Sunday, December 08, 2013

A Four Color Christmas, Day 8: Mister Nimoy Joins the Army


Cover of Four Color #745 [Francis the Talking Mule] (November 1956), pencils and inks by Don Gunn

Francis's movie career really didn't pick up until the talkies were invented, but he got pretty popular then.



Watch out for Leonard Nimoy in the second clip as Football Player No. 52 (on the right). He was an unknown when he appeared in that Francis film, but one day he would have a role that all of America knew and loved him as: the host and narrator of In Search Of....

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