Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Snow White Comic Book Revisited

The Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs weekly newspaper strip from 1937-38 was first turned into comic book form with the 1944 Dell Comic detailed in an earlier post. Over the years, it has been reprinted repeatedly by Dell, Gold Key, Top, Gladstone, Whitman and even by Marvel (in 1995). Here's a look at the covers...

1952 Dell Four Color Comic #382:


Dell Comic #382 (1952). Original cover price .10 (USD). 
Cover image courtesy of Gary Dolgoff Comics. Used with permission.


1963 Gold Key Classic:

Gold Key Classic Comic #310 (October, 1963). Original cover price .12 (USD). 
Image courtesy of Interesting Paper. Used with permission.


1967 Gold Key Classic:






















Gold Key Classic Comic #310 (September, 1967).
Image courtesy of MyComicShop.com.



1967 Top Giveaway Comic:

Top Comics #2 (1967), Scarce Giveaway Comic. 
Image courtesy of Century Comics. Used with permission.


1982 Whitman 3-Pack:

Sealed Whitman 3-Pack (April, 1982). Included Snow White, Cinderella, and Pinocchio comics. 
Original cover price .60 (USD) for single issue, $1.39 for 3-pack.
Image courtesy of Basementseller999. Used with permission.


1987 Gladstone:



















Gladstone Golden Anniversary Issue (September, 1987).
Original Cover Price: $2.95 (USD).

See more of this issue in another post.





1995 Marvel:

Marvel Comic (1995), This particular cover was signed by Adriana Caselotti. Original cover price $1.95 (USD).
Image courtesy of Hall of Fame Card Shop. Used with permission.

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