Four Color
#745 - Francis, the Famous Talking Mule
(November 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 FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 745." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #745-5611. Copyright 1956 by Universal Pictures, Inc. Tenth of 17 Francis the Famous Talking Mule Four Colors.
in 
[Setting the Record Straight]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, well!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis, the Famous Talking Mule; Peter Stirling; Professor Nutrut
- Synopsis
- Francis is offended by a radio broadcast defaming mules.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
[The Eskimo Baby]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 32 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This story opens in the Arctic on the northern tip of Quebec.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis, the Famous Talking Mule; Peter Stirling; Ugi; Kuba; Gilbert Gimmick
- Synopsis
- Two fur smugglers accidentally take an Eskimo baby with their furs when they fly back to the United States. The smugglers leave the baby with Francis and Pete. Francis and Pete meet a press agent who (thanks to Francis) thinks the baby can talk and flies them all back to the Arctic in order to get the parents' permission to use the baby in an ad campaign.
[The Lost Wallet]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What did you lose, Pete
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis, the Famous Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis
- Francis arranges for Pete to be punished for losing his wallet with all their money in it.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
[Autographed photos]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your photos came, Francis!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis, the Famous Talking Mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis
- Francis autographs photos of himself with a hoof print and Pete distributes them at a movie theater showing his latest picture.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Combination of story and promo for the movie "Francis in the Haunted House," starring Mickey Rooney.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Mush!"]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
1.
[Setting the Record Straight]
Francis -
2.
[The Eskimo Baby]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
3.
[The Lost Wallet]
Francis -
4.
[Autographed photos]
Francis
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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