Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) comic books in grade VG or better

Add to cart Very Good $11.25

Add to cart VG 4.0 $11.25

#1039, 11-1/60, 10c. Pluto. Adventures with Mickey Mouse's dog Pluto. Issue features "Caught in the Act," "Stick-Around Hound," "Too Much Luck," and "Swamp Safari." Issue also has one-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $225.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4634534008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Indicia title is "THE THREE CHIPMUNKS, No. 1042." Based on the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" recordings by David Seville. The Troublesome Trio; Alvin, Simon and Theodore are taking voice lessons from Prof. Pitch before their big concert. The Record Request; Dave and the Chipmunks try to get disc jockey Hy Platter to play their new record. The Haunted Harmonica; Annoyed when Alvin's early morning harmonica playing wakes him up, Simon throws the harmonica into an old haunted house. Happy Birthday; Dave gets the Chipmunks jobs singing "Happy Birthday" to various people; but the trio manage to ruin the birthday parties they're hired for. The Clean Up Campaign; Alvin is sentenced to "clean up the town" when he is arrested for littering. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 9.4 $732.75 View scans Paper: Off white to white From the Random House Archives. File Copy. Label #0026441008 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Indicia title is "BEEP BEEP, No. 1046." Cover pencils by Pete Alvarado. High Flying Creep; Wile E. tries to catch the Road Runners from a balloon; Later Beep Beep and his sons go fishing and Wile E. tries various methods to catch them in the middle of a lake. The Treasure Trap; Wile E. sends Beep Beep a fake treasure map. The Tricked Trickster; Wile E. invents a Road-Runner catching robot. Innocently Guilty; Beep Beep buys a shotgun for protection against Wile E. All pencils by Pete Alvarado. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $14.00 View scan Water spotting and residue.

Cover art by Carl Barks. A full-page drawing of the exterior of Gyro's workshop, with Gyro on a bike-saucer by Carl Barks. The Stubborn Stork; Gyro and Scrooge use Gyro's bike-saucers as they try to remove a nesting stork from an air vent leading from Scrooge's money bin, but the stork keeps coming back. Milktime Melodies; Gyro invents a special hi-fi set to keep Grandma's cows happy. The Lost Rabbit Foot; Gyro invents a machine to locate Gladstone's lost rabbit's foot. Scripts and art by Carl Barks. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $32.50 View scans Cover oxidation.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $42.00 View scan Cover oxidation. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Indicia title is "THE HORSE SOLDIERS, No. 1048." Adapted from the 1959 movie "The Horse Soldiers." Painted cover art. Preview with photos. The Horse Soldiers, script by Gaylord Du Bois, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Mike Peppe; Col. Marlowe and his Union calvary strike deep into Confederate territory and after a pitched battle at Newton Station, continue to fight their way to the Union forces at Baton Rogue. Short article on the Confederate use of gabions, a forerunner of the modern foxhole. Facts about filming one scene from the movie. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $17.00 View scan

Add to cart VG 4.0 $16.00 View scan

Indicia title is "Ben Hur, No. 1052. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Ben-Hur." Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. Ben-Hur, script by Lew Wallace (original story), and Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer (comic adaptation), art by Russ Manning; Messala returns to Jerusalem to become commander of the Roman Legion there. He meets a childhood friend, Prince Judah Ben-Hur, who is the richest man in the city; Massala asks him to put down a possible rebellion by the Jews. Ben-Hur refuses and is sentenced to be a galley slave; After three years on the galleys, he saves the life of Commander Quintus Arrius during a sea battle and is given his freedom, though not allowed to return to Judea. He becomes an expert chariot racer and is rewarded by being named Arrius' heir. Facts about Ben-Hur the movie with photos. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $21.00 View scan

Indicia title is "HUCKLEBERRY HOUND WINTER FUN, No. 1054." Cover art by Harvey Eisenberg. Huckleberry Hound's Snow Boner activity page; the reader must find 13 bones hidden in the illustration. Snowman Safari; Huck goes north to capture the Abdominal Snowman. A rebus game using sports equipment activity page. Something Fishy; Yogi and Boo Boo go ice fishing. The Icy Mice; Pixie and Dixie are cold; they aggravate Jinks so he'll chase them and the exercise will warm them up. The Big Tow; Huck tries to help a misfit duck fly south for the winter. Huckleberry Hound's Snow Fort Sport button-tossing activity page. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $12.75

