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Issue: Four Color #780
Publication Date: March 1957
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Issues: #780 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Captain Kangaroo
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "CAPTAIN KANGAROO, No. 780." Code number is CAPT.K. O.S. #780-573. Copyright 1957 by Keeshan-Miller Enterprises Corp. Second of three Captain Kangaroo Four Colors. Based on the 1955-1984 CBS TV series "Captain Kangaroo."
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Kangaroo
Character(s): Captain Kangaroo (photo of Bob Keeshan)
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In Issue: FlagChiquilladas #73 published ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Feeding the Lamb

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Kangaroo
Character(s): Captain Kangaroo (photo of Bob Keeshan); Bunny Rabbit (photo)
Synopsis: The lamb is hungry and the Captain has to feed her.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the TV show tied together with text to form a story.
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Billy Goat Makes Good

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Kangaroo
Character(s): Captain Kangaroo; Mr. Green Jeans; Grandfather Clock
Synopsis: Mr. Green Jeans buys a goat that won't eat regular food, just things like tin cans, window curtains, shirts, shoes, etc.
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Pages: 7
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Try, Try Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Kangaroo
Character(s): Captain Kangaroo; Grandfather Clock
Synopsis: Captain Kangaroo buys a new teddy bear. At midnight each night, when all the toys come to life, the bear tries to be something different--a fireman, soldier, and Indian Chief. He fails at all these and decides to be content with just being a teddy bear.
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Pages: 9
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Captain Kangaroosoe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Kangaroo
Character(s): Captain Kangaroo; Bunny Rabbit; Puppy Dog
Synopsis: The Captain and Bunny Rabbit act in the play "Captain Kangaroosoe," a take-off on "Robinson Crusoe," with the Captain and Bunny fighting off pirates on a desert island in the South Seas.
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Pages: 8
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Sailing, Sailing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Kangaroo
Character(s): Captain Kangaroo; Grandfather Clock; Bunny Rabbit; Puppy Dog
Synopsis: Grandfather Clock tells the story of Mr. Bangeroo, who decides to build a boat with the help of Bunny Rabbit and Puppy Dog.
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Pages: 8
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A Special Cow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Kangaroo
Character(s): Captain Kangaroo; Mr. Green Jeans
Synopsis: Mr. Green Jeans shows the Captain his herd of cows, and tells why some cows have horns and some don't.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white.
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Feeding a Lion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Kangaroo
Character(s): Captain Kangaroo; Mr. Green Jeans
Synopsis: The Captain feeds a lion at the zoo.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

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