Four Color
#414 - Bob Clampett's Beany in Horse-Fly Hubbub
(August 1952)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1952
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "BOB CLAMPETT'S BEANY in HORSE-FLY HUBBUB, No. 414" Code number is BEANY O.S. #414-528. Copyright 1952 by Bob Clampett. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Based on the original Beany and Cecil TV series "Time For Beany."
Horse-Fly Hubbub
Beany and Cecil / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Beany; Cecil; Cap'n Huffnpuff
- Keywords
- beanies; candles; fire helmets; pith helmets; sea serpents; sock puppets
[Hose Charmer]
Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Beany; Cecil; Cap'n Huffnpuff
- Synopsis
- Cecil comes up with a solution when Beany can't handle a high pressure water hose.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
Horse-Fly Hubbub
Beany and Cecil / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Beany; Cecil; Cap'n Huffnpuff; Mr. Crow; Clowny; Wong; Dishonest John
- Synopsis
- The Leakin' Lena is blown hundreds of miles off course by a storm. They find a mysterious island inhabited by giant horse-flies (who look more like horses than flies, except for the wings and six legs). When a young horse-fly injures his leg, the crew takes him back to the United States. Dishonest John gains possession of the now healthy horse-fly and rides him to a win in a horse race.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[The Blue Man]
Beany and Cecil / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Beany; Cecil; Cap'n Huffnpuff; Professor X; Mister Nobody
- Synopsis
- The Leakin' Lena and her crew sail to the North Pole in search of an "elephant wearing a fur coat." They find a mammoth and a caveman frozen in the ice and thaw them out.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[A Fishy Story]
Beany / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Beany; Dishonest John
- Synopsis
- Dishonest John uses a phony "No Fishing" sign to trick Beany out of the fish he has caught.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Horse-Fly Hubbub
Beany and Cecil -
1.
[Hose Charmer]
Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent -
2.
Horse-Fly Hubbub
Beany and Cecil -
3.
[The Blue Man]
Beany and Cecil -
4.
[A Fishy Story]
Beany -
5.
[Cecil Uses His Head]
Beany and Cecil
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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