Walt Disney Showcase #43 [Gold Key]
(April 1978)

Western, 1970 Series
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Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Barcode
0335009025804
Editing
Del Connell (editor)

Issue Notes

Cover code: 90258-804
This issue has variants:

Pete's Dragon (Table of Contents)

Pete's Dragon / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?; ? (movie still photos)
Inks
?; ? (movie still photos)
Colors
?; ? (movie still photos)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wait Disney Productions' brightest, liveliest musical!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Pete; Elliott; Nora; Lampie

Indexer Notes

Only Elliott is drawn, all other images are movie still photos.

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Spider-Man vs The Chairman! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Joe Sinnott ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Chairman; police officer; two children
Synopsis
The Chairman is about to turn Spider-Man into a chair when the children distract him with Hostess Twinkies, causing his chair gun to misfire and turning him into a chair instead.
Keywords
chair transmutation gun; children; police

Indexer Notes

Ad for Hostess Twinkies. Printed on inside front cover. Buscema and Sinnott (attributed) credits from auction of original art on Heritage Auction Galleries in January 2006.

Pete's Dragon (Table of Contents: 2)

Pete's Dragon / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Mary Carey
Pencils
Dan Spiegle; Larry Mayer (drew Elliott the Dragon)
Inks
Dan Spiegle; Larry Mayer (drew Elliott the Dragon)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
90258-804, Showcase 43-78
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Lena Gogan; Mr. Gogan; 2 Gogan sons; Pete; Elliott; Lampie; Nora; Doctor Terminus; Hoagy; Miss Taylor; Paul; unnamed townsfolk
Synopsis
An orphan named Pete is running from the wicked Gogan family that bought the rights to look after him. Elliott, Pete's guardian dragon, defeats a plan by Doctor Terminus to trap and kill him, and everyone lives happily ever after, when Elliot reunites Nora and Paul, who take in Pete.
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Indexer Notes

Movie adaptation.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Pete's Dragon
    Pete's Dragon
  2. 1. Spider-Man vs The Chairman!
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
  3. 2. Pete's Dragon
    Pete's Dragon
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