Four Color #619 - Krazy Kat
(April 1955)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1955
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "KRAZY KAT, No. 619." Code number is K.KAT O.S. #619-554. Copyright 1955 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Based on the "Krazy Kat" newspaper strip by George Herriman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Krazy Kat / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse
Keywords
boats; fish; fishing

Indexer Notes

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

[The Good Luck Horseshoe] (Table of Contents: 1)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Letters
Dan Gormley

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse; Offissa Pupp
Synopsis
Krazy finds a horseshoe, but it only brings bad luck to Ignatz.

Indexer Notes

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

[The Sea Chase] (Table of Contents: 2)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
Dan Gormley

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse; Offissa Pupp
Synopsis
Krazy builds a boat, but Ignatz steals it and holds up on a little island. Offissa Pupp pursues in a motorized speedboat, but finds that the island is not in his jurisdiction.

Indexer Notes

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

[The Mystery Rider] (Table of Contents: 3)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
Dan Gormley

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse; Offissa Pupp; Mister Meeyow; Mrs. Kwakk-Kwakk
Synopsis
Krazy decides to become "the Mystery Rider, the phantom-type cowboy" and fight crime in Kokonino.

Indexer Notes

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

[Ignatz the Volunteer Fireman] (Table of Contents: 4)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
Dan Gormley

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse; Offissa Pupp
Synopsis
Offissa Pupp gets caught in a tree while trying to dislodge its last leaf. Ignatz is part of the volunteer fire department and gets Offissa Pupp down. Ignatz later makes a nuisance of himself by putting out a pile of burning leaves and dousing a fire in a fireplace.

Indexer Notes

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

[The Ice Brick Machine] (Table of Contents: 5)

Ignatz Mouse / comic story / 5.75 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
Dan Gormley

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse; Offissa Pupp
Synopsis
Ignatz promises to build Offissa Pupp a new room for his jail, but the bricks he uses to build it are made of ice.

Indexer Notes

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

Look For These Dell Comics (Table of Contents: 6)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Beetle Bailey (cameo); Jungle Jim (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Promo for Beetle Bailey Four Color #622 (April 1955) and Jungle Jim (Dell, 1954 series) #5 (April-June 1955). The cover depicted for Beetle Bailey has different colors than the actual issue and the cover for Jungle Jim is a line-drawing of the painted cover.

[The Woodpecker] (Table of Contents: 7)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Letters
Dan Gormley

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse
Synopsis
Krazy catches a woodpecker to use to peck a hole in the door to the catnip factory.

Indexer Notes

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

[No Place is Safe] (Table of Contents: 8)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse; Offissa Pupp
Synopsis
Krazy sits under a palm tree and Offissa Pupp shows him that he might get hit by the tree's coconuts. Krazy then sits under a different tree, only to get hit by a brick dropped by Ignatz.

Indexer Notes

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

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Krazy Kat
  2. 1. [The Good Luck Horseshoe]
    Krazy Kat
  3. 2. [The Sea Chase]
    Krazy Kat
  4. 3. [The Mystery Rider]
    Krazy Kat
  5. 4. [Ignatz the Volunteer Fireman]
    Krazy Kat
  6. 5. [The Ice Brick Machine]
    Ignatz Mouse
  7. 6. Look For These Dell Comics
  8. 7. [The Woodpecker]
    Krazy Kat
  9. 8. [No Place is Safe]
    Krazy Kat
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose