Four Color
#592 - Super Circus featuring Mary Hartline
(October 1954)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1954
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "SUPER CIRCUS featuring Mary Hartline, No. 592." Code number is S.CIRCUS O.S. #592-5410. Copyright 1954 by Western Printing and Lithographing Company. Second of three Super Circus Four Colors. Based on the 1952-55 version of the ABC TV series "Super Circus."
[no title indexed]
Super Circus / cover / 1 page
- Characters
- Mary Hartline (photo); Claude Kirchner (photo); Cliffy the Clown (photo of Clifford Soubier); Nicky the Clown (photo of Nicky Francis); Scampy the Clown (photo of Sandy Dobritsch)
Indexer Notes
Cover is a collage of photos with painted background.
[Cooking a Pie]
Super Circus / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Mary Hartline; Claude Kirchner; Cliffy; Nicky; Scampy
- Synopsis
- The clowns "help" Mary bake a pie.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
[Farmer Brown's Substitute Circus]
Super Circus / comic story / 10 pages
- Characters
- Mary Hartline; Claude Kirchner; Cliffy (cameo); Nicky (cameo); Scampy (cameo)
- Synopsis
- All the star performers are ill or injured and it looks like the circus show at Pleasantville will be cancelled. Mary takes a walk and finds that Farmer Brown has farm animals that can perform tricks and can be substitutes for that night's show.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Ellie the Dancing Elephant]
Super Circus Menagerie / comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Claude Kirschner; Leo the Lion; Ellie the elephant
- Synopsis
- Ellie, the baby elephant, wants to be a graceful dancer, but is heart-broken when the crowd laughs at her.
Indexer Notes
The animals can talk to each other in this story, but not to humans. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Car Salesmen]
Super Circus Clown Alley / comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Mary Hartline; Cliffy; Nicky; Scampy
- Synopsis
- The clowns try to sell Mary their old car.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Freddy the Giant]
Super Circus Sideshow / comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Claude Kirchner; Mary Hartline; Strongo; Fatima
- Synopsis
- Freddy the giant boy joins the circus; but there are problems finding a job for him to do.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Magician's Hat]
Super Circus / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Cliffy; Scampy; Nicky
- Synopsis
- The clowns produce a herd of rabbits from the magician's hat.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Super Circus -
1.
[Cooking a Pie]
Super Circus -
2.
[Farmer Brown's Substitute Circus]
Super Circus -
3.
[Ellie the Dancing Elephant]
Super Circus Menagerie -
4.
[Car Salesmen]
Super Circus Clown Alley -
5.
[Freddy the Giant]
Super Circus Sideshow -
6.
[Magician's Hat]
Super Circus -
7.
[The Photographer]
Super Circus
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- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Thomas Johnson
- Keith Alan Morgan
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