Four Color
#805 - Crusader Rabbit
[15¢]
(May 1957)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1957
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Printer
- Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Based on the pioneering TV cartoon series created by Alex Anderson and Jay Ward. Second of two Crusader Rabbit Four Color issues.
Edited out of Western Publishing's New York offices.
This issue is a variant of Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #805 - Crusader Rabbit [10¢].Keywords cover price variant
Edited out of Western Publishing's New York offices.
This issue is a variant of Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #805 - Crusader Rabbit [10¢].
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[The New Exhibit]
Crusader Rabbit / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- See, Crusader, did you ever see such funny looking animals?
- Feature Logo
Crusader Rabbit [Dell Comics Logo]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Crusader Rabbit; Rags the Tiger
- Synopsis
- Rags inadvertently becomes a new exhibit in the Museum of Natural History.
- Keywords
- carelessness; exhibit; Museum of Natural History
Indexer Notes
Black and white on inside front cover.
The Tenth Century
Crusader Rabbit / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils
- Dan Gormley
- Inks
- Dan Gormley
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Delivery! Anyone home?
- Feature Logo
- Crusader Rabbit [Dell Comics Logo]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Crusader Rabbit; Rags the Tiger; package delivery crow; Sir Chester Chillblain; Mary Anne (Sir Chester's daughter); castle guards; The Blaggard Brothers; Mervin (court magician); Arson and Sterno (two-headed dragon)
- Synopsis
- When Crusader and Rags step through a magic mirror, they find themselves back in medieval times. In the freezing castle of Chattering Heights, the pair meet Sir Chester Chillblain and his fair daughter Mary Anne and defeat the villainous Blaggard Brothers.
- Keywords
- castle; dragon; freezing temperatures; jousting; kidnapping; knights; medieval setting; mirror; rescue; time travel
Indexer Notes
Good gags abound, as they would in Jay Ward's later series "Rocky and His Friends" and "The Bullwinkle Show". Some examples:
The Blaggard Brothers lay siege to the freezing castle of Chattering Heights:
BIGOT BLAGGARD: "I, Bigot Blaggard, have come to claim your daughter's hand!"
MARY ANNE: "I wish (Chatter! Chatter!) SOMEONE would hold my hand... and WARM IT"
Per medieval movie tradition, Mary Anne gives her scarf to Crusader for luck as he and Rags prepare to joust with the Blaggard Brothers:
MARY ANNE: "Wear this! It will protect you for life, Sir Rabbit!
CRUSADER: "What is it? An INSURANCE POLICY?"
SUBTLE POPEYE REFERENCE: The Blaggard Brothers stuff Mary Anne in a potato sack and make off with her. The sack is labeled "Sweet Potato [with the word "Potato" crossed-out and replaced with] Patotie". "Sweet Patootie" (with TWO "O"s) is what Popeye would call his sweetheart Olive Oil.
The Circus Mystery
Crusader Rabbit / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils
- Dan Gormley
- Inks
- Dan Gormley
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Da, Crusader, maybe I'm getting weak as a kitten! But I can't open the door!
- Feature Logo
- Crusader Rabbit [Dell Comics Logo]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Crusader Rabbit; Rags the Tiger; Whetstone Whiplash (villain); Achilles the Heel; Colonel Truepenny; Slapstick the Clown; fire eater; fat lady; Dum Dum the Human Cannonball; Fifi the Tightrope Walker; Amnesia the World's Most Forgetful Elephant; Earthquake the Ferocious Gorilla; police officer
- Synopsis
- Crusader and Rags visit the circus that Rags once performed with only to find that the cruel animal keeper, Whetstone Whiplash, with his henchman strong man Achilles the Heel, has illegally taken over the circus from kindly Colonel Truepenny. When Whiplash locks Rags in his old cage and forces him to perform, Crusader goes undercover as a magician to rescue his pal.
- Keywords
- circus setting; rescue
[Seed and You Shall Find]
Crusader Rabbit / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, Rags, we sure could use some grass!
- Feature Logo
- Crusader Rabbit [Dell Comics Logo]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Crusader Rabbit; Rags the Tiger
- Synopsis
- Crusader sends Rags to by seed for their front lawn.
- Keywords
- best of intentions; lawn; seeds
Indexer Notes
Black, white and gray on inside back cover.
[No Means No!]
Crusader Rabbit / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Crusader Rabbit [Dell Comics Logo]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Crusader Rabbit; Rags the Tiger
- Synopsis
- Crusader and Rags ignore a "No Fishing" sign, only to find out why it was posted in the first place.
- Keywords
- Dell Comics Pledge to Parents; fishing; frustration; sign
Indexer Notes
Pantomime. Color on back cover. Story shares page with the Dell Comics Pledge to Parents in its last panel.
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
[Never Fight a Two-Headed Dragon Without a Double-Edged Sword!]
Crusader Rabbit -
1.
[The New Exhibit]
Crusader Rabbit -
2.
The Tenth Century
Crusader Rabbit -
3.
The Circus Mystery
Crusader Rabbit -
4.
[Seed and You Shall Find]
Crusader Rabbit -
5.
[No Means No!]
Crusader Rabbit
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- Peter Croome
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Joe Torcivia
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