Four Color
#799 - Priscilla's Pop
[15¢]
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #799 - Priscilla's Pop.
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[The Roller-Coaster]
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Priscilla
- Synopsis
- Priscilla is frightened while riding on a roller coaster with her father, but at the end of the ride is ready to ride it again.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
Bored of Education
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Priscilla; Lester; Jenny Lu; Hollyhock; Stuart; Hubert Pike
- Synopsis
- Superintendent Pennleigh decides to appoint a student as school superintendent for a day. Priscilla gets the honor and does the duties in an unorthodox way.
- Reprints
Driving Pop Wild
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Priscilla
- Synopsis
- Priscilla's father "borrows" his neighbor's car when he thinks Priscilla has taken his car for a drive.
A Good Bet on the TV Set
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Priscilla
- Synopsis
- When the TV set needs repairs, Priscilla goes to a auto repair shop and borrows some tools. While she's gone, her father gets a TV repairman to fix the set. Not knowing the set is fixed, Priscilla goes to work and undoes the recent repairs. Her father returns, finds the set doesn't work and drags the TV repairman back to fix it again.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The story narration at the bottom of each panel is told in rhyme, which was a device sometimes used in the newspaper strip.
The Printed Word
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Priscilla; Lester; Oliver (dog); Jenny Lu; Hollyhock
- Synopsis
- Lester prints up fake passes to the rodeo and sells one to Priscilla for a dime. Her father gives her a real pass and Priscilla realizes she was fooled. Later her friends follow her to the rodeo, expecting her to be bounced at the entrance. When she is admitted with the real pass, the rest of kids think she got in with the fake pass and try to use the fakes themselves, with unhappy results.
A Hungry Audience
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Priscilla; Carlyle
- Synopsis
- Priscilla's mother sends her brother Carlyle to the theater to bring her home for dinner. Priscilla wants to see the movie again and convinces Carlyle to stay. Her father comes to get the pair and ends up staying to watch the movie. Priscilla's mother has dinner ready and ends up taking it to the theater for the family to eat.
- Reprints
[Shoveling Surprise]
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Priscilla; Oliver (dog)
- Synopsis
- Priscilla shovels the walk to a house, but finds a "For Rent" sign when she finishes the last of the shoveling.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
[Horn Solution]
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Priscilla
- Synopsis
- Priscilla is driving her father to distraction by tooting on a horn; but the noise comes in handy when her parents are visited by a boring couple.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
[The Roller-Coaster]
Priscilla's Pop -
2.
Bored of Education
Priscilla's Pop -
3.
Driving Pop Wild
Priscilla's Pop -
4.
A Good Bet on the TV Set
Priscilla's Pop -
5.
The Printed Word
Priscilla's Pop -
6.
A Hungry Audience
Priscilla's Pop -
7.
[Shoveling Surprise]
Priscilla's Pop -
8.
[Horn Solution]
Priscilla's Pop
This issue was modified by
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Alan Hutchinson
- Keith Alan Morgan
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