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Issue: Four Color #1038
Publication Date: October 1959
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Issues: #1038 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Ruff and Reddy
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView 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:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "RUFF AND REDDY, No. 1038." Code number is RUFF+REDDY O.S. #1038-5910. Copyright 1959 by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Based on the animated TV series "Ruff and Reddy." Third of three Ruff and Reddy Four Colors. Continues as Ruff and Reddy (Dell 1960 series) #4 (January-March 1960).
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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): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Ruff and Reddy
Character(s): Ruff; Reddy
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Fair Share

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Ruff and Reddy
Character(s): Ruff; Reddy
Synopsis: Ruff and Reddy argue over an umbrella.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
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Pioneer Pilots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, science fiction
Feature(s): Ruff and Reddy
Character(s): Ruff; Reddy
Synopsis: After building a jumbo model airplane, Ruff and Reddy go on a test flight and crash-land at a scientist's compound. He has a rocket ready for launch and needs two pilots. Ruff and Reddy volunteer. The rocket takes the two to a planet where civilization is at a Middle Ages level, complete with knights, castles, and kings. The two adapt their model plane design to work with horsepower and defeat a knight who is threatening the castle.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
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Surf-Bored

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Fallberg
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Ruff and Reddy
Character(s): Ruff; Reddy
Synopsis: Ruff and Reddy accidentally sail to Hawaii, wrecking their rented ship on the beach. They try their hand at surf boarding in order to win a contest, but end up far offshore. They are picked up by a boat that's short of crewmen. Ruff and Reddy's lack of sailing skills ends up beaching that boat, too; but it turns out the two men on the boat were pirates who had just stolen it. The reward allows them to book passage on a cruise back to the states.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008). The script was submitted under the title "Surf Poked" according to Carl Fallberg's notes.
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Snooper Detective

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Ruff and Reddy
Character(s): Ruff; Reddy
Synopsis: Reddy becomes a "Private Nose." He and Ruff try to solve the mystery of a race car whose engine is missing (not running smoothly). In the meantime a dimwitted crook decides to use the race car for a bank robbery. He coasts it downhill to the bank, robs it, then tries to make his getaway. He doesn't get far because the engine starts sputtering and missing and the police capture him. Ruff solves the problem of the missing engine by finding a peanut stuck in the fuel line.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden Comics Digest #2 published June 1969
as Snooper Detective [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Reddy as a "Private Nose" is a take-off on the many "Private Eye" detective series that were popular then. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
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Ruff and Reddy and the Tiny Twister

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Ruff and Reddy
Character(s): Ruff; Reddy
Synopsis: Ruff and Reddy are hired to clean up a man's yard and pull out a stump. A tiny talking tornado comes by and helps them accomplish all their chores and later provides emergency power for a merry-go-round.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
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Overlooking the Obvious

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Ruff and Reddy
Character(s): Ruff; Reddy
Synopsis: Reddy has Ruff puzzled when he chips away at a block of stone with a hammer and chisel.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
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The Caged Lion

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Ruff and Reddy
Character(s): Ruff; Reddy
Synopsis: When a lion escapes from a zoo, Ruff captures him by a method that requires reader participation.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Activity is in comic form. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)
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The Car Wash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Inker(s): Harvey Eisenberg
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Ruff and Reddy
Character(s): Ruff; Reddy
Synopsis: When Reddy's shower doesn't work, Ruff takes him to the car wash.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; color; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (January 8, 2008)

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