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Issue Details

Issue #1297
Published March-May 1962
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE LITTLE RASCALS, No. 1297." No code number. Copyright 1962 by Hal Roach Studios. Cover title is "Spanky and Alfalfa The Little Rascals."

Cover Details

Characters The Little Rascals [Spanky; Alfalfa; Fatso]
Genre children
Pencils David Gantz
Inks David Gantz
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page The Little Rascals foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Polishing Off the Pirates / Prize Crew"

Characters The Little Rascals
Synopsis Preview of two stories in the issue.
Genre children
Pencils David Gantz
Inks David Gantz
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

8 page The Little Rascals story "The Friendly Fox"

Characters The Little Rascals [Spanky; Alfalfa; Fatso; Farina]; Aunt Matilda
Synopsis Aunt Matilda recruits Spanky to be the bugler at a fox hunt, but the Rascals turn the odds in favor of the fox.
Genre children
Pencils David Gantz
Inks David Gantz
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page The Little Rascals story "Prize Crew"

Characters The Little Rascals [Spanky; Alfalfa; Fatso; Farina]; Billy Goat (goat); Waldo Worthington
Synopsis Waldo Worthington invites the Rascals aboard his yacht, but his mother has them tossed off. The yacht mysteriously disappears, but the Rascals find it and overcome the three crooks who had hijacked it.
Genre children
Pencils David Gantz
Inks David Gantz
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page The Little Rascals story "Fowl Play"

Characters The Little Rascals [Spanky; Alfalfa; Farina; Fatso]; Billy Goat (goat)
Synopsis The Rascals try to find out who is stealing chickens from Uncle Harvey's farm.
Genre children
Pencils David Gantz
Inks David Gantz
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

8 page The Little Rascals story "Polishing Off the Pirates"

Characters The Little Rascals [Spanky; Alfalfa; Fatso; Farina]; Toughie McGurk
Synopsis The Rascals open a shoeshine stand near a construction zone in order to raise money to rebuilt their clubhouse. However, Toughie McGurk and his gang see the possibilities in the location and try to run the Rascals off.
Genre children
Pencils David Gantz
Inks David Gantz
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page The Little Rascals story "Waterproof"

Characters The Little Rascals [Alfalfa]; Aunt Matilda
Synopsis Aunt Matilda won't let Alfalfa play in a puddle unless he puts on a raincoat and boots.
Genre children
Pencils David Gantz
Inks David Gantz
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page The Little Rascals story "Revenge"

Characters The Little Rascals [Fatso]; Toughie McGurk
Synopsis After Toughie breaks a little kid's balloon, Fatso comes up with a way to get revenge.
Genre children
Pencils David Gantz
Inks David Gantz
Notes Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).