Four Color
#1208 - Rocky and His Friends
(September-November 1961)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1961-06-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell [stamp]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Rocky and His Friends, No. 1208." Code number is ROCKY+H.F. O.S. #1208-618. Copyright 1961 by P.A.T.-Ward Productions, Inc. Creator credits from Keith Scott in his book "The Moose that Roared."
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
[no title indexed]
Rocky and His Friends / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Bullwinkle J. Moose; Rocky, the Flying Squirrel; Natasha Fatale
- Keywords
- escalators; gifts
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Bullwinkle J. Moose; Rocky, the Flying Squirrel; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; Mr. Peabody; Sherman
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. One panel previews from each story in the issue.
Moose Goes West
Rocky and His Friends / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Bullwinkle J. Moose; Rocky J. Squirrel; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; John DeSoto
- Synopsis
- Bullwinkle gets a part on a TV western, but Boris and Natasha are also on the set.
- Reprints
-
in Bullwinkle and Rocky (Western, 1979 series) #24 (December 1979)
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Sword and the Rock
Mr. Peabody's Improbable History / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- King Arthur; Mr. Peabody; Sherman; Merlin the Magician
- Synopsis
- Mr. Peabody and Sherman go back to King Arthur's time to arrange for him to pull the sword from the stone and be named king.
[no title indexed]
Frivolous Facts / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Down in Alabama one man finally figured out how to keep his lawn neat and trim without mowing...
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Collection of odd facts.
Text with 1/8 page illustration.
The Soda Baron
Boris and Natasha / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale
- Synopsis
- Boris invents a formula for making instant root beer.
- Reprints
- in Bullwinkle and Rocky (Western, 1979 series) #24 (December 1979)
-
Prince of Frogs
Fractured Fairy Tales / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Bullwinkle J. Moose (host); Rocky J. Squirrel (host); Selma; Gerald
- Synopsis
- The story of the Princess and the frog, with a twist ending.
Knock, Knock
Mr. Peabody's Improbable History / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Ludwig von Beethoven; Mr. Peabody; Sherman
- Synopsis
- Mr. Peabody and Sherman go back to 1808 to help Beethoven write his Fifth Symphony.
- Reprints
- in Bullwinkle and Rocky (Western, 1979 series) #24 (December 1979)
-
Million-Dollar Moose
Rocky and His Friends / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Bullwinkle J. Moose; Rocky J. Squirrel; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; Phil A. Telic
- Synopsis
- Bullwinkle becomes a stamp collector and gets mixed up with Boris in a fight over a stamp worth a million dollars.
- Reprints
- in Bullwinkle and Rocky (Western, 1979 series) #24 (December 1979)
-
Mistaken Identity
Mr. Peabody's Improbable History / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody; humor
- Characters
- Mr. Peabody; Sherman
- Synopsis
- Mr. Peabody takes Sherman back to caveman days to prove that dinosaurs were extinct by then.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
Ankles Away
Rocky and His Friends / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Bullwinkle J. Moose; Rocky J. Squirrel
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Some issues have this page, while others have an ad for 204 Revolutionary War soldiers.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Rocky and His Friends -
1.
Contents
-
2.
Moose Goes West
Rocky and His Friends -
3.
Sword and the Rock
Mr. Peabody's Improbable History -
4.
["Down in Alabama one man finally figured out how to keep his lawn neat and trim without mowing..."]
Frivolous Facts -
5.
The Soda Baron
Boris and Natasha -
6.
Prince of Frogs
Fractured Fairy Tales -
7.
Knock, Knock
Mr. Peabody's Improbable History -
8.
Million-Dollar Moose
Rocky and His Friends -
9.
Mistaken Identity
Mr. Peabody's Improbable History -
10.
Ankles Away
Rocky and His Friends
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Pat Conolly
- Merlin Haas
- Darrel McCann
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Gary Perlman
- Marco Pesce
- Tony R. Rose
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