COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Four Color 1101 Universal
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Grade:
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9.4
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE
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Pedigree:
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File Copy
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Certification #:
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0780308013
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Owner:
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4GEMWORKS
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Walt Disney’s Kidnapped 5/60 File Copy
Photo Cover: Peter Finch , James MacArthur, Bernard Lee
Script: Robert Louis Stevenson (novel); ? (movie adaptation)
Pencils & Inks: Nat Edson
This copy is tied with one other as the best of six copies graded to date. 03/13. I originally bought this copy graded, as is, from Heritage Auctions.
Table of Contents
1. 0. Kidnapped
Walt Disney's Kidnapped
2. 1. [Kidnapped]
Walt Disney's Kidnapped
3. 2. Kidnapped
Walt Disney's Kidnapped
4. 3. Indentured Servants
5. 4. Bonnie Prince Charlie Thios may be the back cover of some copies of this issue.
6. 5. Imagine Touring Russia for 10 cents Ad. This is the back cover of this issue.
Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://www.comics.org/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
http://www.comics.org/issue/15904/
Wikipedia also provides some detail on the movie itself below. The comic was an adaptation of the 1960 movie.
Kidnapped is a 1960 Walt Disney Productions film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, Kidnapped. It stars Peter Finch and James MacArthur, and was Disney's second production based on a novel by Stevenson.
Plot
In eighteenth century Scotland, young David Balfour (James MacArthur) is directed by his recently-deceased father's letter to go to the House of Shaws, where he is greeted without much enthusiasm by his miserly uncle Ebenezer (John Laurie). An attempt to arrange a fatal accident makes it clear that Ebenezer has no affection for his nephew. However, David is not sufficiently on his guard. He accompanies Ebenezer to a meeting with a seafaring business associate, Captain Hoseason (Bernard Lee). The captain lures David aboard his ship and shanghais him, at Ebenezer's instigation.
At sea, David learns that he is to be sold into indentured servitude. However, a thick fog comes up and the ship collides with a boat. Alan Breck Stewart (Peter Finch), the only survivor of the latter, is brought aboard and pays for his passage, but the greedy captain plots to kill him for the rest of his money. David warns Alan, and the two are able to overcome the murderous crew. Alan coerces Hoseason into putting them ashore. The ship founders, but David manages to reach land alone.
After several dangerous encounters, he is rescued by Alan, who turns out to be a Jacobite wanted by the authorities. Evading the soldiers, the two make their way back to the House of Shaws, where Alan tricks Ebenezer into admitting his crimes within the hearing of a hidden witness, allowing David to claim his inheritance
Reception
Upon the film's original release, New York Times film critic Eugene Archer gave the film a negative review by stating that, "Either Mr. Disney, who made a vigorous Treasure Island ten years ago, has lost his touch in the intervening decade, or the kids have been spoiled by Gunsmoke and Peter Gunn. Yesterday's audience was definitely not amused."[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapped_(1960_film)
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