Four Color #391 - Uncle Wiggily
(April 1952)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "UNCLE WIGGILY, No. 391." Code number is U.W.O.S. #390-524. (Code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1952 by Howard Garis. Sixth of nine Uncle Wiggily Four Colors.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Wiggily / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Hubbard
Inks
Al Hubbard
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Uncle Wiggily
Reprints
Keywords
acorns; slingshots; squirrels

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

[Fishing] (Table of Contents: 1)

Cubby Bear and Uncle Butch / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roger Garis
Pencils
Bill Weaver
Inks
Bill Weaver

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Cubby Bear; Butch Bear; Uncle Butter (cameo)
Synopsis
Cubby and Butch can only reel in junk when they're fishing, so they sell the junk to buy fish from the store.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Uncle Wiggily / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Garis
Pencils
Bill Weaver
Inks
Bill Weaver
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Weaver

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I hope Roscoe Rooster has my Easter eggs ready!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Uncle Wiggily; Butch Bear; Roscoe Rooster; Eenie Wolverine; Pokey Turtle
Synopsis
Roscoe Rooster offends the hens on his farm and they stop laying eggs in protest. Wiggily and Butch go searching for eggs for Easter and find that Eenie Wolverine has a large supply--at inflated prices.

Indexer Notes

Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Uncle Wiggily's North Pole Vacation (Table of Contents: 3)

Uncle Wiggily / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Garis
Pencils
Bill Weaver
Inks
Bill Weaver
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Weaver

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Uncle Wiggily; Possie Possum; Whitewash the Polar Bear; Shaggy Wolf
Synopsis
Shaggy Wolf takes Wiggily to the North Pole in his homemade airplane to visit Whitewash the Polar Bear.

Indexer Notes

Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

[Bees] (Table of Contents: 4)

Cubby Bear and Uncle Butch / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roger Garis
Pencils
Bill Weaver
Inks
Bill Weaver

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Butch Bear; Cubby Bear
Synopsis
Cubby knocks down a beehive; but Butch is the one the bees chase.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Uncle Wiggily / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roger Garis
Pencils
Bill Weaver
Inks
Bill Weaver
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Weaver

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I need some things from the store, Wiggily!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Uncle Wiggily; Nurse Jane; Sammy; Uncle Butter
Synopsis
Nurse Jane sends Wiggily and Sammy to store to get some groceries.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Uncle Wiggily
  2. 1. [Fishing]
    Cubby Bear and Uncle Butch
  3. 2. ["I hope Roscoe Rooster has my Easter eggs ready!"]
    Uncle Wiggily
  4. 3. Uncle Wiggily's North Pole Vacation
    Uncle Wiggily
  5. 4. [Bees]
    Cubby Bear and Uncle Butch
  6. 5. ["I need some things from the store, Wiggily!"]
    Uncle Wiggily
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • John P. Selegue