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Issue: Four Color #1276
Publication Date: December 1961
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Issues: #1276 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Dondi
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell [stamp]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/09/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "DONDI, No. 1276." Code number is DONDI O.S. #1276-6112. Copyright 1961 by Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, Inc. Based on the "Dondi" comic strip by Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen. 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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama
Feature(s): Dondi
Character(s): Dondi
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Gus Edson's name also appears on cover, though there is no script.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover.

Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Summary. Cover #2 for Dondi, issue ? no date sent given, ca. June 24, 1961."
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The Fortune Seeker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama
Feature(s): Dondi
Character(s): Dondi
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Dondi Seeks a Fortune. 15p. For Dondi, issue ? Sent May 20, 1961."
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Cattle Rustlers of the East

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama
Feature(s): Dondi
Character(s): Dondi
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Cattle Rustlers of the East. 2p. For Dondi, issue ? Sent June 7, 1961."
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Five Dollars for Luck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama
Feature(s): Dondi
Character(s): Dondi
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Five Dollars for Luck. For Dondi, issue ? Sent May 25, 1961."
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How Dondi Came to America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama
Feature(s): Dondi
Character(s): Dondi
Synopsis: Brief recap of first issue.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Printed in black-and-white on inside back cover.

Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "How Dondi Came to America. Cover #3 for Dondi [no issue # nor date given, ca. June 24, 1961]."
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Dondi's New Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, drama, humorous
Feature(s): Dondi
Character(s): Dondi; Ted and Katje Wills; Pop Fligh; Uncle Dimmy; Mr. Old Ben
Synopsis: Dondi wins a soapbox derby and is visited by friends from all over the world.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; color. This strip is replaced by an advertisement in some editions (see sequence 7).
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Schwinn 5-Speed Corvette

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (painting)
Inker(s): ? (painting)
Colorist(s): ? (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn Bicycles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrated ad for Schwinn bicycles. Featured is Schwinn 5-Speed Corvette for $79.95. Arnold, Schwinn & Company, Chicago, Ill.

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Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott states: "Dondi's New Home. Cover #4 for Dondi [no issue # nor date given, ca. June 24, 1961]."

This ad replaces "Dondi's New Home" in some editions.

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