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Issue: I Love Lucy Comics #25
Publication Date: October 1959
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Issues: #25 of 33 Issues (36 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: I LOVE LUCY COMICS, Vol. 1, No. 25, Oct.-Dec., 1959. Published quarterly by Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 750 Third Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. George T. Delacorte, Jr., Publisher; Helen Mayer, President; Paul R. Lilly, Executive Vice-President; Harold Clark, Vice-Pres.-Advertising Director; Albert P. Delacorte, Treasurer. Second-class postage paid at New York, New York, and at Poughkeepsie, New York. Subscriptions in U.S.A. and Possessions and Canada, 40¢ per year. Subscriptions for Pan-American and foreign countries 70¢ per year. Dell Subscription Service: 321 West 44th Street, New York 36, N. Y. All rights reserved throughout the world. Authorized Edition. Printed in U.S.A. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithograph Co. Copyright (c) 1959, by Desilu Productions, Inc.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Adult Image
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Feature(s): I Love Lucy
Character(s): Lucy Ricardo (photograph of Lucille Ball); Ricky Ricardo (photograph of Desi Arnaz)
First Line: Lucy puts her foot in it...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Seven-Up
Character(s): "Fresh up" Freddie
First Line: Right now, you're probably asking yourself - How does a star football player get a fresh, clean taste?
Synopsis: "Fresh up" Freddie is the star of the football game because he has the 7-Up.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; some editions had a gag by Paul Newman instead of ad (from Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted March 30, 1959)
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The Steps of the Stars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Newman
Penciller(s): Hy Rosen
Inker(s): Hy Rosen ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Feature(s): I Love Lucy
Character(s): Lucy Ricardo; Ricky Ricardo; Fred Mertz; Ethel Mertz
Synopsis: Lucy and Ethel make a mess and get arrested while trying to put Ricky's footprints in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater.
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In Content Item: FlagI Love Lucy: A Comic Retrospective #[nn] published January 1990
as The Steps of the Stars [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: LUCY#25-5910
Disclose Notes: Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books.

Script credit from Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted March 2, 1959.
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Breaking In

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Newman
Penciller(s): Hy Rosen
Inker(s): Hy Rosen ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Feature(s): I Love Lucy
Character(s): Lucy Ricardo; Ricky Ricardo; Ethel Mertz; Moe Mogul; Tiny; James
Synopsis: While Lucy tries to meet Moe Mogul, producer and owner of Colossal Studios, she misses a lunch date that Ricky set up with Moe.
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In Content Item: FlagI Love Lucy: A Comic Retrospective #[nn] published January 1990
as Breaking In [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books.

Script credit from Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted February 22, 1959
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Drive-In Crazy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Newman
Penciller(s): ? [spot illustration]
Inker(s): ? [spot illustration]
Colorist(s): ? [spot illustration]
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Green; Pam Green; Mrs. Green
Synopsis: Mr. Green gets in trouble taking his daughter Pam and her friends to a drive-in movie.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credit from Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted February 20, 1959
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The White Shoes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Newman
Penciller(s): Hy Rosen
Inker(s): Hy Rosen?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cyrus Shy
Character(s): Cyrus Shy
Synopsis: A shoe polish salesman partially dyes Cyrus Shy's shoes white. A shoe repairman makes them all white, then Cyrus exchanges them for a black pair from the back of a wedding car.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Credit from Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted March 9, 1959
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The Face on the Cutting Room Floor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Newman
Penciller(s): Hy Rosen
Inker(s): Hy Rosen ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: celebrity, humorous
Feature(s): I Love Lucy
Character(s): Lucy Ricardo; Ricky Ricardo; Ethel Mertz; Hans Summ; Hi Budget
Synopsis: Lucy gets an acting job dumping soup on actor Hans Summ, but her scene is cut out of the movie.
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In Content Item: FlagI Love Lucy: A Comic Retrospective #[nn] published January 1990
as The Face on the Cutting Room Floor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.5
Disclose Notes: Hans Summ looks like Clark Gable.

Art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books.

Script credit from Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted March 19, 1959
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Free Pocket Picture Holder to every new subscriber!
Synopsis: Promotion for subscriptions to Dell Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; some editions had a gag by Paul Newman instead of ad (from Paul Newman's records per Robin Snyder; script submitted March 30, 1959)
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: More boys and girls ride Schwinn than any other bike!
Synopsis: Ad for Schwinn bikes
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover

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