| Issue | #186 |
| Published | April 1948 |
| 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 BAMBI, No. 186." Code number is BAMBI O.S. #186-484. Copyright 1941. 1942, 1948 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). |
| Characters | Bambi; Thumper; Flower |
| Pencils | Morris Gollub |
| Inks | Morris Gollub |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Notes | Redrawn version in Bambi (Dell, 1956) #3. |
| Characters | Thumper |
| Synopsis | Introduction to the story. |
| Pencils | Morris Gollub |
| Inks | Morris Gollub |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Full-page illustration with hand-lettered text. |
| Characters | Bambi; Bambi's mother; the Prince of the Forest; Thumper; Flower; Friend Owl; Faline; Ronno |
| Synopsis | The story of Bambi and his adventures growing up during two years in the forest. |
| Genre | animal |
| Script | Felix Salten (original story); Chase Craig (comic adaptation) |
| Pencils | Morris Gollub |
| Inks | Morris Gollub |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Notes | Adapted from the 1942 animated motion picture "Bambi," based on the 1928 novel "Bambi, A Life in the Woods," by Felix Salten. |
| Reprinted | in Bambi (Dell, 1956 series) #3 (April 1956); in Bambi (Gold Key, 1963 series) #10087-309 (September 1963); in Bambi [Movie Comics] (Gold Key, 1966 series) #2; in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #5 (November 1968) [part 1]; in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #6 (December 1968) [part 2]; in Walt Disney Showcase (Gold Key, 1970 series) #31 (August 1975); in Bambi (Whitman, 1984 series) #1; in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #9 (October 1988) |
| Characters | Thumper |
| Synopsis | Advice on observing wildlife and a warning to prevent forest fires. |
| Pencils | Morris Gollub |
| Inks | Morris Gollub |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Full-page illustration with hand-lettered text. |
| Characters | Bambi; Thumper; Flower |
| Synopsis | Bambi and Thumper look in a hollow log where Flower is hibernating. |
| Pencils | Morris Gollub |
| Inks | Morris Gollub |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Notes | Back cover. |