Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	January 1953
Cover Price	0.50 USD
Pages	212
Notes	"Adapted from the Walt Disney motion picture Peter Pan, based upon Peter Pan by Sir James Matthew Barrie..."

Cover Details

Characters	Peter Pan; Tinker Bell; Captain Hook; Mr. Smee; Wendy Darling; Princess Tiger Lily; Chief Mugwump
Genre	Children; Fantasy
Pencils	Dick Moores (?)
Inks	Dick Moores (?)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Notes	"Adapted from the Walt Disney motion picture Peter Pan, based upon Peter Pan by Sir James Matthew Barrie..."

1 page illustration "Introduction to Peter Pan Treasure Chest"

Characters	Peter Pan; Tinker Bell; Princess Tiger Lily; Chief Mugwump; John Darling; George Darling; Mary Darling; Wendy Darling; Michael Darling; Nana (a St. Bernard); Mr. Smee; Captain Hook
Genre	Children; Fantasy
Pencils	Bob Moore
Inks	Bob Moore
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside Front Cover; color

54 page Peter Pan story "Peter Pan"

Characters	Mary Darling; George Darling; Michael Darling; John Darling; Nana (a St. Bernard); Wendy Darling; Tinker Bell; Peter Pan; Captain Hook; Mr. Smee; Chief Mugwump; Princess Tiger Lily
Genre	Fantasy
Pencils	Al Hubbard
Inks	Al Hubbard
Letters	typeset
Notes	Front Cover relates to Sequence 2
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #12; Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #13

1 page activity "Rescue Tiger Lily!"

Characters	Wendy Darling; Peter Pan; Michael Darling; John Darling; Princess Tiger Lily; Captain Hook
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

2 page activity "Round trip race for two players"

Characters	Peter Pan; Wendy Darling; Nana (a St. Bernard); Michael Darling; John Darling; Chief Mugwump; Captain Hook; Princess Tiger Lily; John Darling; Chief Mugwump; Captain Hook; Princess Tiger Lily; Tinker Bell
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

20 page story "Donald Duck meets Peter Pan"

Characters	Donald Duck; Tinker Bell; Peter Pan; Huey, Dewey, and Louie
Genre	Children; Fantasy; Funny animal
Pencils	Bob Moore
Inks	Bob Moore
Letters	typeset

2 page text article "Destination Neverland!"

Characters	Wendy Darling; John Darling; Michael Darling
Genre	Fact
Letters	typeset

12 page Wendy and Tinker Bell story "Pixieland"

Characters	Wendy Darling; Tinker Bell
Genre	Children; Fantasy
Pencils	Dick Moores
Inks	Dick Moores
Letters	typeset

1 page activity "I can fly!"

Characters	Tinker Bell; Michael Darling
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

1 page activity "Pan's magic"

Characters	Peter Pan
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

10 page Mr. Smee story "Fed up"

Characters	Mr. Smee; Captain Hook
Genre	Children; Fantasy
Pencils	Harvey Eisenberg
Inks	Harvey Eisenberg
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #19 (January 1970) [reprint layout=14 pages]; in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Disney, 1990 series) #574 (August 1992)

20 page Mickey Mouse and Peter Pan story "The living shadows"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Peter Pan; Morty and Ferdie; Goofy; Tinker Bell
Genre	Children; Fantasy; Funny animal
Pencils	Jack Bradbury
Inks	Jack Bradbury
Letters	typeset
Notes	First line: "Yeah... Jeepers!"
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Comics Digest (Gladstone, 1986 series) #4 (April 1987) [reprint title: [Runaway shadows]]; in Silly Symphonies (Dell, 1952 series) #7 (February 1957) [reprint title: [Runaway shadows]]

1 page activity "Connect each dot..."

Characters	Peter Pan
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

1 page activity "Shadow land"

Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

32 page Captain Hook story "The buried treasure"

Characters	Captain Hook; John Darling; Michael Darling; George Darling; Wendy Darling; Mary Darling; Yellow Beak (a parrot); Mr. Smee; Peter Pan; Tinker Bell
Genre	Children; Fantasy
Script	Del Connell
Pencils	Dick Moores
Inks	Dick Moores
Letters	typeset
Notes	Adapted from "Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold" in Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series), #9 (October 1942)
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #31 (October 1971); in Walt Disney's Comics Digest (Gladstone, 1986 series) #2 (February 1987)

2 page activity "Pirate play"

Characters	John Darling; Michael Darling; Wendy Darling
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

12 page story "Bubbles the Water Baby, a story of Mermaid Lagoon"

Characters	Bubbles the Water Baby (originally named Number Six); King Neptune
Genre	Children; Fantasy
Pencils	Harvey Eisenberg
Inks	Harvey Eisenberg
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Disney, 1990 series) #571 (May 1992)

1 page activity "The swimming lesson"

Characters	Wendy Darling; Peter Pan; Michael Darling; John Darling
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

1 page activity "Tic-toc! Tic-toc!"

Characters	Captain Hook
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

12 page story "Nursemaid Nana"

Characters	Mary Darling; George Darling; Nana (a St. Bernard); John Darling; Michael Darling; Wendy Darling
Genre	Children
Pencils	Jack Bradbury
Inks	Jack Bradbury
Letters	typeset

2 page activity "Dog tricks from Nana's diary"

Characters	Nana (a St. Bernard); Wendy Darling; John Darling; Michael Darling
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

16 page John and Michael story "John and Michael's Indian adventure"

Characters	John Darling; Michael Darling; Chief Mugwump
Genre	Children; Fantasy
Pencils	Jack Bradbury
Inks	Jack Bradbury
Letters	typeset

2 page activity "Red man dance"

Genre

Children

1 page Peter Pan activity "Peter Pan as Little Flying Eagle"

Characters	Peter Pan
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

Half page activity "You can fly, you can fly!"

Characters	Santa Claus
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

Half page activity "A pirate's life"

Characters	John Darling; Michael Darling
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

Half page activity "Tee dum, tee dee"

Characters	Peter Pan
Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

Half page activity "What made the red man red?"

Genre	Children
Letters	typeset

1 page activity "When at night in bed I lie,"

Genre	Children
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside Back Cover; color

1 page illustration "Captured by Indians"

Characters	Michael Darling; John Darling
Genre	Children; Fantasy
Notes	Back Cover; color; scene from the movie