(September 1949)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 244." Code number is BROWNIES O.S. #244-499. Copyright 1949 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
[Caterpillar as Hair]
The Brownies / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- The Brownies
- Synopsis:
- A Brownie thinks he's grown hair when a fuzzy caterpillar lands on his head.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; Black, red, and white; pantomime story.
The Baby Chick
The Brownies / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- The Brownies [Jelly Bean; Koko; Wizard]
- Synopsis:
- Three Brownies help a hen find her lost chick.
The Brownies in the Funnybody Kingdom
The Brownies / comic story / 15 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- The Brownies [Beanie; Squeaky; Wiggle]; Chippie (chipmunk)
- Synopsis:
- Three Brownies find a map that leads them to "Funnybody Land," a surreal place where two of the Brownies are crowned Kings and must protect the kingdom from the King of the Rootinbaggers.
The Bumblebee
filler / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- The life of a bumblebee (in rhyme).
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
The Brownie Circus
The Brownies / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- The Brownies [Peanut; Gusto; Wistful Willy; Nosey]
- Synopsis:
- The Brownies hold a circus, but can't find a place for Peanut, the littlest Brownie.
The Ooglies
The Brownies / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- The Brownies [Wizard; others, unnamed]; The Ooglies
- Synopsis:
- The Ooglies trick the Wizard into falling down into his well.
[Pepper on Stubborn Beetle]
The Brownies / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- The Brownies
- Synopsis:
- A Brownie is on a picnic when a beetle grabs one of the sandwiches in his pincers. He won't let go until the Brownie sprinkles him with pepper, making him sneeze.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story.
The Brownie Parade
The Brownies / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Walt Kelly
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- The Brownies
- Synopsis:
- A description of the Brownie Circus Day Parade.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Text and illustration.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Caterpillar as Hair]
The Brownies -
2.
The Baby Chick
The Brownies -
3.
The Brownies in the Funnybody Kingdom
The Brownies -
4.
The Bumblebee
-
5.
The Brownie Circus
The Brownies -
6.
The Ooglies
The Brownies -
7.
[Pepper on Stubborn Beetle]
The Brownies -
8.
The Brownie Parade
The Brownies
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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