Four Color
#522 - The Brownies
(December 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 BROWNIES, No. 522." Code number is BROWNIES O.S. #523-5312 (Note code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1953 by Western Printing & Lithographing Company. Ninth of ten Brownies Four Colors.
[Runaway Car]
The Brownies / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies
- Synopsis
- The Brownies build a car, but it takes off without a driver.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Brownies Blast Off Into Space
The Brownies / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies [Wizard; Brainy; Spindly; Muddles; others]
- Synopsis
- Brainy and Spindly attempt to reach the moon in a homemade rocket powered by a firecracker. They land on a watermelon in Farmer Brown's field instead.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Brownies Rescue Mrs. Ladybug
The Brownies / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies [Wizard; Spindly; Muddles; others]; Mrs. Ladybug; Ferdie Frog
- Synopsis
- The Brownies fight a grass fire caused by carelessly tossed cigar. They rescue Mrs. Ladybug and her children and move her house to the creek. There they are trapped by the flames before Ferdie Frog comes to the rescue.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Brownies Play a Benefit Show
The Brownies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies [Brainy; Wizard; Spindly; Wobble; others]; Farmer Brown; his wife; their daughter
- Synopsis
- When Farmer Brown's daughter is ill, the Brownies make a pretend television set out of a cardboard box and put on a variety show to entertain her.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Trapped in a Bottle]
The Badkins / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Badkins; The Brownies [Wizard; Brainy; others]; Billy Beetle
- Synopsis
- The Brownies rescue Billy Beetle after the Badkins put him in a glass jar. The Badkins then steal and eat a strawberry shortcake that the Brownies had made. The Brownies make another shortcake, but this time when the Badkins try to steal it they are caught in the same jar they had put Billy Beetle in.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Parking Ticket for a Turtle]
The Brownies / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies
- Synopsis
- The Brownie cop gives a turtle a ticket for napping in a "no parking" zone.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Losing a Hat on a Windy Day]
The Brownies / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- The Brownies
- Synopsis
- A Brownie's wide-brimmed hat causes problems in a gusty wind.
Indexer Notes
Back cover; pantomime story.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
The Brownies -
1.
[Runaway Car]
The Brownies -
2.
The Brownies Blast Off Into Space
The Brownies -
3.
The Brownies Rescue Mrs. Ladybug
The Brownies -
4.
The Brownies Play a Benefit Show
The Brownies -
5.
[Trapped in a Bottle]
The Badkins -
6.
[Parking Ticket for a Turtle]
The Brownies -
7.
[Losing a Hat on a Windy Day]
The Brownies
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