Four Color #706 - Walt Disney's Bongo and Lumpjaw
(June 1956)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1956
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's BONGO AND LUMPJAW, No. 706." Code number is B.+L. O.S. #706-566. Copyright 1956 by Walt Disney Productions. Based on the "Bongo" segment of the 1947 Walt Disney film Fun and Fancy Free. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). First of two Bongo and Lumpjaw Four Color issues.

[Dangerous Wasps] (Table of Contents)

Bongo and Lumpjaw / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Paul Murry
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bongo; Lumpjaw
Keywords
bears; unicycles; wasp nests; wasps

[Caught by a Branch] (Table of Contents: 1)

Bongo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank McSavage
Inks
Frank McSavage

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bongo; Lumpjaw
Synopsis
Lumpjaw gets his neck caught in the fork of a tree branch when he tries to ride Bongo's unicycle.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story.

King Bee Bear (Table of Contents: 2)

Bongo and Lumpjaw / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank McSavage
Inks
Frank McSavage
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Frank McSavage

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bongo; Lumpjaw
Synopsis
Bongo tries to prevent Lumpjaw from stealing the bees' honey.
Reprints

Kitten Capers (Table of Contents: 3)

Bongo and Lumpjaw / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank McSavage
Inks
Frank McSavage
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Frank McSavage

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bongo; Lumpjaw
Synopsis
Bongo has to care for a basket of kittens that was delivered to his doorstep.
Reprints

Won by a Hare (Table of Contents: 4)

Bongo and Lumpjaw / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank McSavage
Inks
Frank McSavage
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Frank McSavage

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bongo; Lumpjaw; Foxie
Synopsis
Bongo and Lumpjaw campaign to be elected Governor of the forest.
Reprints

The Impossible Possum (Table of Contents: 5)

Bongo and Lumpjaw / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank McSavage
Inks
Frank McSavage
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Frank McSavage

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bongo; Lumpjaw
Synopsis
Bongo tries to convince a bloodhound pup that Lumpjaw is a possum.

Indexer Notes

The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

[Crocodile Crossing] (Table of Contents: 6)

Bongo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank McSavage
Inks
Frank McSavage
Letters
Frank McSavage

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bongo; Lumpjaw
Synopsis
Bongo uses an allligator as a bridge to cross a creek to escape from Lumpjaw.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white.

Bongo's Magic Cage (Table of Contents: 7)

Bongo / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank McSavage
Inks
Frank McSavage
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bongo; Lumpjaw

Indexer Notes

Back cover. A two-piece slide game to cut-out and assemble.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Dangerous Wasps]
    Bongo and Lumpjaw
  2. 1. [Caught by a Branch]
    Bongo
  3. 2. King Bee Bear
    Bongo and Lumpjaw
  4. 3. Kitten Capers
    Bongo and Lumpjaw
  5. 4. Won by a Hare
    Bongo and Lumpjaw
  6. 5. The Impossible Possum
    Bongo and Lumpjaw
  7. 6. [Crocodile Crossing]
    Bongo
  8. 7. Bongo's Magic Cage
    Bongo
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Alan Hutchinson
  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose