Four Color
#506 - Little Scouts
(October 1953)
- 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
[no title indexed]
The Little Scouts / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- The Little Scouts [Snackbar; Wilmer; unidentified scout]; Scoutmaster Johnson
- Keywords
- backpacks; Boy Scouts; comic books
Indexer Notes
Semi-infinity cover. A comic book on the table is labeled "The Little Scouts" with a very rough drawing of the same cover of this issue. Cover has "by Roland Coe" byline, but it is doubtful that he drew it.
[The Human Nutcracker]
The Little Scouts / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Scoutmaster Johnson
- Synopsis
- A squirrel uses the Scoutmaster as a human nutcracker.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Hanford House Mystery
The Little Scouts / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- The Little Scouts [Beller; Jebby; Wilmar; Snackbar]; Officer Mahoney
- Synopsis
- Mr. Hanford disappeared years ago and his house has been empty since. While collecting scrap, the Little Scouts are given some picture frames and a painting from the Hanford House. They find tiny writing hidden in the hair of the woman in the painting which leads them on a treasure hunt inside the supposed haunted house.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Poor Little Rich Boy
The Little Scouts / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- The Little Scouts [Beller; Jebby; Wilmar; Snackbar]; Scoutmaster Johnson
- Synopsis
- Clifton Courtney IV, son of very rich man, comes to the Scouts' camp on Farmer Brown's farm, accompanied by his valet Jarvis and all the comforts of home.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Rambling Wreck
The Little Scouts / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- The Little Scouts [Beller; Jebby; Wilmar; Snackbar; Sprig]; Scoutmaster Johnson
- Synopsis
- Scoutmaster Johnson shows up in a beat-up old car to take the Scouts to Eagle Lake. When the car breaks down, the Scouts dismantle it while trying to help fix it.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Giants and Fairies
The Little Scouts / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- The Little Scouts [Beller; Jebby; Wilmar; Snackbar]; Scoutmaster Johnson; Miss Primly
- Synopsis
- The Scouts are volunteered to take part in Miss Primly's dramatic club's play, "The Fairies of Yellow Mountain." At rehearsal Mr. Johnson gets cast in the part of the Giant, but gets locked out of the theater clad only in a bearskin.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Hobo's fire]
The Little Scouts / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- The Little Scouts [Beller; Jebby; Snackbar]; Scoutmaster Johnson
- Synopsis
- While on a campout, Scoutmaster Johnson fixes steaks for supper, but finds the Scouts prefer roasting potatoes over a hobo's fire.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Cat in tree]
The Little Scouts / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Scoutmaster Johnson
- Synopsis
- Scoutmaster Johnson tries to rescue a woman's cat who is up in a tree.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; color; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Little Scouts -
1.
[The Human Nutcracker]
The Little Scouts -
2.
The Hanford House Mystery
The Little Scouts -
3.
Poor Little Rich Boy
The Little Scouts -
4.
The Rambling Wreck
The Little Scouts -
5.
Giants and Fairies
The Little Scouts -
6.
[Hobo's fire]
The Little Scouts -
7.
[Cat in tree]
The Little Scouts
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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