Our Gang Comics #9 File Copy (Dell, 1944) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....

Record Price at Heritage Auctions: $1,440.00

Sold: Feb 8, 2021

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Publisher: Dell, 1944

About Our Gang Comics #9

Walt Kelly cover. Carl Barks story and art. Benny Burro and Happy Hound appearances.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Our Gang; Barney Bear; Jerry

Pencils: Walt Kelly

Inks: Walt Kelly

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Characters: Our Gang [Janet; Froggy; Happy; Mickey; Buckwheat]; a movie crew; Deadlight Dan

Pages: 12.000

Script: Walt Kelly ?

Notes: Uncertainty as to who is the scriptwriter. Might be Walt Kelly, as this episode fits nicely in with the following installments, and has several Kelly characteristics. Art definitely is not by Kelly. Notes to "Our Gang, Vol. 2" (Fantagraphics 2007) shed no light on this problem.

Title: The Escaped Prisoner

Characters: Happy Hound [Droopy]; prisoner no. 3B909664780 [alias Torpedo Wolf, alias Killer Diller Wolfie Boy, alias Lobo, the Louse, alias Houdini Wolf]; the Alca-Sing prison hounds; the prison warden

Synopsis: A prisoner escapes from Alca-Sing Prison on Happy's day off, when Happy wants to go fishing. Happy keeps crossing paths with the crook despite his best efforts not to.

Pages: 7.880

Script: Carl Barks

Pencils: Carl Barks

Inks: Carl Barks

Letters: Carl Barks

Notes: Pages 21-28 of the comic. Last panel is Statement of Ownership. Art submitted on July 31, 1943. "Happy Hound" is actually Droopy and the prisoner is the wolf who was Droopy's opponent in many of Tex Avery's MGM cartoons. Notes and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

Title: The Mountain Goat

Characters: Benny Burro; an unnamed mountain goat; a hungry wolf

Synopsis: Benny plays follow-the-leader with a little mountain goat until his sneeze causes a snow slide that carries them into a wolf's cave.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Carl Barks

Pencils: Carl Barks

Inks: Carl Barks

Letters: Carl Barks

Notes: Pages 41-48 of the comic. Art submitted on August 12, 1943. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	15
Qualified	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	16

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