Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 482." Code number is BROWNIES O.S. #482-537. Copyright 1952 by Western Printing & Lithographing Company. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Pamphlets, page 568.
Eighth of ten Brownie Four Colors.
Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story.
Comic Story
The Brownies Find a Home and Wobble Takes a Trip / The Brownies (10 pages)
Synopsis
The Brownies decide they need to move to a bigger place. They take up residence in Farmer Brown's mailbox. When Farmer Brown mails a letter, it comes unsealed and Wobble gets caught inside then the mail carrier picks it up. When the letter and Wobble arrive at the Tractor Co. office, Wobble meets up with a family of mice that help him get sealed up with the reply letter back to Farmer Brown. The Brownies decide the mailbox isn't a good place to live and end up moving into a discarded carburetor.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Brownies [Brainy; Spindley; Wobble] Uncle Dude; Farmer Brown
Farmer Brown's address is "R.F.D. #6, Pottstown, Ill." There is a real Pottstown, Ill., near Peoria. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Brownies Go to Work / The Brownies (8 pages)
Synopsis
After being scolded by the Wizard for not working, the Brownies decide to take up careers. Spindly becomes a detective; Brainy a doctor; Wobble a cowboy. Others are a mechanic and an animal trainer. After some mishaps, the group decides they prefer loafing to working.
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Brownies and Prof. Teeny's Magic Hair Restorer / The Brownies (6 pages)
Synopsis
Prof. Teeny comes to Brownieland with his medicine show, selling hair restorer. After Wobble is doused with the stuff, he wanders off and gets his head caught inside a chestnut burr. When Wobble goes back to the other Brownies, who are still at the Professor's wagon, they all think he has grown hair because of the potion.
Pencils, inks, and letter credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Badkins Kidnap Peanut (8 pages)
Synopsis
The Badkins kidnap Peanut, a "junior-sized Brownie" in order to have him wash their dishes. With the other Brownies' help, the Wizard fools the Badkins into thinking they are being attacked by a giant-size caterpillar and they flee.
Feature
The Badkins
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Badkins; The Brownies [Peanut; Wizard; Spindly]
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