(June 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 "SMOKEY THE BEAR, No. 818." Code number is S.T.B. O.S. #818-576. Copyright 1957 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. "Authorized and approved by the State Foresters and the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Advertising Council." Fourth of eight Smokey the Bear Four Color issues.
[The Jumping Contest]
Smokey the Bear / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mo Gollub
- Inks:
- Mo Gollub
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
- Synopsis:
- A bee helps Specs win a jumping contest with a frog.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
The Black Sheep
Smokey the Bear / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mo Gollub
- Inks:
- Mo Gollub
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
- Synopsis:
- A stubborn black ram causes problems when Smokey tries to direct the mountain sheep to new grazing grounds.
The Litter Jitters
Smokey the Bear / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mo Gollub
- Inks:
- Mo Gollub
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
- Synopsis:
- A herd of peccaries upsets litter baskets and scatters trash in the forest.
The River's Secret
Smokey the Bear / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mo Gollub
- Inks:
- Mo Gollub
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
- Synopsis:
- When a river's level drops by three feet, Smokey, Little Smokey and Specs go to its headwaters, where they find it originates in a cavern. They find a rockfall in the cavern has diverted the water for the river into a side channel.
[The Fledgling]
Smokey the Bear / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mo Gollub
- Inks:
- Mo Gollub
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Smokey the Bear
- Synopsis:
- Smokey rescues a fledgling bird that keeps trying to fly before it is old enough.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
[Two Sides to a Story]
Smokey the Bear / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mo Gollub
- Inks:
- Mo Gollub
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey
- Synopsis:
- Smokey and Little Smokey start painting on opposite sides of the ranger station and find they are using different colors.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[The Jumping Contest]
Smokey the Bear -
2.
The Black Sheep
Smokey the Bear -
3.
The Litter Jitters
Smokey the Bear -
4.
The River's Secret
Smokey the Bear -
5.
[The Fledgling]
Smokey the Bear -
6.
[Two Sides to a Story]
Smokey the Bear
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Alan Hutchinson
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- 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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