Four Color #1226 - Walt Disney's Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
([October-December] 1961)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1961-07-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell [stamp]
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

Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S NIKKI, WILD DOG OF THE NORTH, No. 1226." Code number is NIKKI O.S. #1226-619. Copyright 1961 by Walt Disney Productions.

Adapted from the 1961 movie "Nikki, Wild Dog of the North."

Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing an "October-December 1961" cover date.

On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.

Walt Disney's Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Nikki (dog) (photo); Andre Dupas (photo of Jean Coutu); Makoki (photo of Ureil Luft)
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Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (Table of Contents: 1)

photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Nikki (dog) (photo); Andre Dupas (photo of Jean Coutu); Makoki (photo of Ureil Luft); Jacques LeBeau (photo of Emile Genest)
Synopsis
Preview of the story.
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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Six photos from the movie with typeset text.

Walt Disney's Nikki Wild Dog of the North (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Nikki (dog); Neewa (bear); Andre Dupas; Makoki; Jacques LeBeau; Durante
Synopsis
Nikki becomes separated from his owner on a trip for supplies in the Canadian Rockies. After a life in the wild, he is captured by a pair of trappers, one of whom uses a club on Nikki until he is suitable for a dogfight. Nikki wins the dogfight, but when he is claimed by his former owner, must learn to return to domesticated ways.
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Indexer Notes

Adapted from the 1961 movie "Nikki, Wild Dog of the North."

The Factors (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Background feature about the work of the "factors" (agents) in the North Country.
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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

Malemutes (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sparky Moore
Inks
Sparky Moore
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
Facts about the Malemute breed of dog.
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Indexer Notes

Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies; see Sequence 5.

Official Huck Hound Club Special Membership Offer! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Walt Disney's Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
  2. 1. Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
  3. 2. Walt Disney's Nikki Wild Dog of the North
  4. 3. The Factors
  5. 4. Malemutes
  6. 5. Official Huck Hound Club Special Membership Offer!
    Kellogg's Corn Flakes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • John Censullo
  • Pat Conolly
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen