(July 1949)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielson Cobb (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 DUMBO in SKY VOYAGE, No. 234." Code number is DUMBO #234-497. (No "O.S" in code number.) Copyright 1949 by Walt Disney Productions. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). See article in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1993) #602.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #2/1956 (februar 1956) which is reprinted
- in De Komplette Årgangene 1956 del 1 (2002)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #12/1957 (5. juni 1957) which is reprinted
- in Walt Disney's Månedshefte #1/1975
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #51/1967 (19. desember 1967)
Sky Voyage
Dumbo / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Carl Buettner
- Inks:
- Carl Buettner
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Dumbo
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #668 (December 1955)
- in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #668 [2nd] (January 1958)
- in Walt Disney Showcase (Gold Key, 1970 series) #12 (December 1972) [revised; modified]
[Masquerade Party]
Dumbo / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Strobl
- Inks:
- Tony Strobl
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Tony Strobl
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Dumbo; Thumper
- Synopsis:
- Dumbo is invited to Thumper's masquerade party, but has trouble deciding on a costume.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Sky Voyage
Dumbo / comic story / 14 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Chase Craig ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Strobl
- Inks:
- Tony Strobl
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Tony Strobl
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Dumbo; The Seven Dwarfs [Doc; Grumpy]; Wynken; Blynken; Nod; J. Worthington Mosquito [Skeeter]
- Synopsis:
- Two elephant boys trick Dumbo into believing he has broken a chunk out of the moon. He flies through space to repair it, but is hooked by Wynken, Blynken, and Nod in their flying shoe. The trio guide him to a sky castle which is the home of a magic giant. They say he can give Dumbo enough green cheese to repair the moon. The giant keeps Dumbo in a birdcage until a mosquito helps him escape and return to Earth.
Indexer Notes
Script and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Dumbo and Little Pedro
Dumbo / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Turner
- Inks:
- Gil Turner
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Gil Turner
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animal
- Characters:
- Dumbo; Little Pedro (the mail plane); Haggletooth the Witch
- Synopsis:
- Pedro the mail plane runs out of gas. Dumbo takes the mail and is warned to watch out for the witch who is always trying to rob the mail planes.
Indexer Notes
The character of Pedro the mail plane is from the 1947 Disney movie "Fun and Fancy Free."
Dumbo the Musician
Dumbo / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Gunn
- Inks:
- Don Gunn
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Dumbo; Thumper; Clara Cluck; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs
- Synopsis:
- Dumbo decides he wants to play the trumpet. When he goes to the Three Pigs' house his playing is so bad the pigs think he is the Big Bad Wolf in disguise. After learning he really is Dumbo, the pigs request a flight to get groceries in order to avoid the Big Bad Wolf.
[Nibbling Elephant Ears]
Dumbo / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Strobl
- Inks:
- Tony Strobl
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Tony Strobl
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Dumbo; Big Bad Wolf
- Synopsis:
- The Big Bad Wolf threatens to nibble on Dumbo's ears.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Blowing Bubbles]
Dumbo / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Strobl
- Inks:
- Tony Strobl
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Tony Strobl
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Dumbo; Hector Hummingbird
- Synopsis:
- Dumbo is blowing soap bubbles with his trunk, but Hector Hummingbird keeps popping them.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
[Masquerade Party]
Dumbo -
2.
Sky Voyage
Dumbo -
3.
Dumbo and Little Pedro
Dumbo -
4.
Dumbo the Musician
Dumbo -
5.
[Nibbling Elephant Ears]
Dumbo -
6.
[Blowing Bubbles]
Dumbo
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- Ray Bottorff Jr
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- Mike Nielsen
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