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Issue Details

Issue #559
Published May 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "I LOVE LUCY, No. 559." Code number is LUCY O.S. #559-545. Copyright 1954 by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez. Second of two I Love Lucy Four Colors. Continues as I Love Lucy (Dell, 1954 series) #3 (August-October 1954).

Cover Details

Characters Lucille Ball (photo)
Genre sitcom
Pencils ?: ? (photo)
Inks ?; ? (photo)

1 page I Love Lucy foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Photo page"

Characters Lucy Ricardo (as played by Lucille Ball, photos); Ricky Ricardo (as played by Desi Arnez, photos)
Genre sitcom
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos with brief text.

10 page I Love Lucy story "Shopping Spree"

Characters Lucy Ricardo; Ricky Ricardo
Synopsis Lucy takes Ricky with her to Lacy's department store to buy some gloves.
Genre sitcom
Pencils Hy C. Rosen
Inks Hy C. Rosen
Notes "Lacy's" is a take-off on Macy's Department Store. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

12 page I Love Lucy story "Follow the Leader"

Characters Lucy Ricardo; Ricky Ricardo; Ethel Mertz
Synopsis Lucy volunteers Ricky and his band to play at their charity bazaar. The band has a television appearance a half-hour before the bazaar, but Lucy helpfully draws a map to get from the TV station to the bazaar.
Genre sitcom
Pencils Hy C. Rosen
Inks Hy C. Rosen
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

12 page I Love Lucy story "Child's Play"

Characters Lucy Ricardo; Ricky Ricardo; Ethel Mertz
Synopsis Lucy needs money to buy a dress for a party, so she fills in as caretaker for ten children on a Saturday. The group causes chaos in a museum.
Genre sitcom
Pencils Hy C. Rosen
Inks Hy C. Rosen
Notes Story continues in black and white on inside back cover and concludes on back cover in color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)