Creator

Del Connell

Biography

Del Connell began his career at Disney Studios in 1939, contributing to animated films including Fantasia and Dumbo. After World War II he transitioned to comics, becoming a writer and editor at Western Publishing's Dell Comics division. He is best known for co-creating Super Goof in 1965 and for originating the comic series Space Family Robinson, a clear inspiration for the television show Lost in Space. He won the Bill Finger Award for Comic Writing in 2011, the year of his death.

Creator Details

Name

Del Connell

Issues

1,392

Series

79

Awards

Bill Finger Award - (Living Creator) (2011)

Gender

Male

Birth Date

June 7, 1918

Death Date

August 12, 2011

Birth Place

New York

Country

United States

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Series

Disney Masters

Disney Masters (2018)

Fantagraphics

27 issues

Donald Duck & Co

Donald Duck & Co (1948)

Hjemmet

3632 issues

Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene

Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (1998)

Hjemmet

121 issues

Andrés Önd

Andrés Önd (1983)

Edda

271 issues

Donald Duck & Co 70 år i Norge

Donald Duck & Co 70 år i Norge (2018)

Hjemmet

6 issues

Lustiges Taschenbuch Spezial

Lustiges Taschenbuch Spezial (1997)

Egmont Ehapa Verlag

129 issues

Serieskatter

Serieskatter (2015)

Hjemmet

6 issues

Le Journal de Mickey

Le Journal de Mickey (1952)

Hachette

3548 issues

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Color Sundays

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Color Sundays (2013)

Fantagraphics

Limited Series

2 issues

Donald Duck & Co julehefte

Donald Duck & Co julehefte (1968)

Hjemmet

55 issues

Issues

Walt Disney's Goofy: Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks

#27

Walt Disney's Goofy: Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks

Disney Masters (2018)

Oct 07, 2025

Issue #202119

#202119

Issue #202119

Donald Duck & Co (1948)

1979 del 5

#173

1979 del 5

Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (1998)

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: New Adventures of The Phantom Blot

#15

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: New Adventures of The Phantom Blot

Disney Masters (2018)

Feb 03, 2021

Issue #202026

#202026

Issue #202026

Andrés Önd (1983)

Issue #202024

#202024

Issue #202024

Andrés Önd (1983)

Issue #202018

#202018

Issue #202018

Andrés Önd (1983)

70-tallet

#3

70-tallet

Donald Duck & Co 70 år i Norge (2018)

Issue #201813

#201813

Issue #201813

Donald Duck & Co (1948)

Selbst ist die Ente

#70

Selbst ist die Ente

Lustiges Taschenbuch Spezial (1997)

May 12, 2016

Walt Disney

#4

Walt Disney

Serieskatter (2015)

Issue #3251

#3251

Issue #3251

Le Journal de Mickey (1952)

Oct 08, 2014

Frequent collaborators

Chase Craig

Chase Craig

Tony Strobl

Tony Strobl

Carl Barks

Carl Barks

Manuel Gonzales

Manuel Gonzales

Paul Murry

Paul Murry

Nils Rydahl

Steve Steere

Frank Reilly

Jack Bradbury

Jack Bradbury

Al Taliaferro

Al Taliaferro

Carl Fallberg

Carl Fallberg

Bob Karp

Bob Karp

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