Four Color #440 - The Famous Horse Classic, Black Beauty
([December 1952])

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1952-10-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On-sale date per Page 1113 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1952 Books and Pamphlets Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 6 Pt 1B.

Entry states: "The famous horse classic, Black Beauty. 1 v. illus. (Dell comic, no. 440) Western Printing & Lithographing Co.; 28Oct52; AA230836."

Indicia title is "THE FAMOUS HORSE CLASSIC, BLACK BEAUTY, No. 440." Code number is B.BEAUTY O.S. #440-5212. Copyright 1952 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Adapted from the 1877 novel "Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell.

The Famous Horse Classic, Black Beauty (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)
Genre
animal; historical
Characters
Black Beauty
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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Black Beauty (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 35 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Genre
animal; historical
Characters
Black Beauty
Synopsis
Adventures of the horse Black Beauty in the 19th Century, who is owned by a variety of owners, ranging from kind to cruel.

Indexer Notes

The story starts on the inside front cover in text and three black and white illustrations, continues directly into 33 pages of comic panel story (ending on the inside back cover in black and white), then concludes with a page of text and three color illustrations on the back cover.
Adapted from the 1877 novel "Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Famous Horse Classic, Black Beauty
  2. 1. Black Beauty
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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