Four Color
#710 - Francis, the Famous Talking Mule
(July 1956)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- 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 "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 710." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #707-567 (Note issue number of code does not match issue number). Copyright 1956 by Universal Pictures, Inc. Ninth of 17 Francis the Famous Talking Mule Four Colors.
[no title indexed]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / cover / 1 page
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:
- Don't rush me -- you know I like to soak!
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Francis the Famous Talking Mule; Pete
- Keywords:
- bathing; bathtubs; books; dressing gowns; reading
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[The Plumber]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 1 page
- Script:
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Letters:
- Don Gunn
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Francis the Famous Talking Mule; Pete
- Synopsis:
- Francis is taking a bath when the plumber comes to fix the faucet.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[The Idol of Pooda]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 32 pages
- Script:
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Don Gunn
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Francis the Famous Talking Mule; Pete
- Synopsis:
- Francis and Pete come into possession of a giant black pearl that was stolen from a sacred idol in Pooda, India. Francis impersonates a race horse, Nausea, to get a plane ride to India to return the pearl.
Indexer Notes
The horse's name of "Nausea" is a takeoff on "Nashua," a champion racehorse in the early 1950s. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[Musical Number]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
- Script:
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Letters:
- Don Gunn
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Francis the Famous Talking Mule; Pete
- Synopsis:
- Francis and Pete audition for an amateur show, but the manager doesn't like Francis' singing.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
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["Don't rush me -- you know I like to soak!"]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
1.
[The Plumber]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
2.
[The Idol of Pooda]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
3.
[Musical Number]
Francis -
4.
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