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Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) comic books 1955 or before

  • Issue #1
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 1

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    Dick Tracy Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 2

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    Don Winslow of the Navy. Stories by LCmdr Frank V. Martinek. Pencils by Leon Beroth. Featuring Don Winslow of the Navy comic strip reprints from 1936-1938. Don Winslow in four untitled tales! Starring Don Winslow, Doctor Centaur and The Dwarf! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 3

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    Myra North. Cover by Charles Coll. Stories by Ray Thompson and unknown. Art by Charles Coll and unknown. Featuring Myra North Special Nurse reprints from Crackajack Funnies, plus newspaper Sunday and daily strips. Among the tales are "Myra North Files A Claim" and "Myra North Traps the Jewel Thieves"! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #4
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 4

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    Donald Duck. Cover by Tom Wood? Stories by Bob Karp. Art by Al Taliaferro. Featuring reprints of over 100 daily Donald Duck strips (King Features Syndicate). 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 5

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    Smilin' Jack. Stories and Art by Zack Mosley. Featuring reprints of Smilin' Jack daily and Sunday strips (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) from 1936-1937. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 6

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    Dick Tracy. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 7

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    Gang Busters. Cover by Jim Chambers. Stories by Tom Hickey, Jim Chambers and unknown. Art by Tom Hickey, Will Ely, Al McWilliams and unknown. Featuring Gang Busters reprints from Popular Comics. Based on Philip H. Lord's radio program (later a television show). Among the tales reprinted are "The McCoy Gang" and "The Jack Markey Gang"! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 8

    Dick Tracy. Stories and Art by Chester Gould. Featuring reprints of Dick Tracy daily and Sunday strips (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) from 1938-1939. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $280 Four Color 8 CGC 3.0 Dick Tracy Rare 1st Series 1940 Tommy Gun Cover Golden Age
    $404 Four Color Comic Series One #8 1940 Dell VG- (3.5) Dick Tracy

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  • Issue #9
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 9

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    Terry and the Pirates. Stories and Art by Milton Caniff. Featuring reprints of Terry and the Pirates daily and Sunday strips (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) from 1937. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 10

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    Smilin' Jack. Stories and Art by Zack Mosley. Featuring reprints of Smilin' Jack newspaper strips (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) from 1936-1937. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $90 Four Color (1939 series) #10 Smilin' jack

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  • Issue #11
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 11

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    Smitty. Stories, Art and Cover by Walter Berndt. Featuring reprints of Smitty newspaper strips from 1936. George Bailey gives Smitty two shares of stock in his company for Christmas not realizing that his giving up those two shares costs him his position as majority stockholder. In gratitude for Smitty returning his shares of stock to George Bailey, restoring Bailey to his position as majority stockholder, the reinstated boss takes his office boy on a vacation to the North Woods. Wealthy Roger King plans to marry Mrs. Smith, whose husband disappeared years ago in an airline accident. Mr. Smith turns up as a helper to Roger King's gardeners, but with a case of amnesia, complicating the wedding plans. In further wedding woes, George Bailey does his best to extricate himself from an inadvertent promise to marry Miss Dolly Flutter. Also includes five additional Smitty 1-pagers. 64 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $65 Four Color #11 * GD 2.0 * Free ship on 2 items!

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  • Issue #12
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 12

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    Little Orphan Annie Four Color #12. 68 pages, full color. ### Cover price $0.10.

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    $1,100 Four Color #12 (1940) - CGC 7.0 - Series 1, Little Orphan Annie

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  • Issue #13
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 13

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    Walt Disney's Reluctant Dragon. Cover by Irving Tripp. Stories by unknown. Art by Irving Tripp and unknown. Featuring: The Reluctant Dragon; Baby Weems; Donald Duck in "Old MacDonald Duck"; Goofy in "How To Ride A Horse"! Plus: Mickey Mouse in the text story "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (from Fantasia)! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $350 Four Color #13 (1941) GD/VG 3.0 Walt Disney's Reluctant Dragon Dell Publishing

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  • Issue #14
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 14

