Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) comic books 1946 or later

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Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO". Cover art by Walt Kelly. The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio, script by Carlo Collodi (novel) and Chase Craig (adaptation), art by Walt Kelly; The Blue Fairy brings Gepetto's wooden puppet Pinocchio to life; Jiminy Cricket is enlisted as his conscience.; Pinocchio is first captured by the evil showman Stromboli, but is rescued by the Blue Fairy; Not learning a lesson, Pinocchio is then enticed to travel with a coach load of boys to Pleasure Island. The Wonderful Mis-Adventures of Donocchio; After reading the story of Pinocchio, Donald wishes he was Pinocchio; The Blue Fairy grants his wish, and gives him two more wishes; As Pinocchio, Donald (with a head of black hair) gets involved with Gideon and Foulfellow and ends up sold to Stromboli. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Indicia title is "GENE AUTRY IN "THE BANDIT OF BLACK ROCK," No. 93." Cover art by Till Goodan. Gene Autry and The Bandit of Black Rock, art by Jesse Marsh; Gene comes to visit an old friend, Jud Grant, at Black Rock; When he gets there he finds that Jud has shot himself; He goes to the ranch to see Jud's wife Mary and finds that Judge Hanly, Doctor Jones, and Jack Wilson are trying to talk her into selling the ranch to Wilson. Gene Autry and Little Pete, art by Jesse Marsh; Gene is stopped on the road by a little boy whose uncle has been shot and killed; Gene takes the boy to town where he finds that the boy's father is in prison and his mother is dead; Gene takes the boy to a carnival, where the boy recognizes the man in the strong man act as the one who killed his uncle. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "WINNIE WINKLE, No. 94." Untitled Winnie Winkle stories, scripts and art by Martin Branner. Will's mother comes to visit. Will's mother goes home, but leaves a check as a gift. Winnie and Will have trouble paying the bills. Winnie goes into the dressmaking business, but Will objects to his wife having a job. Winnie baby-sits a little girl who Will can't stand. Bitsy goes to visit her grandmother. Will continues to win at the races, but can't tell Winnie about his winnings since she disapproves of gambling. Will manages to up his race winnings to $1,200. Will keeps betting on the horses, but starts losing money. Will loses all of $1,200 he won by betting on horse races. After leaving Will because of his gambling, Winnie goes to her parents' house; She returns to the apartment, only to be accused of being a burglar and is taken to the police station. Reprinted from Winnie Winkle (News-Tribune Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1938. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "ROY ROGERS COMICS, No. 95." Roy Rogers photo cover. Publicity photo of Roy sitting on fence on inside front cover. King of the Cowboys, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale; Roy helps a young lad find his dad's murderer, and comes close to a necktie party himself. Blood in the Badlands, script by Gaylord Du Bois, art by Albert Micale. Publicity photo of Roy sitting on hay bale, playing guitar on inside back cover. Roy in barn, gun drawn, tinted posed photo on back cover. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "DICK TRACY, No. 96." Untitled Dick Tracy stories, scripts and art by Chester Gould. Tracy finds a chemist being held as a slave by Yogee Yamma in an abandoned section of the subway. In a drunken stupor after getting a $500,000 payoff and thinking he has gotten rid of Tracy and the chemist, Yogee Yamma passes out in a hotel room. Black Pearl takes Tracy and Patton to a secret proving grounds in the mountains to have them test her combination tank-plane-submarine. Tracy and Patton have to test the tank against flame-throwers. Junior sets up a bike-parking business with a man named Buck. Junior tracks the bicycle thieves to their mobile workshop, but the crooks back the truck suddenly, severely injuring him. Tracy and Patton capture Deafy's gang at his mother's hamburger stand, but Deafy escapes. Reprinted from Dick Tracy (Chicago Tribune) newspaper strips from 1940. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "MARGE'S LITTLE LULU, No. 97." Cover art by John Stanley. Little Lulu stories, scripts and art by John Stanley. Little Lulu Enters a Contest; Lulu makes a model airplane to fly in a contest. Tubby's Travels; Tubby decides he wants to be a hobo. Little Lulu Has Family Trouble; Lulu's cat Christopher has five kittens; Eventually Lulu has to give the kittens away, but the mother cat keeps retrieving them. Little Lulu Goes On a Picnic; Lulu and Tubby go on a picnic and meet up with a bear. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "The Lone Ranger, No. 98." Mystery of Pine River; Stagecoach drivers are mysteriously killed. The Evil Spirit; Indians are driven off their land when the water goes bad. Bad Men Amuck; The Lone Ranger keeps a sheriff from being lynched. Six-Gun Saga; The Snake's gang kidnaps a sheriff's daughter to use as a hostage to rob a train of gold. Killer Round-Up; The Lone Ranger and Tonto keep crooks from taking possession of an oil well. Scripts by Fran Striker, art by Ed Kressy and Charles Flanders. Reprinted from The Lone Ranger (King Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1938 and 1939. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Indicia title is "SMITTY, No. 99." Untitled Smitty stories, scripts and art by Walter Berndt. Herby's new teacher gets the wrong idea when she sees Herby walking to school with a policeman. Herby starts to write a love note but his teacher looks over his shoulder. Smitty and Mr. Bailey go to their usual North Woods fishing resort; There they bring Little Moose the Indian to live with them and try to teach him "civilized" manners. Herby's parents take in his school teacher as a boarder. A football coach wants Mr. Bailey to give him a never-fail football play from his playing days in 1906. Mr. Bailey thinks a girl in the building across the street is flirting with him when she puts signs in the window. Smitty tries to join the Army and the Navy but is turned down. Reprinted from Smitty (Chicago Tribune) daily newspaper strips from 1941. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Gene Autry Comics. Stories by unknown. Art by Jesse Marsh and various. Photo cover of Gene Autry and Champion. Featuring the tales "Gene Autry and the Battle of the Running-W," "Gene Autry and the Key" and "Frozen Trails"! 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.