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

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 83 GD+ 2.5

Cover oxidation.

Indicia title is "GENE AUTRY IN OUTLAW TRAIL, No. 83." Cover art by Till Goodan. Outlaw Trail, art by Till Goodan; Gene meets up with old prospector Panamint Joe; After somebody takes a potshot at Joe, Gene learns that Judd Steele, superintendent of the gold mine at Redrock, has been spending big sums of money to buy cattle for his ranch. Gene Autry and the Gunman of Roaring River, art by Till Goodan; Gene tracks down a poacher and killer who is hiding in the woods of the wilderness area of Roaring River. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 127 VG- 3.5

Water damage.

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.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 131 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4416308011

Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 131." Little Lulu Is Taken For a Ride; Kidnappers mistake Lulu for the rich girl, Gloria Van Potts, and abduct her from the park. One Man Dog; Alvin finds a dog but his mother won't let him keep it; Tubby wants the dog but Alvin won't give it up. Little Lulu and the Three Bears; Alvin wants Lulu to tell her the story of the Three Bears. Scripts by John Stanley, pencils by John Stanley (layouts) and Irving Tripp, inks by Irving Tripp. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 131 VG+ 4.5

Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 131." Little Lulu Is Taken For a Ride; Kidnappers mistake Lulu for the rich girl, Gloria Van Potts, and abduct her from the park. One Man Dog; Alvin finds a dog but his mother won't let him keep it; Tubby wants the dog but Alvin won't give it up. Little Lulu and the Three Bears; Alvin wants Lulu to tell her the story of the Three Bears. Scripts by John Stanley, pencils by John Stanley (layouts) and Irving Tripp, inks by Irving Tripp. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 136 VG+ 4.5

Indicia title is "THE LONE RANGER, No. 136." Cover art by Morris Gollub. Hidden Gold; The Lone Ranger and Tonto come upon a house that contains a mysterious couple who are holding a girl against her will; After escaping from a water-filled pit, the Lone Ranger helps the girl's father rescue Tonto and the girl from a gang that is after a chest of gold. Manhunt; The Lone Ranger finds Holt and persuades him to return to the cabin. The Menace; While at Stark's cabin, Tonto heard the "cry of The Menace," who was said to be half-man and half-wolf, and went after him. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 190 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story.

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.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 194 VG+ 4.5

Indicia title is Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE IN THE WORLD UNDER THE SEA, No. 194. Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Mickey Mouse and the World Under the Sea, script and art by Bill Wright; Goofy invents a tank that will go underwater and fly; On a test run they find a huge air-filled undersea cavern with fields and a city; Their tank is stolen by Count Drakova, who somehow manages to render it invisible; Mickey and Goofy recover the tank and go to the city where they find that Count Drakova is threatening to make a man disappear if the King does not deliver a chest of gold to him. Pluto's Problem, art by Harvey Eisenberg; Pluto gets an inferiority complex after seeing the large and vicious animals in the zoo. Red and White House back cover strip, art by Bill Wright; Mickey and Goofy are told to paint a house red and white. Mickey paints his side white with red shutters, while Goofy paints his side red with white shutters. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 203 GD+ 2.5

Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.

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.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 231 VG+ 4.5

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE and THE RAJAH'S TREASURE, No. 231." Cover art by Bill Wright. Mickey Mouse and the Rajah's Treasure, script and art by Bill Wright; Mickey is on his first day as the driver of an armored car; His first job is to move the Rajah's Treasure, a priceless collection of jewels; The Rajah's "trusted aide" turns out to be a crook who forces Mickey to drive to a remote location with the jewels; The crook and his boss plant a story that Mickey has disappeared with the jewels to put the blame on him; Minnie is also suspected. She leaves town and ends up caught by the crook and tied up with Mickey; The crook tries to escape with the treasure in Minnie's car, but Mickey and Minnie escape from the ropes and chase the crook in the armored car. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 238 GD 2.0

Cover to cover puncture. Staple rust.

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in VOODOO HOODOO, No. 238." Cover art by Carl Barks. Voodoo Hoodoo, script and art by Carl Barks; A zombie gives Donald a poisoned doll that was intended for Uncle Scrooge, who looked like Donald when the doll was given to the Zombie some seventy years before; Donald--followed by the nephews and "Bombie the Zombie"--goes to Africa to persuade the witch doctor Foola Zoola to give him the antidote for the poison, which is supposed to shrink its victims to the size of a rat. 3 one-page Barks strips. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 248 FN- 5.5

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE and the BLACK SORCERER, No. 248." Cover art by Bill Wright. Mickey Mouse and the Black Sorcerer, scripts and art by Bill Wright; Minnie disappears and when Mickey goes to the Bureau of Missing Persons, he finds that more than 50 people have been reported missing; More people are missing the next day; The only thing the missing people have in common is that they either owned a television set or had gone someplace to watch television on the night they vanished. Mickey Mouse on Pirate Key Mickey Mouse and the Black Sorcerer, scripts and art by Bill Wright; When out sailing, Mickey, Mortie, and Ferdie seek shelter from a storm in an old lighthouse. Goofy Serves Dinner back cover strip. Art by Bill Wright. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 261 VG 4.0

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.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 275 GD/VG 3.0

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.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 286 VG+ 4.5

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.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 325 VG/FN 5.0

Cover oxidation.

