Four Color
#979 - Walter Lantz Oswald the Rabbit
(April-June 1959)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1959
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Walter Lantz OSWALD THE RABBIT, No. 979." Code number is OSWALD O.S. #979-594. Copyright 1959 by Walter Lantz Productions, Inc.
[Buying Toys]
Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
- Synopsis
- The boys try out all the expensive toys in a shop, but Oswald buys each one a single cheap toy.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).
The Witch Pitch
Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; sports
- Characters
- Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Everglades Gertie
- Synopsis
- Oswald is sent to cover a baseball team's spring training for a newspaper. After being chased out of the training camp because a series of mishaps, Oswald and the boys find a witch, who teaches Oswald an un-hittable "witch-pitch." Oswald gets to pitch for the team, but later the boys discover it's all a plot by the witch to get all the teams to throw the witch-pitch and ruin baseball.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).
The Trembling Trestle
Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
- Synopsis
- Beavers are gnawing timbers out of a railroad trestle, leaving it likely to collapse when the next train passes. Oswald tries to drive to the railroad station to warn the stationmaster, but a pair of hillbillies steal Oswald's car, leaving him with their old jalopy.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).
The Horrible House Hassle
Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd; Reddy Fox
- Synopsis
- Oswald wins the "Home-Hope Contest" and has his home redecorated into an ultra-modern, but uncomfortable, residence.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).
Supercharged
Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Oswald the Rabbit; Floyd; Lloyd
- Synopsis
- The boys get new pants, made of a new synthetic material, and the friction of the pant legs generates static electricity which becomes stored in their fluffy tails like a battery. The static charge causes all sorts of problems for the boys.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).
[Riding Outfit]
Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Oswald the Rabbit
- Synopsis
- Oswald gets dressed in formal riding clothes to ride the wooden horse on a merry-go-round.
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
[Road Signs]
Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Oswald the Rabbit
- Synopsis
- Oswald is confused by the road signs at a complex intersection.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; pantomine story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).
[The Bird-Watchers]
Floyd and Lloyd / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Floyd; Lloyd
- Synopsis
- Floyd and Lloyd disguise themselves as birds in order to do bird-watching.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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Walter Lantz Oswald the Rabbit -
1.
[Buying Toys]
Oswald the Rabbit -
2.
The Witch Pitch
Oswald the Rabbit -
3.
The Trembling Trestle
Oswald the Rabbit -
4.
The Horrible House Hassle
Oswald the Rabbit -
5.
Supercharged
Oswald the Rabbit -
6.
[Riding Outfit]
Oswald the Rabbit -
7.
[Road Signs]
Oswald the Rabbit -
8.
[The Bird-Watchers]
Floyd and Lloyd
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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