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Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) comic books 1941-1943

  • Issue #6
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 6

    Stories, Art and Cover by Walter Berndt. Starring Smitty in reprints from Smitty dailies (Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate), circa 1936-1937. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 7
    • Centerfold detached at one staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Indicia title is "SMOKEY STOVER, No. 7." Cover art by Bill Holman. Untitled stories starring Smokey Stover. Smokey sees a man to whom he owes $50; To escape, he hides in a box full of dynamite. Smokey gets to be chief for one day. Smokey is supposed to be raking leaves, but decides to take a nap in the pile of leaves. Smokey gives an exploding cigar to a friend and it makes the round until it comes back to him. Fiddling Finnegan practices his awful fiddling at Smokey's firehouse. Smokey's son is supposed to practice the violin, but rigs it up with a clock's pendulum. Smokey decides to go to Texas for a vacation because it's all downhill on the map. Cookie bakes the Chief a birthday cake, but the only "candle" Smokey can find turns out to be a firecracker. Smokey and the Chief hide their clothes in a pile of sand while they go swimming, but the sand turns out to be cement. Scripts and art by Bill Holman. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 9
    • Conserved
    • CBCS Authentic Signature
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Verified Sig: Carl Barks. Amateur Conservation Includes: Tear seals to cover with glue.
    • Label #17-2A6599E-003
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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    Indicia title is "DONALD DUCK FINDS PIRATE GOLD, No. 9." Cover art by Hank Porter. Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold, script by Bob Karp (adaptation) and Homer Brightman (original storyboards), pencils by Carl Barks (story pages 1, 2, 5, 12-40) and Jack Hannah (story pages 3, 4, 6-11, 41-64), inks by Carl Barks (story pages 1, 2, 5, 12-40) and Jack Hannah (story pages 3, 4, 6-11, 41-64); Bearing a map found in Donald's seafood restaurant, the ducks and a parrot named Old Yellow Beak set sail for an island where the pirate Henry Morgan's treasure is buried; Unknown to them, the crew of the ship is made up of Black Pete, disguised as an old woman, and two of his rat-faced henchmen; Peter takes over the ship, but the ducks and the parrot reach the treasure island on a raft; They dig up the treasure while Pete lies in wait. Back cover treasure map. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,710 FOUR COLOR #9 DONALD DUCK FINDS PIRATE GOLD! GOLDEN AGE 1ST BARKS DUCK PGX 2.5
    $1,900 FOUR COLOR #9 DONALD DUCK FINDS PIRATE GOLD! GOLDEN AGE 1ST BARKS DUCK CGC 2.5

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  • Issue #12
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 12
    • 1" Spine split from bottom. Cover detached. Water damage.
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Staples replaced. Centerfold detached. Tape on interior cover and under staples.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S BAMBI, No. 12." Cover art by Ken Hultgren. Illustration of Friend Owl, with head shots of the other characters in each corner by Hultgren. Bambi, script by Felix Salten (original story) and Chase Craig (adaptation), art by Ken Hultgren; The adventures of Bambi and his friends as he grows from a new-born fawn into his birthright as Prince of the Forest. Inside back cover Bambi in the forest art by Hultgren. Back cover Thumper art by Hultgren. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #14
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 14
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Indicia title: Smilin' Jack. No. 14. Untitled Smilin' Jack stories. Smilin' Jack infiltrates The Ring disguised as Powder. The Head finds out Jack is Powder; Jack escapes. Jack's plane crashes and he ends up on an island; It happens to be the island in which Powder is engaged to the Chief's daughter. Smilin' Jack is still being mistaken as someone named Powder, and he is forced to marry Boona Goo. Limehouse puts Jack and Fat Stuff in jail and to work in the sulphur mine. Smilin' Jack, Fat Stuff, The Head and The Claw escape from jail, but are eventually caught. Smilin' Jack escapes from prison again, and it looks like he may be rescued. Downwind rescues Jack from the island and brings him back to civilization. Scripts and art by Zack Mosley. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #19
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 19
    • Centerfold detached.

    Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S THUMPER MEETS THE SEVEN DWARFS, No. 19." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Thumper Meets the Seven Dwarfs, script and art by Carl Buettner; Thumper goes on a quest to find the "end of the world"; He falls in a hole, which leads to the Seven Dwarfs' diamond mine; After spending the night at the Dwarfs' house, Thumper takes a drink from a "wishing well"; Thumper wishes to meet a giant and is captured by one; He is taken to the giant's castle to be kept as a pet; Thumper wishes for Doc and Dopey to help him and they magically appear in the castle and help him escape; After a series of adventures, Thumper wishes the trio was back in the Dwarfs' house. Reprinted in Silly Simphonies. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #23
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 23
    • Cover and centerfold detached at single center staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Stories and Art by unknown. Featuring Raggedy Ann and Andy, along with the Raggedys' old friends The Loonies, Friendly Dragon, Snoopwiggy, Grinny Bear and all the others! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #29
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 29
    • Cover and first wrap detached at single center staple and adhered to each other (spine) with paper tape.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    • Cover and two center wraps detached at single center staple, 4" spine split from bottom.
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    Indicia title is "DONALD DUCK AND THE MUMMY'S RING, No. 29."Cover art by Carl Buettner. Intro in which Donald puts up wall posters with the story titles on them, art by Carl Buettner. Donald Duck and the Mummy's Ring, script and art by Carl Barks; Huey is trapped inside a mummy case and taken to Egypt by emissaries of the Bey El Dagga, who is restoring life in his province to the way it was in ancient times. The Hard Loser, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald and the nephews are rivals in the "Screwball Derby," a cross-country horse race in which any dirty trick may be played on the other contestants. Too Many Pets, script by Carl Barks and Merrill de Maris (plot), art by Carl Barks; An organ grinder gives the nephews a monkey named Jingo, who plays hob with Donald's house until Donald sells him to a stranger. Back cover in which Donald is on a ladder closing the book, art by Carl Buettner. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $425 Donald Duck Four Color #29 CGC 1.8 1943 Dell Comic Mummy's Ring 2nd Carl Barks
    $1,520 FOUR COLOR #29 DONALD DUCK AND THE MUMMY'S RING GOLDEN AGE BARKS CGC 2.0

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  • Issue #30
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 30
    • Cover detached.
    • Cover detached at single center staple.
    • Cover detached. 1" Cumulative spine split.

    Indicia title is "BAMBI'S CHILDREN, No. 30." Cover art by Ken Hultgren. Bambi's Children, script by Felix Salten (original story), art by Ken Hultgren; The adventures of the children of Bambi and Faline (Gino and Gurri), Thumper (Hopper and Patter), and Flower (Buttercup and Primrose). Map of the Forest filler page, art by Ken Hultgren. Back cover portrait-style illustration of Bambi with his children Geno and Gurri, art by Ken Hultgren. 60 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.