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

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Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 131." Little Lulu Is Taken For a Ride; Kidnappers mistake Lulu for the rich girl, Gloria Van Potts, and abduct her from the park. One Man Dog; Alvin finds a dog but his mother won't let him keep it; Tubby wants the dog but Alvin won't give it up. Little Lulu and the Three Bears; Alvin wants Lulu to tell her the story of the Three Bears. Scripts by John Stanley, pencils by John Stanley (layouts) and Irving Tripp, inks by Irving Tripp. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "TILLIE THE TOILER, No. 132." Cover art by Jack Callahan. A Four-Bell Picture That Was Only a False Alarm; Jorson Snapps convinces Tillie and friends to appear in a movie he produces. The Surprise Prize; Tillie is a fortune teller in her mother's charity bazaar; Jan Vonsen the movie star stops by and is mobbed. Mac Goes Cow Punchy; Mac is going for a trip to his uncle's ranch and the gang decides to throw a western-themed going-away party, which rapidly snowballs out of control. Scripts and art by Jack Callahan. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "DICK TRACY, No. 133." Crime, Inc.; Tracy is on the trail of Krome, an assassin who uses modified children's toys to kill his victims. Kitty; Krome's girlfriend Kitty rescues him from Tracy, but plans to turn him in to the police. Lost in a Blizzard; Krome makes his way through the blizzard to a doctor's office, where his arm has to be amputated because of gangrene from a bullet wound. Selbert the Killer; Tracy and Patton rescue the snowplow driver, but Krome freezes to death hiding in a snow drift. Selbert hides in Mrs. DePool's House; Mrs. DePool hides Selbert in a cistern in the basement of her mansion; Her dead husband framed Selbert, his nephew, and got him sentenced to 22 years in an insane asylum. Poisoned Doorbell; Selbert kidnaps Myrna, Mrs. DePool's granddaughter, and imprisons her in the basement cistern. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "TARZAN AND THE DEVIL OGRE, No. 134." Cover art by Jesse Marsh. Tarzan and The Devil Ogre, script by Robert P. Thompson, art by Jesse Marsh; Tarzan leads an expedition into the Ras Dashini mountains to find out whether Doris Ramsay's father is still alive; The trek takes them near the Tower of Hotoombo, reported to be the home of a Devil Ogre and guarded by white gorillas. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "FELIX THE CAT, No. 135." Cover art by Otto Messmer. Kickback; A scientist invents a "Kayo" raygun to snuff out life; Felix takes it and inverts the controls so that it becomes an animation ray, giving life to inanimate objects. Starbust; When Felix comes under the influence of an unlucky star, he takes a rocket trip tour of the Zodiac where he pulls an arrow out of Leo the Lion's paw. The Great Inventor; Felix goes through history and comes up with the idea for the first bulldog, the saw, the goose, the leopard, the rocking chair, the shave and haircut, the doughnut, the cradle, and the compass. Scripts and art by Otto Messmer. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "THE LONE RANGER, No. 136." Cover art by Morris Gollub. Hidden Gold; The Lone Ranger and Tonto come upon a house that contains a mysterious couple who are holding a girl against her will; After escaping from a water-filled pit, the Lone Ranger helps the girl's father rescue Tonto and the girl from a gang that is after a chest of gold. Manhunt; The Lone Ranger finds Holt and persuades him to return to the cabin. The Menace; While at Stark's cabin, Tonto heard the "cry of The Menace," who was said to be half-man and half-wolf, and went after him. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover of Roy Rogers. Roy and Dale Evans, rearing on original Trigger, inside front cover photo. Roy Rogers and the Dead Men's Gold, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; Roy gets the goods on a crooked lawyer. Roy and original Trigger, with Roy leaning on a hitching rack, inside back cover photo. Roy behind wagon wheel, six-shooter drawn, back cover photo. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "SMITTY, No. 138." When the Boss is Away…; When Mr. Bailey goes away unexpectedly, the Board of Directors depends on Smitty, his office boy, for advice. Second Childhood; When Mr. Bailey has too many business worries, his doctor tells him to watch Smitty and try to be a kid again. Trip to the North Woods; Smitty and Mr. Bailey go on a fishing trip to the North Woods. Trying to Be Friends with Little Moose; Mr. Bailey tries to be friendly to Little Moose, an Indian who does not like him. Magic Potion Wears Off; Mr. Bailey has Little Moose take him to the hiding place of the big fish, "Old Fighter." The Long Way Home; Since Mr. Bailey is carrying him, Little Moose takes the long way to get back to camp. Herby the Lifeguard; The female lifeguards on a beach have Herby helping them. Smitty Goes to Night School; Herby comes home from a week at the beach, and Smitty decides to go to night school. Reprinted from Smitty (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1941 and 1942. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 139." The Hooky Team; Lulu and Tubby miss the school bus and have to walk to school; After a series of mishaps they end up at Lulu's house trying to find shoes for Tubby. The Big Snow Fight; Lulu and Tubby get in a snowball fight with Johnny Wilkins and his gang. Lulu and the Bean Soup; Lulu tells Alvin the story of the magic beans; In this telling, Lulu's mother cooks the beans, so when they're thrown out they make an ocean of bean soup, rather than growing into a giant beanstalk. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 140." Cover art by Walt Kelly. The Easter Egg Party; Mother Goose has invited all the children in Storyland and all the woodland creatures to an Easter Party; She has a contest to see who can bring in the most beautiful Easter egg. Eggs to Market; An old woman has troubles when she takes Easter eggs to sell at the market. Goldilocks and the Baby Bear's Basket; An Easter variation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Ugly, the Duckling; The story of the Ugly Duckling, told in verse. Chicken Little; The Chicken Little story with a twist ending. The Easter Bunny and the Dwarf; A dwarf gets his head stuck inside one of the Easter Bunny's decorated eggs. All art by Walt Kelly, some scripts by Kelly. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "MICKEY MOUSE AND THE SUBMARINE PIRATES, No. 141." Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Mickey Mouse and the Submarine Pirates, art by Harvey Eisenberg; Mickey and Goofy take a job on a fishing boat, despite the fact that fishermen have been disappearing. Pluto Never Fails, art by Harvey Eisenberg; While out on a picnic with Minnie, Mickey demonstrates his system of getting Pluto to fetch the proper item for him. Mickey Mouse's Magic Machine, art by Dick Moores; When his nephews fail their history class, Mickey decides to try to teach them with pictures. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "BUGS BUNNY AND THE HAUNTED MOUNTAINS, No. 142." Cover art by Tom McKimson. Bugs Bunny and the Haunted Mountains, art by Tom McKimson; Bugs goes to the mountains to escape the excitement of city life, but finds that the country has its own share of excitement. Road to Riches, art by Tom McKimson; Bugs must find a way to repay his $20 debt while being hounded by a collector from The-Forget-To-Pay-And-Regret-The-Day Debt Collection Company. Bugs Bunny, the Fearless, art by Roger Armstrong; Bugs must find something he's afraid of to prove he's normal, and suitable to inherit $500,000 from his Uncle Jack Rabbit. Bugs Bunny and Man-O-Battle, art by Don Gunn; Bugs must ride Man-O-Battle to victory to win over Colonel Bunny, the father of Magnolia Bunny. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "OSWALD THE RABBIT AND THE PREHISTORIC EGG, No. 143." Cover art by Dan Gormley. The Prehistoric Egg, script by John Stanley, art by Dan Gormley; Oswald and Toby go with Dr. Weskit in his rocket to an island looking for the lost city of Oakie Doakie. The One That Got Away, art by Dan Gormley; Toby uses a hat rack to show Oswald how big "the fish that got away" was. Heckling at TV Boxing Match, art by Dan Gormley; Oswald heckles the boxers in a bout on TV. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 144. Roy Rogers and Trigger cover photo. Roy Rogers on the Apache Trail, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Erwin Hess; Roy comes across loot taken when Apaches wreck a train and rob the passengers; Finding a pocket watch of an old friend among the clothes, he takes it with him; He then runs into a sheriff and his posse and his possession of the watch makes him a prime suspect in the crime. [Roy and Trigger publicity inside back cover photo. Roy Rogers back cover photo. