Four Color
#809 - The Little People
(June 1957)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1957
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "THE LITTLE PEOPLE, No. 809." Code number is L.P.O.S. #809-576. Copyright 1957 by NEA Service, Inc. Based on the 1952-69 newspaper strip "The Little People" by Walt Scott. Sixth of ten Little People Four Color issues.
The Little People in the Days of Knights
The Little People / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- David Gantz ? (painting)
- Inks
- David Gantz ? (painting)
- Colors
- David Gantz ? (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
[Candidates for Knighthood]
The Little People / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People [Old One; Loop; Cork; Chub; Jinx]
- Synopsis
- Old One raises bumps on the others' heads when he hits them with a sword to knight them.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Days of Knights
The Little People / comic story / 32 pages
- Job Number
- L. P. O. S. #809-576
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; historical
- Characters
- The Little People [Old One; Loop; Cork; Chub; Jinx]; The Groons; Tar (crow)
- Synopsis
- The Little People are sent back to the days of Chivalry when the Old One makes a wish with a magic wand. They rescue a damsel in distress from the Black Knights (the ancestors of the Groons.)
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Knight in Armor]
The Little People / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People [Chub; Jinx]
- Synopsis
- Chub outfits Jinx with a full set of armor, complete with can-opener.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[The Scary Shield]
The Little People / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People [Cork; Loop]
- Synopsis
- Loop is frightened by something he sees on Cork's shield--his reflection.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." 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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The Little People in the Days of Knights
The Little People -
1.
[Candidates for Knighthood]
The Little People -
2.
The Days of Knights
The Little People -
3.
[Knight in Armor]
The Little People -
4.
[The Scary Shield]
The Little People
This issue was modified by, among others
- Alberto Becattini
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Alan Hutchinson
- Thomas Johnson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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