Four Color #559 - I Love Lucy
(May 1954)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1954
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "I LOVE LUCY, No. 559." Code number is LUCY O.S. #559-545. Copyright 1954 by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez. Second of two I Love Lucy Four Colors. Continues as I Love Lucy (Dell, 1954 series) #3 (August-October 1954).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

I Love Lucy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?; ? (photo)
Inks
?; ? (photo)
Colors
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Lucy Ricardo (photo of Lucille Ball)
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[Photo page] (Table of Contents: 1)

I Love Lucy / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor
Characters
Lucy Ricardo (photo of Lucille Ball); Ricky Ricardo (photo of Desi Arnez)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Four photos with brief text.

Shopping Spree (Table of Contents: 2)

I Love Lucy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hy Rosen
Inks
Hy Rosen
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Lucy Ricardo; Ricky Ricardo
Synopsis
Lucy takes Ricky with her to Lacy's department store to buy some gloves.

Indexer Notes

"Lacy's" is a take-off on Macy's Department Store. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Follow the Leader (Table of Contents: 3)

I Love Lucy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hy Rosen
Inks
Hy Rosen
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Lucy Ricardo; Ricky Ricardo; Ethel Mertz
Synopsis
Lucy volunteers Ricky and his band to play at their charity bazaar. The band has a television appearance a half-hour before the bazaar, but Lucy helpfully draws a map to get from the TV station to the bazaar.

Indexer Notes

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

Child's Play (Table of Contents: 4)

I Love Lucy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hy Rosen
Inks
Hy Rosen
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Lucy Ricardo; Ricky Ricardo; Ethel Mertz
Synopsis
Lucy needs money to buy a dress for a party, so she fills in as caretaker for ten children on a Saturday. The group causes chaos in a museum.

Indexer Notes

Story continues in black and white on inside back cover and concludes on back cover in color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    I Love Lucy
  2. 1. [Photo page]
    I Love Lucy
  3. 2. Shopping Spree
    I Love Lucy
  4. 3. Follow the Leader
    I Love Lucy
  5. 4. Child's Play
    I Love Lucy
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