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. |
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] |
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). |
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). |
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." |
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) |
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). |
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). |