(November 1957)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- 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. 863." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #863-5711. Copyright 1957 by Universal Pictures Company, Inc. Based on the "Francis the Talking Mule" series of movies.
[Francis in Mexico]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- David Gantz
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Francis the Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
Indexer Notes
Cover is just titled "Francis." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Meal at Zoo Restaurant]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- David Gantz
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Francis the Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Francis tries to get a free meal at the restaurant at the zoo.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Francis in Mexico
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- David Gantz
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Francis the Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Francis and Pete go to Mexico after Francis gets Pete a job as a bullfighter.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Gooney Bird
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- David Gantz
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Francis the Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Francis and Pete cause a commotion at the zoo when they go there to see the rare talking Gooney Bird.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[The Bullfighter]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- David Gantz
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Francis the Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Pete tries an unorthodox method of bullfighting.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[At the Zoo]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- David Gantz
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Francis the Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Francis gets a free meal at the zoo.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Table of Contents
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1.
[Meal at Zoo Restaurant]
Francis -
2.
Francis in Mexico
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
3.
The Gooney Bird
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
4.
[The Bullfighter]
Francis -
5.
[At the Zoo]
Francis
- Gary L. Watson
- 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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