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Issue: Four Color #1
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #1 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Little Joe
Variant: No Star on Cover
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "LITTLE JOE, No. 1." No code number. Copyright 1937, 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Little Joe

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Little Joe
Character(s): Little Joe; Utah; Ze General
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Original cover by unknown artist. Ze General appears on the cover but does not appear in any of the stories reprinted in the comic itself.
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Don Jose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harold Gray
Penciller(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell
Inker(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Little Joe
Character(s): Little Joe; Utah; Mrs. Oak; Don Jose (villain)
Synopsis: Don Jose builds a hacienda on a mesa and tries to use his band of bandits to force Little Joe and his family off their ranch.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Little Joe (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) Sunday strips from 1937.07.26, 1937.09.20, 1937.11.29-1937.12.20
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story is highly edited. Many missing strips were likely left out because of excessive violence. Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white. Each Sunday strip is rearranged to fit on the comic page, but no panels are dropped.
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Black Jack Smith

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harold Gray
Penciller(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell
Inker(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Little Joe
Character(s): Little Joe; Utah; Mrs. Oak; Black Jack Smith
Synopsis: An "outlaw with a heart of gold" escapes from a posse by hiding at the Oaks' ranch.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Little Joe (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) Sunday strips from 1937.01.24-1937.02.14, 1937.02.28-1937.03.21
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Sunday pages are reformated to fit comic book pages, but no panels are dropped.
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The Sheep Herders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harold Gray
Penciller(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell
Inker(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Little Joe
Character(s): Little Joe; Utah; Mrs. Oak
Synopsis: Utah and Little Joe run off ornery sheep herders who have brought their sheep to the valley.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Little Joe (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) Sunday strips from 1937.03.28-1937.04.18
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Each Sunday strip is rearranged to fit on the comic page, but no panels are dropped.
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Farmers, Eutopia, and Dust Storms

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harold Gray
Penciller(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell
Inker(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Little Joe
Character(s): Little Joe; Utah; Mrs. Oak; Judge Blurb (villain)
Synopsis: Conman Blurb sells claims on free range land in the valley to farmers who establish the village of Eutopia. But drought and lack of ground cover cause massive dust storms that ruin both the farmers and their land.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Little Joe (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) Sunday strips from 1937.04.25-1937.09.05
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Each Sunday strip is rearranged to fit on the comic page, but no panels are dropped. The story is obviously inspired by the Great Plains "Dust Bowl" of the mid-1930s.
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The New Ranch House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harold Gray
Penciller(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell [as Leffingwell] (signed)
Inker(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell [as Leffingwell] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Little Joe
Character(s): Little Joe; Utah; Mrs. Oak
Synopsis: Using labor from the destitute farmers and lumber from deserted houses, a new ranch house for the Oaks is built at the end of "Hidden Valley."
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Little Joe (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) Sunday strips from 1937.09.12-1937.10.24
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Each Sunday strip is rearranged to fit on the comic page, but no panels are dropped.
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Utah runs for Sheriff

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harold Gray
Penciller(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell [as Leffingwell] (signed)
Inker(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell [as Leffingwell] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Little Joe
Character(s): Little Joe; Utah; Mrs. Oak; Three-Card Al
Synopsis: After shooting a gang of bank robbers, Utah is elected sheriff. He later wipes out a gang of cattle rustlers.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Little Joe (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) Sunday strips from 1937.10.31-1937.12.19
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Each Sunday strip is rearranged to fit on the comic page, but no panels are dropped.
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The Power Plant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harold Gray
Penciller(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell [as Leffingwell] (signed)
Inker(s): Harold Gray; Robert Leffingwell [as Leffingwell] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Little Joe
Character(s): Little Joe; Utah; Mrs. Oak; Three-Card Al
Synopsis: Mr. Drill builds a hydro-electric dam on the Oaks' ranch to generate power for an airplane guidance beacon.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Little Joe (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate) Sunday strips in this order: 1937.12.16-1938.01.30, 1938.03.06-1938.03.27, 1938.02.06, 1938,02.13, 1938.02.27, 1938.02.20
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Each Sunday strip is rearranged to fit on the comic page, but no panels are dropped. Strips are printed out of order. 1938.02.27 is the inside back cover and is printed in black, red, and white. 1938.02.20 is the back cover.

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