Indicia title is "YELLOWSTONE KELLY, No. 1056." Adapted from the 1959 movie "Yellowstone Kelly." Photo cover of Yellowstone Kelly (as played by Clint Walker), Anse Harper (Edd Byrnes), and Wahleeah (Andra Martin). Preview with photos. Yellowstone Kelly, script by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer, art by Dan Spiegle; A fur trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory; He takes on a tenderfoot assistant named Anse and together they give shelter to Wahleeah, who has run away from her Sioux captors; The Chief allows the woman to stay for a while with Kelly and Anse, over the objections of Sayapi, the Chief's nephew; In the meantime, a garrison of Calvary is planning to cross the Yellowstone River to drive the Sioux north. Sayapi returns to Kelly's cabin while Kelly is away, kills Anse, and takes Waheelah. The Trapper's Cache fact page, art by Dan Spiegle. Strong Medicine for Peace filler page, art by Dan Spiegle; story about a Sioux and Crow Indian conflict. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $8.90

Ad on back cover. Mickey Mouse Album. Mickey Mouse's photo album leads into reminiscing about stories involving his relatives "Uncle Boomer," "Cousin Moocher," "Ben Ali Maus," "Uncle Mukluk," and "Cousin Digger." Issue also has one-page puzzles. Entire issue is comic, no ads. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $12.75 Water damage.

Ad back cover. Indicia title is "Walt Scott's CHRISTMAS STORIES, No. 1062." Stories reprinted from NEA 1957 Christmas newspaper strips. Painted cover art by Walt Scott. Jeremy Christmas; The Spirit of Christmas assigns Jeremy Christmas, an elf, to rehabilitate four lazy men--Flash, Rush, Instant, and Sudden--who live on Slipshod Creek. The Music Box Trio; Melvin Mouse takes Holly, Jingle, and Tinsel, the figures on a music box who have come to life, to the Valley of the Small ones to reform a miser, Packard Ratte, who runs the trading post there. The Three Wishes; Three neighbors, who are musicians and play together, rescue an elf whose beard is frozen in a creek. Short recap of the life of George Frederick Handel and his writing of "The Messiah" oratorio. Short history of Christmas songs. The story of the writing of the Christmas hymn "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" in 1868. All art by Walt Scott. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00

Indicia title is "77 SUNSET STRIP, No. 1066." Photo cover of Stuart Bailey (as played by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.), Jeff Spencer (Roger Smith), and Kookie (by Edd Byrnes). Intro with photos. Safari in Troublesville; Kookie subs for Stu Bailey in an investigation involving a beautiful young woman and a supposedly "cursed" painting. The Big Catch; Stu and Jeff head back to the office after a vacation at a beachfront house. Scripts by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer, art by Alex Toth. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $10.25

Cover art by Carl Barks. Bored of Agriculture, script by Vic Lockman, pencils by Tony Strobl, inks by Steve Steere. Turtle Waddle Game activity page featuring Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Touché Toupeé, scriptby Vic Lockman, art by Carl Barks; After Grandma's horse eats some of his hay and apples, her neighbor Si Bumpkin accuses her of stealing his eggs. The Snow Chaser, script by Vic Lockman, art by Carl Barks; Gyro uses a "snow chaser" to vaporize snow on Grandma's farm, but through a series of misadventures, the vaporized snow builds up in storm clouds overhead. Free Ski Spree, script by Vic Lockman, art by Carl Barks; Scrooge tries winter sports at Grandma's, but has little luck at ice skating, tobogganing, or skiing. Play Grandma's Duck-a-luck activity page. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $10.50

Indicia title is "THE LITTLE RASCALS, No. 1079." Cover art by David Gantz. The New Teacher; Miss Pretty, the Rascals' school teacher, is fired because a science experiment flooded the classroom. The Devil to Pay; Alfalfa is having to pay "toll" to Toughie McGurk and his gang to cross the street. The Dog Catcher; Spanky "borrows" the dog license of Waldo's Great Dane for his dog Scrappy to try to trick the dog catcher; but the dog catcher takes Waldo's dog to the pound instead. The Snow Fight; Spanky's kid sister proves to be the Rascals' secret weapon in their snowball fight with Toughie McGurk and his Pirates. Scripts by Paul S. Newman, art by David Gantz. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $7.70

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $250.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Manufactured with interior inserted twice. Label #4362738004 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Ad back cover. Indicia title is "FURY, No. 1080." Based on the 1955-59 "Fury" syndicated TV series. Photo cover of Fury (as played by Highland Dale) and Joey Newton (as played by Bobby Diamond). Preview with photos. The Train Robbery; Two bandits take advantage of a re-enactment of an old-time train robbery to rob a modern train nearby; They escape on the old steam train then transfer to a jeep. Joey and Packy are following on their horses but get captured when the crooks' jeep gets stuck. The Bounty Hunter; Joey and Packy find a bounty hunter using a cave on the Broken Wheel ranch as a base for his wolf hunts; Aside from trespassing, the hunter is cruelly using a fawn as bait for the wolves. Facts about train robberies in the old West. All art by Tom Gill. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $12.75

