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Issue: Four Color #759
Publication Date: December 1956
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Issues: #759 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Circus Boy
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "CIRCUS BOY, No. 759." Code number is C.BOY O.S. #759-5612. Copyright 1956 by Norbert Productions, Inc. First of three Circus Boy Four Colors. Based on the 1956-58 "Circus Boy" TV series.
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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): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama
Feature(s): Circus Boy
Character(s): Corky (photo of Mickey Braddock [Micky Dolenz]); Bimbo (elephant, photo)
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In Issue: FlagFernseh Abenteuer #66 published ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cast

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama
Feature(s): Circus Boy
Character(s): Corky (photo of Mickey Braddock [Mickey Dolenz]); Bimbo (elephant, photo); Tim Champion (photo of Robert Lowery); Uncle Joey (photo of Noah Beery Jr.)
Synopsis: Introduction of cast of characters.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Four cropped photos with typeset text.
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Swifty's Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, drama, historical
Feature(s): Circus Boy
Character(s): Corky; Uncle Joey; Tim Champion; Bimbo (elephant)
Synopsis: Corky, a young boy, has traveled with the circus since his parents, The Flying Falcons, were killed during their act. The circus' new owner, Tim Champion, decides that Corky should leave. Corky and Uncle Joey, his clown friend, travel to Prairie City, where they find that an enemy of Champion is waiting to ambush him on the way to Kansas City.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Intro to series, which is set in the late 19th Century. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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The Amazing Mr. Sinbad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama, historical
Feature(s): Circus Boy
Character(s): Corky; Uncle Joey; Tim Champion; Prince Ben Ali; Bimbo (elephant); Sgt. Price; Sinbad (camel)
Synopsis: After Corky's elephant threatens the circus' star horse rider, Prince Ben Ali, Corky decides it's all his fault and runs away from the circus. He stumbles across a ghost town, inhabited by a former soldier--Sgt. Price, fifth in command of the Camel Regiment--and his camel Sinbad.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Three-Ring Quiz

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Four multiple choice questions about illustrated circus animals.
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The Clown

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Uncle Joey
Synopsis: Description of some of the activities of clowns.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Large illustration with typeset text.

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