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Issue: Four Color #1275
Publication Date: December 1961
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Issues: #1275 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Rocky and His Friends
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell [stamp]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/02/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "Rocky and His Friends, No. 1275." Code number is ROCKY O.S. 1275-6112. 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.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Kilgore
Inker(s): Al Kilgore
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Rocky and His Friends
Character(s): Rocky; Bullwinkle
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Robinson ?
Penciller(s): Al Kilgore
Inker(s): Al Kilgore
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rocky and His Friends
Character(s): Rocky; Bullwinkle; Boris Badenov; Mr. Peabody; Sherman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover; black and white. One or two panel previews of the stories in the issue.
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Underwater Moose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Robinson ?
Penciller(s): Al Kilgore ?
Inker(s): Al Kilgore ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Rocky and His Friends
Character(s): Bullwinkle; Rocky; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale
Synopsis: Boris has a scheme to capture electric eels and use them for power in Pottsylvania. He tricks Bullwinkle into gathering the eels while skin-diving.
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In Content Item: FlagBullwinkle #5 [Gold Key] published September 1972
as Underwater Moose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Busy Signal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Robinson ?
Penciller(s): Al Kilgore
Inker(s): Al Kilgore
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Peabody's Improbable History
Character(s): Mr. Peabody; Sherman; Samuel Morse; Alfred Vail
Synopsis: Mr. Peabody and Sherman go back in history to help Samuel Morse invent the telegraph.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Frivolous Facts
First Line: When two English circus acrobats got married...
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Reprint Notes: Odd facts. Text article with 1/4 page illustration.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Interview

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Robinson ?
Penciller(s): Al Kilgore
Inker(s): Al Kilgore
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Boris and Natasha
Character(s): Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; Mark Spot
Synopsis: Boris and Natasha go on a TV talk show.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Gingerbread Kid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Kilgore
Penciller(s): Mel Crawford
Inker(s): Mel Crawford
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fractured Fairy Tale
Character(s): Rocky (host); Bullwinkle (host)
Synopsis: The Gingerbread Man story recast with the lead character as a beatnik.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The bottom margin of the original art for page one of this story has a personal note from Mel Crawford to Al Kilgore: "Al, You and your 'stupid puns', but a delight to work on, Like man, -Mel Crawford"
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Tea Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Robinson ?
Penciller(s): Al Kilgore
Inker(s): Al Kilgore
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Peabody's Improbable History
Character(s): Mr. Peabody; Sherman
Synopsis: Mr. Peabody and Sherman go back in history to the Boston Tea Party.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Noose for a Moose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Robinson ?; Al Kilgore ?
Penciller(s): Fred Fredericks
Inker(s): Fred Fredericks
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Rocky and His Friends
Character(s): Bullwinkle; Rocky; Boris Badenov; Natasha Fatale; Fearless Leader
Synopsis: Fearless Leader orders Boris and Natasha to bring Bullwinkle to Pottsylvania in order to be a scapegoat candidate in an election.
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In Content Item: FlagBullwinkle #5 [Gold Key] published September 1972
as Noose for a Moose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Food For Thought

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Robinson ?
Penciller(s): Al Kilgore
Inker(s): Al Kilgore
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Feature(s): Peabody's Improbable History
Character(s): Mr. Peabody; Sherman; Marco Polo
Synopsis: Mr. Peabody and Sherman go back into history to prove that Marco Polo discovered spaghetti in China.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white.
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Out On a Limb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Robinson ?
Penciller(s): Al Kilgore
Inker(s): Al Kilgore
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Rocky and His Friends
Character(s): Bullwinkle; Rocky
Synopsis: Bullwinkle plants a fruit tree and Rocky plays a joke on him.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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