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Issue Details

Issue #708
Published June 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SMOKEY THE BEAR, No. 708." Code number is SMOKEY O.S. #708-566. Copyright 1956 by Western Printing and Lithographing Co. Second of eight Smokey the Bear Four Colors.

Cover Details - "Smokey the Bear"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey
Pencils Morris Gollub ? (painting)
Inks Morris Gollub ? (painting)
Colors Morris Gollub ? (painting)
Notes Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Smokey the Bear story "Dangerous Sparks"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey
Synopsis Smokey and Little Smokey mistake fireflies for sparks.
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page Smokey the Bear story "A Fishy Problem"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs (raccoon)
Synopsis Beavers have dammed a stream, preventing salmon from going upstream to spawn.
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

12 page Smokey the Bear story "On Top of the Mountain"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs (raccoon)
Synopsis Smokey has to figure a solution when a herd of bighorn sheep come down from the mountain top to displace a herd of deer from their feeding grounds.
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page Smokey the Bear story "The New Fire Watcher"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs (raccoon)
Synopsis Smokey and Little Smokey recruit the forest animals to help them report and fight fires.
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Smokey the Bear story "A Warm Bath"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs (raccoon)
Synopsis Specs helps Little Smokey cool off a hot spring in order to take a bath.
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Smokey the Bear story "Safe Sleep"

Characters Smokey the Bear
Synopsis Smokey keeps getting hit on the head with falling fruit or acorns when he tries to nap under trees.
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Back cover; pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)