The San Onofre Collection
Kite Fun Book nn 1955 Southern California Edison

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Kite Fun Book #nn Universal
Grade: 9.2
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 0159743008
Owner: San Onofre Collection

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: The San Onofre Collection
Date Added: 10/2/2009
Research: Currently not available

Owner's Description

The origins of Brer Rabbit are a little murky. There were apparently stories with Cherokee and / or African roots of such a rabbit. They entered mainstream culture through the writings of Joel Chandler Harris in the later 1800s.<br /><br /> Walt Disney version of Brer Rabbit originated in the disney film "Song of the South" in 1946. This live action film has intergrated into it 3 short Brer Rabbit cartoons. <br /><br /> The first comic apperance of Brer Rabbit dates from 1907 and is a Stokes illustrated edition of Joel Chandler Harris' children's book, with 50 full page. Title is Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit<br /><br /> The first Walt Disney Brer Rabbit comic dates from the time of the premier of "Song of the South." Four Color Comic #129 is titled "Uncle Remus and his tales of Brer Rabbit." Brer Rabbit continued to be appear regularly in the Walt Disney comics published by Dell through the 1950s, including regular appearances in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. He also had his own newspaper comic strip.<br /><br /> This 1955 Kite Fun Book features Brer Rabbit. The full title of this giveaway is "Walt Disney's Brer Rabbit in "Kite Tail."" It is a 16 page, half size giveaway. It includes a straight 16 page story, starting on the cover and ending on the back cover with 8 kite flying safety tips. Directions for building kites are included in the storyline (by owl.)<br /><br /> Two utilities are known for book, Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas and Electric. The two books are identical with the exception of the name of the utility on the cover and, in the case of Southern California Edison, the company logo added near the base of the spine on the back cover.<br /><br /> This copy from Southern California Edison is graded CGC 9.2 with White pages. It is one of two in 9.2, with one finer in 9.4. (The 9.4 copy is misfiled in the census under "Briar Rabbit") The back cover photo shows an original utility advertising poster for this comic. The poster is also a part of my collection.
  
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