(April 1954)
- 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 "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 547." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #547-544. Copyright 1954 by United Feature Syndicate. Fourth of 17 Francis the Famous Talking Mule Four Colors.
[Francis Wants to Make a Record]
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 wants to make a record of his voice at a music supply store.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[The Gold-Finder]
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; Billygoat
- Synopsis:
- A millionaire lets Pete and Francis fly a helicopter to his gold mines in Alaska. In Alaska they meet an eccentric old miner named Billygoat, who has invented a "gold-finder." The invention finds gold, but it's in the vault of the town bank.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[Begging for Money]
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 provides the dialogue when Pete has to beg for some money for food.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[The Art Critic]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Francis the Talking Mule
- Synopsis:
- Francis critiques an artist's painting of a horse.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
[Francis Wants to Make a Record]
Francis -
2.
[The Gold-Finder]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
3.
[Begging for Money]
Francis -
4.
[The Art Critic]
Francis
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Merlin Haas
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- 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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