Four Color
#192 - The Brownies
(August 1948)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1948-06-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co.
- Brand
-
A Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 192." Code number is BROWNIES O.S. #192-488. Copyright 1948 by Oskar Lebeck. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1948 Pamphlets, page 486.
[no title indexed]
The Brownies / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Walt Kelly (logo design, see notes)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies
- Reprints
- Keywords
- brownies; elves; fairies; locomotives; pixies; railroads; trains; turtles
Indexer Notes
Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos B #79: THE BROWNIES on 5 June 2021.
Night Noises
The Brownies / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies
- Synopsis
- A poem about Brownies being scared by night noises.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red and white. Text and illustrations.
They Help the Toymaker / How to Build a Boat
The Brownies / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies; Ooglie
- Synopsis
- Three Brownies decide to help the toymaker. They are joined by an "out of town" Brownie, Whiskers, who sabotages their efforts.
Indexer Notes
The bottom tier of panels on the last six pages is a separate story: "How to Build a Boat."
My Friend the Flea
The Brownies / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies
- Synopsis
- A poem about a Brownie and his friend, a flea.
A Trip to the Moon / The Telescope
The Brownies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies
- Synopsis
- The Brownies notice a piece is out of the moon and recruit a duck to fly them there to repair it. They don't get very far.
Indexer Notes
Bottom tier of panels on each page is a separate pantomime story: "The Telescope."
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The Brownies / activity / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's a fire in Brownie Town and where's the fire brigade?
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Brownies
Indexer Notes
Two-page drawing across the centerfold that features hidden drawings of firemen for the reader to find.
The Chicken's Child / The Hockey Game
The Brownies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies
- Synopsis
- A Brownie hides in an Easter egg. A chicken tries to hatch it and when the Brownie emerges the chicken assumes the Brownie is her "chick."
Indexer Notes
The bottom tier of panels on each page is a separate story: "The Hockey Game."
Musical Instruments
comic story / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- A poem about musical instruments.
- Reprints
-
in Walt Kelly's Springtime Tales (Eclipse, 1988 series) #1 (April 1988)
-
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
The Rain
comic story / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- A poem about rain.
- Reprints
- in Walt Kelly's Springtime Tales (Eclipse, 1988 series) #1 (April 1988)
-
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
The Ooglies and the Cuckoo Clock / The Musician
The Brownies / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies; The Ooglies
- Synopsis
- The Ooglies steal a cuckoo clock. The Brownies trick them into putting it back.
Indexer Notes
The bottom tier of panels on each page is a separate pantomime story: "The Musician."
The Cooking Corner
text story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Fanciful instructions for cooking an elephant.
- Reprints
- in Walt Kelly's Springtime Tales (Eclipse, 1988 series) #1 (April 1988)
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Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.
The Bath
The Brownies / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies
- Synopsis
- A Brownie tries to give a beetle a bath.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; pantomime story.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Brownies -
1.
Night Noises
The Brownies -
2.
They Help the Toymaker / How to Build a Boat
The Brownies -
3.
My Friend the Flea
The Brownies -
4.
A Trip to the Moon / The Telescope
The Brownies -
5.
["Here's a fire in Brownie Town and where's the fire brigade?"]
The Brownies -
6.
The Chicken's Child / The Hockey Game
The Brownies -
7.
Musical Instruments
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8.
The Rain
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9.
The Ooglies and the Cuckoo Clock / The Musician
The Brownies -
10.
The Cooking Corner
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11.
The Bath
The Brownies
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Pat Conolly
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Walls
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