Four Color #1025 - Walt Disney's Vacation in Disneyland
(August-October 1959)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1959-07-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig ? (story editor); Del Connell ? (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Issue Notes

Credits based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). On-sale date from 1959 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Vacation in Disneyland (Table of Contents)

Disneyland / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Donald Duck; Mickey Mouse
Reprints
Keywords
spacecraft

Disneyland Ride Riddles (Table of Contents: 1)

Disneyland / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils
Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Daisy Duck; Minnie Mouse; Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Goofy

Vacation in Disneyland (Table of Contents: 2)

Disneyland / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Grandma Duck; Uncle Scrooge McDuck; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Gus Goose; Gyro Gearloose
Reprints

Mastering the Matterhorn (Table of Contents: 3)

Donald Duck / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Garé Barks

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Phooey Duck (fourth nephew); Beagle Boys
Synopsis
The ducks climb the Matterhorn, where they find the Beagle Boys and a diamond they've hidden at the top of the mountain.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on February 14, 1959. Phooey is a fourth nephew in page 6, panel 5. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

Trail Tycoon (Table of Contents: 4)

Grandma Duck and Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Garé Barks

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Grandma Duck; Uncle Scrooge McDuck
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story Code: 59-02-14.

Disneyland Train Ride (Table of Contents: 5)

Disneyland / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils
Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); ? (pencils)
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

Characters
Mickey Mouse

Sub Safari (Table of Contents: 6)

Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy [Mickey Mouse] / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy
Reprints

On the Dream Planet (Table of Contents: 7)

Gus Goose; Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman (sourced)
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Garé Barks

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Gyro Gearloose; Gus Goose
Synopsis
Gyro and Gus find Gus's "dream planet," where the inhabitants are completely lazy. Gyro spoils this paradise by encouraging them to work harder to make life easier.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on February 14, 1959. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

Search the Sea from a Submarine (Table of Contents: 8)

Disneyland / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils
Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck

Dumbo's Flying Secret (Table of Contents: 9)

Dumbo / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils
Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); ? (pencils)
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset; ?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Dumbo; Timothy Mouse

A Canalboat Ride through Storybook Land (Table of Contents: 10)

Disneyland / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils
Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); ? (pencils)
Inks
?
Letters
typeset; ?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; J. Thaddeus Toad; Three Little Pigs; Cinderella; Big Bad Wolf; Pinocchio; Snow White

Travel a Million Miles in Disneyland (Table of Contents: 11)

Disneyland / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils
Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); ? (pencils)
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset; ?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Gyro Gearloose; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Dumbo; Donald Duck; Daisy Duck; Goofy; Uncle Scrooge McDuck; Grandma Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Vacation in Disneyland
    Disneyland
  2. 1. Disneyland Ride Riddles
    Disneyland
  3. 2. Vacation in Disneyland
    Disneyland
  4. 3. Mastering the Matterhorn
    Donald Duck
  5. 4. Trail Tycoon
    Grandma Duck and Uncle Scrooge
  6. 5. Disneyland Train Ride
    Disneyland
  7. 6. Sub Safari
    Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy [Mickey Mouse]
  8. 7. On the Dream Planet
    Gus Goose; Gyro Gearloose
  9. 8. Search the Sea from a Submarine
    Disneyland
  10. 9. Dumbo's Flying Secret
    Dumbo
  11. 10. A Canalboat Ride through Storybook Land
    Disneyland
  12. 11. Travel a Million Miles in Disneyland
    Disneyland
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