Four Color
#761 - Howdy Doody
(January 1957)
- 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
[no title indexed]
Howdy Doody / cover / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Mel Crawford art credit from Karl Wilcox (January 28, 2008). David Gantz art credit from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Packing for Airplane Trip]
Clarabell / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Howdy Doody; Clarabell
- Synopsis
- Howdy asks Clarabell to pack a bag for an airplane trip.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
A Big Day at the Zoo
Howdy Doody / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- children; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Howdy Doody; Phineas T. Bluster
- Synopsis
- A chimpanzee escapes from the Doodyville Zoo and raises havoc in town.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Taffy Trap
Heidi Doody / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Heidi Doody; Howdy Doody; Flub-a-Dub
- Synopsis
- Howdy sets a trap to catch Heidi's cookie thief.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Howdy Doody's Old-Time Silent Movie
Dilly Dally / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Dilly Dally
- Synopsis
- Dilly buys a uranium detector...but the hobby shop sold him an egg timer by mistake. After he
has already dug up his back yard, he turns it into an ice skating rink.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[Wallpapering]
Flub-a-Dub / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Flub-a-Dub
- Synopsis
- Flub-a-Dub tries hanging wallpaper but is all thumbs. So he decides to paint the wall instead.
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Haste Makes Waste
Dilly Dally / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Dilly Dally; Flub-a-Dub
- Synopsis
- Dilly and the Flub-a-Dub compete for a job at the grocery store.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Thunder and Lightning Wars
Princess Summerfall Winterspring / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Princess Summerfall Winterspring; Inspector John J. Fidoozle
- Synopsis
- When the Inspector hears two Indian tribes are planning a war, he doesn't realize that it's a price-cutting war with the cheap souvenir shop on the reservation.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Football on TV]
Clarabell / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Clarabell
- Synopsis
- Clarabell buys a TV set to watch the football game.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
The Inspector
Inspector John J. Fidoozle / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- David Gantz (painting)
- Inks
- David Gantz (painting)
- Colors
- David Gantz (painting)
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Inspector John J. Fidoozle
Indexer Notes
Back cover. In other media/merchandise, the Inspector's last name is spelled Fedoozle (the correct spelling). Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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0.
[no title indexed]
Howdy Doody -
1.
[Packing for Airplane Trip]
Clarabell -
2.
A Big Day at the Zoo
Howdy Doody -
3.
Taffy Trap
Heidi Doody -
4.
Howdy Doody's Old-Time Silent Movie
Dilly Dally -
5.
[Wallpapering]
Flub-a-Dub -
6.
Haste Makes Waste
Dilly Dally -
7.
The Thunder and Lightning Wars
Princess Summerfall Winterspring -
8.
[Football on TV]
Clarabell -
9.
The Inspector
Inspector John J. Fidoozle
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Alan Hutchinson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Tanya Schuehle
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