4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Four Color 1238

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Four Color #1238 Universal
Grade: 9.6
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE
Certification #: 0911193016
Owner: 4GEMWORKS

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: 4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Date Added: 11/9/2008
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Deputy Dawg (#1) 10-12-61 Based on the Terrytoons character created by Larz Bourne. First issue.

Cover Art: Unidentified
Pencils & Inks: Dan Gormley

This is tied with one other copy as the best of three copies graded to date. 06/13 I originally bought this graded, as is from Heritage Auctions.

Table of Contents
1. 0. [no title indexed]
Deputy Dawg
2. 1. Fair Play
Deputy Dawg
3. 2. ["Howdy, howdy, and a tip of mah hat..."]
Deputy Dawg
4. 3. ["Ah may not be able to pre-dick weather, folks..."]
Deputy Dawg
5. 4. ["Hey, there, Deputy Dawg!"]
Deputy Dawg
6. 5. ["Howdy, folks!"]
Deputy Dawg
7. 6. ["Hi, yew all!"]
Deputy Dawg
8. 7. Knotty Problem
Dep
9. uty Dawg
10. 8. Sign of Weakness
Deputy Dawg A single page feature and the back cover of some copies of this issue
11. 9. Huck Hound Club Special Membership Offer This is the AD back version of this issue and the back cover of some copies of the iussue.
Kellogg's

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Wikipedia has some additional background issue on this once very popular cartoon show.

Background [edit]
The Deputy Dawg television series first ran, on a weekly basis, from September 8, 1962 to May 25, 1963, with no episodes on December 8 to December 29, 1962, resuming on January 5, 1963. The cartoons are between four and six minutes long, and were packaged three at a time and shown as a half-hour program in syndication. The show was produced by CBS and was the professional animation debut of Ralph Bakshi (as inbetweener) of Fritz the Cat fame. There were also six additional titles that were released theatrically, for show in cinemas and which were not part of the original TV package.
The character of Deputy Dawg (a dog) is a deputy sheriff in the State of Tennessee of the United States. The other main characters are the ' varmints' Muskie Muskrat, Moley Mole, Possible 'Possum, Ty Coon, Vincent van Gopher, Pig Newton, and Dawg's boss the Sheriff, as well as Mrs. Deputy. Deputy Dawg was voiced by Dayton Allen, a prolific Hollywood voice actor who voiced many Terrytoons characters in television and theatrical shorts in the 1950s and 1960s.
Much of the comedy is sight gag/action based with some focused around comical accents and stereotypical southern characteristics. Many of the storylines involve Deputy Dawg protecting his produce from Muskie and Vince, battling with some of the peculiar locals and trying to please the Sheriff. However, most of the crimes committed by Muskie and Vince weren't treated seriously, and Deputy Dawg was on friendly terms with them most of the time (except when he had to perform his duties as a lawman and keep them from causing trouble). Deputy Dawg would pal around with Muskie and Vince just as often as he would lock them up in the Jailhouse, and the trio would often engage in their favorite pastime, fishin' for catfish.
The central location for many of the yarns is the Jailhouse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_Dawg
 
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