Four Color #464 - Bozo, featuring Bozo the Capitol Clown
(April 1953)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1953-03-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "BOZO, featuring Bozo the Capitol Clown, No. 464." Code number is Bozo O.S. #464-534. Copyright 1953 by Capitol Records, Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Pamphlets, page 93.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Bozo / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lee Hooper ? (painting)
Inks
Lee Hooper ? (painting)
Colors
Lee Hooper ? (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
Bozo
Reprints
Keywords
circuses; clowns; elephants; gardening

[Camel-hair brush] (Table of Contents: 1)

Sparky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Bozo; Sparky
Synopsis
Sparky uses a genuine camel's hair brush (still attached to the camel) to paint Bozo's trailer.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white.

Bozo the Capitol Clown on Yakkity Isle (Table of Contents: 2)

Bozo the Capitol Clown / comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
Don Sheppard
Pencils
Lee Hooper
Inks
Lee Hooper
Colors
?
Letters
Lee Hooper

Genre
adventure; humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bozo; Sparky
Synopsis
Bozo and Sparky are captured by a talking gorilla and are taken to Yakkity Isle on a giant bird. The isle is inhabited by talking animals led by the human "Lippy the Whip," world's champion animal trainer. Lippy plans to kidnap humans to perform in a circus to entertain the animals.

[Indian Reservation] (Table of Contents: 3)

Bozo the Capitol Clown / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Don Sheppard
Pencils
Lee Hooper
Inks
Lee Hooper
Colors
?
Letters
Lee Hooper

Genre
humor
Characters
Bozo; Sparky
Synopsis
Bozo and Sparky visit the Hot-foot Indian Reservation, where Bozo tries to make a papoose laugh.

[Stowaways] (Table of Contents: 4)

Bozo the Capitol Clown / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Sheppard
Pencils
Lee Hooper
Inks
Lee Hooper
Letters
Lee Hooper

Genre
humor
Characters
Bozo
Synopsis
Children sneak into the circus in Bozo's cello case.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white.

[Mistaken Nose] (Table of Contents: 5)

Bozo the Capitol Clown / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don Sheppard
Pencils
Lee Hooper ?
Inks
Lee Hooper
Colors
?
Letters
Lee Hooper

Genre
humor
Characters
Bozo; Sparky
Synopsis
A little girl mistakes Bozo's nose for a stoplight.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Bozo
  2. 1. [Camel-hair brush]
    Sparky
  3. 2. Bozo the Capitol Clown on Yakkity Isle
    Bozo the Capitol Clown
  4. 3. [Indian Reservation]
    Bozo the Capitol Clown
  5. 4. [Stowaways]
    Bozo the Capitol Clown
  6. 5. [Mistaken Nose]
    Bozo the Capitol Clown
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Pat Conolly
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose