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Issue Details

Issue #710
Published July 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 710." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #707-567 (Note issue number of code does not match issue number). Copyright 1956 by Universal Pictures, Inc. Ninth of 17 Francis the Famous Talking Mule Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Francis the Famous Talking Mule; Pete
Genre humor
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Francis the Famous Talking Mule story "The Plumber"

Characters Francis the Famous Talking Mule; Pete
Synopsis Francis is taking a bath when the plumber comes to fix the faucet.
Genre humor
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Letters Don Gunn
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

32 page Francis the Famous Talking Mule story "The Idol of Pooda"

Characters Francis the Famous Talking Mule; Pete
Synopsis Francis and Pete come into possession of a giant black pearl that was stolen from a sacred idol in Pooda, India. Francis impersonates a race horse, Nausea, to get a plane ride to India to return the pearl.
Genre humor
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Letters Don Gunn
Notes The horse's name of "Nausea" is a takeoff on "Nashua," a champion racehorse in the early 1950s. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Francis story "Musical Number"

Characters Francis the Famous Talking Mule; Pete
Synopsis Francis and Pete audition for an amateur show, but the manager doesn't like Francis' singing.
Genre humor
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Letters Don Gunn
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Bill Wisdom; Juicy Fruit Gum advertisement "Play it smart--Play safe when you go swimming"

Characters Bill Wisdom
Synopsis Safety tips for swimming.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Part of "Bill Wisdom" ad series. Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum.