Four Color
#710 - Francis, the Famous Talking Mule
(July 1956)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1956
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 710." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #707-567 (Note issue number of code does not match issue number). Copyright 1956 by Universal Pictures, Inc. Ninth of 17 Francis the Famous Talking Mule Four Colors.
[no title indexed]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't rush me -- you know I like to soak!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis the Famous Talking Mule; Pete Stirling
- Keywords
- bathing; bathtubs; books; dressing gowns; reading
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[The Plumber]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis the Famous Talking Mule; Pete Stirling
- Synopsis
- Francis is taking a bath when the plumber comes to fix the faucet.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[The Idol of Pooda]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 32 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis the Famous Talking Mule; Pete Stirling
- Synopsis
- Francis and Pete come into possession of a giant black pearl that was stolen from a sacred idol in Pooda, India. Francis impersonates a race horse, Nausea, to get a plane ride to India to return the pearl.
Indexer Notes
The horse's name of "Nausea" is a takeoff on "Nashua," a champion racehorse in the early 1950s. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Musical Number]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis the Famous Talking Mule; Pete Stirling
- Synopsis
- Francis and Pete audition for an amateur show, but the manager doesn't like Francis' singing.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Don't rush me -- you know I like to soak!"]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
1.
[The Plumber]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
2.
[The Idol of Pooda]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
3.
[Musical Number]
Francis -
4.
["Play it smart--Play safe when you go swimming"]
Bill Wisdom; Juicy Fruit Gum
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Mike DeLisa
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
- James Zee
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