MCover pencils by Carl Buettner? Stories by unknown. Art by Al Hubbard and Paul Murry. Featuring the tale "Mickey Mouse in the Haunted Castle," plus an untitled Pluto 1-pager, along with additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Black Pete, Mister Leprechaun, Pluto, Minnie Mouse, Morty and Ferdie! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 371 VG/FN 5.0

Cover art by Dan Gormley. Mickey Mouse and the Inca Idol Mystery; Two crooks use Mickey and Goofy to unknowingly help them smuggle the "Inca Idol" from the South American city of "Inca Blinka." Secret of the Pyramids; Mickey and Pluto are accidentally locked in a museum; Black Pete and El Cad break into the museum to steal the original plans of the pyramids from the mummy of King Tut-Tah-Tut. Car Phone back cover strip, art by Bill Weaver; Goofy has a pay phone installed in his car. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 387 VG 4.0

Residue.

Cover by Dick Moores. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Hall, Stan Walsh and Jim Pabian. Featuring the tales "High Tibet" and "One Hundred Million Years Ago," plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Morty and Ferdie! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 389 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4327432002

Indicia title is "ANDY HARDY COMICS, No. 389." Cover art by Al Hubbard. Andy the Peanut Vendor; Andy gets a job selling peanuts at a professional wrestling match. Maestro Peter Perkins; Polly has a crush on Peter Perkins, a disc jockey; Andy ends up getting in a fight with Perkins. Haircut; Trying to save money, Andy gets a haircut from a reject from a barber college; with predictable results. All art by Al Hubbard. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 437 VG+ 4.5

Indicia title is "Edgar Rice Burroughs' JOHN CARTER OF MARS, No. 437." Cover art by Jesse Marsh. The Black Pirates of Omean, art by Jesse Marsh; After ten years away from Mars, John Carter is finally able to return and finds himself in the Valley Dor, where every Martian comes at the end of life; When savage plant men attack three Tharks. John is able to save one, who coincidently is an old friend, Tars Tarkas; John and Tars escape the plant men through a passage that leads them into the city of the Therns; There they rescue a slave girl, Thuvia, and learn the Therns are being raided by the Black Pirates of Omean, who have captured Dejah Thoris, John's wife on Barsoom; John takes over a pirate cruiser where Phaidor, the princess of Thern is held; After John defeats the pirate captain Xodar, the three go to the Temple of Issus deep under the South Pole of Mars. Illustration of John Carter and Dejah Thoris on back cover by Marsh. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 456 GD 2.0

2" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at one staple.

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's UNCLE SCROOGE, BACK TO THE KLONDIKE, No. 456." Cover art by Carl Barks. Back to the Klondike, script and art by Carl Barks; Scrooge takes pills to restore his failing memory, and immediately recalls the location of bag of nuggets he cached in the Yukon fifty years before; When the ducks arrive in the Klondike, they find that Scrooge's claim has been taken over by Glittering Goldie, a former dance hall girl Scrooge knew in the gold rush days--and who still owes Scrooge a thousand dollars, plus interest. Somethin' Fishy Here, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald pastes up a fake newspaper that convinces Scrooge that fish have been made the official money of the land. Back cover strip by Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 488 VG- 3.5

Painted cover art. Tyrant of the North, script by Phil Evans, art by Jesse Marsh; John Carter rescues Dejah Thoris when she is kidnapped by Thurid and taken to the forbidden land of Okar in the polar icecap. The Fantastic Creatures of Mars filler page, art by Jesse Marsh; Introduction of three animals from this story, the legendary Apt, the Woola and the carnivorous Calot Tree. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 496 GD+ 2.5

2" Cumulative spine split (chew). Water spotting.

Indicia title is "THE GREEN HORNET, No. 496." Painted cover art. How to lift a fingerprint from an object with talcum powder and transparent tape. The Freightyard Robberies; A gang hijacks trains in freight yards, killing the crews and stealing medical supplies for the European black market; After two such robberies, a note is found saying the Green Hornet is behind the crimes. Proof of Treason; A university professor has an attempt on his life when a hand grenade is thrown at his apartment; The professor, who at one time was a member of the Communist Party, holds information on a mayoral candidate who is secretly a member of the party and was involved in espionage. Scripts by Paul S. Newman, art by Frank Thorne. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 573 PR 0.5

Interior is complete. Full length spine split.

Indicia title is "THE LITTLE PEOPLE, No. 573." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Little People and the Magic Mouse; A magic mouse takes the Little People to a faraway castle, where the Old One helps him break the spell of a mean magician by answering the riddle "Where does a hole go when it's filled up?" The Little People and the Groons; The lazy Groons fool the forest folk by telling them they are collecting food for the Little People, when they are just collecting for themselves. The Little People on Pearl Island; A large fish pulls Jink, Cork, and Chub's boat far downstream where they land upon the Island of Enchanted Pearls; Anything that is touched by an enchanted pearl gains the power of speech. All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 775.10C CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4427656007

10¢ Cover Price. Indicia title is "SIR LANCELOT AND BRIAN, No. 775." Based on the 1956-57 TV series "The Adventures of Sir Lancelot." Photo cover of Sir Lancelot (as played by William Russell) and Brian (as played by Robert Scroggins). Intro with photos. The Knight of the Red Plume, art by John Buscema; Sir Lancelot goes to Camelot to seek to join the Knights of the Round Table; He is challenged to a duel by Sir Gawain, who believes him to be "The Knight of the Red Plume" who wreaked havoc on King Arthur's Knights during a recent battle. The Ferocious Fathers, art by John Buscema; Brian, kitchen boy of Urgan the Strong, goes to Camelot to ask for help from King Arthur to protect his master from Lelias the Mighty. Promo for Lee Hunter Indian Fighter Four Color #779. The Tourney, art by John Buscema; facts about Medieval tournaments. The Castle, art by John Buscema; Description of the location and layout of King Arthur's Castle. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 964 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4427656013

Walt Disney's The Hardy Boys in "The Secret of the Caves" - Written by unknown. Art by Dan Spiegle. Plus: the 1-pagers "The Unknown Depths" and "The Wonder Below." Has Mickey Mouse Club logo on cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 1048 VG- 3.5

Indicia title is "THE HORSE SOLDIERS, No. 1048." Adapted from the 1959 movie "The Horse Soldiers." Painted cover art. Preview with photos. The Horse Soldiers, script by Gaylord Du Bois, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Mike Peppe; Col. Marlowe and his Union calvary strike deep into Confederate territory and after a pitched battle at Newton Station, continue to fight their way to the Union forces at Baton Rogue. Short article on the Confederate use of gabions, a forerunner of the modern foxhole. Facts about filming one scene from the movie. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 1052 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4427483003

Indicia title is "Ben Hur, No. 1052. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Ben-Hur." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Ben-Hur, script by Lew Wallace (original story), and Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer (comic adaptation), art by Russ Manning; Messala returns to Jerusalem to become commander of the Roman Legion there. He meets a childhood friend, Prince Judah Ben-Hur, who is the richest man in the city; Massala asks him to put down a possible rebellion by the Jews. Ben-Hur refuses and is sentenced to be a galley slave; After three years on the galleys, he saves the life of Commander Quintus Arrius during a sea battle and is given his freedom, though not allowed to return to Judea. He becomes an expert chariot racer and is rewarded by being named Arrius' heir. Facts about Ben-Hur the movie with photos. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 1151A CGC 4.5 Ad Back Cover

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423957002

Ad on back cover. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Album. Stories by Carl Fallberg. Art and Cover by Paul Murry. Featuring the tales "Menace in Venice," "A Lulu of a Luau," "Bear Bait" and "The Rare Reward," plus the 1-page stories "Flea Treatment," "No Vacancy," "The Noise-foiler" and "Gift-Wrapped"! Starring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Morty and Ferdie, Pluto, Uncle McFactor and Goofy! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 1230 CGC 2.5 SS Eden

Paper: Off white to white

Signed by Barbara Eden on 11/5/23

Label #2804955001

Indicia title is "VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, No. 1230." Adapted from the 1961 movie "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea." Painted cover art with photos of Comm. Lucius Emery (as played by Peter Lorre), Dr. Susan Hiller (Joan Fontaine), and Lt. Cathy Connors (Barbara Eden). Preview with photos. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, art by Sam Glanzman; During the maiden expedition of the submarine S.S. Seaview to the arctic, a gaseous ring of radiation 300 miles above the earth's surface catches fire; The resulting heat is causing chaos over the world; Admiral Nelson comes up with a plan to fire a Polaris missile from Guam to explode in the fire belt and dissipate it, but the United Nations vetoes it. History of Submarines fact page. Out of the Deep filler page, art by Sam Glanzman; Single drawing containing various deep-sea creatures. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 1239 CGC 3.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4423956022

Donald Duck Album (Disney) featuring Donald in "Package Problem," "Big Cat Caper," and "High and Dry," and "Big Deal." Daisy Duck stars in "In the Know" and "In the Bag." Uncle Scrooge stars in "Prize Misprint " Gyro Gearloose stars in "Forgetful Fowl." Grandma Duck stars in "Farmy-Type Friends." Carl Barks cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.15.