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Issue Details

Issue #998
Published June-August 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "RICKY NELSON, No. 998." Code number is RICKY N. O.S. #998-597. Copyright 1959 by Ozzie Nelson.

Cover Details

Characters Ricky Nelson (photo)
Genre celebrity
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset

1 page Ricky Nelson story "Ricky's Scrapbook"

Characters Ricky Nelson (photos); Venetia Stevenson (photo)
Synopsis Publicity shots of Ricky Nelson.
Genre celebrity
Pencils ? (photographs)
Inks ? (photographs)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos with brief text supposed written by Ricky Nelson. One photo is Nelson as he appeared in the movie "Rio Bravo."

9 page Ricky Nelson story "Romeo Ricky"

Characters Ricky Nelson; Doug
Synopsis Ricky and his friend Doug go to the mountains to Paradise Lake resort. While there Ricky gets involved in a production of "Romeo and Juliet."
Genre celebrity

13 page Ricky Nelson story "Car 25"

Characters Ricky Nelson; Harriet Nelson; Ozzie Nelson
Synopsis Ricky has been competing in auto races. He promises his father he won't compete again, but when his equipment is missing the night of the next race, Ozzie jumps to the conclusion that Ricky is racing again.
Genre celebrity

10 page Ricky Nelson story "Acting Natural"

Characters Ricky Nelson; David Nelson
Synopsis Ricky pretends to be an intellectual in order to impress the new girls in town.
Genre celebrity

1 page Ricky Nelson illustration "Ricky Portrait Pinup"

Characters Ricky Nelson (photo)
Synopsis Head and shoulders posed portrait photo of Ricky Nelson, with "autograph" in white ink.
Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Ricky Nelson story "Temporary Tie"

Characters Ricky Nelson; Carol
Synopsis Ricky is refused entrance at a fancy restaurant because he doesn't have a tie. He borrows his girlfriend's headscarf to improvise it into a bow tie.
Genre celebrity
Notes Back cover.