His favorite comic books growing up were Uncle Scrooge by Western Publishing and Little Lulu comics from Dell Comics ( Western Publishing ), and his sister's collection of MAD comics and magazines.

Dell Comics published several Daffy Duck comic books, beginning in Four Color Comics # 457, # 536, and # 615 and then continuing as Daffy # 4-17 ( 1956 – 59 ), then as Daffy Duck # 18-30 ( 1959 – 62 ).

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Berg's work also appeared in Dell Comics and Fawcett Publications, typically on humorous back-up features.

Western Publishing's Big Little Book series based most of its Mickey volumes on the strip ; Dell Publishing's Walt Disney's Comics and Stories serialized stories from the strip through 1948.

* In comics, outside of a comic book adaptation of the film Jason and the Argonauts published by Dell Comics in 1963 as part of their Movie Classics series, there were 2 series that featured The Argonauts alongside Jason.

From 1938 to 1962, Western's properties were published under a partnership with Dell Comics, which also handled the distribution and financing of the comic books.

Prior to 1962, in addition to comics published through Dell, Western published some comics under its own name, particularly giveaways such as March of Comics and the annual kite safety title ( which featured an array of licensed characters ) published over a span of 32 years for power utility companies.

* Mark Evanier on the relationship between Dell Comics and Gold Key Comics

Western Publications produced a comic book about Tweety and Sylvester entitled Tweety and Sylvester, first in Dell Comics Four Color series # 406, 489, and 524, then in their own title from Dell Comics (# 4-37, 1954 – 62 ), then later from Gold Key Comics (# 1-102, 1963 – 72 ).

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* Between 1953 and 1955 Dell Comics featured adaptations of six Mowgli stories in three issues (# 487, # 582 and # 620 ).

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A decade earlier, Max Gaines had been one of the pioneers of the comic book form, with Eastern Color Printing's proto-comic book Funnies on Parade, and with Dell Publishing's Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics, considered by historians the first true American comic book.

A single issue comic book adaptation of the film was published by Dell Comics.

Dell Comics published 35 issues of an I Love Lucy comic book between 1954 and 1962 including two try-out Four Color issues (# 535 and # 559 ).

Film historian Leonard Maltin asserted, “ Watch this film, and you'll know why Janssen became a fugitive !” A comic book adaptation of the movie was published as Four Color # 1176 by Dell.

Another Dondi comic book, with stories closer to the strip's style, was published as Dell Four Color # 1276.

In 1961, Dell Comics in the US published a one-shot Danger Man comic as part of its long-running Four Color series, based upon the first series format.

* Dell " Four Color " Comics ( 1952 to 1962 )

Most notable is the Dell Comics adaptation of the 1960 movie version of The Lost World, as an issue of their Four Color series.

There were several Smokey Stover comic books published by Dell Comics Four Color.

Dell Four Color No. 129 ( 1946 ) featuring three Uncle Remus stories penciled by Murry was the first comic book containing his artwork.

* Four Color # 985-A review of the Dell comic book adaptation of the film

Dell also published Dell Giants devoted to Nancy (# 35, # 45 and " Traveltime "), and a Four Color # 1034.

A comic book adaptation of the show was produced by Dell Comics in 1958 as part of their Four Color series of one-shots.

It was also adapted as a comic book by Dell Comics, and as such the first of two issues was the final installment in the company's extremely prolific ( more than 1, 300 issues published ) Four Color anthology series.

* Four Color Series 1 published by Dell Publishing

Four Color, also known as Four Color Comics and One Shots, was a long-running American comic book anthology series published by Dell Comics between 1939 and 1962.

The primary purpose behind Four Color was as a try-out showcase for potential new Dell Comics series.

Christmas on Bear Mountain ( 1947 ) is a Donald Duck story by Carl Barks, first published in Dell Comics Four Color Comics # 178.

Gold Key featured a number of licensed properties and several original titles ( including a number of publications that spun off from Dell's Four Color series, or were published as standalones by Dell ).

He also later drew the first issue of Dell Comics ' TV series spin-off Dr. Kildare ( a. k. a. Four Color # 1337, June 1962 ).

* Uncle Scrooge, in Four Color Comics # 386 ( Dell Comics )

By late 2006, HP had retook the # 1 sales position of PCs from Dell, which struggled with missed estimates and poor quality, and has held that rank ever since.

Dell attained and maintained the # 1 rating in PC reliability and customer service / technical support, according to Consumer Reports, year after year, during the mid-to-late 90s through 2001 right before Windows XP was released.

* Walt Disney's Comics and Stories ( issues # 548-585 ) — continuing series earlier published by Dell Comics ( 1940 – 1962 ), Gold Key Comics / Whitman, ( 1962 – 1984 ), and Gladstone Publishing ( 1986 – 1990 )

* Uncle Scrooge ( issues # 243-280 ) — continuing series earlier published by Dell Comics ( 1952 – 1962 ), Gold Key Comics / Whitman ( 1962-1984 ), and Gladstone Publishing ( 1986-1990 )

† The Lamp of God is a long short story or a short novella, originally published in Detective Story magazine in 1935, first collected in The New Adventures of Ellery Queen ( see below ) and published separately ( alone ) as # 23 in the Dell Ten-Cent Editions ( 64 pages ) in 1951.

So highly regarded was his work that the introduction ( likely written by Dell editor Oskar Lebeck ) to Fairy Tale Parade # 1 spoke of him as " the artist who drew all the wonderful pictures in this book ".

This story was reprinted in The Carl Barks Library of Dell Comics Donald Duck # 286 ( 1994 ) and Walt Disney's Comics and Stories # 646 ( 2004 ).

* Dell Comics ( 1940 – 1962 ) # 1-263

Dell Comics launched its Red Ryder in August 1941, changing its title to Red Ryder Ranch Magazine with # 145, and then to Red Ryder Ranch Comics with # 149.