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Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) comic books 1951-1953

  • Issue #501
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 501

    Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 501." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Farm Auction; Francis thinks he's bidding on a horse blanket, but ends up with a buggy, instead. The Missing Link; After hiring on a freighter, Francis and Pete end up in Africa; Francis is sentenced to death by a sheik because he is "full of evil spirits"; Pete helps Francis escape by painting stripes on him so that the mule supposedly looks like a zebra. All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #503
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 503
    • Interior complete. Front cover missing with back cover attached with tape. Cover oxidation.

    Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 503." Cover art by Bill Weaver. Finding a Job for Shaggy Wolf; Wiggily tries to help Shaggy Wolf get a job and become successful; but Shaggy gets fired as quickly as he's hired. Contests for Rights to the Turtle Pond; Pokey Turtle and his cousin Trundle go through a series of contests to settle who has rights to the turtle pond. A Fortune in the Stove; Wiggily sells an old stove, not knowing that's where Nurse Jane hid her life savings. All art by Bill Weaver. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #505
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 505

    The Sword and the Rose (Disney movie adaptation). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $7 Four Color No. 505 - Sword and the Rose (Oct 1953, Western) - Good-
    $10 Walt Disney's The Sword and the Rose Dell Four Color Comics #505 1953 VG-
    3 hours left Auction Four Color Sword And The Rose (1942) #505 - Good

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  • Issue #506
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 506

    Incidia title is "LITTLE SCOUTS, No. 506." The Hanford House Mystery; Mr. Hanford disappeared years ago and his house has been empty since; While collecting scrap, the Little Scouts are given some picture frames and a painting from the Hanford House. Poor Little Rich Boy; Clifton Courtney IV, son of very rich man, comes to the Scouts' camp on Farmer Brown's farm, accompanied by his valet Jarvis and all the comforts of home. The Rambling Wreck; Scoutmaster Johnson shows up in a beat-up old car to take the Scouts to Eagle Lake; When the car breaks down, the Scouts dismantle it while trying to help fix it. Giants and Fairies; The Scouts are volunteered to take part in Miss Primly's dramatic club's play, "The Fairies of Yellow Mountain." All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #507
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 507

    Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 507." The Giant Leprechaun; A giant leprechaun is kicked out of Ireland for being a bully and can't return until he does a good deed; The magic kick lands him near Oswald's new home. The Lost Thousand Dollar Bill; When his boss loses a thousand dollar bill, Oswald invites him to his house for dinner to cheer him up. Oswald the Magician; Oswald decides to become a magician. The Fake Violinist; Oswald pretends to play his violin to a record, but a passer-by thinks Oswald is the one doing the playing and takes him to join his orchestra. All art by John Carey. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #508
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 508

    Indicia title is "BOZO, featuring Bozo the Capitol Clown, No. 508." Cover art by Lee Hooper. Bozo the Capitol Clown and the Vanishing Elephants; Elephants keep disappearing from the circus despite being under guard; Bozo and Sparky investigate and it appears the Boss is using an inflatable elephant to swindle the insurance company. Bozo the Capitol Clown and the "Ya-Chi-Ta Lion"; When a lion escapes from his cage, Bozo uses some ventriloquism to convince the Boss that it is a "Ya-Chi-Ta," a lion that talks. Mojah's Evil Spell; The Boss fires Mojah the elephant trainer, who puts a curse on the circus; A small man applies for work as a magician, but the Boss doesn't believe him and hires him as a water boy for the elephants. Scripts by Don Sheppard, art by Lee Hooper. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    2 hours left Auction Four Color #508 Bozo the Capitol Clown!!! Dell/Gold key 1953

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  • Issue #509
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 509

    Cover by Dick Moores. Stories by unknown. Art by Tony Strobl and Paul Murry. Featuring six untitled tales, plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Pluto, Mickey Mouse, Morty and Ferdie, Emery, Chief O'Hara and Minnie Mouse! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    2 days left Auction walt disney pluto dell issue 509 from 1953

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  • Issue #510
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 510
    • 3/4" spine split.

    Son of Black Beauty. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #511
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 511

    Indicia title is "Zane Grey's OUTLAW TRAIL (The Border Legion), No. 511." Painted cover art. Zane Grey's Outlaw Trail, script by Zane Grey (original story) and Gaylord Du Bois (comic adaptation), art by Everett Raymond Kinstler; Spurned by Joan Randle, Jim Cleve goes to join Jack Kells' gang of outlaws, the Border Legion; Joan follows Cleve, but gets captured by Kells; She poses as Kells' wife when the gang comes to get Kells to go to his ranch on the Idaho border; Cleve comes to join the gang right before they head to Adler Gulch, which has become a boom town because of discovery of a rich gold strike. Adapted from the 1916 novel "The Border Legion" by Zane Grey. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #514
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 514
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story.

