(August 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. 579." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #579-548. Copyright 1954 by United Feature Syndicate. Fifth of seventeen Francis Four Color issues.
Francis the Famous Talking Mule
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Francis the talking mule; Pete
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[Scaring a Burglar]
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 scares a burglar into returning his stolen goods.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[A House Full of Ghosts]
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:
- Francis and Pete get involved with an old man who lives in a house full of ghosts. These ghosts, however, give him money.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[Sidewalk Radio Quiz Show]
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 answers questions on a sidewalk radio quiz show.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[Artistic Talent]
Francis / 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 tries to get away from Francis by getting a job pasting posters on fences; but the movie advertised is "Francis Joins the WACS."
Indexer Notes
Back cover. This is a combination story and promo, as "Francis Joins the WACS" is the fifth movie in the Francis the Talking Mule series. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Table of Contents
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1.
[Scaring a Burglar]
Francis -
2.
[A House Full of Ghosts]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
3.
[Sidewalk Radio Quiz Show]
Francis -
4.
[Artistic Talent]
Francis
- Alan Hutchinson
- 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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