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1036[August-October] 1959
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Four Color #1036

Dell · [August-October] 1959 · on sale 1959-06-30

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Series: Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue: #1036
Issue title: The Big Circus
Publication date: [August-October] 1959
Key date: 1959-08-00
On-sale date: 1959-06-30
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Biggest Show in the World!	cover	1	pencils: ? (photos); inks: ? (photos); colors: ? (photos); letters: typeset	Victor Mature (photo of Hank Whirling); Rhonda Fleming (photo of Helen Harrison); Red Buttons (photo of Randy Sherman); Vincent Price (photo of Hans Hagerfeld); David Nelson (photo of Tommy Gordon); Peter Lorre (photo of Skeeter); Kathryn Grant (photo of Jeannie Whirling); Gilbert Roland (photo of Z
1	The Big Circus	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: ? (photos); inks: ? (photos); letters: typeset	Hank Whirling (photo of Victor Mature); Helen Harrison (photo of Rhonda Fleming); Randy Sherman (photo of Red Buttons)
2	The Big Circus	comic story	32	script: Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh	Hank Whirling; Randy Sherman; Helen Harrison; Zach Colino; Mama Colino; Tommy Gordon; Hans Hagenfeld; Skeeter the clown; Jeannie Whirling
3	Circus Chow	text article	1	pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh
4	Big-Top Buffoonery	text article	1	pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh

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