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Issue Details

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."

Cover Details - "Walt Disney's 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

1 page photo story "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); 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

32 page story "Nikki Wild Dog of the North"

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

1 page story "The Factors"

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

1 page story "Malemutes"

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

1 page Kellogg's Corn Flakes advertisement "Official Huck Hound Club Special Membership Offer!"

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.