Four Color #729 Bob Son of Battle (Dell, 1956) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....
Record Price at Heritage Auctions: $360.00
Sold: Feb 13, 2023
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Publisher: Dell, 1956
About Four Color #729
Mo Gollub painted cover. Mike Sekowsky and Mike Peppe art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Bob (dog); James Moore
Pencils: Mo Gollub (painting)
Inks: Mo Gollub (painting)
Colors: Mo Gollub (painting)
Letters: typeset
Notes: Cover art credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Bob, Son of Battle (dog); James Moore; Adam M'Adam; Red Wull (dog)
Synopsis: The conflicts of James Moore and his dog Bob, Son of Battle, and his neighbor Adam M'Adam and his dog Red Wull as they compete for the Dale Cup, Scotland's symbol of sheepdog supremacy in a story that stretches over a number of years of the annual contests.
Pages: 32.670
Script: Alfred Ollivant (original story); Gaylord Du Bois (comic adaptation)
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky
Inks: Mike Peppe
Notes: Story concludes on inside back cover in black and white. Adapted from the 1898 book "Bob Son of Battle" by Alfred Ollivant. Highly abridged version leaves out several characters and some major plot points of the original story. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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