(November-December 1950)

Dell, 1950 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Editing
George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice-president)

Issue Notes

Copyright, 1950, by Robert E. (Bob) Smith. Howdy Doody, NBC Television Star.
Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Howdy Doody / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Genre
children
Characters
Howdy Doody

Indexer Notes

Photo cover of Howdy Doody

Cover Thumbnail for Howdy Doody (Dell, 1950 series) #5
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Cover gallery

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Clarabell and Flub-a-Dub / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Edward Kean
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Quit draggin' your finger!
Genre
children
Characters
Clarabell; Flub-a-Dub

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover in black and white.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Howdy Doody / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Edward Kean
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
H.D.#5-5011
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yes, sir, what a day for fishing!
Genre
children
Characters
Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally; Mr. Bluster [Phineas T. Bluster]; Archibald; Pennyworth; Throckmorton
Synopsis
Howdy and Dilly hitch a ride on a riverboat.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Clarabell and Flub-a-Dub / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Edward Kean
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's see Clarabelle come up in back of me here!
Genre
children
Characters
Clarabell [as Clarabelle]; Flub-a-Dub

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Dilly Dally / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Edward Kean
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mm. Me for a quiet snooze.
Genre
children
Characters
Dilly Dally; Mr. Bluster [Phineas T. Bluster]; Howdy Doody

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Howdy and Dilly / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Edward Kean
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Darn. There's nothing for dinner but a can of soup!
Genre
children
Characters
Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Flub-a-Dub / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Flub-a-Dub is waiting for five guests.
Genre
children
Characters
Flub-a-Dub

Indexer Notes

Maze puzzle

Venice (Table of Contents: 7)

Howdy Doody / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Edward Kean
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children
Characters
Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally
Synopsis
Howdy and Dilly fly to Venice via the Air-o-Doodle (a unique vehicle comprised of a helicopter, an airplane, a train, a boat, and an automobile).

Stormy Weather (Table of Contents: 8)

Howdy Doody / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Edward Kean ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
children
Characters
Howdy Doody; Mr. Svenson; Mr. Abercrombie; Snowball (a cat)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Howdy Doody / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Show Howdy Doody the way to the strange castle
Genre
children
Characters
Howdy Doody

Indexer Notes

Maze puzzle

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Flub-a-Dub / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Edward Kean
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hm-um... lovely, simply lovely!
Genre
children
Characters
Flub-a-Dub; Mr. Bluster [Phineas T. Bluster]

["There's Howdy!] (Table of Contents: 11)

Howdy Doody and Dilly Dally / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Edward Kean
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Genre
children
Characters
Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally

Indexer Notes

On inside back cover in black and white.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Howdy Doody and Clarabell / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Edward Kean
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The hunting ought to be good!
Genre
children
Characters
Howdy Doody; Clarabell

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Howdy Doody
  2. 1. ["Quit draggin' your finger!"]
    Clarabell and Flub-a-Dub
  3. 2. ["Yes, sir, what a day for fishing!"]
    Howdy Doody
  4. 3. ["Let's see Clarabelle come up in back of me here!"]
    Clarabell and Flub-a-Dub
  5. 4. ["Mm. Me for a quiet snooze."]
    Dilly Dally
  6. 5. ["Darn. There's nothing for dinner but a can of soup!"]
    Howdy and Dilly
  7. 6. ["Flub-a-Dub is waiting for five guests."]
    Flub-a-Dub
  8. 7. Venice
    Howdy Doody
  9. 8. Stormy Weather
    Howdy Doody
  10. 9. ["Show Howdy Doody the way to the strange castle"]
    Howdy Doody
  11. 10. ["Hm-um... lovely, simply lovely!"]
    Flub-a-Dub
  12. 11. ["There's Howdy!]
    Howdy Doody and Dilly Dally
  13. 12. ["The hunting ought to be good!"]
    Howdy Doody and Clarabell
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