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    Moon Mullins. Stories and Art by Frank Willard. Featuring reprints of Moon Mullins newspaper strips from 1937. 68 pages, full color. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #15
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 15

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    Tillie the Toiler. Stories and Art by Russ Westover. Featuring reprints of Tillie the Toiler newspaper strips (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) from 1936-1937. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $265 DELL FOUR COLOR COMICS 1ST SERIES # 15 CLASSIC TILLIE THE TOILER COVER GOOD GIRL

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  • Issue #16
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 16
    • INCOMPLETE. First wrap missing. Interrupts art and story.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Mickey Mouse. "Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot" - Written by Floyd Gottfredson (plot) and Merrill de Maris (script). Art by Floyd Gottfredson, Ted Thwaites and Bill Wright. Cover by Carl Von Buettner? A reprinting of the story from the Mickey Mouse daily newspaper strips (King Features Syndicate) from 1939. Starring Mickey Mouse, the Phantom Blot, Chief O'Hara, Minnie Mouse, Goofy and Pluto! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #17
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 17

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    Walt Disney's Dumbo, the Flying Elephant. "Dumbo of the Circus" - Written by unknown. Art and Cover by Irving Tripp. Featuring Walt Disney's Dumbo the Flying Elephant! Plus: Pluto the Pup in reprints of Silly Symphony Sunday strips (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) from 1939; Mickey Mouse in "The Brave Little Tailor" by Merrill de Maris (adaptation), Floyd Gottfredson, Manuel Gonsalez and Ted Thwaites (reprint of Mickey Mouse Sunday strips (King Features Syndicate) from 1938); Donald Duck in the text story "The Village Smithy"! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $350 Four Color Comic Series One #17 1941 Dell G+ (2.5) Walt Disney's Dumbo
    $1,500 Four Color Vol 1 #17 CGC 5.5 Dell (1941) 1st Appearance Dumbo

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  • Issue #18
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 18

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    Jiggs and Maggie. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $210 JIGGS MAGGIE #18 1938 FOUR COLOR COMICS SERIES 1 DELL GOLDEN AGE

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  • Issue #19
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 19

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    Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #20
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 20

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    Tiny TimStories and Art by Stanley Link. Featuring reprints of Tiny Tim daily and Sunday strips (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) from 1934. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #21
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 21
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • INCOMPLETE. Pieces missing, interrupts art and story. RESTORATION. Spine rebuild, tear seals.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Dick Tracy. Stories and Art by Chester Gould. Featuring reprints of Dick Tracy newspaper strips (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) from 1938. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $285 Four Color Comic Series One #21 1942 Dell VG- (3.5) Dick Tracy

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  • Issue #22
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 22

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    Don Winslow. Stories by LCmdr Frank V. Martinek. Art by Leon Beroth. Featuring reprints of Don Winslow of the Navy comic strips (The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) from 1938. Starring Don Winslow, Red and Mercedes! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $35 FOUR COLOR #22 [1939 P] DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY 1ST OF SERIES!

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  • Issue #23
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 23

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    Gang Busters. Stories by unknown. Art by Erwin L. Hess, Dick Fletcher, Dan Gormley, Jim Chambers and unknown. Featuring Gang Busters reprints from Popular Comics. Based on Philip H. Lord's radio program (later a television show). Among the tales reprinted are "Pete Bono" and "'Sailor' Kimbro"! Plus: 1-page text article "The Teeth of the Law"! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #24
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 24

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    Captain Easy. Stories and Art by Roy Crane. Featuring reprints of Captain Easy newspaper strips (NEA Service, Inc.) from 1939-1940. Starring Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs! 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $70 Four Color Comics Series One #24 Captain Easy 1942 Dell G+ (2.5) C-OW pages

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  • Issue #25
    Four Color (1939-1942 Dell 1st Series) 25

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    Popeye. Stories and Art by Elzie Segar. Featuring Popeye reprints from Thimble Theatre newspaper strips (King Features Syndicate, Inc.) from 1935-1937. Starring Popeye, Olive Oyl, Wimpy, The Jeep, Sea Hag, Swee'pea, The Goon and Poopdeck Pappy! (Bluto appears on the cover, but not in the book.) 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.