Publishers / Dell / Four Color (1942) / #229
229May 1949
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Four Color #229

Dell · May 1949 · on sale 1949-04-05

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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#229
Issue title
Smokey Stover
Publication date
May 1949
Key date
1949-05-00
On-sale date
1949-04-05
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Puttin' (ink blots) on the Dogcover1script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman, Dan Gormley; inks: Bill Holman, Dan GormleySmokey Stover; Sparks the firedog; Spooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky; boy
1Edible Artcomic story0.5script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Bill HolmanSpooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky
2Carpet Sweeper Spookycomic story0.5script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Bill HolmanSpooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky; mouse
3variouscomic story32script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman; letters: Bill HolmanSmokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Spooky (cat); Cookie Stover (Smokey's wife); Mayor Dinkdipper
4Spooky Delivers Milkcomic story0.5script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Bill HolmanSpooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky; cow
5The Cat and the Coo-Coo Clockcomic story0.5script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Bill HolmanSpooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky
6Cat on a Hot Wood Fencecomic story0.5script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Bill HolmanSpooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky
7Fishbowl Faux-Pascomic story0.5script: Bill Holman; pencils: Bill Holman; inks: Bill Holman; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Bill HolmanSpooky (cat); Fenwick Flooky; two fish in a bowl

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