Issue | #1226 |
Published | September 1961 |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig and/or Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director) |
Notes | Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S NIKKI, WILD DOG OF THE NORTH, No. 1226." Code number is NIKKI O.S. #1226-619. Copyright 1961 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). Adapted from the 1961 movie "Nikki, Wild Dog of the North." |
Characters | Nikki (dog) (photo); Andre Dupas (as played by Jean Coutu, photo); Makoki (as played by Ureil Luft, photo) |
Genre | Adventure |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S NIKKI, WILD DOG OF THE NORTH, No. 1226." Code number is NIKKI O.S. #1226-619. Copyright 1961 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). Adapted from the 1961 movie "Nikki, Wild Dog of the North." |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (Gold Key, 1964 series) #nn |
Characters | Nikki (dog) (photo); Andre Dupas (as played by Jean Coutu, photo); Makoki (as played by Ureil Luft, photo); Jacques LeBeau (as played by Emile Genest, photo) |
Synopsis | Preview of the story. |
Genre | Adventure |
Pencils | ? (photos) |
Inks | ? (photos) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Six photos from the movie with typeset text. |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (Gold Key, 1964 series) #nn |
Characters | Nikki (dog); Neewa (bear); Andre Dupas; Makoki; Jacques LeBeau; Durante |
Synopsis | Nikki becomes separated from his owner on a trip for supplies in the Canadian Rockies. After a life in the wild, he is captured by a pair of trappers, one of whom uses a club on Nikki until he is suitable for a dogfight. Nikki wins the dogfight, but when he is claimed by his former owner, must learn to return to domesticated ways. |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer |
Pencils | Sparky Moore |
Inks | Sparky Moore |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Notes | Adapted from the 1961 movie "Nikki, Wild Dog of the North." |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (Gold Key, 1964 series) #nn |
Synopsis | Background feature about the work of the "factors" (agents) in the North Country. |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Sparky Moore |
Inks | Sparky Moore |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath. |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (Gold Key, 1964 series) #nn |
Synopsis | Facts about the Malemute breed of dog. |
Genre | fact; animal |
Pencils | Sparky Moore |
Inks | Sparky Moore |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Panels with typeset text underneath. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 5. |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (Gold Key, 1964 series) #nn |
Characters | Yogi Bear (cameo); Huckleberry Hound (cameo); Pixie (cameo); Dixie (cameo); Mr. Jinks |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Back cover. Ad for the Huck Hound Club sponsored by Kellogg's Corn Flakes breakfast cereal. Mail-in coupon to be sent with 15 cents and one boxtop. This ad replaces Sequence 4 on some copies. |