(November 1956)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- 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. 745." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #745-5611. Copyright 1956 by Universal Pictures, Inc. Tenth of 17 Francis the Famous Talking Mule Four Colors.
[Setting the Record Straight]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Francis, the Famous Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Francis is offended by a radio broadcast defaming mules.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
[The Eskimo Baby]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Francis, the Famous Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Two fur smugglers accidentally take an Eskimo baby with their furs when they fly back to the United States. The smugglers leave the baby with Francis and Pete. Francis and Pete meet a press agent who (thanks to Francis) thinks the baby can talk and flies them all back to the Arctic in order to get the parents' permission to use the baby in an ad campaign.
[The Lost Wallet]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Francis, the Famous Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Francis arranges for Pete to be punished for losing his wallet with all their money in it.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
[Autographed photos]
Francis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Francis, the Famous Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Francis autographs photos of himself with a hoof print and Pete distributes them at a movie theater showing his latest picture.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Combination of story and promo for the movie "Francis in the Haunted House," starring Mickey Rooney.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
[Setting the Record Straight]
Francis -
2.
[The Eskimo Baby]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
3.
[The Lost Wallet]
Francis -
4.
[Autographed photos]
Francis
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- Merlin Haas
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- 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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