Four Color #435 - Frosty the Snowman
(November 1952)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1952
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, No. 435." Code number is F.O.S. #435-5211. Copyright 1952 by Hill & Range Songs, Inc. Second of eleven Frosty the Snowman Four Colors.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Frosty the Snowman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Frosty the Snowman
Keywords
brooms; dancing; snow; snowmen

Indexer Notes

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

[Woodman Spare That Tree] (Table of Contents: 1)

Frosty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Frosty the Snowman
Synopsis
Frosty convinces a woodchopper to spare a tree that is home to a pair of squirrels.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story.

Frosty the Snowman and the Old Top Hat (Table of Contents: 2)

Frosty the Snowman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Frosty the Snowman
Synopsis
Frosty lets the kids borrow his magic top hat to get it cleaned, but in an accident it is exchanged with a magician's top hat. Frosty's hat has a series of owners and misadventures before it is returned to its rightful wearer.

Indexer Notes

Frosty can move his arms and talk, but cannot move his legs unless he is wearing the hat. He appears in only the first two pages and the last page of the story.

[Saving Frozen Ducks] (Table of Contents: 3)

Frosty the Snowman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Frosty the Snowman
Synopsis
Frosty and his friends rescue some ducks who have become frozen in the ice while swimming in a pond. They thaw them out by taking them to a hot springs spa.

[Bad Bobbie] (Table of Contents: 4)

Frosty the Snowman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Frosty the Snowman; Bobbie
Synopsis
Bobbie fools Frosty into cleaning the snow off the sidewalk for him. He then plays another trick on Frosty that ends up covering the sidewalk with snow again. This time Bobbie falls while shoveling and hurts his wrist. Frosty finishes the job for Bobbie, who is now ashamed of how he acted.

[The Forest Christmas Party] (Table of Contents: 5)

Frosty the Snowman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Frosty the Snowman; Jack Frost; Santa Claus
Synopsis
On Christmas Eve, Frosty decides the animals of the forest deserve a Christmas party. Frosty, Jack Frost, and the animals trim a fir tree in the forest. Santa then arrives after receiving a note from Frosty.

[The Too-Warm Polar Bear] (Table of Contents: 6)

Frosty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Frosty the Snowman
Synopsis
Frosty finds Oliver the Polar Bear, who has escaped from the zoo because his pool wasn't cold enough.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white.

[Refrigerated Vacation] (Table of Contents: 7)

Frosty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Frosty the Snowman
Synopsis
Frosty takes a vacation in a refrigerated railroad boxcar.

Indexer Notes

Back cover; color.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Frosty the Snowman
  2. 1. [Woodman Spare That Tree]
    Frosty
  3. 2. Frosty the Snowman and the Old Top Hat
    Frosty the Snowman
  4. 3. [Saving Frozen Ducks]
    Frosty the Snowman
  5. 4. [Bad Bobbie]
    Frosty the Snowman
  6. 5. [The Forest Christmas Party]
    Frosty the Snowman
  7. 6. [The Too-Warm Polar Bear]
    Frosty
  8. 7. [Refrigerated Vacation]
    Frosty
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose