Four Color
#485 - The Little People
(August 1953)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1953
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "THE LITTLE PEOPLE, No. 485." Code number is L.P.O.S. #485-538. Copyright 1953 by NEA Service, Inc. Based on the newspaper comic strip "The Little People" by Walt Scott. First of ten Little People Four Colors.
[no title indexed]
The Little People / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People [Chub; Loop; Jink; Cork; Old One]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- brownies; egg beaters; elves; fairies; fishing; pixies; sprites; teapots
in Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Shoe-boat]
The Little People / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People [Loop; Jink; Old One]
- Synopsis
- Loop uses an old slipper for shade when it's sunny and then as a boat when it rains.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Little People and the Sick Fawn
The Little People / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People [Chub; Loop; Jink; Cork; Old One]; Tar (crow); Groons (villains)
- Synopsis
- When Mrs. Doe's fawn is sick, the Little People must go to the cave of their enemies, the Groons, to bring back yop-yop leaves to make a medicine to cure the fawn.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Little People's Carnival
The Little People / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People [Chub; Loop; Jink; Cork; Old One]
- Synopsis
- The Little People are putting on a carnival, but there doesn't seem to be anything that Loop can do to participate.
Indexer Notes
In addition to the five main characters, many other unnamed Little People appear. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Picnic Distraction]
The Little People / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People [Chub; Loop; Jink; Cork; Old One]
- Synopsis
- The Little People set up a separate picnic for the ants so they can enjoy their own picnic in peace.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Hair tonic trick]
The Little People / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People [Jink; Loop; Old One]
- Synopsis
- Jink and Loop sell phony hair tonic to a frog, but the frog and the Old One trick them into thinking it actually works.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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The Little People -
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[Shoe-boat]
The Little People -
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The Little People and the Sick Fawn
The Little People -
3.
The Little People's Carnival
The Little People -
4.
[Picnic Distraction]
The Little People -
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[Hair tonic trick]
The Little People
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