(July 1956)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Walt Disney's THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE, No. 712." Code number is G.L.C.O.S. #712-567. Copyright 1956 by Walt Disney Productions.
Strategy for Heroes
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about the Civil War raid that the main story is based on. Includes maps of where the action takes place.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Maps and typeset text.
Walt Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase
comic story / 33 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Lawrence Edward Watkin (screenplay); Elizabeth Beecher (comic adaptation)
- Pencils:
- John Ushler
- Inks:
- John Ushler
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; war
- Characters:
- James J. Andrews; William Fuller
- Synopsis:
- During the Civil War, Secret Service agent James J. Andrews leads a group of Union raiders who hijack a railroad train in Georgia and attempt to outrun Confederate pursuers.
Indexer Notes
Story concludes on inside back cover in black and white. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Based on the 1956 Walt Disney motion picture "The Great Locomotive Chase," which was based on a true event in the Civil War. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Vacation Time is All Too Short
Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- AK-56
Content Information
- Synopsis:
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum with safety tips for summer activities.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Strategy for Heroes
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2.
Walt Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase
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3.
Vacation Time is All Too Short
Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum
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