Suicide Smith

From Wings Comics #52 (December 1944), drawn  by  Art Saaf, who also did the cover . 

Bonus: This issue contained an informative page by  Gene Colon

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Bachelor Father full page panels

Bachelor Father was an American sitcom starring John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran and Sammee Tong. The series first premiered on CBS in September 1957 before moving to NBC for the third season in 1959. The series' fifth and final season aired on ABC for the rest of the show's run. A total of 157 episodes were aired. It is the only primetime series ever to run in consecutive years on the three major television networks.

Just in time for the end of this show's run, Dell put out two comics . the first was Four Color #1332 (April-June 1962), and then this issue, indicia #2, in September. This was after the Western split. Hard to figure which licensed properties when to which company.


In our continuing search for golden and silver age Full Page Panels, here are the two from that 2nd issue (Sept. 1962), drawn by Gerald McCann.

Frank Belknap Long comic book story: "The Living Ghost"

 Artwork by Fred Guardineer

from  Adventures into the Unknown #1 (Fall 1948).  cover by  Edvard Moritz

Bullwinkle ~ "Mono Rail Moose"

From Dell's one-shot comic book, July  1962. there is no numbering, as this was right smack dab in the middle of the Dell/Western Publishing split.  Western would continue the series under their Gold Key imprint for another 21 issues, beginning with #1 cover dated November.

This story was written by Al Kilgore, although it remains unsure who drew it. Some credit Kilgore with that task also.

One of the last Dell comics produced by Western Publishing. Note 15¢ cover price. When the series resumed under Gold Key a couple of months later, they lowered it to the industry standard of 12¢. Although they often had a superiorly produced product , I think Dell's refusal to back down on their pricing really negatively impacted them and was a factor in the Dell/Western Split.

Horrific~ "Pen Pal"

art by  Alberta Tewks

from  Horrific #6 (July 1953)
Don Heck cover

Here Cries the Bride!

From YOUNG BRIDES #4, March 1953. Art by Bill Draut

Also this issue, a 1.5 pager from Jack Kirby!