(March 1962)
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- Editing:
- Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig and/or Del Connell (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 MOON PILOT, No. 1313." Code number is MOON PILOT O.S. #1313-622. Copyright 1962 by Walt Disney Prductions. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Variant versions exist.
Moon Pilot
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Capt. Richmond Talbot (as played by Tom Tryon, photo); Lyrae (as played by Dany Saval, photo); McClosky [Mac] (as played by Edmond O'Brien, photo); Charlie (chimpanzee, photo)
- Synopsis:
- Preview of the story.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Six photos from the movie with typeset text underneath.
Walt Disney's Moon Pilot
comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Buckner (movie story); Maurice Tombragel (screenplay); ? (comic adaptation)
- Pencils:
- John Ushler
- Inks:
- John Ushler
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Capt. Richmond Talbot; General Vanneman; Charlie (chimpanzee); Lyrae; Walt Richmond; McClosky [Mac]
- Synopsis:
- After successfully training the first chimp to orbit the moon, Capt. Richmond Talbot inadvertently is chosen to become the first man to duplicate the feat. While awaiting the flight, Talbot is stalked by a mysterious woman, who may be a spy or something altogether different.
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1962 Walt Disney movie "Moon Pilot."
The Explorers
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Ushler
- Inks:
- John Ushler
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Characters:
- Marco Polo; Christopher Columbus; Richard Byrd
- Synopsis:
- General overview of different types of explorers.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #50 (December 1974)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.
Moon Lore
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Ushler ?
- Inks:
- John Ushler ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 5.
Nationally Famous Prizes for You
Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Ad for selling greeting cards for Junior Sales Club of America, Springfield, Mass. This sequence replaces Sequence 4 in some copies.
Table of Contents
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1.
Moon Pilot
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2.
Walt Disney's Moon Pilot
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3.
The Explorers
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4.
Moon Lore
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5.
Nationally Famous Prizes for You
Junior Sales Club of America
- Merlin Haas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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