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Issue Details

Issue #754
Published November 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SMOKEY THE BEAR, No. 754." Code number is SMOKEY THE BEAR O.S. #754-5611. Copyright 1956 by Western Printing and Lithographing Co. "Authorized and approved by the State Foresters and the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Advertising Council." Third of eight Smokey the Bear Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey
Genre Funny Animal
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page Smokey the Bear story "Raccoon Rescue"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs (raccoon)
Synopsis Smokey and Little Smokey build a bed of pine boughs to break Specs' fall from a branch of a tree.
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 "Trouble on the Hoof"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs (raccoon)
Synopsis Specs gets into a feud with a herd of buffalo and finds himself in danger when he gets pinned beneath rocks in the path of a grass fire.
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 "The Smokejumpers"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs (raccoon)
Synopsis Smokey teaches a Specs and a group of beavers how to become "smokejumpers"--fire fighters who parachute into remote fire areas.
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 Meddler"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs (raccoon)
Synopsis A puma causes problems when he scares the beavers that Smokey needs to cut down some trees.
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 "Detour"

Characters Smokey the Bear
Synopsis Smokey posts a detour sign after he is disturbed by animals crossing over him as he tries to nap by a tree.
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Smokey the Bear story "Teasing a Turtle"

Characters Little Smokey; Specs (raccoon)
Synopsis Little Smokey and Specs tease a turtle for carrying his house on his back, but find the tables turned when a sudden shower comes up.
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Back cover. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)