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Issue: Four Color #465
Publication Date: April 1953
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Issues: #465 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Francis the Famous Talking Mule
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "FRANCIS, THE FAMOUS TALKING MULE, No. 465." Code number is FRANCIS O.S. #465-534. Copyright 1953 by United Feature Syndicate. Second of 17 Francis the Famous Talking Mule Four Colors. Based on the "Francis, the Talking Mule" series of movies.
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Don Gunn
Inker(s): Don Gunn
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, nature
Feature(s): Francis the Famous Talking Mule
Character(s): Francis; Peter Stirling
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Francis chooses the place to eat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Gunn
Inker(s): Don Gunn
Letterer(s): Don Gunn
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, nature
Feature(s): Francis the Famous Talking Mule
Character(s): Francis; Peter Stirling
Synopsis: Francis picks the place where he and Peter will eat lunch.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
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Circus and Cannibals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Gunn
Inker(s): Don Gunn
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Don Gunn
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, nature
Feature(s): Francis the Famous Talking Mule
Character(s): Francis; Peter Stirling
Synopsis: Francis's timely remarks get Peter hired as a highwire performer in a circus after the regular wire walker falls. After Francis foils a burglary of the circus's safe, he and Peter are rewarded but give the money to the wife of the injured performer. As they leave the circus, they seek refuge from a storm in the basket of a balloon, which breaks loose and carries them to a tropical island. There the natives worship Francis as a god and make preparations to eat Peter for lunch. However, things are not as they seem.
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Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
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Francis insults a policeman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Gunn
Inker(s): Don Gunn
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Don Gunn
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, nature
Feature(s): Francis the Famous Talking Mule
Character(s): Francis; Peter Stirling
Synopsis: Francis insults a cop, but Peter is the one who has to spend ten days in jail.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
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Attend Francis's movie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Gunn
Inker(s): Don Gunn
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Don Gunn
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous, nature
Feature(s): Francis the Famous Talking Mule
Character(s): Francis; Peter Stirling
Synopsis: The theater doorman won't let Francis in to see his own movie.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; color. The movie advertised on the theater marquee is "Francis Covers The Big Town," which was released June 17, 1953.

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