Four Color #982

Tinker Bell takes center stage on this cheerful 1959 Dell issue, depicted mid-flight with a painter's palette and brush in hand, gleefully adding color to the wings of a magnificent yellow-and-black swallowtail butterfly against a bright turquoise sky. Norm McGary's cover art captures the tiny fairy's mischievous delight beautifully, radiating the warmth and whimsy that made Walt Disney's characters so endearing. With a story by Carl Fallberg and interior art by Al Hubbard, this is a delightful snapshot of Tink at her most playful and imaginative.