in THE GOLDEN CHRISTMAS TREE, No. 203. The Golden Christmas Tree, art by Carl Barks; The nephews, disappointed in their wish for a golden Christmas tree, are lured into a trap by a witch who plans to use their tears in a magic potion that will destroy all the Christmas trees on earth. Special Delivery, script and art by Bill Wright; Santa sprains his ankle when he visits Mickey's house on Christmas Eve; Mickey and Goofy deliver the presents on the few remaining stops on Santa's list, but not without a number of accidents. The True Test one-page strip, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald tests toys to see how sturdy they are. Ornaments on the Way one-page strip, script and art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #206
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 206

    Indicia title is LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, No. 206. The Battle for Peg's Son, Billy, script and art by Harold Gray; Peg becomes a successful dress designer; Her former husband, band leader and movie star Peter La Plata (Bill Slagg), tries to take their son away from his parents, who are raising the boy in the boarding house where Peg and Annie are staying; (Not knowing that the boy is Peg's son); Failing in his attempt to get his parents to give him the boy, La Plata breaks his wrist while taking a swing at Sam the tailor, which sets a series of events in motion that leads to his downfall. Reprinted from Little Orphan Annie (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1940. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #208
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 208
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4416308014
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    Cover by Dick Moores. Stories by Chase Craig. Art by Dick Moores and Paul Murry. Featuring the tales "Brer Rabbit Does It Again!", "Brer Rabbit and th' Butter Business," "Gizzards for the 'Gator" and "Brer Rabbit Fixes Up a Friendship," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Brer Rabbit, Mammy Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Bear, Sis Cow, Brer Bully Bull, Sis Goose, Brer Turkey Buzzard, Brer 'gator, Brer Possum, King Lion and Sis Ducklin'! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #214
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 214
    • 3/4" Spine split from bottom. Centerfold detached at one staple.

    Indicia title is Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE and his SKY ADVENTURE, No. 214. Cover art by Jim Pabian. Mickey Mouse and His Sky Adventure, script by Floyd Gottfredson and Ted Osborne, art by Bill Wright; Mickey and Goofy discover Doctor Einmug's laboratory floating in a cloud high in the sky; Black Pete tries to force the Doctor to give him the formula for the anti-gravity force that keeps the operation aloft. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #216
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 216

    Indicia title is Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA and the POLICE PUP, No. 216. Cover art by Dan Gormley. Andy Panda and the Police Pup, art by Dan Gormley; Andy and Charlie buy a pup that they name Presto; He's part police dog and saves the day when Andy and Charlie get caught by a brutal bank robber named Sticky Fingers. Tightrope Walker back cover strip, art by Dan Gormley; Andy tries to be a tightrope walker, but Charlie tries to get into the act and causes problems. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #217
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 217

    Indicia title is BUGS BUNNY in COURT JESTER, No. 217. Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Court Jester, art by Ralph Heimdahl; Bugs is hired as a court jester in a castle; He makes friends with the princess, but is thrown in the dungeon when he fails to make the king laugh; The princess rescues him from the dungeon, but Bugs is captured by mistake by two giants in the employ of an evil duke. Out on a Limb back cover strip, art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #218
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 218
    • INCOMPLETE. Large piece of interior page missing (affects art and story). Centerfold detached.

    Indicia title is Walt Disney's 3 LITTLE PIGS and THE WONDERFUL MAGIC LAMP, No. 218. The Three Little Pigs and The Wonderful Magic Lamp, script by Chase Craig, art by Tony Strobl; The Big Bad Wolf uses a witch's potion to make Practical Pig dumb and naive. The Mounties, script by Chase Craig, art by Gil Turner; The Three Little Pigs join the Mounties and their first mission is to bring in the Big Bad Wolf. Bee-sieged, art by Don Gunn; Practical tells his brothers not to go near an old stump with a beehive inside, knowing the pair will disobey his warning. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.