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Issue Details

Issue #759
Published December 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "CIRCUS BOY, No. 759." Code number is C.BOY O.S. #759-5612. Copyright 1956 by Norbert Productions, Inc. First of three Circus Boy Four Colors. Based on the 1956-58 "Circus Boy" TV series.

Cover Details

Characters Corky (as played by Mickey Braddock [Mickey Dolenz], photo); Bimbo (elephant, photo)
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)

1 page Circus Boy foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Cast"

Characters Corky (as played by Mickey Braddock [Mickey Dolenz], photo); Bimbo (elephant, photo); Tim Champion (as played by Robert Lowery, photo); Uncle Joey (as played by Noah Beery Jr., photo)
Synopsis Introduction of cast of characters.
Pencils ? (photos)
Inks ? (photos)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Four cropped photos with typeset text.

16 page Circus Boy story "Swifty's Revenge"

Characters Corky; Uncle Joey; Tim Champion; Bimbo (elephant)
Synopsis Corky, a young boy, has traveled with the circus since his parents, The Flying Falcons, were killed during their act. The circus' new owner, Tim Champion, decides that Corky should leave. Corky and Uncle Joey, his clown friend, travel to Prairie City, where they find that an enemy of Champion is waiting to ambush him on the way to Kansas City.
Genre period; adventure
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Notes Intro to series, which is set in the late 19th Century. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

16 page Circus Boy story "The Amazing Mr. Sinbad"

Characters Corky; Uncle Joey; Tim Champion; Prince Ben Ali; Bimbo (elephant); Sgt. Price; Sinbad (camel)
Synopsis After Corky's elephant threatens the circus' star horse rider, Prince Ben Ali, Corky decides it's all his fault and runs away from the circus. He stumbles across a ghost town, inhabited by a former soldier--Sgt. Price, fifth in command of the Camel Regiment--and his camel Sinbad.
Genre period
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Notes The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page activity "Three-Ring Quiz"

Genre fact
Pencils Dan Spiegle ?
Inks Dan Spiegle ?
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Four multiple choice questions about illustrated circus animals.

1 page filler "The Clown"

Characters Uncle Joey
Synopsis Description of some of the activities of clowns.
Genre fact
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Large illustration with typeset text.