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Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) comic books 1956, graded by CGC

  • Item #60045022
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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 697 CGC 7.0

    Paper: White

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    Label #2090675007

    Starts May 20

    Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 697." Cover art by John Carey. Photo of trophy and citation "for his continuing efforts in behalf of the betterment of American youth" given by the Civil Air Patrol to Dell publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr. Picture Problems; Oswald and the boys go into the mountains to try to take photographs of the Badluk Indians, who have a violent hatred of cameras and photographers. The Bashful Buccaneer; While on an ocean cruise, Oswald and the boys are kidnapped by a pirate operating out of a submarine. Oswald the Rabbit and the Caddy Kids; the boys caddy for Oswald when he goes golfing; Reddy Fox tries to catch the boys when they go hunting Oswald's errant shots in the rough. Shooting Stars; Oswald and the boys go to Uncle Roscoe's house on top of Arrowhead Peak to watch a meteor shower. All interior art by Fred Abranz. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
    • Label #4154402019

    Indicia title is "MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN, No. 752." Based on the King Features newspaper strip "Mandrake the Magician." Painted cover art. Mandrake's Magic; a simplified explanation of Mandrake's hypnotic magic. The Magic Maker, script by Lee Falk (plot), Paul S. Newman, and Marshall McClintock, art by Stan Campbell; Mayoral candidate Burke Cavan hires rogue magician Dr. Phantasmo to use his hypnotic powers to disrupt the campaign of this opponent, incumbent Mayor Hillford. Tide of Treachery, script by Lee Falk (plot), Paul S. Newman, and Marshall McClintock, art by Stan Campbell; While on a vacation cruise along the North Atlantic coast of Canada, Mandrake, Lothar, and Narda become involved in a plot to force fishermen out of business in order to buy their property on Bundy Bay, a place of extreme high and low tides. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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