Four Color #1195

(May-July 1961)

The Wonderful New Dell Comics Contest (Table of Contents)

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

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Content Information

Characters:

Tarzan (cameo); The Rifleman (cameo); Little Lulu (cameo); Mickey Mouse (cameo); Bugs Bunny (cameo); Huckleberry Hound (cameo); Andy Panda (cameo); Charlie Chicken (cameo);

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Promo for contest asking readers to tell who their favorite Dell character is and why in 25 words or less.

Cloudburst (Table of Contents)

National Velvet / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Jack Sparling

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Jack Sparling

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Content Information

Genre:

Drama

Characters:

Velvet Brown; King (horse); Martha Brown; Herbert Brown; Edwina Brown

Synopsis:

Velvet takes King to search for her sister Edwina. They find the girl safe with friends after a cloudburst had overturned their car. Later Velvet and King have to swim a rain-swollen river to warn her father that a bridge is out.

The Broken Bridle (Table of Contents)

National Velvet / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Jack Sparling

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Jack Sparling

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Content Information

Genre:

Drama

Characters:

Velvet Brown; King (horse); Martha Brown; Donald Brown; Mi Taylor

Synopsis:

Velvet and King keep a tramp from stealing her mother's savings, which were kept in a sugar bowl.

Trade at the Exciting, Amazing New Dell Trading Post (Table of Contents)

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

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Characters:

Huckleberry Hound (cameo); Woody Woodpecker (cameo); Mickey Mouse (cameo); Little Lulu (cameo); Tom (of Tom and Jerry) (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Centerfold. Promo for Dell Trading Post, which offers premiums for title strips from Dell Comics. Promo comes after page four of Sequence 3.

The Breaking Point (Table of Contents)

National Velvet / comic story / 9.5 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Jack Sparling

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Jack Sparling

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Content Information

Genre:

Drama

Characters:

Velvet Brown; King (horse); Edwina Brown; Donald Brown; Mi Taylor; Martha Brown; Herbert Brown.

Synopsis:

Donald is furious when his father has to mend the stanchion on the bull's pen and can't take him fishing.

Zingy! Dreamy! (Table of Contents)

Jumping-Jacks Shoes; Vaisey-Bristol Shoe Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Illustrated ad for Jumping Jacks brand shoes. "The Jeeper" and "The Skeeter" styles are depicted. Vaisey-Bristol Shoe Co., Monett, Mo.

The Steeplechase (Table of Contents)

National Velvet / filler / 1 page (report information)

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Jack Sparling

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Jack Sparling

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Content Information

Genre:

fact; sports

Synopsis:

Description of steeplechase horse racing.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. The "National Velvet" logo is on the feature, but no characters appear.

Start Your Day the "Storybook Way" with Twinkles (Table of Contents)

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

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Content Information

Characters:

Twinkles; Sanford; Wilbur

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for Twinkles breakfast cereal. Premium is three sponge toys in the shape of the cereal's characters for 30 cents and one boxtop. General Mills, Minneapolis, Minn.