Four Color #21 - Oswald the Rabbit
([March] 1943)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
On-sale Date
1943-03-31
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Editing
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Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Oswald the Rabbit, No. 21." No code number. Copyright © 1943 by Walter Lantz Productions.

March 31, 1943 on sale date per page 191 of 740, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1943 Pamphlets, Leaflets, Etc. New Series Vol 40 Pt 1 For the Year 1943.

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Oswald the Rabbit / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Gormley ?
Inks
Dan Gormley ?
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit
Keywords
daisies

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Oswald the Rabbit / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Gormley ?
Inks
Dan Gormley ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're invited to a meeting of the Easter Bunny Club.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Grandpa Bunny; Toby Bear
Keywords
Easter

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Poem and illustration.
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Oswald the Rabbit / comic story / 64 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Ken Hultgren
Inks
Ken Hultgren
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yo-ho-hum! It's Saturday and tomorrow is Easter Day!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Mammy Bunny; Grandpa Bunny; Woody Woodpecker; Baby Toots; Aunt Minnie; Toby Bear; Wahoo; Maggie Lou
Synopsis
Oswald and his friends have a series of adventures and misadventures as they prepare for Easter.
Keywords
Easter

Indexer Notes

Logo just says "Oswald." Woody Woodpecker makes two appearances in the story, in his early "crazy" personality. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

Writer credit as per pg125 Michael Barrier, Funnybooks (UC Press, Oakland, 2015). Barrier opines: in this story Du Bois first distinguishes his comics writing.

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Oswald the Rabbit / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ken Hultgren
Inks
Ken Hultgren
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit
Synopsis
Posed "portrait" of Oswald and his family.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black, red, and white.
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008),

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Oswald the Rabbit / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Ken Hultgren
Inks
Ken Hultgren
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Oswald the Rabbit; Grandpa Bunny; Grandma Bunny

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Four panels from the story.
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008).

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    Oswald the Rabbit
  2. 1. ["You're invited to a meeting of the Easter Bunny Club."]
    Oswald the Rabbit
  3. 2. ["Yo-ho-hum! It's Saturday and tomorrow is Easter Day!"]
    Oswald the Rabbit
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    Oswald the Rabbit
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