4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Four Color 1254

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Four Color #1254 Universal
Grade: 7.0
Page Quality: CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
Pedigree: File Copy
Certification #: 0226965022
Owner: 4GEMWORKS

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: 4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Date Added: 4/23/2014
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Diver Dan 2-4/62 File Copy Based on the 1961 "Diver Dan" TV series.

Photo Cover: Diver Dan (photo of Frank Freda); Baron Barracuda; Trigger
Pencils & Inks: Sal Trapani

Table of Contents
1. 0. Diver Dan
Diver Dan
2. 1. Open and Shut Case
Diver Dan
3. 2. The Masquerade Ball
Diver Dan
4. 3. School Daze
Diver Dan
5. 4. Eelectricity
Diver Dan
6. 5. Daisy B-B Gun Gift Ideas!
Daisy B-B Guns

This issue has a Daisy BB gun AD. Some copies of this edition had a cartoon back cover.

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http://www.comics.org/issue/17339/

Wikipedia has a few interesting notes related to the Diver Dan series on TV. It was a short sequence show:

Diver Dan was a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television. Made by Brian Cartoons, it was syndicated (mainly to NBC affiliates)[1] and distributed by ITC Entertainment. The shows were sometimes re-edited into half-hour (including commercials) blocks by local stations.
The series featured the adventures of a diver in an old-fashioned diving suit who talked to the passing fish. The series was filmed in live action with puppet fish; the underwater effect was achieved by shooting through an aquarium.
Production[edit]
Diver Dan debuted in 1960, the brainchild of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, cartoonist J. Anthony (John) Ferlaine, as a spinoff of his comic strip, Fish Tales. Ferlaine, who worked as an art director at Philadelphia's CBS affiliate WCAU-TV, produced two Fish Tales live-action marionette pilots. When CBS did not pick up the show, Ferlaine and promoter Martin Young partnered with Philadelphia producer Louis W. Kellman, who with his staff produced local TV spots and film shorts and filmed NFL football games. They produced the shorts over nine months and syndicated them.[2]
In New York City, Diver Dan shorts ran as part of Felix & Diver Dan, a 30-minute children's show airing from January 4, 1960, to August 31, 1962, which also included Felix the Cat.[3] In Chicago during the 1960s, Diver Dan was regularly shown on the WGN-TV show "Ray Rayner and His Friends" even though Rayner would frequently read on-air letters from children requesting that he get other cartoons.
Main cast[edit]
• Allen Swift as the voices of the many puppets, the unseen Captain, and the narrator.
• Frank Freda as Diver Dan. Freda is a prize-winning playwright and recipient of the Waldo Bellow Award for the play Lunchtime. He has acted in many TV commercials including ones for Pall Mall and Budweiser. He was one of the earliest Ronald McDonalds. He is currently a business consultant in New York City. His agent is on skype under name lightningstore.
• Suzanne Turner as Miss Minerva, the beautiful mermaid queen, who referred to Diver Dan only as "The Diver" and shyly kept away from his sight….
In other media[edit]
Dell Publishing issued a Diver Dan comic book, as issue #1254 (February–April 1962) of its series Four Color.[2] A follow-up issue #2 was published dated June–August 1962 and then was cancelled. Diver Dan episodes are also available at tv4u.com.
In 1964, songwriter and record producer Tony Piano of Columbia Records put out a children's album based on the series titled "Diver Dan and the Bermuda Onion." With the exception of the theme song, which he legally borrowed from the series, Piano wrote the story, music, and lyrics for the album. His inspiration for producing it was his two young children at the time, who were 'hooked' on the Diver Dan TV series. In addition to producing the album, Piano took on three of the roles: Trigger, Sam the Sawfish, and Skipper Kipper. Aiding Piano on the album was the famous comedian Del Close, playing the role of Baron Barracuda. "Birthday House" and children's album star Kay Lande played Minerva the Mermaid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diver_Dan
 
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