Four Color #1190 - Walt Disney's Donald and the Wheel
([December 1961-February 1962])

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1961-09-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell [stamp]
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 for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing a "December 1961-February 1962" cover date.

On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.

Donald and the Wheel (Table of Contents)

Walt Disney's Donald and the Wheel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Donald Duck
Reprints
Keywords
cavemen; gears

[History of the Wheel] (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Conjecture about the origin of the wheel.
Reprints

Donald and the Wheel (Table of Contents: 2)

Donald Duck / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
John Liggera
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge McDuck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Spirit of Progress; Junior; Goofy; Miss Huntanpeck
Synopsis
A blow to the head causes Donald to have a hallucination where the Spirit of Progress and his son teach him the importance of the invention of the wheel.
Reprints

Big Wheels and Little Wheels (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Facts about some of the largest and smallest wheels.
Reprints

The Wheel and You Roll Along! (Table of Contents: 4)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Donald and the Wheel
    Walt Disney's Donald and the Wheel
  2. 1. [History of the Wheel]
  3. 2. Donald and the Wheel
    Donald Duck
  4. 3. Big Wheels and Little Wheels
  5. 4. The Wheel and You Roll Along!
    Donald Duck
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Joey Beretta
  • Chris Boyko
  • John Censullo
  • Pat Conolly
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose