Four Color
#30 - Bambi's Children
(October 1943)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- On-sale Date
- 1943
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielsen Cobb (story editor); Carl Buettner (art director)
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "BAMBI'S CHILDREN, No. 30." Code number is B.C. 30 4310. Copyright 1943 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).
Indicia transcribed from the actual book reads as follows:
“BAMBI’S CHILDREN, NO. 30 – PUBLISHED BY DELL PUBLISHING CO., INC. 149 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y.
“Adapted from the original story BAMBI’S CHILDREN, by Felix Salten, copr. 1939, 1943 by The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Drawings by Walt Disney Studio. Drawings copyright 1943 by Walt Disney Productions (All rights reserved by Walt Disney Productions throughout the world). Printed in U.S.A.”
Indicia transcribed from the actual book reads as follows:
“BAMBI’S CHILDREN, NO. 30 – PUBLISHED BY DELL PUBLISHING CO., INC. 149 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y.
“Adapted from the original story BAMBI’S CHILDREN, by Felix Salten, copr. 1939, 1943 by The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Drawings by Walt Disney Studio. Drawings copyright 1943 by Walt Disney Productions (All rights reserved by Walt Disney Productions throughout the world). Printed in U.S.A.”
Bambi's Children
Bambi / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Adapted from the famous story by Felix Salten Illustrated by Walt Disney Studio
- Genre
- adventure; animal; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- Geno; Gurri; Hopper; Patter; Buttercup; Primrose; four chipmunks; squirrel
- Synopsis
- The children of the forest enjoy themselves, with Geno acting as a slide for the chipmunks.
- Keywords
- chipmunks; deer; forest setting; rabbits; sheer joy; skunks; squirrels
[Cast of Characters]
Bambi / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- animal; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- Prince Bambi; Faline; Geno; Gurri; Thumper; Hopper; Patter; Flower; Buttercup; Primrose
- Synopsis
- Illustrated introduction to cast of characters.
- Keywords
- cast of characters; deer; forest setting; rabbits; skunks
Indexer Notes
Color on inside front cover.
Bambi's Children
Bambi / comic story / 56 pages
- Script
- Felix Salten (original story); ? (comic adaptation)
- Pencils
- Ken Hultgren
- Inks
- Ken Hultgren
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop ?
- Letters
- Ken Hultgren
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Deep in the forest, Geno and Gurri, the children of Bambi, romp happily under their mother's watchful eyes.
- Genre
- adventure; animal; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- Prince Bambi; Faline; Geno; Gurri; Thumper; Hopper; Patter; Flower; Buttercup; Primrose; Friend Owl; Boso; Lana; porcupine; hungry fox; Friend Heron; squirrel; bluebirds; kindly game warden; poacher; wild dog
- Synopsis
- The adventures of the children of Bambi and Faline (Gino and Gurri), Thumper (Hopper and Patter), and Flower (Buttercup and Primrose). The story is told in six chapters, covering the different seasons of a full year in the lives of the characters.
- Keywords
- coming-of-age; deer; forest setting; fox; heroics; man-as-enemy; man-as-friend; rabbits; skunks
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the 1939 novel "Bambi's Children" by Felix Salten. Sequel to Bambi Four Color #12.
Map of the Forest
Bambi / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; animal; anthropomorphic-funny animals; nature
- Characters
- Prince Bambi; Faline; Geno; Gurri; Boso; Buttercup; Primrose; Hopper; Patter; Thumper; Friend Owl; hungry fox; poacher
- Synopsis
- A map illustrated with scenes from the story.
- Keywords
- deer; forest setting; fox; man-as-enemy; man-as-friend; map; rabbits; skunks
Indexer Notes
Color on inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Bambi's Children
Bambi -
1.
[Cast of Characters]
Bambi -
2.
Bambi's Children
Bambi -
3.
Map of the Forest
Bambi -
4.
[Prince Bambi with Geno and Gurri]
Bambi
This issue was modified by, among others
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Chris Boyko
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
- Joe Torcivia
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