Indicia title is "PRISCILLA'S POP, No. 704." Code number is PRIS.P.O.S. #704-565. Copyright 1956 by NEA Service, Inc. Based on the NEA newspaper strip "Priscilla's Pop" by Al Vermeer. Third of four Priscilla's Pop Four Color issues.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Letters
typeset
Genre
Humor; Children
Characters
Priscilla; Oliver (dog)
Pencils
Al Vermeer ?
Inks
Al Vermeer ?
Notes
Cover says "by Al Vermeer," but he may or may not have drawn it.
Publisher advertisement
Another Outstanding Award for Dell Comics (1 page)
Synopsis
Photo of trophy and citation "for his continuing efforts in behalf of the betterment of American youth" given by the Civil Air Patrol to Dell publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr.
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Dell Publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr. (photo); Col. Draper F. Henry, USAF (photo); Major General Lucas V. Beau, USAF (photo); Hon. John I. Lerom, Asst. Sec. USAF (photo); Col C. Short, USAF (photo)
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Three photos, typeset text, and Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Comic Story
The Holiday (8 pages)
Synopsis
Priscilla gets "freckleitis," a harmless but contagious ailment, and is told to stay home from school for a week. Taking advantage of the situation, she charges other kids a nickel to catch the ailment so they can stay out of school a week, too; but the scheme backfires.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Humor; Children
Characters
Priscilla; Lester; Oliver (dog); Jenny Lu; Hollyhock
Comic Story
The Lion Tamess (8 pages)
Synopsis
After watching a lion-tamer, Priscilla decides her new ambition is to be a lady lion-tamer. When Cato, an old and tame lion, runs away from the zoo; Priscilla find him and holds him at bay with a chair until his trainer tracks him down.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Humor; Children
Characters
Priscilla; Lester; Jenny Lu; Hollyhock; Stuart
Comic Story
Mixed-Up Movies (8 pages)
Synopsis
When time runs short on producing a play for a contest, Priscilla borrows her father's home movie camera to film the scenes. The plan is for the silent films to be projected and the characters to read their dialogue from behind a screen. However on the night of the contest, Priscilla distributes the scripts in the wrong sequence and the dialogue doesn't match the film.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Humor; Children
Characters
Priscilla; Lester; Jenny Lu; Hollyhock
Comic Story
No Title (8 pages)
Synopsis
Priscilla reads a book on hypnotism. The other kids pretend to be hypnotized, but it turns out Lester really is and Priscilla orders him to carry her books to school each morning. Lester's mother is not happy with this turn of events and tells Priscilla to "un-hypnotize" him, but Priscilla can't remember the word to break the spell.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Humor; Children
Characters
Priscilla; Lester; Oliver (dog); Jenny Lu; Hollyhock
First Line
Priscilla's acting mighty strange...
Notes
The story narration at the bottom of each panel is told in rhyme, which was a device sometimes used in the newspaper strip.
Comic Story
No Title (1 page)
Synopsis
Priscilla has to lick the flaps to seal a stack of envelopes for her mother.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Humor; Children
Characters
Priscilla
First Line
Priscilla, while I'm gone to the store, will you seal those club notices for me?
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
Comic Story
No Title (1 page)
Synopsis
Priscilla follows the instructions on a TV cooking show, but misunderstands an instruction.
Feature
Priscilla's Pop
Genre
Humor; Children
Characters
Priscilla
First Line
I call today's recipe a mocha surprise cake.
Notes
Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
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