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Cover: Don Gunn

Four Color #501

Oct 1953 · Dell · 0.10 USD
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A 1953 adventure from Dell’s Four Color #501, this story follows Francis and Pete after they take a job on a freighter that lands them in Africa. When Francis is condemned to death by a sheik for being “full of evil spirits,” Pete devises a daring escape using nothing but paint and a mule, turning the animal into a zebra-like illusion. Drawn with bold, expressive lines by Don Gunn, the tale blends suspense and whimsy in a classic, high-stakes survival scenario.

Contains 4 stories
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Francis the Talking MulePete Stirling
Untitled Humor story
32 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Francis the Talking MulePete StirlingMikeSheik Ali KattOompaProfessor FidgetSmedleyFred

In this 1953 Four Color adventure, Francis and Pete find themselves in Africa after a job on a freighter, where Francis is wrongly condemned to death by a sheik who claims he’s full of evil spirits. With quick thinking and a splash of paint, Pete devises a wild plan to save him—turning Francis into a convincing zebra by painting stripes on his back.

Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Francis the Talking MulePete StirlingCollinsColby
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Francis the Talking MulePete Stirling

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $13
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $421*
CGC 9.2 none in existence
CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $187*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $131*
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $82*
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Full credits

artist, inker Don Gunn
cover pencils, inks Don Gunn

Reprints

Reprinted in Domingos Alegres #10

Key issues in Four Color

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