Four Color #713 - The Animal World
(August 1956)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1956
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "THE ANIMAL WORLD, No. 713." Code number is A.W.O.S. #713-568. Copyright 1956 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Adapted from the 1956 Warner Bros. movie "The Animal World."

The Animal World (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (paintings)
Inks
? (paintings)
Colors
? (paintings)
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Reprints

The Animal World (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Photos of a fight between a tyrannosaurus and a triceratops (stop-action animated) taken from the movie.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Seven photos from the movie; brief typeset text, and the main credits from the movie

The First Animals (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
Facts about the earliest forms of life in the sea, with some modern-day comparisons.

Indexer Notes

Opening page combines scientific theories of the first life with Biblical quotations. Panels with typeset narration. Script submitted on February 19, 1956 under the title "Creatures of the Sea." Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

Prehistoric Animals (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
Facts about the lives of dinosaurs, including a battle between an Allosaurus and a Brontosaurus and a face-off between a Triceratops and a Tyrannosaur.

Indexer Notes

Panels with typeset narration. Script submitted on February 19, 1956. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

Early Man and Mammals (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
Facts about early mammals and prehistoric man.

Indexer Notes

The introduction of humans is written as a two-panel combination of then-known science and the Biblical story of Adam. Panels with typeset narration. Script submitted on February 21, 1956, under the title "Age of Mammals and Man." Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

Animals Today (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
Facts about various modern-day animals, ranging from whales to lions and tigers.

Indexer Notes

Panels with typeset narration. Script submitted on February 23, 1956. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No one knows just how, but the parade of animal life started about 2 billion years ago...
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Summary of the evolution of life from single-celled sea life to modern man.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Typeset text superimposed over a large gray drawing of a brontosaurus. Dell's "A Pledge to Parents" is included in the lower right corner.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Bill Wisdom Says; Juicy Fruit Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Timetable of Animal Life (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Alternate back cover with Juicy Fruit Gum ad (see sequence 7).

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Animal World
  2. 1. The Animal World
  3. 2. The First Animals
  4. 3. Prehistoric Animals
  5. 4. Early Man and Mammals
  6. 5. Animals Today
  7. 6. ["No one knows just how, but the parade of animal life started about 2 billion years ago..."]
  8. 7. ["Your vacation is so short..."]
    Bill Wisdom Says; Juicy Fruit Gum
  9. 8. Timetable of Animal Life
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Ramon Schenk