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Four Color #542

Mar 1954 · Dell · 0.10 USD
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“Feeding the Giraffe”

"Feeding the Giraffe" is a delightfully odd little tale from Four Color #542, a 1954 Dell comic featuring a curious act at a traveling circus. Young Cyril Scatterwit, a super-intelligent boy with a knack for bookish precision, wows the crowd by flawlessly performing tricks he’s read about—no training, no rehearsal, just pure, precise knowledge. The story unfolds with a charming blend of whimsy and wonder, illustrated with crisp, expressive art by Vernon Greene and H. R. McBride, with both artists also handling the inks.

artist, inker Vernon Greene · artist, inker H. R. McBride

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artist, inker Vernon Greene
artist, inker H. R. McBride

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Looking for new acts, Claude puts a super-intelligent young boy, Cyril Scatterwit, on the bill. Cryil reads from a book on how to do the acts, then performs them to perfection.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).

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