(April-June 1961)

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Price:
0.15 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 "THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW, No. 1180." "Copyright 1961 by Marterto Enterprises, Inc." Code number is D.THOMAS O.S. #1180-613. Adaptation of the CBS TV series "The Danny Thomas Show". Issue exists in ad and non-ad editions. See Sequences 6 and 7.


The Danny Thomas Show (Table of Contents)

The Danny Thomas Show / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
? (photo)
Inks:
? (photo)
Colors:
? (photo)

Content Information

Genre:
sitcom
Characters:
Danny Thomas [as Danny Williams] (photo); Marjorie Lord [as Kathy Williams] (photo); Rusty Hamer [as Rusty Williams] (photo); Angela Cartwright [as Linda Williams] (photo)

The Danny Thomas Show (Table of Contents)

The Danny Thomas Show / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils:
? (photo); Alex Toth
Inks:
? (photo); Alex Toth
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
sitcom
Characters:
Danny Thomas [as Danny Williams] (photo); Marjorie Lord [as Kathy Williams] (photo); Danny Williams; Kathy Williams; Rusty Williams; Linda Williams; Clay Slapleather

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Table of contents with two illustrations for each story with typeset text underneath. Page heading is a headshot photo of Danny Thomas and Marjorie Lord. Script credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (July 3, 2007).


Weekend Millionaire (Table of Contents)

The Danny Thomas Show / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Alex Toth
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
sitcom
Characters:
Danny Williams; Kathy Williams; Rusty Williams; Linda Williams; Charley Halper
Synopsis:
Danny pretends to be a millionaire when he takes his family for a weekend visit at the estate of a potential investor for his TV special.

Indexer Notes

Script credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)


Showdown in Tinseltown (Table of Contents)

The Danny Thomas Show / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Alex Toth
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
sitcom
Characters:
Danny Williams; Kathy Williams; Rusty Williams; Linda Williams; Clay Slapleather
Synopsis:
Danny is upstaged by western TV hero Clay Slapleather when the family visits the site where the show is filmed.

Indexer Notes

Script credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)


Pioneer Panic (Table of Contents)

The Danny Thomas Show / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Alex Toth
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
sitcom
Characters:
Danny Williams; Kathy Williams; Rusty Williams, Linda Williams
Synopsis:
Concerned that his family is becoming soft because of too many modern conveniences, Danny takes them to the woods to rough it for a weekend.

Indexer Notes

Script credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)


[A Wet Walk] (Table of Contents)

The Danny Thomas Show / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Alex Toth
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
sitcom
Characters:
Danny Williams; Rusty Williams; Linda Williams
Synopsis:
Linda is confused about George Washington and the George Washington Bridge.

Indexer Notes

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


[The Ball Game] (Table of Contents)

The Danny Thomas Show / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Eric Friewald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Alex Toth
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
sitcom

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Some copies have a full page ad in place of this Sequence. See Sequence 7.


"If I was a tugboat..." (Table of Contents)

[Kraft Fudgies] / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for Kraft Fudgies candy. Part of a series. This sequence replaces Sequence 6 on some copies.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Danny Thomas Show
    The Danny Thomas Show
  2. 2. Weekend Millionaire
    The Danny Thomas Show
  3. 3. Showdown in Tinseltown
    The Danny Thomas Show
  4. 4. Pioneer Panic
    The Danny Thomas Show
  5. 5. [A Wet Walk]
    The Danny Thomas Show
  6. 6. [The Ball Game]
    The Danny Thomas Show
  7. 7. "If I was a tugboat..."
    [Kraft Fudgies]
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