Disney Adventures facts for kids
Disney Adventures' fifth and final logo (2006–2007)
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| Categories | Children, Entertainment |
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| Frequency | Twelve times per year |
| First issue | November 12, 1990 |
| Final issue | November 2007 |
| Company | Disney Publishing Worldwide (Disney Consumer Products) |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Burbank, CA |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 1050-2491 |
Disney Adventures (also short-formed as D.A.) was a children's entertainment and educational magazine published twelve (later ten) times per year by Disney Publishing Worldwide, a subsidiary of Disney Consumer Products, a unit of The Walt Disney Company. It should not be confused with the (also defunct) Disney Magazine. Disney Adventures also contained the latest news concerning the Disney Channel.
Disney Adventures All-Stars
"Disney Adventures All-Stars" was a feature of the magazine that rewards the act of volunteering in the community. It was held once a year and all participants are awarded a prize, but after judging, one winner is selected to participate in a volunteer project with the hosts of that particular year.
In 2006, the hosts were the cast of High School Musical. Past hosts included the cast of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and other Disney Channel stars.
Comics
In the last few years of its existence, Disney Adventures expanded its publication schedule to include an all-comics magazine, Comic Zone. In addition to Disney properties like The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean and Aladdin, Disney Adventures published quite a bit of original comic material, such as:
- Dizzy Adventures
- Gorilla Gorilla
- Jet Pack Pets
- Kid Gravity
- Little Gloomy
- Society of Horrors
- The Hair Pair
- The Last Laugh (not to be confused with the movie of the same name)
- Kid Blastoff
- Luna Park
- Movie-related comics (such as Lilo & Stitch, Pirates of the Caribbean, Spy Kids, etc.)
Over the course of publication, a wide variety of comics professionals contributed to Disney Adventures Comic Zone section. Frequent contributors included: Garry Black, Art Baltazar, Eric Jones, Matt Feazell, Landry Walker, Rick Geary, Evan Dorkin, John Green, Bob Fingerman, Elizabeth Watsin, Christine Norrie and Jeff Smith. The Fall 2007 issue reprinted the first six installments of the Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales comic strip adaptation of The Black Hole drawn by Jack Kirby.
Collected volumes
Disney Press released several collected volumes of Disney Adventures comics, two of which are Disney Adventures original creations. Each book is approximately 96 pages in length.
- Comic Zone Volume 1: Lilo & Stitch
- Comic Zone Volume 2: Gorilla Gorilla
- Comic Zone Volume 3: Disney's Tall Tails
- Comic Zone Volume 4: Kid Gravity
- Comic Zone Volume 5: Aladdin
- Comic Zone Volume 6: The Lion King
- Comic Zone Volume 7: The Wild
International
Disney Adventures was also published outside of America, notably in Australia, where the magazine had now been published for over 10 years by ACP Magazines Limited and was distributed to nearby Asia Pacific Islands and New Zealand. Besides featuring Disney articles, Disney Adventures' Australian edition up to the mid 2000s also featured non-Disney articles particularly about Harry Potter and anime, where for a time Neon Genesis Evangelion was heavily promoted.
During 1994 to 1996, the magazine had its own edition in Mexico.
From December 2006 to February 2010, an Indian edition was published. Its 2010 cancellation was confirmed on the magazine's Facebook group; but the reason remains unknown as of this writing, as the magazine was very popular with its audience in India.
- Disney Adventures at Inducks
