Four Color #5 - Raggedy Ann and Andy
(1942)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
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Issue Notes

Indicia title is "RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY, No. 5." No code number. Copyright 1942 by Johnny Gruelle Company.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Raggedy Ann and Andy / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Inks
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Letters
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Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Loonie; Friendly Dragon; Snoopwiggy; Old Horse
Keywords
ragdolls

Raggedy Ann's Adventures (Table of Contents: 1)

Raggedy Ann / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Letters
typeset

Characters
Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy
Synopsis
Introduction to the feature and preview of the stories.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

A Very Mysterious Mystery (Table of Contents: 2)

Raggedy Ann / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
George Kerr
Inks
George Kerr
Colors
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Letters
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Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Marcella; Old Horse; Loonie
Synopsis
When items begin disappearing from the toy room, Raggedy Andy stays awake and finds that a Loonie is taking them. He and Raggedy Ann trail the Loonie to a mysterious tree which is the entrance to the land of the Loonies. They explore the strange land until they find the missing items.

Indexer Notes

Story continues in next sequence.

The Lost Loonies (Table of Contents: 3)

Raggedy Ann / comic story / 31 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Kerr
Inks
George Kerr
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Marcella; Old Horse; Loonie; Friendly Dragon [Dreadful Dragon]
Synopsis
Realizing that the Old Horse did not come back with them from Loonie Land, Raggedy Ann and Andy return to Loonie Land the next night. They are guided by an old Loonie to the castle of the Dreadful Dragon, who they befriend. The Dragon flies them around until they find the Old Horse. After being reunited, the group finds that the Loonies have been taken by a giant.

Indexer Notes

Continued from previous sequence.

The Jumping Sailboat (Table of Contents: 4)

Raggedy Ann / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Kerr
Inks
George Kerr
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy; Marcella; Snoopwiggy; Grinny Bear; Prince Gallant; Princess Joy
Synopsis
Raggedy Ann and Andy become entangled in Marcella's balloons and are carried into the sky. After landing on an island they are captured by the Snoopwiggy and Grinny Bear, who have a jumping sailboat. The quartet all end up tangled in the balloons and float away to the castle of Prince Gallant and Princess Joy, the true owners of the jumping sailboat.

Johnny Gruelle (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
typeset

Genre
biography
Characters
Raggedy Ann; Raggedy Andy
Synopsis
Short account of how Johnny Gruelle created the Raggedy Ann books.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Article with Raggedy Ann and Andy illustrations.

[Friendly Dragon and Loonies] (Table of Contents: 6)

Raggedy Ann / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Friendly Dragon; Loonies; Old Horse
Synopsis
Three scenes from the stories bordered in red with white diagonal stripes.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Raggedy Ann and Andy
  2. 1. Raggedy Ann's Adventures
    Raggedy Ann
  3. 2. A Very Mysterious Mystery
    Raggedy Ann
  4. 3. The Lost Loonies
    Raggedy Ann
  5. 4. The Jumping Sailboat
    Raggedy Ann
  6. 5. Johnny Gruelle
  7. 6. [Friendly Dragon and Loonies]
    Raggedy Ann
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Scott Pell
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore