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"Four Color" no. 1-250

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Four Color

 Two different one-shot series published by Dell Publishing Co., numbered 1-25 (1939-1942) and 1-1354 (1942-1962), cf. Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. Issues after no. 101 do not have the words "Four Color" identifying the series. This was in part a try-out series, and some titles appear in several Four Color issues before ceasing or getting their own titles. In most of these cases brief records are given here, and more information about the Library's holdings can be found in this index under the individual titles, e.g., Felix the Cat or Oswald the Rabbit.
 
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Four Color ; no. 8 (1940)
   Dick Tracy the Racket Buster / by Chester Gould. -- Very
   limited ed. reprint. -- Long Beach, CA : T. Raiola, 1982.
   -- 72 p. : ill. 29 cm. -- A reprint of Four Color no. 8
   from 1940; consists of newspaper strips from 1938 and 1939.
   1. Detective and mystery comic books, strips, etc. I.
   Gould, Chester. II. The Racket Buster. III. Four Color ;
   no. 8. IV. Raiola, Tony. Call no.: PN6728.D5R3 1982
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Four Color ; no. 21 (1941)
   Dick Tracy. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1941. -- 64
   p. : col. ill.  ; 26 cm. -- (Four Color Comic ; no. 21) --
   Title from cover. -- Reprints newspaper strips dated 1938,
   signed Chester Gould. -- Date from Official Overstreet
   Comic Book Price Guide.
   1. Detective and mystery comic books, strips, etc. I.
   Gould, Chester  II. Series: Four Color ; no. 21. Call no.:
   PN6728.1.D4D49 1941
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Four Color ; no. 1 (1942)
   Little Joe. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1942. -- 66
   p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- (Four Color Comic ; no. 1) --
   Art signed "Leffingwell" on back cover; done with Harold
   Gray, cf. World Encyclopedia of Comics. -- Story and page
   count extend to back cover pages. -- Date of publication
   from Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide.
   1. Western comic books, strips, etc. I. Leffingwell, Ed.
   II. Gray, Harold, 1894-1968. III. Four Color ; no. 1. IV.
   Dell Publishing Co. Call no.: PN6728.1.D4L53 1942
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Four Color ; no. 9 (1942)
   Walt Disney's Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold! -- Prescott,
   Ariz. : Dell Publishing Co., 1941- 1989? -- 72 p. : col.
   ill. ; 28 cm. -- (Gladstone Comic Album Special ; no. 1) --
   Originally appeared as Four Color no. 9. -- "Adapted by Bob
   Karp from the unproduced cartoon Morgan's Ghost, drawn by
   Carl Barks (story pages 1, 2, 5, 12-40) and Jack Hannah
   (story pages 3, 4, 6-11, 41-64), colored by Mike
   McCormick." -- Includes bibliographical references.
   1. Funny animal comics. 2. Pirates--Comic books, strips,
   etc. I. Karp, Bob. II. Barks, Carl, 1901- III. Hannah,
   Jack. IV. Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold. V. Series. VI.
   Series: Four Color ; no. 9. Call no.: PN6728.D63P5 1989
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Four Color ; no. 9-223
   Donald Duck Four Color 9-223 / Carl Barks. -- Scottsdale,
   Ariz. : Another Rainbow, 1984. -- 3 v. : ill. (part col.) ;
   33 cm. -- (The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald
   Duck ; set 1)
   1. Funny animal comics. I. Barks, Carl, 1901-  II. Four
   Color ; no. 9-223 III. Series. Call no.: PN6727f.B35C3 1984
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Four Color ; no. 10
   Flash Gordon. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1943-1953.
   -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4F55no. 10
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Four Color ; no. 15 (1943)
   Felix the Cat. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1943-1947. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4F38
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Four Color ; no. 21 (1943)
   Oswald the Rabbit. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1943-1962. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4 O8no.21
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Four Color ; no. 29
   Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck. --
   Poughkeepsie, N.Y. : K.K. Publications, 1965. -- 96 p. :
   col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Title from cover. -- Reprints Four
   Color no. 386 and lead story from Four Color no. 29, cf.
   Comic Book Price Guide.
   1. Funny animal comics. I. Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck.
   II. Four Color ; no. 386  III. Four Color ; no. 29   Call
   no.: PN6728.3.G56U5 1965
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Four Color ; no. 33
   Bugs Bunny. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1943-1983.
   -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4B8no.33
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Four Color ; no. 42
   Tiny Tim. -- New York : Dell Publishing Company, 1943. --
   48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- (Four Color ; no. 42) --
   Reprints newspaper strips from 1934, signed Stanley Link.
   -- Adventure story. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4T53 1943
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Four Color ; no. 44
   Terry and the Pirates / by Milton Caniff. -- New York :
   Dell Publishing Co., 1943. -- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. --
   (Four Color Comic ; no. 44) -- Copyright 1938; publication
   date from Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. -- Call no.:
   PN6728.1.D4T4 1943
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Four Color ; no. 46
   Felix the Cat. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1943-1947. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4F38no.46
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Four Color ; no. 48
   Porky Pig. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1942-1962. --
   Call no.: PN6728.1.D4P63no.48
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Four Color ; no. 54
   Andy Panda. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1943-1961.
   -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4A5no.54
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Four color ; no. 57
   Gene Autry : Raiders of the range. -- New York, N.Y. : Dell
   Publishing Co., 1944. -- [48] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. --
   (Four color comic ; no. 57) -- Title from cover. Caption
   title: Gene Autry in Raiders of the range.
   1. Western comic books, strips, etc. I. Raiders of the
   range. II. Gene Autry in Raiders of the range. III. Four
   color ; no. 57. Call no.: PN6728.1.D4G38 1944
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Four Color ; no. 60
   Tiny Folks Funnies. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1944. -- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- (Four Color ; no.
   60) -- Contents: "Chicken Little" ; "Teeny-Tiny" ; "The
   Gingerbread Man" ; "The Little Red Hen" ; "The Little Red
   Hen and the Bad Little Fox" ; "The Cat and the Mouse" ;
   "Little Red Riding Hood." -- Except for the final one,
   which is fully in comics style, the stories are told in
   panel and caption. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4T52 1944
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Four Color ; no. 61
   Santa Claus Funnies. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1942-1962. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4S3no.61
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Four Color ; no. 62
   Walt Disney's Donald Duck. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4D6no.62
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Four Color ; no. 65
   Smitty / by Berndt. -- New York ; Dell Publishing Co.,
   1941. -- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- (Four Color Comic ;
   no. 65) -- Title from cover.
   1. Funny kid comics. I. Berndt, 1899-1980. II. Series: Four
   Color ; no. 65. Call no.: PN6728.1.D4S532 1941
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Four Color ; no. 77
   Felix the Cat. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1943-1947. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4F38no.77
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Four Color ; no. 81
   Moon Mullins / by Frank Willard. -- New York : Dell
   Publishing Co., 1945. -- 32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. --
   (Four Color ; no. 81) -- Date of publication from
   Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. -- Call no.:
   PN6728.1.D4M6 1945
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Four Color ; no. 84
   Flash Gordon. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1943-1953.
   -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4F55no.84
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Four Color ; no. 89
   Tillie the Toiler. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1942-1949. -- Four Color ; no. 106 Call no.:
   PN6728.1.D4T5no.89
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Four Color ; no. 92
   Walt Disney's The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio. -- New
   York : Dell Publishing Co., 1945. -- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 26
   cm. -- (Four Color Comic ; no. 92) -- Title from cover.
   I. Pinocchio. II. The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio.
   III. Four Color ; no. 92   Call no.: PN6728.1.D4P5 1945
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Four Color ; no. 96
   Dick Tracy. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1946. -- 48
   p. : col. ill.  ; 26 cm. -- (Four Color Comic ; no. 96) --
   Title from cover. -- Date from Comic Book Price Guide. --
   Some pages signed Chester Gould.
   1. Detective and mystery comic books, strips, etc. I.
   Gould, Chester. II. Four Color ; no. 96   Call no.:
   PN6728.1.D4D5
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Four Color ; no. 98
   The Lone Ranger [microform] -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1945-1947. -- (Jerry Bails Microfilm Library of Comic
   Art) -- Call no.: Film 15791
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Four Color ; no. 101
   Terry and the Pirates / by Milton Caniff. -- New York :
   Dell Publishing Co., 1945. -- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. --
   (Four Color Comic ; no. 101) -- Copyright 1938; publication
   date from Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. -- Call no.:
   PN6728.1.D4T42 1945
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Four Color ; no. 102
   Oswald the Rabbit. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1943-1962. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4 O8no.102
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Four Color ; no. 103 (1946)
   Easter with Mother Goose. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1946-1949. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4E3no.103
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Four Color ; no. 106
   Tillie the Toiler. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1942-1949. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4T5no.106
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Four Color ; no. 108
   Walt Disney's Donald Duck. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4D6no.108
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Four Color ; no. 112
   Porky Pig. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1942-1962. --
   -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4P63no.112
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Four Color ; no. 113
   Popeye [microform] / by Bud Sagendorf. -- New York : Dell
   Publishing Co., 1946. -- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. --
   "Introducing, for the first time, Popeye comics, specially
   written and drawn for this book." -- "No. 113". --
   Microfilm. Somerville, AL : G. Reed. -- positive ; 16 mm.
   (Jerry Bails Microfilm Library of Comic Art) -- Genre:
   Adventure story. -- Call no.: Film 15791r.605
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Four Color ; no. 116
   Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4M5no.116
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Four Color ; no. 119
   Felix the Cat. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1943-1947. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4F38no.119
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Four Color ; no. 123
   Bugs Bunny. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1943-1983.
   -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4B8no.123
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Four Color ; no. 128
   Santa Claus Funnies. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1942-1962. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4S3no.128
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Four Color ; no. 135
   Felix the Cat. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1943-1947. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4F38no.135
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Four Color ; no. 141
   Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4M5no.141
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Four Color ; no. 142
   Bugs Bunny. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1943-1983.
   -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4B8no.142
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Four Color ; no. 143
   Oswald the Rabbit. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1943-1962. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4 O8no.143
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Four Color ; no. 147
   Walt Disney's Donald Duck. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4D6no.147
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Four Color ; no. 154
   Andy Panda. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1943-1961.
   -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4A5no.154
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Four Color ; no. 156
   Porky Pig. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1942-1962. --
   Call no.: PN6728.1.D4P63no.156
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Four Color ; no. 157
   Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4M5no.157
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Four Color ; no. 164
   Bugs Bunny. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1943-1983.
   -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4B8no.164
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Four Color ; no. 165 (Oct. 1947)
   "Never Again" (Little Lulu) / John Stanley, story and art ;
   Irving Tripp, lettering. 10 p. in The Little Lulu Library
   (Scottsdale, Ariz. : Another Rainbow, 1985), v. 3 ;
   reprinted from Marge's Little Lulu (Four Color no. 165)
   (Oct. 1947). -- Lulu smokes doll hair and has
   hallucinations; no dialogue. -- Data from Lou Mougin via
   Grand Comic-Book Database. -- Call no.: PN6728.L535L6 1985
   v.3
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Four Color ; no. 167
   The Lone Ranger [microform] -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1945-1947. -- (Jerry Bails Microfilm Library of Comic
   Art) -- Call no.: Film 15791
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Four Color ; no. 168
   Popeye / by Bud Sagendorf. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1947. -- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- "No. 168". --
   Numbered in the here unnamed Four Color series. -- "All new
   Popeye comics, specially written and drawn for this book."
   -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4P565 1947
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Four Color ; no. 168
   Popeye [microform] / by Bud Sagendorf. -- New York : Dell
   Publishing Co., 1947. -- (Jerry Bails Microfilm Library of
   Comic Art) -- Call no.: Film 15791r.605
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Four Color ; no. 170
   Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4M5no.170
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Four Color ; no. 173
   Flash Gordon [microform] -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1943-1953. -- -- (Jerry Bails Microfilm Library of Comic
   Art) -- Call no.: Film 15791r.605
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Four Color ; no. 178
   Walt Disney's Donald Duck. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4D6no.178
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Four Color ; no. 179
   Uncle Wiggily. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1947-1954. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4U5no.179
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Four Color ; no. 181
   Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4M5no.181
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Four Color ; no. 183
   Oswald the Rabbit. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1943-1962. -- col.  ill. ; 26 cm. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4
   O8no.183
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Four Color ; no. 186
   Walt Disney's Bambi / adapted from Felix Salten's novel. --
   New York, N.Y. : Dell Publishing Co., 1948. -- 32 p. : col.
   ill. ; 26 cm.  -- "No. 186".
   1. Funny animal comics. I. Salten, Felix, 1869-1945. II.
   Bambi. III. Four color ; no. 186. Call no.: PN6728.1.D4B3
   1948
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Four Color ; no. 186
   Bambi. -- Poughkeepsie, N.Y. : Western Publishing Company,
   1975. -- 32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- (Walt Disney
   Showcase, no. 31) -- Reprints Dell one-shot #186.
   1. Deer--Comic books, strips, etc. 2. Funny animal comics.
   I. Four Color ; no. 186 II. Series. III. Western Publishing
   Company. Call no.: PN6728.4.G56W36no.31
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Four Color ; no. 188
   Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker. -- New York : Dell
   Publishing Co., 1947-1984. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4W6no.188
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Four Color ; no. 189
   Walt Disney's Donald Duck. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4D6no.189
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Four Color ; no. 190
   Flash Gordon [microform] -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1943-1953. -- (Jerry Bails Microfilm Library of Comic Art)
   -- Call no.: Film 15791 r.11
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Four Color ; no. 191
   Porky Pig. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1942-1962. --
   Call no.: PN6728.1.D4P63
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Four Color ; no. 199
   Walt Disney's Donald Duck. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4D6no.199
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Four Color ; no. 202
   Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker. -- New York : Dell
   Publishing Co., 1947-1984. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4W6no.202
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Four Color ; no. 203
   Walt Disney's Donald Duck. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4D6no.203
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Four Color ; no. 205
   Santa Claus Funnies. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1942-1962. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4S3no.205
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Four Color ; no. 214
   Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4M5no.214
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Four Color ; no. 216
   Andy Panda. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1943-1961.
   -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4A5no.216
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Four Color ; no. 217
   Bugs Bunny. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1943-1983.
   -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4B8no.217
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Four Color ; no. 222
   Zane Grey's Stories of the West. -- New York : Dell
   Publishing Co., 1948-1959. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4Z3no.222
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Four Color ; no. 223
   Walt Disney's Donald Duck. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4D6no.223
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Four Color ; no. 223
   Walt Disney's The Best of Donald Duck : Lost in the Andes.
   -- Poughkeepsie, N.Y. : K.K. Publications, 1965. -- 32 p. :
   col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Reprints Four Color, no. 223, by Carl
   Barks, cf. Comic Book Price Guide. -- "No. 1."
   1. Funny animal comics. I. Barks, Carl, 1901- II. The Best
   of Donald Duck. III. Donald Duck. IV. Lost in the Andes. V.
   Four Color ; no. 223. Call no.: PN6728.3.G56B45 1965
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Four Color ; no. 225
   Oswald the Rabbit. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co.,
   1943-1962. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4 O8no.225
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Four Color ; no. 226
   Porky Pig. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1942-1962. --
   Call no.: PN6728.1.D4P63no.226
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Four Color ; no. 227
   Walt Disney's Seven Dwarfs. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1949. -- 32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- "No. 227".
   I. Seven Dwarfs. II. Four Color ; no. 227  Call no.:
   PN6728.1.D4S4 1949
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Four Color ; no. 231
   Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4M5no.231
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Four Color ; no. 232
   Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker. -- New York : Dell
   Publishing Co., 1947-1984. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4W6no.232
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Four Color ; no. 233
   Bugs Bunny. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1943-1983.
   -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4B8no.233
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Four Color ; no. 238
   Walt Disney's Donald Duck. -- New York : Dell Publishing
   Co., 1941- . -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4D6no.238
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Four Color ; no. 238-422
   Donald Duck, FC 238-422, 26-138 (1949-1971) / Carl Barks.
   -- Scottsdale, Ariz. : Another Rainbow, 1984. -- ill. (part
   col.) ; 33 cm. -- (The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's
   Donald Duck ; set 2) -- Complete in 3 v. -- LIBRARY HAS: v.
   1-3. -- Call no.: PN6727.B35C32 1984
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Four Color ; no. 241
   Porky Pig. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1942-1962. --
   Call no.: PN6728.1.D4P63no.241
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Four Color ; no. 249
   Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker. -- New York : Dell
   Publishing Co., 1947-1984. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4W6no.249
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Four Color ; no. 250 (1949)
   Bugs Bunny. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1943-1983.
   -- Call no.: PN6728.1.D4B8no.250
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