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501October 1953
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Four Color #501

Dell · October 1953 · on sale 1953-08-25

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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#501
Issue title
Francis, the Famous Talking Mule
Publication date
October 1953
Key date
1953-10-00
On-sale date
1953-08-25
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Francis the Famous Talking Mulecover1pencils: Don Gunn; inks: Don GunnFrancis the Talking Mule; Pete Stirling
1Francis the Famous Talking Mulecomic story1pencils: Don Gunn; inks: Don GunnFrancis the Talking Mule; Pete Stirling
2Francis the Famous Talking Mulecomic story32pencils: Don Gunn; inks: Don GunnFrancis the Talking Mule; Pete Stirling; Mike; Sheik Ali Katt; Oompa; Professor Fidget; Smedley; Fred
3Franciscomic story1pencils: Don Gunn; inks: Don GunnFrancis the Talking Mule; Pete Stirling; Collins; Colby
4Francis the Famous Talking Mulecomic story1pencils: Don Gunn; inks: Don GunnFrancis the Talking Mule; Pete Stirling

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