Four Color #1282

(January 1962)

Babes in Toyland (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photos

Inks:

? (photos

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Tom Piper (as played by Tommy Sands, photo); Mary Contrary (as played by Annette Funicello, photo); Barnaby (as played by Ray Bolger, photo); Gonzorgo (as played by Henry Calvin, photo); Roderigo (as played by Gene Sheldon, photo)

Synopsis:

Preview of the story

Indexer Notes

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

Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland (Table of Contents)

comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ward Kimball; Joe Rinaldi; Lowell S. Hawley (screenplay); Carl Fallberg (comic adaptation)

Pencils:

John Ushler

Inks:

John Ushler

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Mother Goose; Sylvester (goose); Barnaby; Mary Contrary; Tom Piper; Bo-Peep; Roderigo; Gonzorgo; Little Boy Blue; The Toymaker; Grumio

Synopsis:

In Mother Goose Land, Tom Piper and Mary Contrary wish to wed, but miser Barnaby has Tom kidnapped and Mary's sheep stolen and taken to the Forest of No Return. By doing so he plans to force Mary to marry him. Tom returns and he and Mary go to the Forest of No Return, where they are taken by talking trees to Toyland.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #1 (June 1968) [layout changed]
• in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #2 (August 1968) [layout changed]

Indexer Notes

Dialogue is written in rhyme. Adapted from the 1961 Walt Disney movie "Babes in Toyland." The movie is a highly-revised version of the 1903 operetta "Babes in Toyland," composed by Victor Herbert with a libretto by Glen MacDonough.

The Dancing Trees (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photos)

Inks:

? (photos)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Little Bo-Peep (as played by Ann Jillian, photo) (cameo)

Synopsis:

Description of how the tree costumes in the movie were made.

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; black and white. Text and three production photos.

When Toys Come to Life (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 5.

Daisy B-B Gun Gift Ideas! (Table of Contents)

Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Illustrated ad for Daisy B-B Guns. Models No. 1894, 25, 94, and 179 depicted. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Rogers, Ark. This sequence replaces sequence 4 on some copies.