Four Color #1119 - Smokey the Bear Nature Stories
([August-October] 1960)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1960-06-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "SMOKEY THE BEAR NATURE STORIES, No. 1119." Code number is SMOKEY BEAR O.S. #1119-608. Copyright 1960 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."

No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing an "August-October 1960" cover date.

On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date. Printed in U.S.A.

The Dangerous Vacation (Table of Contents)

Smokey the Bear Nature Stories / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Reprints
Keywords
bears; canoes; motorboats; raccoons

Indexer Notes

Cover Art Identification by Richard Richmond.

Animals of the Land (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The timber wolf gets his prey not by speed but by endurance.
Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
Timber wolf, woodrat, anole, bobcat, opossum, and walrus.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Script credit from "The Works of Paul S. Newman Part 25: 1960" by Robin Snyder in "The Comics" Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Dangerous Vacation (Table of Contents: 2)

Smokey the Bear / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
1119-608
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Vacation!
Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs; spies; Professor Dart
Synopsis
Smokey, Little Smokey, and Specs are vacationing in Hawaii. They rescue a professor from a disabled boat. The professor turns out to be a missile scientist and later he is kidnapped by enemy agents.
Reprints
Keywords
Cold War; Hawaii; kidnapping

Indexer Notes

Script credit from "The Works of Paul S. Newman Part 25: 1960" by Robin Snyder in "The Comics" Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008). Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Wolverine (Table of Contents: 3)

Smokey the Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Smokey, that wolverine is stealing something!
Genre
non-fiction; animal
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey (cameo); Specs (cameo)
Synopsis
Facts about wolverines.
Reprints
Keywords
Wolverine

Indexer Notes

Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

How to Make a Camp (Table of Contents: 4)

Smokey the Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How do you like our camp, Smokey?
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis
Smokey tells how to make a comfortable camp in the woods.
Reprints
Keywords
Camping

Indexer Notes

Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Flying Fish (Table of Contents: 5)

Smokey the Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look at those flying fish go!
Genre
non-fiction; animal
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis
Facts about flying fish.
Reprints
Keywords
Flying fish

Indexer Notes

Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

How to Explore a Pond (Table of Contents: 6)

Smokey the Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What are you fellows doing?
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis
How to study the wildlife in a pond.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Buffalo (Table of Contents: 7)

Smokey the Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Specs, why are you running away?
Genre
non-fiction; animal
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis
Facts about buffalo.
Reprints
Keywords
Bison; buffalo

Indexer Notes

Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Whoopers (Table of Contents: 8)

Smokey the Bear / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whooop! Whooop!
Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs; Gimp (villain); Slick (villain)
Synopsis
A pair of rare whooping cranes make a nest near Smokey's cabin. Later a coyote threatens the nest. Gimp and Slick try to keep Smokey from stopping the coyote so they can take photographs of it killing the young bird and sell the photos to magazines.
Reprints
Keywords
Coyote; extinction; forest ranger; whooping crane

Indexer Notes

Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

How to Canoe Safely (Table of Contents: 9)

Smokey the Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's shove off, Little Smokey, but let me take the stern!
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis
Smokey gives instructions on how to canoe safely.
Reprints
Keywords
Canoe

Indexer Notes

Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Flying Squirrel (Table of Contents: 10)

Smokey the Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How's this for training a flying squirrel, Smokey?
Genre
non-fiction; animal
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis
Facts about flying squirrels.
Reprints
Keywords
Flying squirrel

Indexer Notes

Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

How Fish Are Stocked (Table of Contents: 11)

Smokey the Bear / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let me help you, Specs!
Genre
non-fiction; animal
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis
Smokey describes how fish are raised in hatcheries in order to be stocked in ponds and lakes.
Reprints
Keywords
Fishing

Indexer Notes

Possibly a Sunday newspaper strip reprint. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Railroad Fire (Table of Contents: 12)

Smokey the Bear / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's another tree in this stand, for the lumbermen to cut, Smokey!
Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Little Smokey; Specs
Synopsis
Sparks from a lumber train start a fire in a dry forest. Smokey takes a railroad engine and caboose with equipment to fight the fire, but the caboose (with Little Smokey and Specs aboard) comes loose and rolls backwards down a hill.
Reprints
Keywords
Forest fire; forest ranger

Indexer Notes

Pages have 10-12 panels on them. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Animals of the Air (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The pelican's ten-inch-deep pouch is for catching and not carrying fish.
Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
Brown pelican; northern phalarope; the dipper; golden-eye; whooping crane; duck hawk (now called peregrine falcon).

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Animals of the Sea (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When attacked, the swellfish or puffer gulps water or air.
Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
Swellfish; flounder; the angler; green sturgeon; chinook salmon; sea horse.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Dangerous Vacation
    Smokey the Bear Nature Stories
  2. 1. Animals of the Land
  3. 2. The Dangerous Vacation
    Smokey the Bear
  4. 3. The Wolverine
    Smokey the Bear
  5. 4. How to Make a Camp
    Smokey the Bear
  6. 5. Flying Fish
    Smokey the Bear
  7. 6. How to Explore a Pond
    Smokey the Bear
  8. 7. The Buffalo
    Smokey the Bear
  9. 8. The Whoopers
    Smokey the Bear
  10. 9. How to Canoe Safely
    Smokey the Bear
  11. 10. The Flying Squirrel
    Smokey the Bear
  12. 11. How Fish Are Stocked
    Smokey the Bear
  13. 12. The Railroad Fire
    Smokey the Bear
  14. 13. Animals of the Air
  15. 14. Animals of the Sea
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • John Censullo
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kirk House
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Richard Richmond
  • Tony R. Rose