Four Color #1249

(November 1961 - January 1962)

Alias Sheer-Luck Holmes / Home-Aid Man (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Russ Manning; ? (photo)

Inks:

Russ Manning; ? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sitcom

Characters:

Danny Williams (as played by Danny Thomas, photo); Kathy Williams (as played by Marjorie Lord, photo); Rusty Williams; Linda Williams

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Photos and two-panel previews of the interior stories.

Alias Sheer-luck Holmes (Table of Contents)

The Danny Thomas Show / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Russ Manning

Inks:

Russ Manning

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; TV adaptation

Characters:

Danny Williams; Kathy Williams; Rusty Williams; Linda Williams; Trafalgar Terry (villain)

Synopsis:

When Danny plays the Palladium in London, he takes his family along. When burglar Trafalgar Terry steals some costume jewelry from Danny's hotel room, Danny uses the incident for a joke in his show. Trafalgar Terry is not amused and kidnaps Danny and holds him for ransom.

Old-Fashioned Dad (Table of Contents)

The Danny Thomas Show / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Russ Manning

Inks:

Russ Manning

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; TV adaptation

Characters:

Danny Williams; Kathy Williams; Rusty Williams; Linda Williams

Synopsis:

Danny decides to become a "modern" parent and lets the kids make all their decisions for two days--with disastrous results.

Indexer Notes

An ice cream carton on page 5 of the story is labeled "Manning's"

Home-Aid Man (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Russ Manning

Inks:

Russ Manning

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; TV adaptation

Characters:

Danny Williams; Kathy Williams; Rusty Williams; Linda Williams

Synopsis:

Danny decides to move his family from their city apartment to a house in the suburbs.

Indexer Notes

Moving van on page 2 of the story is labeled "Mannings Moving"

Riding Habits (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Russ Manning

Inks:

Russ Manning

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; TV adaptation

Characters:

Danny Williams; Rusty Williams; Linda Williams

Synopsis:

Danny and his children watch a trick horseback rider at the circus.

Able at the Table (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Russ Manning

Inks:

Russ Manning

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; TV adaptation

Characters:

Danny Williams; Kathy Williams; Rusty Williams; Linda Williams

Synopsis:

Danny complains about Rusty's table manners.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white.

The Answer Man (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Russ Manning

Inks:

Russ Manning

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; TV adaptation

Characters:

Danny Williams; Rusty Williams; Linda Williams

Synopsis:

Danny takes his children to watch a rocket launch.

Indexer Notes

Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some issues. See Sequence 8.

Schwinn American (Table of Contents)

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Illustrated ad for Schwinn bicycles. Featured is the Schwinn American model for $49.95. Arnold, Schwinn and Company, Chicago, Ill. This ad replaces Sequence 7 in some copies.