Four Color #620 - Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli Jungle Book
(April 1955)

Dell, 1942 Series
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0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
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Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Rudyard Kipling's MOWGLI JUNGLE BOOK, No. 620." Code number is MOWGLI O.S. #520-554. Copyright 1955 by Western Printing & Lithographing Company. Based on the "Mowgli" stories from "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling.

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Mowgli Jungle Book / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)
Genre
jungle
Characters
Mowgli

Indexer Notes

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

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The Dholes - Wild Dogs of India (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub ?
Inks
Morris Gollub ?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
Facts about the wild dogs of India.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Large illustration and typeset text.

Mowgli and Red Dog (Table of Contents: 2)

Mowgli / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
jungle
Characters
Mowgli; Akela; Phao; Gray Brother; Bagheera
Synopsis
Based on "Red Dog" (1895) by Rudyard Kipling. With the aid of Bagheera, Mowgli plans an ambush in a river gorge to fend off an attack by a pack of Dhole - wild dogs.

Indexer Notes

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

Mowgli and the King's Ankus (Table of Contents: 3)

Mowgli / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
jungle
Characters
Mowgli; Bagheera; White Hood
Synopsis
Based on "The King's Ankus" (1895) by Rudyard Kipling. Bagheera takes Mowgli to the deserted city of Cold Lairs, where he finds treasure guarded by an ancient white cobra. Later he discovers the lengths men will go to to acquire such treasure.

Indexer Notes

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



Changes to the original include the substitution of Bagheera for Kaa the python in the first scene, and the survival of some characters who die in the original. In one scene a dead body is censored by coloring. An argumant between characters later in the story appears to be inspired by the film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1949).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Mowgli Jungle Book
  2. 1. The Dholes - Wild Dogs of India
  3. 2. Mowgli and Red Dog
    Mowgli
  4. 3. Mowgli and the King's Ankus
    Mowgli
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