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Issue Details

Issue #234
Published July 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielson Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
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.

Cover Details - "Sky Voyage"

Characters Dumbo
Genre funny animals
Pencils Carl Buettner
Inks Carl Buettner
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #668 (December 1955); in Walt Disney Showcase (Gold Key, 1970 series) #12 (December 1972) [revised]

1 page Dumbo story "Masquerade Party"

Characters Dumbo; Thumper
Synopsis Dumbo is invited to Thumper's masquerade party, but has trouble deciding on a costume.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Tony Strobl
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

14 page Dumbo story "Sky Voyage"

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.
Genre funny animals
Script Chase Craig ?
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Tony Strobl
Notes Script and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

9 page Dumbo story "Dumbo and Little Pedro"

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.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Gil Turner
Inks Gil Turner
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Gil Turner
Notes The character of Pedro the mail plane is from the 1947 Disney movie "Fun and Fancy Free."

9 page Dumbo story "Dumbo the Musician"

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.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page Dumbo story "Nibbling Elephant Ears"

Characters Dumbo; Big Bad Wolf
Synopsis The Big Bad Wolf threatens to nibble on Dumbo's ears.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Tony Strobl
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Dumbo story "Blowing Bubbles"

Characters Dumbo; Hector Hummingbird
Synopsis Dumbo is blowing soap bubbles with his trunk, but Hector Hummingbird keeps popping them.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Tony Strobl
Notes Back cover. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).