Issue Details

Issue	#662
Published	November 1955
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "ZOO PARADE, No. 662." Code number is Z.P.O.S. #662-5511. Copyright 1955 by R. Marlin Perkins. Based on the 1950-57 NBC Show "Zoo Parade" featuring Marlin Perkins, director of the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, and later director of the St. Louis Zoo. Perkins (1905-1986) is best known for his later series "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom."

Cover Details

Characters	Marlin Perkins (photograph)
Genre	fact
Pencils	? (painting); ? (photograph)
Inks	? (painting); ? (photograph)
Colors	? (painting); ? (photograph)

1 page text article "The Zoo and Its Director"

Synopsis	Facts about the duties of a zoo director.
Genre	fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover; black and white. Text article with three illustrations.

6 page Marlin Perkins' Zoo Parade story "The African Lion"

Characters	Marlin Perkins (cameo)
Synopsis	Facts about African lions, "narrated" by Marlin Perkins.
Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	Till Goodan ?
Inks	Till Goodan ?
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

5 page Marlin Perkins' Zoo Parade story "The Gorilla"

Characters	Marlin Perkins (cameo)
Synopsis	Facts about gorillas, "narrated" by Marlin Perkins.
Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	Till Goodan ?
Inks	Till Goodan ?
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

5 page Marlin Perkins' Zoo Parade story "The African Elephant"

Characters	Marlin Perkins (cameo)
Synopsis	Facts about African elephants, "narrated" by Marlin Perkins.
Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	Till Goodan ?
Inks	Till Goodan ?
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Marlin Perkins' Zoo Parade story "The Echidna"

Characters	Marlin Perkins (cameo)
Synopsis	Facts about the Australian echidna, "narrated" by Marlin Perkins.
Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	Till Goodan ?
Inks	Till Goodan ?
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

4 page Marlin Perkins' Zoo Parade story "The Bald Eagle"

Characters	Marlin Perkins (cameo)
Synopsis	Facts about American bald eagles, "narrated" by Marlin Perkins.
Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	Till Goodan ?
Inks	Till Goodan ?
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Marlin Perkins' Zoo Parade story "The Canada Goose"

Synopsis	Facts about Canada geese.
Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	Till Goodan ?
Inks	Till Goodan ?
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Marlin Perkins' Zoo Parade story "Bird of Paradise"

Characters	Marlin Perkins (cameo)
Synopsis	Facts about the various species of "birds of paradise" in New Guinea, "narrated" by Marlin Perkins.
Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	Till Goodan ?
Inks	Till Goodan ?
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Marlin Perkins' Zoo Parade story "The Albatross"

Synopsis	Facts about the black-footed albatross.
Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	Till Goodan ?
Inks	Till Goodan ?
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Marlin Perkins' Zoo Parade story "The Ostrich"

Characters	Marlin Perkins (cameo)
Synopsis	Facts about the ostrich, "narrated" by Marlin Perkins.
Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	Till Goodan ?
Inks	Till Goodan ?
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

4 page Marlin Perkins' Zoo Parade story "The Galapagos Tortise"

Characters	Marlin Perkins (cameo)
Synopsis	Facts about the Galapagos tortise, "narrated" by Marlin Perkins.
Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	Till Goodan ?
Inks	Till Goodan ?
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

3 page Marlin Perkins' Zoo Parade story "The Alligator"

Characters	Marlin Perkins (cameo)
Synopsis	Facts about alligators, "narrated" by Marlin Perkins.
Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	Till Goodan ?
Inks	Till Goodan ?
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Marlin Perkins' Zoo Parade story "The Chameleon"

Synopsis	Facts about chameleons.
Genre	animal; fact
Pencils	Till Goodan ?
Inks	Till Goodan ?
Notes	Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page text article "Capturing Wild Animals Alive"

Synopsis	Facts about the procedures for capturing wild animals.
Genre	animal; fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; black and white. Text with the same three illustrations that appear on the inside front cover.
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #32 (edited reprint)

1 page illustration "Tree of Life"

Synopsis	A simple "Tree of Life," showing how reptiles, birds, and mammals are related to each other. Most of the animals depicted are those that have features in the comic.
Genre	animal; fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover.