(July 1957)
- 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. 813." Code number is C. BOY O.S. #813-577. Copyright 1957 by Norbert Productions, Inc. Based on the 1956-58 NBC/ABC "Circus Boy" TV series. Third of three Circus Boy Four Color issues.
Elephant Roundup
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sparky Moore
- Inks:
- Sparky Moore
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact; jungle
- Synopsis:
- How elephants are captured in East Pakistan (now known as Bangladesh).
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Craftint shading. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Circus Boy and the Fabulous Colonel Jack
Circus Boy / comic story / 20 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; period
- Characters:
- Corky; Joey; Mr. Champion; Bimbo (elephant); Colonel Jack Bixby
- Synopsis:
- Corky meets Colonel Jack, an old man who claims to have had a number of glamorous jobs all over the world. Shortly after the Colonel joins the circus, disasters start to happen, culminating in a fire that destroys the main tent and equipment. The show people think the Colonel is a jinx, but when a tiger escapes, the Colonel takes Corky and his elephant out to capture the big cat.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Leap for Life
Circus Boy / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; period
- Characters:
- Corky; Joey; Mr. Champion; Bimbo (elephant); Professor Ferrand; Collette
- Synopsis:
- After the Burke and Walsh circus signs Professor Ferrand and his daughter to do a high-diving act from a hot air balloon, thugs from a rival carnival attempt to disrupt his act so that he will sign with them.
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).
The Great Balloon
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sparky Moore
- Inks:
- Sparky Moore
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Joseph Montgolfier; Etienne Montgolfier
- Synopsis:
- How the Montgolfier brothers of 18th Century France invented the hot air balloon.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Craftint shading. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Circus Wagon Model]
Circus Boy / activity / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks:
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Corky; Bimbo (elephant)
- Synopsis:
- A fold-together model of a circus wagon, along with standup cutout figures of Corky and Bimbo.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Table of Contents
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1.
Elephant Roundup
-
2.
Circus Boy and the Fabulous Colonel Jack
Circus Boy -
3.
Leap for Life
Circus Boy -
4.
The Great Balloon
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5.
[Circus Wagon Model]
Circus Boy
- Alan Hutchinson
- Merlin Haas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- 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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