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Issue Details

Issue #712
Published July 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Notes Indicia title is "Walt Disney's THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE, No. 712." Code number is G.L.C.O.S. #712-567. Copyright 1956 by Walt Disney Productions.

Cover Details - "Walt Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase"

Characters James J. Andrews (as played by Fess Parker, photo)
Genre period; war
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Letters typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Strategy for Heroes"

Synopsis Facts about the Civil War raid that the main story is based on. Includes maps of where the action takes place.
Genre fact
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Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Maps and typeset text.

33 page story "Walt Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase"

Characters James J. Andrews; William Fuller
Synopsis During the Civil War, Secret Service agent James J. Andrews leads a group of Union raiders who hijack a railroad train in Georgia and attempt to outrun Confederate pursuers.
Genre period; war
Script Lawrence Edward Watkin (screenplay); Elizabeth Beecher (comic adaptation)
Pencils John Ushler
Inks John Ushler
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Story concludes on inside back cover in black and white. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Based on the 1956 Walt Disney motion picture "The Great Locomotive Chase," which was based on a true event in the Civil War. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum advertisement "Vacation Time is All Too Short"

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Notes Back cover. Illustrated ad for Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum with safety tips for summer activities.