(October 1953)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- 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 "BOZO, featuring Bozo the Capitol Clown, No. 508." Code number is BOZO O.S. #508-5310. Copyright 1953 by Capitol Records, Inc.
[Giraffe Helps Fire Department]
Bozo the Capitol Clown / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Lee Hooper
- Inks:
- Lee Hooper
- Letters:
- Lee Hooper
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Bozo
- Synopsis:
- Bozo uses a giraffe to replace the pole in a firehouse.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Bozo the Capitol Clown and the Vanishing Elephants
Bozo the Capitol Clown / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Sheppard
- Pencils:
- Lee Hooper
- Inks:
- Lee Hooper
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Lee Hooper
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Bozo; Sparky; the Boss
- Synopsis:
- Elephants keep disappearing from the circus despite being under guard. Bozo and Sparky investigate and it appears the Boss is using an inflatable elephant to swindle the insurance company.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Bozo the Capitol Clown and the "Ya-Chi-Ta Lion"
Bozo the Capitol Clown / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Sheppard
- Pencils:
- Lee Hooper
- Inks:
- Lee Hooper
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Lee Hooper
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Bozo; Sparky; the Boss
- Synopsis:
- When a lion escapes from his cage, Bozo uses some ventriloquism to convince the Boss that it is a "Ya-Chi-Ta," a lion that talks.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[Mojah's Evil Spell]
Bozo the Capitol Clown / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Sheppard
- Pencils:
- Lee Hooper
- Inks:
- Lee Hooper
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Lee Hooper
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Bozo; Sparky; the Boss; Mojah the Elephant Trainer; Lorenzo the Escape Artist; Rudolph the Ringmaster; El Flamo
- Synopsis:
- The Boss fires Mojah the elephant trainer, who puts a curse on the circus. A small man applies for work as a magician, but the Boss doesn't believe him and hires him as a water boy for the elephants. Shortly, all kinds of strange events start occurring throughout the circus.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[Cannonball Act]
Bozo the Capitol Clown / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Sheppard
- Pencils:
- Lee Hooper
- Inks:
- Lee Hooper
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Lee Hooper
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Bozo; Sparky; the Boss
- Synopsis:
- The Boss decides Bozo should perform a human cannonball act.
Indexer Notes
Logo says "The Capital Clown," with Capitol misspelled. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[Off-Key Seal]
Bozo the Capitol Clown / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Sheppard
- Pencils:
- Lee Hooper
- Inks:
- Lee Hooper
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Lee Hooper
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Bozo; the Boss
- Synopsis:
- A seal disrupts an music act by blowing his horn off-key.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[The Crying Lady]
Bozo / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Don Sheppard
- Pencils:
- Lee Hooper
- Inks:
- Lee Hooper
- Letters:
- Lee Hooper
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Bozo; Sparky
- Synopsis:
- Bozo does tricks to try to cheer up a lady who is crying.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[Elephant Jump-Rope]
Bozo the Capitol Clown / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Don Sheppard
- Pencils:
- Lee Hooper
- Inks:
- Lee Hooper
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Lee Hooper
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Bozo; Mister Crabb
- Synopsis:
- When the grounds foreman forbids the children to use the circus ropes as jump-ropes, Bozo uses the elephants to make a substitute.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Script, pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Table of Contents
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1.
[Giraffe Helps Fire Department]
Bozo the Capitol Clown -
2.
Bozo the Capitol Clown and the Vanishing Elephants
Bozo the Capitol Clown -
3.
Bozo the Capitol Clown and the "Ya-Chi-Ta Lion"
Bozo the Capitol Clown -
4.
[Mojah's Evil Spell]
Bozo the Capitol Clown -
5.
[Cannonball Act]
Bozo the Capitol Clown -
6.
[Off-Key Seal]
Bozo the Capitol Clown -
7.
[The Crying Lady]
Bozo -
8.
[Elephant Jump-Rope]
Bozo the Capitol Clown
- Merlin Haas
- 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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