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Issue: Four Color #813
Publication Date: July 1957
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Issues: #813 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Circus Boy
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1957
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. 813." Code number is C. BOY O.S. #813-577. Copyright 1957 by Norbert Productions, Inc. Based on the 1956-58 NBC/ABC "Circus Boy" TV series. Third of three Circus Boy Four Color issues.
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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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The Fabulous Colonel Jack

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Circus Boy
Character(s): Corky (photo of Mickey Braddock [Micky Dolenz])
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDomingos Alegres #285 published September 1959
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Elephant Roundup

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, jungle, non-fiction
Synopsis: How elephants are captured in East Pakistan (now known as Bangladesh).
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In Content Item: FlagDomingos Alegres #285 published September 1959
as Cacería de Elefantes [Filler on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Craftint shading. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Circus Boy and the Fabulous Colonel Jack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Circus Boy
Character(s): Corky; Joey; Mr. Champion; Bimbo (elephant); Colonel Jack Bixby
Synopsis: Corky meets Colonel Jack, an old man who claims to have had a number of glamorous jobs all over the world. Shortly after the Colonel joins the circus, disasters start to happen, culminating in a fire that destroys the main tent and equipment. The show people think the Colonel is a jinx, but when a tiger escapes, the Colonel takes Corky and his elephant out to capture the big cat.
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In Content Item: FlagDomingos Alegres #285 published September 1959
as El Fabuloso Coronel Jaco [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Leap for Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Circus Boy
Character(s): Corky; Joey; Mr. Champion; Bimbo (elephant); Professor Ferrand; Collette
Synopsis: After the Burke and Walsh circus signs Professor Ferrand and his daughter to do a high-diving act from a hot air balloon, thugs from a rival carnival attempt to disrupt his act so that he will sign with them.
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In Content Item: FlagDomingos Alegres #285 published September 1959
as El Salto Mortal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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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The Great Balloon

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Joseph Montgolfier; Etienne Montgolfier
Synopsis: How the Montgolfier brothers of 18th Century France invented the hot air balloon.
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In Content Item: FlagDomingos Alegres #285 published September 1959
as El Primer Globo [Filler on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Craftint shading. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Circus Wagon Model

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Circus Boy
Character(s): Corky; Bimbo (elephant)
Synopsis: A fold-together model of a circus wagon, along with standup cutout figures of Corky and Bimbo.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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