The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio #1
October 1963 · 0.12 USD · 36 pages
On sale 1963
Synopsis
The Blue Fairy brings Gepetto's wooden puppet Pinocchio to life. Jiminy Cricket is enlisted as his conscience. Pinocchio is captured by the evil showman Stromboli, but is rescued by the Blue Fairy. Not learning a lesson, Pinocchio is then enticed to travel with a coach load of boys to Pleasure Island. There they indulge in bad behavior until the boys turn into donkeys. Pinocchio is saved by Jiminy part-way through the transformation. In the meantime, Gepetto was swallowed by the whale Monstro. Pinocchio and Jiminy search for Monstro and the pair are re-united with Gepetto in Monstro's belly.
Credits
- Pencils
- Norm McGary, Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Norm McGary, Walt Kelly
- Colours
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Adaptation
- Chase Craig
- Novel
- Carlo Collodi
Notes
Listed in The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide under the umbrella title MOVIE COMICS, but listed here under its indicia title.
More than one printing exists; besides the October 1963 printing (which has no stated printing number), there is a stated "Fifth Printing" (in the indicia) dated "687" (i.e., July 1968) in lower left panel of first page with cover identical to the October 1963 printing. If Four Color #92 and Four Color #545 are considered the first and second printings, the October 1963 may be the third printing, which means there is a stated fourth printing (existence needs to be verified). The "Sixth Printing" is the 1971 unnumbered issue with the Gold Key emblem. The seventh (and final) printing (not labeled as such in the indicia) is the 1982 unnumbered issue with the Whitman emblem.