Dell Giant #44 - Around the World with Huckleberry and His Friends

(July 1961)

Algeria!; Italy! (Table of Contents: 1)

Huckleberry Hound World Traveler / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Pete Alvarado ?

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Tell me, sir, what was your reason for joining the French Foreign Legion?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Huckleberry Hound

Synopsis

Two half-page gags: Algeria features French Foreign Legion (Legionnaire joined to forget, but forgets too much); Italy features Leaning Tower of Pisa (Huck is leaning too).

Keywords

Algeria; French Foreign Legion; Italy; Leaning Tower of Pisa; TV cartoon

Indexer Notes

Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover.

Africa! (Table of Contents: 2)

Huckleberry Hound / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

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Adios, you all!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Huckleberry Hound; Manley; Pebblestone; Pierre (parrot); elephant

Synopsis

Huck helps Manley find Pebblestone, then helps Pebblestone find his runaway parrot.

Keywords

Africa; elephant; lion; parrot; rhinoceros; TV cartoon

Indexer Notes

Only the splash page art by Harvey Eisenberg.

Switzerland (Table of Contents: 3)

Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pete Alvarado

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In a quaint Swiss village in a quaint little old hotel, a quaint pussycat blinks unbelievingly from bed...

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Pixie; Dixie; Mr. Jinks

Synopsis

Jinks tries to ditch the mice in the Alps, but they then have to rescue him from the mountain.

Keywords

Alps; Switzerland; TV cartoon

Australia (Table of Contents: 4)

Yakky Doodle / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pete Alvarado

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Pete Alvarado

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Brrrr!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Yakky Doodle; platypus; kangaroos; opossum; mailman

Synopsis

Yakky seeks a cozy place in Australia.

Reprints

• in Flintstones en andere verhalen (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1963 series) #6/1968 (1968)

Keywords

Australia; kangaroo; TV cartoon

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Yakky Doodle.

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy Visit Ireland (Table of Contents: 5)

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Harvey Eisenberg

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Ireland, o, son of mine, is known as the Emerald Isle!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Augie Doggie; Doggie Daddy; Shamus (leprechaun); Paddy (leprechaun)

Synopsis

Leprechauns try to convince Doggy Daddy that they exist.

Keywords

Ireland; leprechaun; TV cartoon

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit from Karl Wilcox; previous indexer credited Pete Alvarado.

Yogi Bear Visits Egypt (Table of Contents: 6)

Yogi Bear / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Lynn Karp

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#44-617(33)

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Well, here we are in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, Yogi!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Yogi Bear; Boo Boo Bear; Ahmo (introduction, villain)

Synopsis

A con man tricks Yogi into buying a pyramid, which turns out to be very valuable.

Keywords

Egypt; pyramid; TV cartoon

Spain (Table of Contents: 7)

Snagglepuss / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pete Alvarado

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Pete Alvarado

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Ah, here I am in Madrid, the capital of romantic Spain, where the strumming of guitars and the rhythm of the castanets fills the brisk air with excitement!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Snagglepuss; Bandero (bull); Estelitta (Bandero's girl friend); Bernard (bull)

Synopsis

Snagglepuss becomes a matador in order to help cowardly Bandero put on a good show and impress Estelitta. But Bandero beats Bernard so badly that Estelitta turns on him, after which he turns on Snagglepuss.

Keywords

Bull fight; matador; Spain; TV cartoon

Indexer Notes

Second appearance of Snagglepuss.

England (Table of Contents: 8)

Snooper and Blabber / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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#44-617(45)

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Gosh, Snoop... I expected jolly old England to be in color, didn't you?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Snooper; Blabbermouse; bobbies; The Monster of Upton Castle (introduction); Lord Upton; James (butler)

Synopsis

Snooper and Blabber mollify a monster by turning the moat into tea.

Keywords

London; monster; TV cartoon

Italy (Table of Contents: 9)

Ding-A-Ling Wolf; Hokey Wolf / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Pete Alvarado

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Pete Alvarado

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There it is, Ding-a-Ling

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Hokey Wolf; Ding-A-Ling; Luigi; spaghetti chopper

Synopsis

Hokey and Ding-a-Ling catch the mad spaghetti chopper, so everyone can eat normal spaghetti again.

Keywords

TV cartoon; Venice

Indexer Notes

Second appearance of Hokey Wolf.

The Sahara Desert (Table of Contents: 10)

Quick Draw McGraw / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Harvey Eisenberg

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Quick Draw has pledged himself to clean-up the Sahara Desert camel rustling gang...

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; western-frontier

Characters

Quick Draw McGraw; Baba Looey; robber; camel rustler; Foreign Legionnaire

Synopsis

Twin robbers cause trouble and danger in the desert, but Quick Draw and Baba Looey outfox them.

Keywords

Sahara Desert; TV cartoon; twins

Huck's Globe-gathering Souvenir Stumper (Table of Contents: 11)

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Can you name the thirteen different countries or places Huckleberry has been by identifying the various souvenir items he is wearing or has with him?

Characters

Huckleberry Hound

Boo Boo's Favorite Gift (Table of Contents: 12)

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Yogi is just returning from a world flight, and he's bringing his buddy Boo Boo a special present.

Characters

Yogi Bear; Boo Boo Bear

Yogi's Stratosphere Surprise (Table of Contents: 13)

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There was a sight way up on high, that caught this world traveler's wary wye.

Characters

Yogi Bear

Keywords

Connect the dots

Professor Jinksy's Global Crossword (Table of Contents: 14)

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Each numbered picture should suggest a well-known country in the world.

Characters

Pixie; Dixie; Mr. Jinks

Name the Countries Animal Puzzle (Table of Contents: 15)

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Hey, you globe gallopers!...

Characters

Yogi Bear

What Country Is This? (Table of Contents: 16)

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You'll never guess which country Huckleberry just visited unless you shade in the first letter of the native land of each of the figures shown below.

Characters

Huckleberry Hound

Boo Boo's 'Mazing Tour (Table of Contents: 17)

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Boo Boo wants to fly over Siam (also known as Thailand).

Characters

Boo Boo Bear

Hats of the World Joke Bamboozler (Table of Contents: 18)

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This happy group has just read a historical marker, and they have a real laugheroo for you to unscramble.

Characters

Yogi Bear; Boo Boo Bear; Mr. Jinks

Africa!; Scotland! (Table of Contents: 19)

Huckleberry Hound World Traveler / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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This African plain makes me feel awfully uneasy!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Huckleberry Hound

Synopsis

Two half-page gags: One about a near-sighted rhinoceros in Africa; the other about using bagpipes to fill auto tires in Scotland.

Keywords

Africa; bagpipes; eyeglasses; kilts; rhinoceros; Scotland; TV cartoon

Indexer Notes

Printed in black-and-white on inside back cover.

Around the World with Huckleberry and His Friends (Table of Contents: 20)

Huckleberry Hound / activity / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here's a brand-new game in which each and every one of you globe-trotters can have some real traveling fun.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Huckleberry Hound; Pixie; Dixie; Mr. Jinks; Yogi Bear; Boo Boo

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Game where the players write the names of as many countries as they can in three minutes. Text and two illustrations.