Movie Classic #12-495-612. Indicia issue number is 12-495-612.
Although there is no month given in the indicia, the last 3 digits of the cover code (12-495-612) indicate a cover date of [196]6-12, i.e. December 1966.
This movie was released in U.S. theaters on June 22, 1966.
On-sale date from 1967 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Don Segall (comic adaptation); Jalal Din (short story, 'The Wild Elephant); Lois G. Roth (short story, 'The Wild Elephant); Gilbert Wright (movie adaptation); John Fante (movie screenplay)
A boy travels to India to meet his father, a retired hunter, but runs away after an argument, where he befriends a Hindu bay, the son of a dying Indian priest. The priest instructs the boy to take Maya, a mother elephant, and her sacred white baby elephant to a temple in a far away valley.
Indexer Notes
Based on a 1966 movie adapted from a short story, 'The White Elephant'. Comic writer and artist credits taken from Jerry Bails' Who's Who. All other writing credits taken from the movie poster printed in the comic book.