Four Color #605 - The Brownies
(December 1954)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Editing
?
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock
Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 605." Code number is BROWNIES O.S. #605-5412. Copyright 1954 by Western Printing & Lithographing Company.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Brownies / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Colors
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Brownies
Keywords
brownies; ducklings; eggs; elves; fairies; insects; pixies; sprites

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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[Book-selling Brownie] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Brownies / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Brownies
Synopsis
A Brownie tries to sell a book titled "How to Keep from Being Lonesome" to a mother rabbit with a houseful of children.

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 and the Magic Cave (Table of Contents: 2)

The Brownies / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Brownies
Synopsis
A Brownie, Droopy, gets lost while retrieving a ball in a cave, which is supposed to be magic. Droopy decides to take a nap. While he's napping, a mouse takes his hat and goes out of the cave and the other Brownies think Droopy's been turned into a mouse.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

The Brownies and the Owlet (Table of Contents: 3)

The Brownies / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Brownies
Synopsis
Spindly disguises himself as a bird in order to help a baby owl learn to fly. The mother owl mistakes Spindly for her baby and takes him back to her nest.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Buttons Takes a Ride (Table of Contents: 4)

Buttons / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Constable Buttons; The Brownies; Uncle Dude
Synopsis
Constable Buttons goes for a wild ride with Uncle Dude in his new toy car.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Badkins and Good Deed Day (Table of Contents: 5)

The Badkins / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Badkins; The Brownies
Synopsis
The Brownies are giving apple jelly to those who do good deeds. The Badkins try to get jelly without doing any good deeds.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

[Bullfighter Brownie] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Brownies / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Brownies
Synopsis
A Brownie tries to play matador with an uncooperative beetle.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

[Postman Brownie] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Brownies / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Colors
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Brownies
Synopsis
The Brownie postman hitches a ride on a butterfly to deliver an Air Mail letter.

Indexer Notes

Back cover; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Brownies
  2. 1. [Book-selling Brownie]
    The Brownies
  3. 2. The Brownies and the Magic Cave
    The Brownies
  4. 3. The Brownies and the Owlet
    The Brownies
  5. 4. Buttons Takes a Ride
    Buttons
  6. 5. The Badkins and Good Deed Day
    The Badkins
  7. 6. [Bullfighter Brownie]
    The Brownies
  8. 7. [Postman Brownie]
    The Brownies
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