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories, Art and Cover by Bud Sagendorf. Featuring the tales "Outdoor Boy, or, Please Let Me In the House!" and "Big Blow, or, A Big Wind Is Just a Breeze If Ya Ain't Got a Mast Fer Yer Sail!", plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Popeye! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 146." The Kid Who Came to Dinner; Tubby invites himself to dinner at Lulu's house. Sunday Afternoon; Lulu and Tubby go to a meadow to pick flowers for her mother. Forbidden Fruit; Lulu and Tubby try to pick an apple from a tree on Ol' Man Gripe's lawn. Rainy Day; On a rainy day, Lulu's and Tubby's mothers send them to the train station with umbrellas so that their fathers won't have to walk home in the rain. Crybaby; Lulu tells Alvin a story about a time long ago when she cried all the time. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Auction Item: GD 2.0 View scans Auction opens July 6 3 centerfold wraps detached at single center staple. Cover oxidation.	Add to cart CGC 9.2 $1,950.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Very Minor Amount of Glue on Spine of Cover Label #2112129006 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart CGC 5.0 $199.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #2004293010 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $59.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Color touch, spine rebuild, tear seals, staple replaced, TRIMMED. Tape under staple. Cover oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow
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Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY"S DONALD DUCK IN VOLCANO VALLEY, No. 147." Cover art by Carl Buettner. Volcano Valley, script and art by Carl Barks; Donald accidentally receives a full-size World War II bomber instead of the model plane he ordered, and sells it to the South American country of Volcanovia. Donald Duck and Radio Trouble, art by Tom McKimson; Donald sends the nephews to buy six eggs, but the advertisement for the eggs lands upside-down and the kids buy him six expensive radios from the Friendly Credit Store instead. Donald Duck's Big Blow-out, art by Jack Hannah; Donald and Neighbor Jones both build barbecues and get in a fight when Jones buys up all the marshmallows in town for a party. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "ALBERT THE ALLIGATOR AND POGO POSSUM, No. 148." Cover art by Walt Kelly. The Great Sam Widge Contest; Owl and Albert are judges in Pogo and Churchy's sandwich-making contest. Rainy Daze; Pogo and Albert get on each others nerves while spending a rainy day together at Albert's house. The Catfish Pirates; Pogo catches a boatload of catfish, but Churchy and Owl dress up as pirates to steal the fish for dinner. Mr. Owl and the Atomic Bomb; Owl captures a batch of bugs named Adam in order to make an "Adam" [Atom] bomb. East Lint with Albert and Pogo and an All Star Cast in Person; The swamp critters dress in costume to see who is the best actor. All scripts and art by Walt Kelly. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "SMILIN' JACK, No. 149." Return Trip Without Sleep; After taking Jack Beaverduck on a business trip, Jack decides to make the return trip without resting; On the flight back he falls asleep and has to make a forced landing; He makes his way home only to find that Joy, his new bride, has the measles and is under quarantine. Downwind Decides to Get Married; After seeing how happy Jack and Joy are after their marriage, Downwind Jackson decides he should get married, too. The Baby Bullet; Joy buys a midget racing plane and intends to set a non-stop record from New York to Rio de Janiero. Caught in a Tropical Storm; Over Jack's objections, Joy takes off on her non-stop flight to Rio de Janiero. Crash into Ocean; Buffeted by the storm, Joy's plane goes out of control and she must bail out into the ocean. Scripts by Zack Mosley Reprinted from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1940 and 1941. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "TILLIE THE TOILER, No. 150." Cover art by Jack Callahan. Adrift on a Permanent Wave; Fifi asks Tillie and Bubbles to run her beauty shop while she's gone on vacation. Mac Meets the SITuation; Tillie decides to take violin lessons from Bubbles' handsome cousin Straddy. Art and Horses; An artist asks Mac to pose for him; Mac goes to the art museum to get an idea for a pose. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.