Four Color #857 - Walt Disney's The Goofy Adventure Story
(November 1957)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1957
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); Del Connell ? (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Issue Notes

Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Eighth of fifteen Goofy Four Color issues.
This issue has variants:

The Goofy Adventure Story (Table of Contents)

Goofy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Wild Bill Goofy; Amos Goofy; Sir Cedric Goof; Matador Joe Goofy
Reprints
Keywords
arrows; buckskin clothing; cacti; combs; hairbrushes; knives

Goofy's Covered Wagon Strongbox (Table of Contents: 1)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Letters
?

The Goofy Adventure Story (Table of Contents: 2)

Goofy / comic story / 9.75 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Goofy; Gilbert
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Frame story.

Knight for a Day (Table of Contents: 3)

Goofy / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Sir Cedric Goof
Reprints

Californy or Bust! (Table of Contents: 4)

Goofy / comic story / 6.75 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Wild Bill Goofy
Reprints

Amos Goofy's African Diary (Table of Contents: 5)

Goofy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Amos Goofy
Reprints

For Whom the Bulls Toil (Table of Contents: 6)

Goofy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Matodor Joe Goofy
Reprints

Goofy's Adventure Island Game (Table of Contents: 7)

Goofy / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils
Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Goofy
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Goofy Adventure Story
    Goofy
  2. 1. Goofy's Covered Wagon Strongbox
  3. 2. The Goofy Adventure Story
    Goofy
  4. 3. Knight for a Day
    Goofy
  5. 4. Californy or Bust!
    Goofy
  6. 5. Amos Goofy's African Diary
    Goofy
  7. 6. For Whom the Bulls Toil
    Goofy
  8. 7. Goofy's Adventure Island Game
    Goofy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Alan Hutchinson
  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose