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Issue Details

Issue #818
Published June 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SMOKEY THE BEAR, No. 818." Code number is S.T.B. O.S. #818-576. Copyright 1957 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. "Authorized and approved by the State Foresters and the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Advertising Council." Fourth of eight Smokey the Bear Four Color issues.

Cover Details

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page Smokey the Bear story "The Jumping Contest"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis A bee helps Specs win a jumping contest with a frog.
Pencils Mo Gollub
Inks Mo Gollub
Notes Inside front cover; black and white.

12 page Smokey the Bear story "The Black Sheep"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis A stubborn black ram causes problems when Smokey tries to direct the mountain sheep to new grazing grounds.
Pencils Mo Gollub
Inks Mo Gollub

10 page Smokey the Bear story "The Litter Jitters"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis A herd of peccaries upsets litter baskets and scatters trash in the forest.
Pencils Mo Gollub
Inks Mo Gollub

10 page Smokey the Bear story "The River's Secret"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis When a river's level drops by three feet, Smokey, Little Smokey and Specs go to its headwaters, where they find it originates in a cavern. They find a rockfall in the cavern has diverted the water for the river into a side channel.
Pencils Mo Gollub
Inks Mo Gollub

1 page Smokey the Bear story "The Fledgling"

Characters Smokey the Bear
Synopsis Smokey rescues a fledgling bird that keeps trying to fly before it is old enough.
Pencils Mo Gollub
Inks Mo Gollub
Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page Smokey the Bear story "Two Sides to a Story"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey
Synopsis Smokey and Little Smokey start painting on opposite sides of the ranger station and find they are using different colors.
Pencils Mo Gollub
Inks Mo Gollub
Notes Back cover; pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."