Four Color
#704 - Priscilla's Pop
(May 1956)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1956
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "PRISCILLA'S POP, No. 704." Code number is PRIS.P.O.S. #704-565. Copyright 1956 by NEA Service, Inc. Based on the NEA newspaper strip "Priscilla's Pop" by Al Vermeer. Third of four Priscilla's Pop Four Color issues.
in 
Another Outstanding Award for Dell Comics
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Dell Publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr. (photo); Col. Draper F. Henry, USAF (photo); Major General Lucas V. Beau, USAF (photo); Hon. John I. Lerom, Asst. Sec. USAF (photo); Col C. Short, USAF (photo)
- Synopsis
- Photo of trophy and citation "for his continuing efforts in behalf of the betterment of American youth" given by the Civil Air Patrol to Dell publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos, typeset text, and Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
The Holiday
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Priscilla; Lester; Oliver (dog); Jenny Lu; Hollyhock
- Synopsis
- Priscilla gets "freckleitis," a harmless but contagious ailment, and is told to stay home from school for a week. Taking advantage of the situation, she charges other kids a nickel to catch the ailment so they can stay out of school a week, too; but the scheme backfires.
The Lion Tamess
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Priscilla; Lester; Jenny Lu; Hollyhock; Stuart
- Synopsis
- After watching a lion-tamer, Priscilla decides her new ambition is to be a lady lion-tamer. When Cato, an old and tame lion, runs away from the zoo; Priscilla find him and holds him at bay with a chair until his trainer tracks him down.
Mixed-Up Movies
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Priscilla; Lester; Jenny Lu; Hollyhock
- Synopsis
- When time runs short on producing a play for a contest, Priscilla borrows her father's home movie camera to film the scenes. The plan is for the silent films to be projected and the characters to read their dialogue from behind a screen. However on the night of the contest, Priscilla distributes the scripts in the wrong sequence and the dialogue doesn't match the film.
[no title indexed]
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Priscilla's acting mighty strange...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Priscilla; Lester; Oliver (dog); Jenny Lu; Hollyhock
- Synopsis
- Priscilla reads a book on hypnotism. The other kids pretend to be hypnotized, but it turns out Lester really is and Priscilla orders him to carry her books to school each morning. Lester's mother is not happy with this turn of events and tells Priscilla to "un-hypnotize" him, but Priscilla can't remember the word to break the spell.
Indexer Notes
The story narration at the bottom of each panel is told in rhyme, which was a device sometimes used in the newspaper strip.
[no title indexed]
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Priscilla, while I'm gone to the store, will you seal those club notices for me?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Priscilla
- Synopsis
- Priscilla has to lick the flaps to seal a stack of envelopes for her mother.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
[no title indexed]
Priscilla's Pop / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I call today's recipe a mocha surprise cake.
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Priscilla
- Synopsis
- Priscilla follows the instructions on a TV cooking show, but misunderstands an instruction.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Priscilla's Pop -
1.
Another Outstanding Award for Dell Comics
-
2.
The Holiday
Priscilla's Pop -
3.
The Lion Tamess
Priscilla's Pop -
4.
Mixed-Up Movies
Priscilla's Pop -
5.
["Priscilla's acting mighty strange..."]
Priscilla's Pop -
6.
["Priscilla, while I'm gone to the store, will you seal those club notices for me?"]
Priscilla's Pop -
7.
["I call today's recipe a mocha surprise cake."]
Priscilla's Pop
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Alan Hutchinson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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