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Issue: Four Color #1192
Publication Date: June 1961
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Issues: #1192 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Ricky Nelson
Variant: Ad back cover
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell [stamp]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/04/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "RICKY NELSON, No. 1192." Code number is RICKY N. O/S #1192-615. Copyright 1961 by Ozzie Nelson.
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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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The Hong Kong Adventure

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (background); ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (background); ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (background); ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, celebrity
Feature(s): Ricky Nelson
Character(s): Ricky Nelson (photo)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBest of Television #1 published January 1961
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cropped photo with drawn background.
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Seat of the Mighty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Russ Manning
Inker(s): Russ Manning
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, teen
Feature(s): Ricky Nelson
Character(s): Ricky Nelson
Synopsis: A pro football player rips up a stool at a soda fountain in order to sit at a table with Ricky and his girl.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; color. Some copies may have photos of Ricky Nelson instead (need verification.)
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The Hong Kong Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Penciller(s): Russ Manning
Inker(s): Russ Manning
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, celebrity
Feature(s): Ricky Nelson
Character(s): Ricky Nelson; Ozzie Nelson; Harriet Nelson; David Nelson; Bruce Brown
Synopsis: Ricky and his friend Bruce win a trip to Hong Kong by entering an airline's contest. The pair get into trouble when they buy a vase in a store in Hong Kong. That particular vase wasn't supposed to be for sale, and after failing to find the vase in their hotel room, a criminal gang captures Ricky and Bruce during the "Festival of the Dragons" to get them to tell its location.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Disclose Notes: The name "Mannin" is on a sign on page 10. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Jet to Hollywood!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Rifleman (cameo)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for 3000-prize Dell Comics Contest. First prize is a jet plane trip for four to Hollywood with visits to TV and movie studios and Disneyland. Entry is two cover logos from Dell comics. This promo comes after the second page of sequence 2, in the middle of the story.
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Grand Opening!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dell Trading Post
Character(s): Yogi Bear (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Centerfold. Promo for Dell Trading Post. Premiums available for clipped title strips from covers of Dell comics. This sequence comes after page 15 of Sequence 2, in the middle of the story.
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Fall Guy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Penciller(s): Russ Manning
Inker(s): Russ Manning
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, teen
Feature(s): Ricky Nelson
Character(s): Ricky Nelson; David Nelson; Ozzie Nelson; Carol
Synopsis: Ricky forgets that he's volunteered to help the charity carnival and has to break a date with Carol. He doesn't tell Carol the truth then has to pay the consequences when she shows up while he's manning the dunking booth.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.75
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Win a Wonderful Summer Camp Vacation

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kool-Aid
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.25
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; color. Ad for Kool-Aid soft drink mix featuring an "identify the animals" contest. Contest rules are on the bottom of the last interior page.
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The Place for Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Penciller(s): Russ Manning
Inker(s): Russ Manning
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity
Feature(s): Ricky Nelson
Character(s): Ricky Nelson
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 8.
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New Fun-Packed Twinkles Record

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Twinkles; General Mills
Character(s): Twinkles; King Leonardo; Sanford; (parrot); (camel)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for Twinkles breakfast cereal featuring the characters from the Twinkles storybook packages. Premium is a 45 rpm record of Twinkles stories on one side and songs from the NBC cartoon series "King Leonardo and his Short Subjects" on the other for 25 cents and two box tops. This sequence replaces Sequence 7 in some copies.

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