(October 1953)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 501." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #501-5310. Copyright 1953 by United Feature Syndicate.
[The Farm Auction]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Francis the Talking Mule; Pete
- Synopsis:
- Francis thinks he's bidding on a horse blanket, but ends up with a buggy, instead.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
[The Missing Link]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Francis the Talking Mule; Pete
- Synopsis:
- After hiring on a freighter, Francis and Pete end up in Africa. Francis is sentenced to death by a sheik because he is "full of evil spirits." Pete helps Francis escape by painting stripes on him so that the mule supposedly looks like a zebra.
[The Impostor]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Francis the Talking Mule; Pete
- Synopsis:
- Francis pretends to be men in a mule costume so he can enter a restaurant.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
[Laryngitis]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Francis the Talking Mule; Pete
- Synopsis:
- Pete convinces the manger of a theatrical agency to let Francis audition, but Francis has laryngitis and can't talk.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
["You call those zebra stripes?"]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
1.
[The Farm Auction]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
2.
[The Missing Link]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
3.
[The Impostor]
Francis -
4.
[Laryngitis]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule
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