Four Color #545 - Walt Disney's The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio
(April 1954)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1954-02-25
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Printer
Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
Editing
Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Issue Notes

Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Adaptation of the 1940 Walt Disney film PINOCCHIO.

On sale date of 1954-02-05 from newsdealer notation on the cover of indexer's copy. May or may not be completely accurate, but is reasonable as falling between Four Color #544 and Four Color #546 - the previous issue and next issues.

The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio (Table of Contents)

Pinocchio / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Norm McGary ?
Inks
Norm McGary ?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Pinocchio; Jiminy Cricket
Synopsis
Pinocchio walks to school with an "apple for the teacher" in hand. Jiminy Cricket hangs by his umbrella handle from the Pinocchio logo.
Reprints
Keywords
apples; books; meta use of logo; school

The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio (Table of Contents: 1)

Pinocchio / comic story / 35 pages (report information)

Script
Carlo Collodi (original story); Chase Craig (comic book adaptation)
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One night long ago, the evening star shone down on a tiny village.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Pinocchio; Jiminy Cricket; Gepetto; The Blue Fairy; John Worthington Foulfellow; Gideon; Stromboli; Figaro; Monstro the Whale
Synopsis
A wooden marionette is brought to life by the Blue Fairy and, after a series of adventures, becomes a real boy.
Reprints
Keywords
Disney movie adaptation

Indexer Notes

Partial reprint of Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #92. The actual adaptation of the Pinocchio movie is reprinted completely in this issue. It is the backup story from Four Color 92, "The Wonderful Mis-Adventures of Donocchio" with Donald Duck, that is omitted.

First page (inside front cover) and next-to-last page (inside back cover) are in black and white. Last page (back cover), like the rest of the story, is in color.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio
    Pinocchio
  2. 1. The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio
    Pinocchio
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kirk House
  • Alan Hutchinson
  • Dan Kocher
  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Joe Torcivia