Four Color #1193 - The Real McCoys

(June-August 1961)

Old-Fashioned Law / No Money Down (Table of Contents: 1)

The Real McCoys / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Sparky Moore; ? (photo)

Inks

Sparky Moore; ? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Grandpa Amos McCoy (photo of Walter Brennan); Kate McCoy

Synopsis

Previews of the stories in the issue.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Photo and two-panel previews of the stories in the issue.
Pencils and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Old-Fashioned Law (Table of Contents: 2)

The Real McCoys / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Sparky Moore

Inks

Sparky Moore

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

Grandpa Amos McCoy; Little Luke McCoy; Luke McCoy; Kate McCoy; Hassie; Ezra Carney

Synopsis

Grandpa Amos and elderly former sheriff Ezra Carney join forces to track down crooks when Ezra's car is stolen.

Indexer Notes

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

Jet to Hollywood! (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Chuck Connors (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Promo for 3000-prize Dell Comics Contest. First prize is a jet plane trip for four to Hollywood with visits to TV and movie studios and Disneyland. Entry is two cover logos from Dell comics. This promo comes after the second page of sequence 2.

The Dell Trading Post is Open for Business (Table of Contents: 4)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Yogi Bear (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Centerfold. Promo for the Dell Trading Post, with premiums available for cover logos of Dell comics.

No Money Down (Table of Contents: 5)

The Real McCoys / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sparky Moore

Inks

Sparky Moore

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

Grandpa Amos McCoy; Luke McCoy; Kate McCoy; Hassie; Little Luke McCoy

Synopsis

Kate McCoy wins a 30-day stay for the family in an ultra-modern house. Grandpa Amos manages to turn the place into a shambles and expose the crooked builders.

Indexer Notes

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

The Treasure (Table of Contents: 6)

The Real McCoys / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Sparky Moore

Inks

Sparky Moore

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

Grandpa Amos McCoy; Little Luke McCoy; Tim

Synopsis

Little Luke and his friend Tim find a treasure map, but it turns out to be Grandpa Amos's egg delivery route.

Indexer Notes

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

Win a Wonderful Summer Camp Vacation (Table of Contents: 7)

Kool-Aid / advertisement / 1.25 pages (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; color. Ad for Kool-Aid soft drink mix featuring an "identify the animals" contest. Contest rules are on the bottom of the last interior page.

New Fun-packed Twinkles record (Table of Contents: 8)

Twinkles; General Mills / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Twinkles; King Leonardo; camel; monkey; parrot

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for Twinkles breakfast cereal featuring the characters from the Twinkles storybook packages. Premium is a 45 rpm record of Twinkles stories on one side and songs from the NBC cartoon series "King Leonardo and his Short Subjects" on the other for 25 cents and two box tops.