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5November-December 1950
$0.10

Howdy Doody #5

Dell · November-December 1950 · on sale 1950

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Identification plate

Series: Howdy Doody (Dell, 1950 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: November-December 1950
Key date: 1950-11-00
On-sale date: 1950
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); colors: ? (photo)	Howdy Doody
1	-	comic story	1	script: Edward Kean	Clarabell; Flub-a-Dub
2	-	comic story	18	script: Edward Kean	Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally; Mr. Bluster [Phineas T. Bluster]; Archibald; Pennyworth; Throckmorton
3	-	comic story	1	script: Edward Kean	Clarabell [as Clarabelle]; Flub-a-Dub
4	-	comic story	8	script: Edward Kean	Dilly Dally; Mr. Bluster [Phineas T. Bluster]; Howdy Doody
5	-	comic story	1	script: Edward Kean	Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally
6	-	activity	1		Flub-a-Dub
7	Venice	comic story	8	script: Edward Kean	Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally
8	Stormy Weather	text story	2	script: Edward Kean	Howdy Doody; Mr. Svenson; Mr. Abercrombie; Snowball (a cat)
9	-	activity	1	letters: typeset	Howdy Doody
10	-	comic story	8	script: Edward Kean	Flub-a-Dub; Mr. Bluster [Phineas T. Bluster]
11	"There's Howdy!	comic story	1	script: Edward Kean	Howdy Doody; Dilly Dally
12	-	comic story	1	script: Edward Kean	Howdy Doody; Clarabell

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