(May-July 1959)
- 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 "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 991." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #991-595. Copyright 1959 by David Stern.
[Follow that Chariot]
Francis, the Famous Talking Mule / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- David Gantz
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Francis, the Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[At the Library]
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 follows Pete into the library, though no animals are allowed inside.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Follow that Chariot
Francis / comic story / 14 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- David Gantz
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Francis, the Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Francis goes to Rome to play a part in a chariot race in a new "Ben Hur" movie, but the director is not very happy to have him.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
You're In the Army Now
Francis / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- David Gantz
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Francis, the Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Upset when a general says that mules are obsolete for Army work, Francis manages to get the general to set up a contest between a mule and a tank.
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Sequence 4. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Don't Spy on Me
Francis / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- David Gantz
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Francis, the Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Pete and Francis are now garbage collectors in the Army. A pair of spies pose as officers to use Francis to carry concealed tape recorders to record military secrets.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from Sequence 3. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[The Ventriloquist]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- David Gantz
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Francis, the Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- After Francis eats some apples at a grocery store and talks, the owner thinks another customer (not Pete) is a ventriloquist.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Thirsty]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- David Gantz
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Francis, the Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis:
- Francis tries to get a drink of water, but all the fountains are off-limits to mules. The exception is the one at the Democratic Club.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Table of Contents
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1.
[At the Library]
Francis -
2.
Follow that Chariot
Francis -
3.
You're In the Army Now
Francis -
4.
Don't Spy on Me
Francis -
5.
[The Ventriloquist]
Francis -
6.
[Thirsty]
Francis
- 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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