Four Color
#121 - Fairy Tale Parade
(October 1946)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1946-08-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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A Dell Magazine [circle]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 121." Code number is F.T.P. #1-4610. Copyright 1946 by Oskar Lebeck.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946 Pamphlets, page 507, which states, "by O. Lebeck and Walt Kelly."
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946 Pamphlets, page 507, which states, "by O. Lebeck and Walt Kelly."
[no title indexed]
Fairy Tale Parade / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Arthur Jameson (signed as Arthur E. Jameson) (painting); Walt Kelly (border)
- Inks
- Arthur Jameson (signed as Arthur E. Jameson) (painting); Walt Kelly (border)
- Colors
- Arthur Jameson (signed as Arthur E. Jameson) (painting); Walt Kelly (border)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
A Sure Cure
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A gnome has words of wisdom to cheer up Fred Beetle when he's feeling down.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Hand-lettered text surrounded by illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Dragon Knight
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; historical
- Characters
- Dagbert
- Synopsis
- Dagbert, the son of a king who has fallen upon hard times, goes out to seek his fortune. He kills a dragon and bathes in its blood. He finds a hoard of gems in the dragon's cave and goes to a nearby castle to share the treasure with its king if he will send men to help transport the gems. The King and his men go with Dagbert but try to kill him when he shows them the treasure. However, bathing in the dragon's blood has made him immune to harm and he kills the traitorous crew and becomes the new King.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Magic Forrest
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; historical
- Synopsis
- In the midst of a medieval war, a boy finds a refuge from the invading forces in a magic forest.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Water Sprite Baby
comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- When Inga falls into a stream, she is captured by water sprites and made to swear an oath to give them her first-born baby. After her husband overhears her reliving the story in a nightmare, he dams up the stream to force the sprites to release Inga from her oath.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Twilight in the Country
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A young boy goes walking in the woods at twilight with his Uncle Ben, who tells him of the fairies and brownies who live in the trees.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Tweedle-Dum-Dee
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; historical
- Characters
- Tweedle-Dum-Dee
- Synopsis
- Tweedle-Dum-Dee, one of a number of tiny dwarfs living in the forest of Dumbee, is taken by a woodchopper to show to the King. The King makes a captive of the little man. The King's son falls in love with the woodchopper's daughter and she convinces him to set the dwarf free.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whatever could the stars be..
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A little girl is told that the stars are the lights that fairies carry to guide themselves home.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Water Sprites]
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Arthur Jameson (signed as Jameson) (painting)
- Inks
- Arthur Jameson (signed as Jameson) (painting)
- Colors
- Arthur Jameson (signed as Jameson) (painting)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Painting of water sprites frolicking in the spillway of a water-powered mill.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
Fairy Tale Parade -
1.
A Sure Cure
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2.
The Dragon Knight
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3.
The Magic Forrest
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4.
Water Sprite Baby
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5.
Twilight in the Country
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6.
Tweedle-Dum-Dee
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7.
["Whatever could the stars be.."]
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8.
[Water Sprites]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Pat Conolly
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Dave Porta
- Claus Simonsen
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