    Indicia title is "FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, No. 514." Painted cover art. Frosty the Snowman Makes the Forest Safe; A wolf captures the forest elves when they try to leave the woods to spend their diamonds. Frosty comes to their rescue. Frosty the Snowman Goes to the City; Tess and Tom run off to the city. Frosty has a series of misadventures there before he finds the pair and brings them home. Frosty the Snowman and the Crystal Castle; Every single hobby-horse has been stolen from Santa's workshop and taken to the Crystal Castle in the Frozen Forest. Santa summons Frosty to go to the castle to retrieve the toys with the help of the toy soldiers Pip and Squeek. All art by Don Gunn. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #517
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 517
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4385984018
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Dick Moores. Stories by unknown. Pencils by Ken Champin and Riley Thompson. Featuring four untitled tales, plus an activity page on the inside front cover and a 1-page story on the back cover. Starring Chip 'n' Dale, Donald Duck, Pinocchio, Wicked Witch, Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear and Pluto! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $65 Four Color #517 CGC 2.0 Disney Chip 'N' Dale 1953

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  • Issue #519
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 519

    Indicia title is "Milton Caniff's STEVE CANYON, No. 519." Painted cover art. South American Spy Caper, script by Paul S. Newman, art by William Overgard and Milton Caniff; Steve Canyon is sent on an undercover mission to a communist-infiltrated South American country; The task is complicated when the owner of the plane Canyon is to fly down decides to go along for the ride, and to take his kid brother along. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #522
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 522

    Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 522." Cover art by Don Gunn. The Brownies Blast Off Into Space; Brainy and Spindly attempt to reach the moon in a homemade rocket powered by a firecracker; They land on a watermelon in Farmer Brown's field instead. The Brownies Rescue Mrs. Ladybug; The Brownies fight a grass fire caused by carelessly tossed cigar. The Brownies Play a Benefit Show; When Farmer Brown's daughter is ill, the Brownies make a pretend television set out of a cardboard box and put on a variety show to entertain her. Trapped in a Bottle; The Brownies rescue Billy Beetle after the Badkins put him in a glass jar. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #523
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 523

    Indicia title is "RIN-TIN-TIN, No. 523." Rin Tin Tin photo cover. Rinty Finds a Friend, art by Sparky Moore; When one of his best friends is murdered, J. B. Mooney sends Red and Rinty to the site of the murder to investigate. Bound in Red, art by Sparky Moore; Thieves break into J. B. Mooney's study and steal a red-bound confidential report on his employees to use for blackmail; Mooney suspects his former personnel manager, Brad Pearson, of ringleading the crime and Red and Rinty investigate. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    3 hours left Auction Four Color Rin Tin Tin (1942) #505 - Good

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  • Issue #524
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 524

    Indicia title is "TWEETY AND SYLVESTER, No. 524." Win a Bird, pencils by Pete Alvarado, inks by Vic Lockman; Sylvester chases Tweety around an amusement park. Wrecked by the Wrecking Crew, art by Pete Alvarado; Sylvester tries to catch Tweety while a building is being razed by a wrecking crew. Butch's Birthday Party, art by Vic Lockman; Tweety is on a ship in the harbor; Sylvester tries to catch him to give to a bully cat, Butch, for a birthday present. One of Us Has Got to Go; Sylvester rigs up a death trap for Tweety by tying him to an automobile wheel. The Flying Cat; Sylvester tries to catch Tweety, who is resting on the ledge of a tall building. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $15 Four Color Series II #524 - Tweety and Sylvester - G/VG
    1 day left Auction Four Color - Dell #524 Tweety and Sylvester, Fine-, Dec. 1953

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  • Issue #552
    Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 552

    Indicia title is "BEETLE BAILEY, No. 552." Cover art by Mort Walker. Key to the Safe; Beetle accidentally drops the key to the Captain's safe in the back of a garbage track; He races to the dump, only to be detained by the police twice, once for speeding and later for looking like a vagrant after digging through the trash to find the key. Roughing It; A Senator comes to inspect the camp after receiving complaints that the troops have been living in the woods for two months. Beetle's Furlough; Beetle returns to his home town for a furlough; He is chosen to judge a beauty contest, but gets some salt and pepper in his eyes and can't see. All scripts and pencils by Mort Walker, inks by Fred Rhoads. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.