Version with The Timeless Land of Flanders on back cover. Indicia title is "A DOG OF FLANDERS, No. 1088." Adapted from the 1959 movie "A Dog of Flanders." A Dog Of Flanders, script by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer, pencils by Bill Ziegler and Dan Spiegle, inks by Dan Spiegle; Young Nello Daas is an aspiring artist who lives with his elderly grandfather; The two take in a cruelly-treated dog and nurse him back to health; Nello befriends an artist, who helps him when his grandfather dies and he is left on his own. Facts about the life of Flemish master artist Peter Paul Ruebens. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $12.00

Version with ad on back cover. Indicia title is "RESTLESS GUN, No. 1089." Based on the 1957-59 NBC TV series "The Restless Gun." Photo cover of Vint Bonner (John Payne). Prediction of Doom, art by Nat Edson; Vint Bonner comes to Eagle Ridge, an uncommonly peaceable town in a rough area. An old woman warns Bonner that the peace will soon end; And it does shortly, with the bank being robbed. Bonner shoots one of the gang and puts him in the town jail. The Trial, art by Nat Edson; Vint Bonner interrupts the hold-up of a wagon with a mining company payroll; He wings one robber, but the others escape. Famous Stage Drivers, stories about three famous stage coach drivers in the old West: Uncle Jim Miller, Bob "Bugle" Hodge, and Hank Monk. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $6.40

Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 1090." Based on the "Francis the Talking Mule" movie series. Cover art by David Gantz. Mule Train, art by David Gantz; Pete and Francis are part of a covered wagon mule train that is to travel across the country; Among the travelers is a gang of bank robbers, who plan on pulling jobs in each city the mule train stops at. Francis In Orbit, art by David Gantz; Two government scientists hire Francis to take part in some top-secret space flight tests; Pete is also part of the tests, but neither knows why they are being tested. Oil and Troubled Waters, art by David Gantz; An sheik is the ruler of the only Arab land that doesn't have oil; He is told by his soothsayer that his problems will be solved if he can find a "man who speaks like a jackass." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $31.50 View scans

Jacky's Diary. Stories, Art and Cover by Jack Mendelsohn. Based on the King Features comic strip by Jack Mendelsohn. Featuring the tales "A Visit to the Circus," "Camping Out of Doors," "My Weak End in the Country," "Jacky's Dictionerry," "Jacky's Bed-Time Story about 'Jack & the Beanstalk'" and "Jacky's Histerical Stories From Histery," plus the text story "My Day in the City"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $7.20

Add to cart Very Good $7.20

Version with ad on back cover. Indicia title is "Walt Disney's TOBY TYLER, No. 1092." Adapted from the 1960 movie "Toby Tyler." Cover photo of Toby Tyler (as played by Kevin Corcoran). Toby Tyler, art by Nat Edson; The adventures of a runaway boy who joins the circus and becomes its star performer. Wagons on Parade; facts about the circus wagons used in the movie. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $6.70

Walt Disney's Goofy. Cover pencils by Tony Strobl. Stories by unknown. Art by Jack Bradbury. Featuring the tales "Merchant General," "The Carpet Caper," "Spook-Spoofer" and "Mailman Mix-up," plus the 1-page stories "Pet Patter," "Lost and Found," "Playing It Safe" and "Hi-jacked"! Starring Goofy, Gilbert, Clarabelle Cow, Mickey Mouse, Morty and Ferdie! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $15.00 View scan

Add to cart Very Good $14.00

Indicia title is "SUGARFOOT, No. 1098." Based on the TV series "Sugarfoot." Photo cover of Tom Sugarfoot Brewster (as played by Will Hutchins). Masquerade Hero, script by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer; Sugarfoot pays a visit to old friend Sam Hawkins, but finds things have changed a lot since his last visit; Hawkins' nephew has taken charge and is in the middle of a range war with Hawkins' former friend Bill Hartford. Iron Horse Lady, script by Eric Freiwald and Robert Schaefer; Sugarfoot interrupts a train robbery and finds that the engineer is Luke Hodges, an old friend; Hodges is being forced to retire and his daughter, aided by Sugarfoot, applies for the job. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $7.50 View scan

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $11.50 View scan

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Add to cart Very Good $14.00

#1099, 5-7/60, 10c. Walt Disney's Donald Duck Album. Donald shows his photo album to the nephews which leads into five different stories featuring Donald Duck in "Donald's Dizzy Day," Daisy Duck in "Daisy's Dilemma," Scrooge McDuck in "Inspector Scrooge," Gyro Gearloose in "Gyro's Test Tizzy," and Grandma Duck in "Simply Grand Grandma." Issue also has one-page gag strips. Story and art credits: unknown. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $33.00 View scans

"Annette's Life Story" - Written by unknown. Art by Dan Spiegle. Photo Cover of Annette Funicello. It's Hollywood's most popular teenager! Also has the fillers "Annette at Play," "Annette Gives a Party," "Annette's Favorites" and "Annette at Work"! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.