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Issue: Four Color #881

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Publication Date: February 1958

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Issues: #881 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)

Title: The Captain and the Kids

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Dell

Brand: Dell

Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): ?

Notes: Indicia title is "THE CAPTAIN AND THE KIDS, No. 881." Code number is CAPT.+KIDS O.S. #881-582. Copyright 1958 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Based on the 1918-79 "The Captain and the Kids" newspaper strip by Rudolph Dirks and his son John Dirks.

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Format

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

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Content Items (7 total)

The Underground Explorers

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): R. Dirks ?

Inker(s): R. Dirks ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): The Captain and the Kids

Character(s): Der Captain; Hans; Fritz

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Cover is signed "R. Dirks," but may or may not be by him.

Bird Brains

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Mendelsohn ?

Penciller(s): John Dirks ?

Inker(s): John Dirks ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): The Captain and the Kids

Character(s): The Captain; Hans; Fritz

Synopsis: A bird follows Hans and Fritz home and tries to eat a mounted fish hanging on a wall.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Underground Explorers

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Mendelsohn ?

Penciller(s): John Dirks ?

Inker(s): John Dirks ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): The Captain and the Kids

Character(s): The Captain; The Inspector; Mama; Hans; Fritz; Barium Borax

Synopsis: Hans and Fritz fall into an underground cave while digging for worms to use as bait for oyster fishing. After walking a while in the cave, they find Professor Barium Borax, who is looking for emeralds in his Molemobile.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 14

Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Musical Monkey Mix-Up

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Mendelsohn ?

Penciller(s): John Dirks ?

Inker(s): John Dirks ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): The Captain and the Kids

Character(s): The Captain; Mama; Hans; Fritz; The Inspector

Synopsis: Fritz dresses a monkey in his clothes to do his violin practice while he goes swimming with Hans. The monkey plays better than Fritz does.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Great Stamp Hoax

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Mendelsohn ?

Penciller(s): John Dirks ?

Inker(s): John Dirks ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): The Captain and the Kids

Character(s): The Captain; Mama; Hans; Fritz; Klaak-Klaak (stork); Paprika

Synopsis: Paprika, the President of Banana, sends a message for help by stork to The Captain. The Captain, Hans, and Fritz go by boat to the island where they find that Paprika has gone broke buying postage stamps from General Tabasco. The General will take over the country unless Paprika can come up with 2,000 pazasters.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 14

Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

...Tails, You Lose

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Mendelsohn ?

Penciller(s): John Dirks ?

Inker(s): John Dirks ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): The Captain and the Kids

Character(s): Hans; Fritz

Synopsis: Fritz tries to fool an ostrich by hiding his head in the sand.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Pie in the Sky

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jack Mendelsohn ?

Penciller(s): John Dirks ?

Inker(s): John Dirks ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): The Captain and the Kids

Character(s): Fritz; Mama

Synopsis: Fritz steals a pie from the window sill, but a large bird steals the pie from Fritz.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover; pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).