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Issue Details

Issue #729
Published November 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Bob Son of Battle, No. 729." Code number is B.S. OF BATTLE O.S. #7729-5611. Adapted from the 1898 book "Bob Son of Battle" by Alfred Ollivant.

Cover Details - "Bob Son of Battle"

Characters Bob (dog); James Moore
Genre animal
Pencils Mo Gollub (painting)
Inks Mo Gollub (painting)
Colors Mo Gollub (painting)
Letters typeset
Notes Cover art credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Bob Son of Battle"

Characters Bob (dog); James Moore; Adam M'Adam; Red Wull (dog)
Synopsis Preview of story.
Genre animal
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Mike Peppe
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations and text. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Author of the original book, Alfred Ollivant, is mis-identified on this page as being "Alfred Oliphant".

32 page story "Bob Son of Battle"

Characters Bob, Son of Battle (dog); James Moore; Adam M'Adam; Red Wull (dog)
Synopsis The conflicts of James Moore and his dog Bob, Son of Battle, and his neighbor Adam M'Adam and his dog Red Wull as they compete for the Dale Cup, Scotland's symbol of sheepdog supremacy in a story that stretches over a number of years of the annual contests.
Genre animal
Script Alfred Ollivant (original story); Gaylord DuBois (comic adaptation)
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Inks Mike Peppe
Notes Story concludes on inside back cover in black and white. Adapted from the 1898 book "Bob Son of Battle" by Alfred Ollivant. Highly abridged version leaves out several characters and some major plot points of the original story. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Half page Francis the Talking Mule promo (ad from the publisher) "Francis"

Characters Francis the Talking Mule
Letters typeset
Notes Bottom third of last interior page in middle of story. Promo for Dell's Francis the Talking Mule comic and also for the movie "Francis and the Haunted House." The cover of Dell Four Color #745 (November 1956) is depicted.

1 page filler "The Sheepdog"

Synopsis Facts about sheepdogs.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Text article with five monochrome illustrations.