CREATOR

Name: Western Printing & Lithographic Co. AKA Western Publishing (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1916 by the brothers Edward (1878-1955) and Albert Wadewitz. Publishing of comic books began in 1932. Stopped in 2001.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Western in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation published most of its comic books via subsidiaries, some of which were Dell, Gold Key, and Whitman.
The corporation never used a logo on their comic book front covers.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1939. Stopped in 1942 after 25 issues.

The series contains several independent action and funny animal stories. Some of the participating characters are Barney Google, Dick Tracy, Donald Duck, Popeye, Smilin' Jack, and Smitty.

In reality, the series was never titled Four Color Comics, but this is the generally used term nowadays. A second - and far more successful - run is known as Four Color Comics Series 2.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues).
The first 6 issues were not numbered.

(#1) - 1939
(#4) - 1940
#9 - 1940

#12 - 1940
#18 - 1941
#25 - 1942

 

 

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