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Issue Details

Issue #25
Published October-December 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes I LOVE LUCY COMICS, Vol. 1, No. 25, Oct.-Dec., 1959. Published quarterly by Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 750 Third Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. George T. Delacorte, Jr., Publisher; Helen Mayer, President; Paul R. Lilly, Executive Vice-President; Harold Clark, Vice-Pres.-Advertising Director; Albert P. Delacorte, Treasurer. Second-class postage paid at New ork, New York, and at Poughkeepsie, New Yor. Subscriptions in U.S.A. and Possessions and Canada, 40¢ per year. Subscriptions for Pan-American and foreign countries 70¢ per year. Dell Subscription Service: 321 West 44th Street, New York 36, N. Y. All rights reserved throughout the world. Authorized Edition. Printed in U.S.A. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithograph Co. Copyright (c) 1959, by Desilu Productions, Inc.

Cover Details - "Lucy puts her foot in it..."

Characters Lucille Ball; Desi Arnaz
Genre celebrity; humor
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Colors ? (photograph)
Letters Typeset

1 page Seven-Up advertisement "Right now, you're probably asking yourself - How does a star football player get a fresh, clean taste?"

Characters "Fresh up" Freddie
Synopsis "Fresh up" Freddie is the star of the football game because he has the 7-Up.
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside front cover; some editions had a gag by Paul Newman instead of ad (from Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted March 30, 1959)

10 page I Love Lucy story "The Steps of the Stars"

Characters Lucy Ricardo [Lucille Ball]; Ricky Ricardo [Desi Arnaz]; Fred Mertz [William Frawley]; Ethel Mertz [Vivian Vance]
Synopsis Lucy and Ethel make a mess and get arrested while trying to put Ricky's footprints in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater.
Genre celebrity; humor
Script Paul Newman
Pencils Hy Rosen
Inks Hy Rosen?
Notes Credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books and Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted March 2, 1959

10 page I Love Lucy story "Breaking In"

Characters Lucy Ricardo [Lucille Ball]; Ricky Ricardo [Desi Arnaz]; Ethel Mertz [Vivian Vance]; Moe Mogul; Tiny; James
Synopsis While Lucy tries to meet Moe Mogul, producer and owner of Colossal Studios, she misses a lunch date that Ricky set up with Moe.
Genre celebrity; humor
Script Paul Newman
Pencils Hy Rosen
Inks Hy Rosen?
Notes Credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books and Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted February 22, 1959

1 page text story "Drive-In Crazy"

Characters Mr. Green; Pam Green; Mrs. Green
Synopsis Mr. Green gets in trouble taking his daughter Pam and her friends to a drive-in movie.
Genre humor
Script Paul Newman
Pencils ? [spot illustration]
Inks ? [spot illustration]
Colors ? [spot illustration]
Letters Typeset
Notes Credit from Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted February 20, 1959

4 page Cyrus Shy story "The White Shoes"

Characters Cyrus Shy
Synopsis A shoe polish salesman partially dyes Cyrus Shy's shoes white. A shoe repairman makes them all white, then Cyrus exchanges them for a black pair from the back of a wedding car.
Genre humor
Script Paul Newman
Pencils Hy Rosen
Inks Hy Rosen?
Notes Credit from Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted March 9, 1959

6 page I Love Lucy story "The Face on the Cutting Room Floor"

Characters Lucy Ricardo [Lucille Ball]; Ricky Ricardo [Desi Arnaz]; Ethel Mertz [Vivian Vance]; Hans Summ; Hi Budget
Synopsis Lucy gets an acting job dumping soup on actor Hans Summ, but her scene is cut out of the movie.
Genre celebrity; humor
Script Paul Newman
Pencils Hy Rosen
Inks Hy Rosen?
Notes Hans Summ looks like Clark Gable; Credits from Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books and Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted March 19, 1959

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Free Pocket Picture Holder to every new subscriber!"

Synopsis Promotion for subscriptions to Dell Comics
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside back cover; some editions had a gag by Paul Newman instead of ad (from Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted March 30, 1959)

1 page advertisement "More boys and girls ride Schwinn than any other bike!"

Synopsis Ad for Schwinn bikes
Letters Typeset
Notes Back cover