Four Color Comics (2nd Series)

    (Dell, 1941-1962)
™ and © Dell Publishing Co.

Published weekly from 1941 until 1962, Dell’s Four Color Comics had more issues published than any other American comic—some 1354 in all. During its decades-long run, it featured dozens of comic icons including Uncle Scrooge, Prince Valiant, Bozo the Clown, Bugs Bunny, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and countless others.

Despite its singular place in comics history, many comic readers have never heard the name “Four Color Comics.” Why? Because virtually every issue ran under the name of the main character—the inscription “Four Color Comics” only appeared in the title’s indicia. This was doubly confusing to readers. A cover reading, say “Popeye” with an issue number of #145, naturally left readers wondering where Popeye #1–144 had gone.

The complete list of Four Color Comics that appears here was generously donated by Maggie Thompson of CBG.
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Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #29

September, 1943
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $1,800.00 		Carl BarksCarl Barks, Carl Buettner
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #39


Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $58.00 		Gaylord Du BoisLloyd White
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #44

May, 1944
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $35.00 		Milton CaniffMilton Caniff
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #56

September, 1944
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $250.00 		Chester GouldChester Gould
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #62

January, 1945
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $548.00 		 Carl Barks, Al Taliaferro
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #95

February, 1946
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $81.98 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #96

February, 1946
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $22.00 		Chester GouldChester Gould
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #101

March, 1946
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $41.98 		Milton Caniff 
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #108

April, 1946
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $449.00 		Carl BarksCarl Barks
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #112

July, 1946
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $89.00 		 Tom McKimson, Roger Armstrong
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #126

November, 1946
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $64.00 		 Walt Kelly
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #128

December, 1946
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $91.98 		 Walt Kelly
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #133

January, 1947
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $90.00 		Chester Gould 
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #147

May, 1947
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $250.00 		 Carl Barks
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #156

July, 1947
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $44.95 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #159

August, 1947
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $669.00 		 Carl Barks
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #164

September, 1947
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $353.00 		 Tom McKimson
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #170

November, 1947
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $50.00 		Bill WrightBill Wright, Don Gunn, Tom McKimson
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #174

October, 1947
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $41.98 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #182

February, 1948
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $22.50 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #185

May, 1948
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $10.50 		 Walt Kelly
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #191

June, 1948
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $34.95 		 Gil Turner, Roger Armstrong, Harvey Eisenberg
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #196

September, 1948
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $51.98 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #197

September, 1948
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $118.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #199

October, 1948
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $208.00 		Carl BarksCarl Barks
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #200

October, 1948
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $25.00 		 Ralph Heimdahl, Roger Armstrong
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #205

December, 1948
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $17.13 		Frank Jupo, Henry Wadsworth LongfellowFrank Jupo, Walt Kelly
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #216

February, 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $25.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #225

April, 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $12.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #226

April, 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $10.50 		 Gil Turner, Roger Armstrong
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #238

August, 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $358.00 		 Carl Barks
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #250

October, 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $15.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #256

December, 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $95.00 		Carl Barks, Dana CotyCarl Barks
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #258

December, 1949
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $4.75 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #261

January, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $60.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #262

January, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $70.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #263

January, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
3 copies available from $43.00 		Carl BarksCarl Barks
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #265

February, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $26.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #268

March, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $12.00 		 Bob Grant, Floyd Gottfredson, Dan Gormley
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #275

May, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $114.00 		 Carl Barks, Tony Strobl, Paul Murry
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #279

June, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
3 copies available from $19.00 		 Al Hubbard, Bill Wright, Tony Strobl
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #280

June, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $7.50 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #282

July, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
3 copies available from $30.00 		Carl BarksCarl Barks, Paul Murry, Riley Thomson
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #283

July, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $17.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #285

July, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $100.00 		Don SheppardBob Grant
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #286

August, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $15.00 		 Riley Thompson, Tony Strobl, Bill Wright
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #289

August, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $36.98 		 Fred Abranz, Tony Strobl
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #290

August, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $56.98 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #291

September, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $26.00 		Animated cover by Carl Buettner; Donald Duck  Paul Murry, Carl Barks, Riley Thompson, Carl Buettner
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #296

October, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $10.50 		 Jim Pabian, Al Hubbard
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #297

October, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $17.95 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #298


Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $9.98 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #299

October, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $24.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #300

November, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $73.00 		 Paul Murry, Carl Barks
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #304

December, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $14.50 		 Riley Thompson, Al Hubbard
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #307

December, 1950
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $11.98 		 Fred Abranz, Tony Strobl
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #308

January, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $42.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #311

January, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $6.50 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #313

February, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $30.00 		 Paul Murry, Al Hubbard, Gil Turner
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #317

February, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $14.95 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #318

March, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $14.95 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #319

March, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $55.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #321

March, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $9.98 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #328

May, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $26.00 		On front cover under ’’No. 328’’ in smaller type face is ’’D.D. 2’’; Donald Duck #2; Drug issue  Carl Barks, Bob Moore
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #334

June, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $40.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #339

July, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $21.98 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #341

July, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $7.50 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #343

August, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $7.00 		Don ChristensenPaul Murry, Bill Weaver, Dick Hall
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #345

August, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $10.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #348

September, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $6.50 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #349

September, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $8.50 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #350

September, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $46.98 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #352

October, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $12.50 		 Bill Weaver, Lynn Karp
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #353

October, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $66.00 		  
Four Color Comics (2nd Series) #356

November, 1951
Cover Price: $0.10
2 copies available from $19.95 		 Frank McSavage
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