(January 1946)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Magazine
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO". No number in indicia or code number. Listed as "Four Color Comic No. 92" on cover. Code number is P.O.S. 461 (with blank space for issue number). Copyright 1939, 1945 by Walt Disney Productions.
The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio
Pinocchio / comic story / 35 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Carlo Collodi (novel); Chase Craig (adaptation)
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Jiminy Cricket; Pinocchio; Gepetto; Blue Fairy; Figaro; Foulfellow; Gideon; Stromboli; Lampwick; Monstro
- Synopsis:
- The Blue Fairy brings Gepetto's wooden puppet Pinocchio to life. Jiminy Cricket is enlisted as his conscience. Pinocchio is first captured by the evil showman Stromboli, but is rescued by the Blue Fairy. Not learning a lesson, Pinocchio is then enticed to travel with a coach load of boys to Pleasure Island. There they indulge in bad behavior until the boys turn into donkeys. Pinocchio is saved by Jiminy part-way through the transformation. In the meantime, Gepetto was swallowed by the whale Monstro while on his way to Pleasure Island to find Pinocchio. Pinocchio and Jiminy search for Monstro and the pair are re-united with Gepetto in Monstro's belly.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration (migrated reprint links need inspection)
- in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #545 (April 1954) [original title: The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio]
- in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1203 (March 1962)
- in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #6 (December 1968) [original title: The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio; reprint title: Pinocchio, part 1]
- in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #7 (January 1969) [original title: The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio; reprint title: Pinocchio, part 2]
- in Walt Disney Showcase (Gold Key, 1970 series) #48 (January 1979) [original title: The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio]
- in The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio (Whitman, 1982 series) #[nn] (April 1982)
- in Walt Disney's Pinocchio Special (Gladstone, 1990 series) #1 (Spring 1990)
- in Wonderful Adventures Of Pinocchio, The [Movie Comics] (Gold Key, 1963 series) #1
- in Wonderful Adventures Of Pinocchio, The [Movie Comics] (Gold Key, 1971 series) #1
Indexer Notes
Story begins on inside front cover in black and red. Abridged adaptation of the 1940 Walt Disney animated movie "Pinocchio." New version in Four Color (Dell, 1942) #252. Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Wonderful Mis-Adventures of Donocchio
[Donald Duck] / comic story / 16 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Walt Kelly ?
- Pencils:
- Walt Kelly
- Inks:
- Walt Kelly ?
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Blue Fairy; Jiminy Cricket; Foulfellow; Gideon; Stromboli
- Synopsis:
- After reading the story of Pinocchio, Donald wishes he was Pinocchio. The Blue Fairy grants his wish, and gives him two more wishes. As Pinocchio, Donald (with a head of black hair) gets involved with Gideon and Foulfellow and ends up sold to Stromboli. His lack of stage talent helps him escape when Stromboli flies into a rage. Donald tries to go to Pleasure Island, but the Coachman thinks he's a spy and chases him with guns. While he is escaping he wishes he was Jiminy's size and that Jiminy was his size. That's the second wish and after a short chase, Donald wishes he was a real boy again. He ends up back in his own bed, waking up from a dream. Or was it only a dream?
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #275 (October 1989)
Indexer Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and red and concludes on back cover in color. Inks may or may not be by Walt Kelly.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio
Pinocchio -
2.
The Wonderful Mis-Adventures of Donocchio
[Donald Duck]
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