Four Color
#478 - Charlie McCarthy
(July 1953)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1953-05-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "CHARLIE McCARTHY, No. 478." Copyright by Edgar Bergen.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Pamphlets, page 63.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Pamphlets, page 63.
[Walking the Porcupine]
Mortimer Snerd / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gawrsh, I know they're around here someplace...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mortimer Snerd; Charlie McCarthy
- Synopsis
- Mortimer takes precautions before taking his pet for a walk.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
[The Hunting Snerd]
Charlie McCarthy / comic story / 20 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look out, Mortimer! Don't open that door!
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Mortimer Snerd; Charlie McCarthy
- Synopsis
- Charlie and Mortimer stow away on an expedition to the Himalayan Mountains. There they find a large, hairy beast, who turns out to be one of Mortimer's relatives.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[The Feuders]
Charlie McCarthy / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wish grampaw would get back!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
- Synopsis
- While searching for Mortimer's missing grandfather, Charlie and Mortimer find themselves in the middle of a mountain feud.
Indexer Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[High Foul Ball]
Mortimer Snerd / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! A high foul!
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Characters
- Mortimer Snerd; Charlie McCarthy
- Synopsis
- Mortimer tries to catch a very high foul ball.
- Keywords
- baseball
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
[Specific Instructions Needed]
Charlie and Mortimer / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You wait here while I go buy my ticket, Mortimer!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Charlie McCarthy; Mortimer Snerd
- Synopsis
- Charlie sends Mortimer to check on his luggage, but neglects to tell him to bring it to him.
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Charlie McCarthy -
1.
[Walking the Porcupine]
Mortimer Snerd -
2.
[The Hunting Snerd]
Charlie McCarthy -
3.
[The Feuders]
Charlie McCarthy -
4.
[High Foul Ball]
Mortimer Snerd -
5.
[Specific Instructions Needed]
Charlie and Mortimer
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Pat Conolly
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
- Mark Semich
- Jim Stangas
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