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Issue: Four Color #1271
Publication Date: December 1961
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Issues: #1271 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Yogi Bear Birthday Party
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell [stamp]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/28/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "YOGI BEAR BIRTHDAY PARTY, No. 1271." Code number is YOGI B. B.P. O.S. #1271-6111. Copyright 1961 by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing a "December 1961-February 1962" cover date.

On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date. Printed in the U.S.A.
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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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Yogi Bear Birthday Party

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Yogi Bear
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Pages: 1
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Yogi Bear Meets Huck Hound's Truth Machine

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Yogi Bear; Huckleberry Hound
Synopsis: Yogi tests Huck's new truth machine.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Ad in comic form for Kellogg's Corn Flakes breakfast cereal. Recreates a contemporary television commercial.
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Yogi Bear Birthday Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Yogi Bear; Boo Boo; Ranger Smith; Augie Doggie; Doggie Daddy; Huckleberry Hound; Quick Draw McGraw; Baba Looey; Snooper; Blabber; Cindy Bear (cameo); Pixie (cameo); Dixie (cameo); Mr. Jinks (cameo); Snagglepuss (cameo); Yakky Doodle (cameo); Chopper (cameo); Hokey Wolf (cameo); Ding-a-ling (cameo)
Synopsis: While preparations are going on for Yogi's birthday party in Jellystone Park, two men kidnap Yogi and Boo Boo at gunpoint to use as performers in their circus.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: 1271-6111
Disclose Notes: Very loosely based on the two-part TV episode "Birthday Party." Part one of a multi-part story that takes up the entire comic. Each chapter has a title logo, but they are not numbered.
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The No Lard Bodyguard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Yogi Bear; Boo Boo; Go Go (gorilla)
Synopsis: The kidnapers take Yogi and Boo Boo to their run-down circus, where they are guarded by a gorilla.
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Pages: 5
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To the Rescue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey; Yogi Bear; Boo Boo; Go Go
Synopsis: Quick Draw and Baba Looey find Yogi, but get captured and end up as part of the circus, too.
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Pages: 3
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Parade Plight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Yogi Bear; Boo Boo; Quick Draw McGraw; Baba Looey; Go Go
Synopsis: The circus holds a parade. Yogi tries to escape, but is captured by Go Go.
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Pages: 3
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Dell Trading Post

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Centerfold. Promo for Dell Trading Post. Premiums are available for a number of cover title strips and cash.
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Detected Detectives

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Snooper; Blabber; Yogi Bear; Boo Boo; Quick Draw McGraw; Baba Looey; Go Go; Cindy Bear (cameo); Chopper (cameo); Ding-a-ling (cameo)
Synopsis: Snooper and Blabber go to the circus to rescue Yogi and the gang, but end up becoming part of the show, too.
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Lost by a Nose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Huckleberry Hound; Snagglepuss; Hokey Wolf; Cindy Bear; Go Go; Yogi Bear; Boo Boo; Chopper (cameo); Pixie (cameo); Dixie (cameo); Mr. Jinks (cameo); Ranger Smith (cameo); Quick Draw McGraw (cameo); Baba Looey (cameo); Snooper (cameo); Blabber (cameo)
Synopsis: Huck tries his hand at a rescue, but ends up captured, too. The circus owners now decide they have enough animals to move the circus to the city.
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Pages: 3
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Go Go Goes Goody Goody

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Cindy Bear; Go Go; Yogi Bear; Boo Boo; Blabber; Yakky Doodle; Huckleberry Hound; Quick Draw McGraw; Snagglepuss (cameo); Pixie (cameo); Dixie (cameo); Mr. Jinks (cameo); Doggie Daddy (cameo); Hokey Wolf (cameo); Ranger Smith (cameo)
Synopsis: Cindy uses tacks to stop the circus truck on the way to the city, then tricks Go Go into giving her the keys to the circus cages. Cindy, Yogi, and the rest flee to Jellystone Park, where they find Yogi's birthday party ready. Go Go thinks the party is for him, since it's his birthday, too. Yogi allows him to believe that and Go Go turns against the circus owners.
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Pages: 6
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The Strange Ranger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Yogi Bear; Ranger Smith; Go Go; Chopper (cameo); Pixie (cameo); Dixie (cameo); Mr. Jinks (cameo); Augie Doggie (cameo); Doggie Daddy (cameo); Huckleberry Hound (cameo); Quick Draw McGraw (cameo); Snagglepuss (cameo)
Synopsis: Go Go wants to stay in Jellystone Park. Ranger Smith thinks he'll scare the park visitors, but Yogi comes up with a solution to the problem.
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Pages: 2
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Special Dell Comics Offer!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Yogi Bear (cameo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Promo for four random new Dell comics for 50 cents and one boxtop from Kellogg's Corn Flakes.
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Official Huck Hound Club Special Membership Offer!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Yogi Bear (cameo); Huckleberry Hound (cameo); Pixie (cameo); Dixie (cameo); Mr. Jinks (cameo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for Huck Hound Club membership kit for 15 cents and one boxtop from Kellogg's Corn Flakes breakfast cereal.

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