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Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) comic books 1947-1949

  • Issue #234
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 234
    • Cover & centerfold detached at one staple.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: See item notes
    • 2 small pieces of tape on interior cover. Cracking to bottom right corner, front and back, with small piece of plastic missing.
    • Label #0016846001
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DUMBO in SKY VOYAGE, No. 234." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Sky Voyage, art by Tony Strobl; Two elephant boys trick Dumbo into believing he has broken a chunk out of the moon; He flies through space to repair it, but is hooked by Wynken, Blynken, and Nod in their flying shoe. Dumbo and Little Pedro, art by Gil Turner; Pedro the mail plane runs out of gas; Dumbo takes the mail and is warned to watch out for the witch who is always trying to rob the mail planes. Dumbo the Musician, art by Don Gunn; Dumbo decides he wants to play the trumpet; When he goes to the Three Pigs' house his playing is so bad the pigs think he is the Big Bad Wolf in disguise. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #238
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 238
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Double Cover: 1st cover 6.0, interior cover 7.0. Double Cover.
    • Label #4390835008
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in VOODOO HOODOO, No. 238." Cover art by Carl Barks. Voodoo Hoodoo, script and art by Carl Barks; A zombie gives Donald a poisoned doll that was intended for Uncle Scrooge, who looked like Donald when the doll was given to the Zombie some seventy years before; Donald--followed by the nephews and "Bombie the Zombie"--goes to Africa to persuade the witch doctor Foola Zoola to give him the antidote for the poison, which is supposed to shrink its victims to the size of a rat. 3 one-page Barks strips. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $400 FOUR COLOR #238 DONALD DUCK IN VOODOO HOODOO GOLDEN AGE BARKS CGC 6.0
    4 days left Auction FOUR COLOR #238 DONALD DUCK IN VOODOO HOODOO GOLDEN AGE BARKS CGC 2.0

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  • Issue #240
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 240

    Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA, No. 240." Cover art by Dan Gormley. Deep-Sea Trouble, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Anahid Dinkjian; Andy inherits a boat from his uncle; He and Charlie decide to go into the deep-sea fishing business; They hire an old salt named Captain Davy to help them run the boat; Three crooks hire the boat, then when it's out to sea, hijack it to go to their South Seas island hideout. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #241
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 241
    • Cover plus 4 wraps detached at one staple.

    Indicia title is "PORKY PIG, MIGHTY HUNTER, No. 241." Cover art by Ralph Heimdahl. Porky Pig, Mighty Hunter, pencils by Roger Armstrong, inks by Kaem Wong; Porky tells Cicero a story of their Pilgrim ancestors, who go hunting for turkeys and have to escape from an Indian. Circus Performer, art by Gil Turner; Elmer and Porky decide to put on a circus; After selling tickets they find that each thought the other was going to do the stunts; The pair hurry through a practice performance to try to get ready for the show. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $6 Four Color #241 - Porky Pig (1949, Dell) - Fair
    4 days left Auction Porky Pig - Mighty Hunter - Dell Four Color #241 - 1949

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  • Issue #243
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 243

    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's THUMPER FOLLOWS his NOSE, No. 243." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Thumper Follows His Nose, art by Jim Pabian; Thumper finds the Three Bears' house and tussles with his conscience about eating the porridge; He leaves the house but runs into the Big Bad Wolf. The Li'l Giant, art by Tony Strobl; Thumper is depressed when he's told he's just a little bunny; Later he learns that size is relative, when he meets Wiggly Worm, to whom Thumper is a giant. Thumper Is a Hero, art by Tony Strobl; When lumbermen and hunters threaten the forest, Thumper decides he has to do something; He puts out a fire left by careless hunters and as a reward the forest rangers declare the area a forest preserve. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #249
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 249

    Indicia title is "Walter Lantz WOODY WOODPECKER, No. 249." The Globe Trotter, art by Dick Hall; Woody accidentally gets dumped in the cargo hold of a freighter bound for England; He meets up with Slippery Rhodes, a stowaway, but they are discovered and have to work for the rest of the voyage; They jump ship, but end up being picked up by a ship headed for Turkey; That ship turns out to be running guns to a rebel army and it in turn is boarded by forces of Aga Bonami; Woody, Slippery, and the Captain are taken to a slave market (in a country identified as Turkey or Arabia) and sold as slaves; Woody and Slippery eventually escape and find a U.S. destroyer in port, which takes them back to the U.S.A. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #252
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 252
    • Bottom staple missing.
    • 2" cumulative spine split.

    Indicia title is "Walt Disney's PINOCCHIO, No. 252." Underwater Birthday Party one-page story, art by Tony Strobl. Pinocchio; Geppetto wishes his puppet was a real boy; The "Wishing Star Fairy" grants his wish; On his way to school, Pinocchio is tricked by J. Worthington Foul fellow and Gideon into joining Stromboli's puppet show; The fairy rescues Pinocchio, but Foulfellow talks Pinocchio into taking a trip to Pleasure Island with other boys; At Pleasure Island the boys are turned into donkeys for the mines. New version of Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #92. Adapted from the 1940 Disney animated movie "Pinocchio." Watermelon Dreams back cover strip, art by Tony Strobl. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    2 days left Auction PINOCCHIO Four Color Comics #252 - (Dell Comics, 1949) GD/VG

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  • Issue #254
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 254
    • Cover oxidation.

    Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 254." Santa's First Helper, script and art by Walt Kelly; Puggy Pink, a dwarf, volunteers to be Santa's first helper in making toys; Santa leaves him at a little girl's house to be a temporary fill-in for the doll that isn't ready at Christmas. A Visit from Saint Nicholas, script by Clement Moore, art by Arthur E. Jameson; Illustrated version of the 1823 poem by Clement Clarke Moore, sometimes titled "The Night Before Christmas." The Land Without Christmas, script and art by Frank Jupo; Santa uses a rocket to take a test trip to a distant star and a land ruled by the bad-humored King Pepy. Albert and Pogo's Christmas, script and art by Walt Kelly; Albert dresses up to play Santa Claus for the swamp's children. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #258
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 258

    Indicia title is "Walter Lantz ANDY PANDA and the BALLOON RACE, No. 258." Cover pencils by Dick Hall. Andy Panda and The Balloon Race, pencils by Dick Hall, inks by Anahid Dinkjian; A hot air balloon lands in Andy's back yard; In its basket is Professor Gaas Bag, who has been hit over the head by his rivals in a championship long-distance balloon race; He is unable to continue, so he lets Andy and Charlie take his balloon to finish the race. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #260
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 260

    Indicia title is "PORKY PIG, HERO OF THE WILD WEST, No. 260." Porky Pig, Hero of the Wild West, pencils by Fred Abranz; While on a vacation at a ranch, Petunia nags Porky about not being a he-man; Petunia is abducted by The Krisco Kid, who looks like Porky, except with a pointed black moustache. Porky Pig, Truant Officer, art by Tony Strobl; Porky is truant officer; Cicero and his friend are out fishing, thinking it is Saturday, and Porky disguises himself as an (Asian) Indian prince in order to try to capture them. The Greedy Squirrels, art by Jim Pabian; Petunia sends Porky to the forest in a rainstorm to gather some nuts for the fudge she is making. How to Raise Children, art by Tony Strobl; Porky's nosy neighbor keeps criticizing the things Porky allows Cicero to do. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.