(December 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 "CIRCUS BOY, No. 759." Code number is C.BOY O.S. #759-5612. Copyright 1956 by Norbert Productions, Inc. First of three Circus Boy Four Colors. Based on the 1956-58 "Circus Boy" TV series.
[Cast]
Circus Boy / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Corky (as played by Mickey Braddock [Mickey Dolenz], photo); Bimbo (elephant, photo); Tim Champion (as played by Robert Lowery, photo); Uncle Joey (as played by Noah Beery Jr., photo)
- Synopsis:
- Introduction of cast of characters.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Four cropped photos with typeset text.
Swifty's Revenge
Circus Boy / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; adventure
- Characters:
- Corky; Uncle Joey; Tim Champion; Bimbo (elephant)
- Synopsis:
- Corky, a young boy, has traveled with the circus since his parents, The Flying Falcons, were killed during their act. The circus' new owner, Tim Champion, decides that Corky should leave. Corky and Uncle Joey, his clown friend, travel to Prairie City, where they find that an enemy of Champion is waiting to ambush him on the way to Kansas City.
Indexer Notes
Intro to series, which is set in the late 19th Century. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
The Amazing Mr. Sinbad
Circus Boy / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- period
- Characters:
- Corky; Uncle Joey; Tim Champion; Prince Ben Ali; Bimbo (elephant); Sgt. Price; Sinbad (camel)
- Synopsis:
- After Corky's elephant threatens the circus' star horse rider, Prince Ben Ali, Corky decides it's all his fault and runs away from the circus. He stumbles across a ghost town, inhabited by a former soldier--Sgt. Price, fifth in command of the Camel Regiment--and his camel Sinbad.
Indexer Notes
The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Three-Ring Quiz
activity / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle ?
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Four multiple choice questions about illustrated circus animals.
The Clown
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Uncle Joey
- Synopsis:
- Description of some of the activities of clowns.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Large illustration with typeset text.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
[Cast]
Circus Boy -
2.
Swifty's Revenge
Circus Boy -
3.
The Amazing Mr. Sinbad
Circus Boy -
4.
Three-Ring Quiz
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5.
The Clown
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- 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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