Four Color #507 - Walter Lantz Oswald the Rabbit
(October 1953)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1953
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 507." Code number is OSWALD O.S. #506-5310. (Code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1953 by Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. 12th of 20 Oswald the Rabbit Four Colors.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Oswald the Rabbit / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Hall ?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; sports
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Keywords
hurdles

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Letters
John Carey

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah-h-h, what a beautiful morning!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis
Floyd and Lloyd set up a hammock for Oswald, but it's going to take a few years for the trees to grow tall enough.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008).

The Giant Leprechaun (Table of Contents: 2)

Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
John Carey

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis
A giant leprechaun is kicked out of Ireland for being a bully and can't return until he does a good deed. The magic kick lands him near Oswald's new home. Oswald tricks him into clearing some boulders near the house and his inadvertent good deed lets him go back home to Ireland.

Indexer Notes

Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
John Carey

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rule One: "Invite him home to dinner!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis
When his boss loses a thousand dollar bill, Oswald invites him to his house for dinner to cheer him up.

Indexer Notes

Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The doorbell's ringing, poppa Oswald!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis
Oswald inherits 500 acres of forest from his Aunt Ann Gora Rabbit, but there's a catch.

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

Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lynn Karp
Inks
Lynn Karp
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What're you doing, poppa Oswald?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis
Oswald decides to become a magician.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
John Carey

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So! This is what happens the minute I turn my back!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis
Oswald pretends to play his violin to a record, but a passer-by thinks Oswald is the one doing the playing and takes him to join his orchestra.

Indexer Notes

Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008).

[Squirt-Guns] (Table of Contents: 7)

Floyd and Lloyd / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis
Floyd and Lloyd use their squirt guns on the animals at the circus, but have the tables turned on them by an elephant.

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
?
Letters
John Carey

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, boys!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
Synopsis
Oswald is curious when the boys buy two leashes, but have only one pet.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 9, 2008).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Oswald the Rabbit
  2. 1. ["Ah-h-h, what a beautiful morning!"]
    Oswald the Rabbit
  3. 2. The Giant Leprechaun
    Oswald the Rabbit
  4. 3. ["Rule One: "Invite him home to dinner!"]
    Oswald the Rabbit
  5. 4. ["The doorbell's ringing, poppa Oswald!"]
    Oswald the Rabbit
  6. 5. ["What're you doing, poppa Oswald?"]
    Oswald the Rabbit
  7. 6. ["So! This is what happens the minute I turn my back!"]
    Oswald the Rabbit
  8. 7. [Squirt-Guns]
    Floyd and Lloyd
  9. 8. ["Hello, boys!"]
    Oswald the Rabbit
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose