Publishers / Dell / Four Color (1942) / #972
972January 1959
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Four Color #972

Dell · January 1959 · on sale 1958

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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#972
Issue title
Tom Thumb
Publication date
January 1959
Key date
1959-01-00
On-sale date
1958
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: ? (painting); ? (photo); inks: ? (painting); ? (photo); colors: ? (painting); letters: typesetTom Thumb (photo of Russ Tamblyn); Forest Queen (photo of June Thorburn)
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1pencils: ? (photographs); inks: ? (photographs); letters: typeset
2Tom Thumbcomic story31.84script: Eric Freiwald; pencils: Jesse Marsh; inks: Jesse Marsh
3A pledge to parentstext article0.16letters: typeset
4"Tom Thumb"... a Dream Come Truetext article1pencils: ? (photographs); inks: ? (photographs); letters: typesetGeorge Pal (photo)
5Tom Thumb Pinupillustration1pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph); letters: Russ Tamblyn (signed)Tom Thumb (photo of Russ Tamblyn with signature)

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