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Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) comic books 1956-1969

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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) #1026 CGC 8.5
    Published 1959 by Dell.

    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 1026 CGC 8.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4405576006

    Starts Jul 6

    Walt Disney's Spin and Marty. Photo Cover shows Marty Markham (as portrayed by David Stollery) and Spin Evans (as portrayed by Tim Considine). Stories by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer. Art by Dan Spiegle. Featuring the tales "The Treasure of Old Fort Resolute" (where an old soldier helps Spin and Marty discover the mystery of an abandoned fort) and "The Mystery of the Hidden Mermaid," plus the 1-pager "Frontier Forts" and activity page "Spin and Marty's Gold Quiz"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) #1049 CBCS 7.5
    Published 1959 by Dell.

    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 1049 CBCS 7.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #23-40B95C4-001

    Starts Jun 10

    Indicia title is "DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP, No. 1049." Adapted from the 1959 movie "Don't Give Up the Ship." Photo cover of John Paul Steckler VII (as played by Jerry Lewis). Preview with photos. Don't Give Up The Ship, script by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer, art by Dan Spiegle; When the Navy asks for appropriations, Congressman Mandeville demands to know the whereabouts of an unaccounted-for destroyer escort, the USS Kornblatt from World War II, as an excuse to deny funding; Vice-Admiral P. T. Bludde sends for Lt. John Paul Steckler, who was the man who last signed off on the ship; Steckler, a bumbler, was the lowest ranking officer left when the ship left Pearl Harbor and he managed to run the ship on a reef near an island; Steckler goes ashore, only to find it occupied by Japanese soldiers who don't know the war is over; His crew thinks he's dead and sails to San Diego. A quiz to match illustrated words with their meaning in Naval slang. Silhouettes of various types of Navy ships on back cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.