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Issue: Huckleberry Hound #13
Publication Date: September 1961
 
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
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Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Dual Roller-Painting

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Huckleberry Hound; Pixie; Dixie
Huck paints a fence with a paint-roller while on roller-skates pushed by Pixie and Dixie.
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Dumbfounded Hound

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Huckleberry Hound
Huck is frustrated by an uncooperative folding lounge chair.
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Miscellaneous
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Pantomime. Black and white on inside front cover.
Reckless Ranger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Huckleberry Hound; Ranger Smith; bear; two bank robbers
Now there's an outdoor-type job that should be right up my alley!
First day on the job as an assistant ranger, Huck runs afoul of two bank robbers and a pesky bear with a fondness for Huck's ranger hat.
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Miscellaneous
10
Newman script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 31, No. 5, May 2020.
Color This Picture and You Can Win

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Dell Comics
The cash ($1,000,00) and the car, too!
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Miscellaneous
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Contest run by Dell Comics, for which readers must color-in a provided picture of "two kids and a convertible car filled with money". Clip the finished picture, and submit with two top strips of current Dell Comics. The "Dell Comics 15-cent seal" and the title logo of the comic must be seen on the strip. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
The Out-Foxed Wolf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Huckleberry Hound; sheep; wolf
A hound dog howdy to y'all! I'm a sheep dog!
Huck foils a sheep-stealing wolf.
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Miscellaneous
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Befuddled Fixer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Huckleberry Hound; Mrs. Washburn; Col. Washburn
But, Ma'am...
Huck is tasked with repairing a statue of Col. Washburn, who continually breaks his own statue out of frustration.
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Trade at the Dell Trading Post

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dell Comics; Dell Trading Post
Only Dell Comics offer these outstanding premium values!
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Dell Comics promotion for various prizes in exchange for a combination of money and the top cover strips from Dell Comics. The combinations vary by the nature and value of the prizes. Quote: "Cut off the top strip of each Dell Comic cover. Be sure the strip includes the name of the comic and the new Dell Comics seal. When you have enough cover strips for the item(s) you want, put them in an envelope together with the required amount of money and the coupon at the right."

Prizes displayed in the ad are: "Secret Pocket Wallet", "Kodak Brownie Bullet Camera", "Giant Space Map", "Magic Puzzle Kit", "Initialed Slave Bracelet", "Three Way Desk Set", "Shaggy Dog" (stuffed animal - not the Disney film version), "Set of Six Lifelike Dolls", "Secret Seal Ring", and "Baseball Glove".

"This offer expires at midnight, December 31, 1961."

A Dell Comics top cover strip with the logo of "Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan" is pictured in the ad, in the act of being 3/4 cut off by a pair of scissors without any controlling hand. The ad covers both middle pages of the centerfold.
Soft-Type Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Hokey and Ding-a-Ling
Hokey Wolf; Ding-a-Ling Fox; Mr. Gordon (department store owner), Mr. Gordon's assistant; long line of job applicants; two safecrackers, police officer
(Sigh!) It's a shame! A person of my genius and executive abilities dining on a can of beans!
Lazy Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling find suitable employment as mattress-demonstrators, stationed for publicity in a department store window. Their job is complicated by a pair of safecrackers.
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Miscellaneous
7
Second comic book appearance of Hokey Wolf and Ding-a-Ling.
Little Big Game

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Packy Pachyderm
Packy Pachyderm; Mama Pachyderm; Chimp and Pansy (brother and sister chimpanzees)
"Remember to be home before dark, Packy," Mama Pachaderm [sic] told her son, "and be careful of the big game hunters!"
Packy rescues Chimp and Pansy from a hunter's net snare.
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Miscellaneous
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Apparent misspelling of "Pachyderm" in the story's first line.
Hobby Happy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Pixie; Dixie; Mr. Jinks; Dr. Claude Hand (pussycat psychologist)
Right about now my foot will hit the string and trip my camera shutter on a nifty action shot!
Mr. Jinks takes up various hobbies to keep from "grow[ing] old ahead of his time". Pixie and Dixie sabotage each one of the cat's attempts at healthful diversions, watching Mr. Jinks fall into mental and physical fatigue.
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Miscellaneous
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A healthy dose of dialogue alliteration (“miserable meower”, “I am heaps hobby hep now!”, “Mousing in moderation is a most happy hobby!”, etc.) points to Lockman as this story’s author.
Rude Reminder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Huckleberry Hound; fish
Huck learns to be careful when pulling-up-anchor in a glass-bottom-boat.
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Miscellaneous
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Pantomime.
Teeter Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Yogi Bear; Boo Boo Bear
When Boo Boo takes a bad flying-flop off of a improvised log-teeter-totter, Yogi's attempts at caring for him only duplicate the accident on the poor little bear.
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Miscellaneous
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Pantomime. Black and white on inside back cover.
Official Huck Hound Club

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Kellogg's Cereals; Kellogg's Corn Flakes; Huck Hound Club
Huckleberry Hound; Yogi Bear; Pixie; Dixie; Mr. Jinks
Boys! Girls! Join us and all our TV friends in our new fun-type club!
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for Kellogg's Corn Flakes cereal, featuring the cast of the Huckleberry Hound show, offering membership in the "Official Huck Hound Club". Membership includes: "Official Membership Card making you a lifetime club member", "Official 3-color Club Button", "Personal letter from Huck", "8 by 10 [inch] Color Pictures of Huck and Yogi to decorate your room or clubhouse", and "Huck Hound Club Better Breakfast Score Card with special offer for members only". Kids can "...get all this for only 15-cents and one box top from Kellogg's Corn Flakes. The 15-cents is later described in the ad as "lifetime membership dues". Color ad on back cover.

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