Joe Certa took time out from drawing the Martian Manhunter for DC to do this and the next Dondi comic.
By benhendo
Clicked on this one because 'Dondi' was one of, if not the best, early new york subway graffiti artists. Wanted to see if there was any connection / if this is where he got his name from, and sure enough he painted this character on the trains. Mind blown. Love this website. Rest in peace: Donald Joseph White, "DONDI" April 7, 1961 – October 2, 1998.
Additional Information
Name
1176 - Dondi | Published
Publication
Pages: 36
Notes
"Movie Classic" on cover. Adapted from the 1961 movie "Dondi".
No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing a "January-March 1961" cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
The comic has two versions of 36 pages with different inside cover contents. One contains photo stories on the Dondi movie, another with a two page Joe Certa story.
Cover
Dondi / 1 page
Letters
typeset
Genre
Children
Characters
Dondi (photo of David Kory)
Pencils
Irwin Hasen ?
Inks
Irwin Hasen ?
Notes
Photo and illustration.
Photo Story
Dondi (1 page)
Feature
Dondi
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Drama
Characters
Dondi (photographs of David Kory); Dealey (photographs of David Janssen); Liz (photograph of Patti Page); Sergeant (photograph of Mickey Shaughnessy); Peewee (photograph of Arnold Stang)
Notes
Inside front cover. Not all actors photographed are identifiable.
Does not appear in all editions of this comic, replaced with a Joe Certa story instead.
Comic Story
No Title (2 pages)
Genre
Children
Pencils
Joe Certa
Inks
Joe Certa
Notes
Inside front and back covers.
Does not appear on all editions of this series. Is often replaced with features on the Dondi movie.
Comic Story
Dondi (32 pages)
Feature
Dondi
Genre
Children
Characters
Dondi
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
Joe Certa
Inks
Joe Certa ?
Letters
Ben Oda
Notes
Script submitted on July 15, 1960. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985).
Photo Story
A Dream Comes True (1 page)
Synopsis
A brief story about actor David Kory, a Los Angeles native who plays Dondi. Includes two photos, one of Kory and one of Kory's sixth birthday party showing him cutting his birthday cake along with Dondi creator Irwin Hasen and Dondi screenwriter Gus Edson.
Feature
Dondi
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Adventure
Characters
David Kory (actor); Irwin Hasen (Dondi creator); Gus Edson (screenwriter)
Notes
Inside back cover.
Does not appear in all editions of this comic, replaced with a Joe Certa story instead.
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Feature
Daisy Manufacturing Company
Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photograph); ? (illustration)
Inks
? (photograph); ? (illustration)
Letters
typeset
Notes
Back cover.
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