On-sale date per Catalog of Copyright Entries 1952 Pamphlets, page 1113.
Indicia title is "THE BROWNIES, No. 436". Code number is BROWNIES #436-5211. (No "O.S." in code number.) Copyright 1952 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Seventh of ten Brownies Four Colors.
Cover
1 page
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Brownies
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Comic Story
Hobo Brownies meet on a road / The Brownies (1 page)
Synopsis
Two hobo Brownies meet on a road.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Brownies
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story.
Comic Story
The False Duckling / The Brownies (8 pages)
Synopsis
The Brownies find an egg, just as a duckling hatches out of it. The Brownies glue the egg back together with the Wizard inside, but before they can release him, the mother duck returns and takes control of the egg. When the Wizard breaks out of the egg, the duck thinks he is her baby. The other Brownies have to go find the real duckling to return it to its mother.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Brownies [Brainy; Wizard; Wobble]
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Comic Story
The Brownies and the Splooks / The Brownies (10 pages)
Synopsis
The Wizard warns the other Brownies that they should stay inside the day after Halloween to avoid goblins and witches. The rest ignore his advice and go exploring. They find the Splooks, who live underground and only go out on Halloween to scare people. The Splooks are frustrated when the Brownies aren't scared of them and take them to see the Grand Splook. They inadvertently insult the Grand Splook and have to flee back to the surface.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Brownies [Wizard; Brainy; Muddle; Droopy]; Splooks
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Comic Story
The Brownies on Castaway Island / The Brownies (8 pages)
Synopsis
The Brownies launch a tin can submarine, but it gets caught on the back of a turtle and is taken to Castaway Island. There they find Jettison, a long-bearded Brownie who supposedly has been on the island for 600 years.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Brownies [Brainy; Wobble; Muddle; Weeseed; Spindly]
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Comic Story
Stealing Doughnuts (6 pages)
Synopsis
The Badkins steal and eat all the Brownies' doughnuts. When they return for more baked goods, the pair is trapped in a glob of bread dough.
Feature
The Badkins
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Brownies [Brainy; Spindly; Wobble]; the Badkins
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Comic Story
Time for lunch / The Brownies (1 page)
Synopsis
The Brownies' cart is pulled by three bugs, but they try to pull the cart down a hole when it's the bugs' lunchtime.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Brownies
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story.
Comic Story
A Change in Leaders / The Brownies (1 page)
Synopsis
A trumpet player is off-key, so the leader of the band changes places with him.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Brownies
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Notes
Back cover; color; pantomime story. Comic form, but no panel borders.
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