Four Color
#906 - Francis, the Famous Talking Mule
(May 1958)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1958
- 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. 906." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #906-585. Copyright 1958 by Universal Pictures Company, Inc. Based on the "Francis the Talking Mule" movie series.
[Bed in a Barn]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This barn is as good a place as any to bed down for the night!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis the talking mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis
- Pete and Francis are sleeping in a barn. Francis' snoring is so loud the farmer thinks an animal is prowling around the barn.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
All Dune In
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis the talking mule; Peter Stirling; Le Growl; Le Poof; Ben Ali Gazoom
- Synopsis
- Pete thinks he's signing up for a free trip to Africa, but he's really signing himself and Francis up with the Foreign Legion. In the desert, the pair are assigned to bring in the bandit, Ben Ali Gazoom.
The Policemen's Brawl
Francis the Famous Talking Mule / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis the talking mule; Peter Stirling; Murphy; Tony
- Synopsis
- Francis gets Pete in trouble with a policeman and the two are taken to the police station. There they accidentally end up going through the screening process for becoming a police officer.
[The Audition]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis the talking mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis
- Francis eats a juggler's apples as he's juggling them and the talent agent thinks the juggler is a great magician.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
[The Street Peddler]
Francis / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's right, folks! Just one spoonful of Peppo a day, and inside a month, you'll be as strong as a horse!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Francis the talking mule; Peter Stirling
- Synopsis
- A street peddler, selling a strength serum called "Peppo," insults Francis and gets kicked in return.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Oooh! Hammer down the nails, they hurt my feet!"]
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
1.
[Bed in a Barn]
Francis -
2.
All Dune In
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
3.
The Policemen's Brawl
Francis the Famous Talking Mule -
4.
[The Audition]
Francis -
5.
[The Street Peddler]
Francis
This issue was modified by, among others
- Alberto Becattini
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
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