Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse #5 - Outwits the Phantom Blot

([June] 2014)

Floyd Gottfredson and the Mickey Mouse Continuities (Table of Contents: 1)

Of Mouse & Man / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Thomas Andrae

Pencils

?; Walter Hoban; Tom Wood

Inks

?; Walter Hoban; Tom Wood

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Possible historical influences for Floyd Gottfredson's story lines are discussed.

Reading Pictures: The Visual Language of Floyd Gottfredson (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Craig McCracken

Pencils

Fred Moore; Floyd Gottfredson

Inks

Fred Moore; Floyd Gottfredson

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Animation director Craig McCracken discusses the visual style of Floyd Gottfredson.

Craft(tint)ing a Whale of a Tale (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Byron Erickson

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Erickson discusses the prior influences for this story.

Mighty Whale Hunters (Table of Contents: 4)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 46 pages (report information)

Script

Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Merrill De Maris

Pencils

Floyd Gottfredson

Inks

Ted Thwaites; Bill Wright

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Clarabelle Cow; Pluto; Pegleg Pete

Synopsis

Mickey and Goofy sign aboard a whaling ship.

Reprints

• from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.02.07 to 1938.07.06

Rich Mouse, Poor Mouse (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Francesco Stajano; Leonardo Gori

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

The authors put the story "The Plumber's Helper" in the context of the times.

The Plumber's Helper (Table of Contents: 6)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 47 pages (report information)

Script

Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Merrill De Maris

Pencils

Floyd Gottfredson

Inks

Ted Thwaites; Bill Wright

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Horace Horsecollar; Goofy; Joe Piper; Detective Casey

Synopsis

After being wiped out financially by the Depression, Mickey takes a job as a plumber's assistant. But soon he begins to suspect his boss of being more than a plumber.

Accentuate the Negative (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

David Gerstein

Pencils

Tom Wood; Riley Thomson

Inks

Tom Wood; Riley Thomson

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Gerstein provides a historical evolution of the story "Mickey Mouse Meets Robinson Crusoe" as well as critical analysis.

Mickey Mouse Meets Robinson Crusoe (Table of Contents: 8)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 35 pages (report information)

Script

Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Merrill De Maris

Pencils

Floyd Gottfredson

Inks

Ted Thwaites; Bill Wright

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Robinson Crusoe; Friday

Synopsis

Mickey is called in to the Disney Studios to film an adaptation of the book "Robinson Crusoe".

Reprints

• from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.12.12 to 1939.04.13

Indexer Notes

Portions of this story are adapted from the Mickey Mouse short "Mickey's Man Friday".

Unhappy Campers (Table of Contents: 9)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Merrill De Maris

Pencils

Floyd Gottfredson (pages 1, 11); Ross Wetzel (pages 2-10)

Inks

Ted Thwaites; Bill Wright

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; domestic

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Pluto; Morty Mouse; Ferdy Mouse

Synopsis

Mickey and Goofy take Morty and Ferdy on a camping trip.

Reprints

• from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939.04.15 to 1939.05.20

Phantoms, Fears and Foreshadowing (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Francesco Stajano; Leonardo Gori

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

The authors discuss the influence of The Phantom Blot on later stories.

Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot (Table of Contents: 11)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 33 pages (report information)

Script

Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Merrill De Maris

Pencils

Floyd Gottfredson

Inks

Ted Thwaites; Bill Wright

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Pluto; The Phantom Blot; Chief O'Hara; Detective Casey

Synopsis

The city is plagued by burglaries of cheap cameras by a mysterious hooded figure in black. Mickey is recruited by the police to help them stop the crime wave.

Reprints

• from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939.05.22 to 1939.09.09

Well I'll be darned! I don't know if I dreamed all that or... (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Thad Komorowski

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Komorowski analyses the story "The Miracle Master".

The Miracle Master (Table of Contents: 13)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script

Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Merrill De Maris

Pencils

Floyd Gottfredson

Inks

Ted Thwaites; Bill Wright

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow; Goofy

Synopsis

After rubbing a lamp he finds among Minnie's collection of antiques, Mickey acquires a genie.

Reprints

• from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939.09.11 to 1940.01.13

Yesterday's Thursday, Today (Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jonathan Gray

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

An analysis of the story "An Education For Thursday".

An Education For Thursday (Table of Contents: 15)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 29 pages (report information)

Script

Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Merrill De Maris

Pencils

Floyd Gottfredson

Inks

Ted Thwaites; Bill Wright

Letters

?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Pluto; Thursday

Synopsis

The actor who played Friday in "Mickey Mouse Meets Robinson Crusoe" ships his African twin brother to Mickey unannounced, asking Mickey to educate him in the ways of American civilization.

Reprints

• from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1940.01.15 to 1940.04.20

Indexer Notes

The strips from March 26 and March 27 feature a caricature of big band leader Cab Calloway.

Gottfredson's World (Table of Contents: 16)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Francesco Stajano; Leonardo Gori

Pencils

Daan Jippes; Enrico Mauro Pinochi; Romano Scarpa; Rene Guillaume; Marco Rora; Michel Nadorp; Luciano Bottaro; Michele Rubino; Angel Rodriguez; Todd Kurosawa; Jan-Roman Pikula; Hank Porter; Dan Gormley

Inks

Daan Jippes; Enrico Mauro Pinochi; Romano Scarpa; Patrice Croci; Marco Rora; Michel Nadorp; Luciano Bottaro; Michele Rubino; Angel Rodriguez; Todd Kurosawa; Jan-Roman Pikula; Hank Porter; Dan Gormley

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Examples of how the stories in this volume have been reprinted around the world.

The Cast (Table of Contents: 17)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Francesco Stajano; Leonardo Gori; Joe Torcivia; Jonathan Gray

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Profiles of supporting characters introduced in the reprinted stories.

Behind the Scenes: The Blot Thickens (Table of Contents: 18)

illustration / 6 pages (report information)

Script

David Gerstein

Pencils

Paul Murry

Inks

Paul Murry

Letters

typeset

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club Parade (Dell, 1955 series) #1 (December 1955)
which is reprinted
• from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939.05.20 - 1939.09.09

Indexer Notes

Reprints of pages from "Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot" ordered redrawn by Dell Comics editors for the story's later reprinting.

Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot (Table of Contents: 19)

Mickey Mouse / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Floyd Gottfredson (signed)

Inks

Floyd Gottfredson (signed)

Colors

Floyd Gottfredson (signed)

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Mickey Mouse; The Phantom Blot

Indexer Notes

Commission paintings done by Floyd Gottfredson in 1981.

The Heirs of Gottfredson: Osamu Tezuka (Table of Contents: 20)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Ryan Holmberg

Pencils

Osamu Tezuka; Floyd Gottfredson

Inks

Osamu Tezuka; Bill Wright

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Discussion of Gottfredson's influence on Japanese animator and manga artist Osamu Tezuka.

Off to the Sea of Adventures (Table of Contents: 21)

New Treasure Island / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Osamu Tezuka; Ryan Holmberg (translation)

Pencils

Osamu Tezuka

Inks

Osamu Tezuka

Letters

David Gerstein

Genre

adventure

Characters

Pete

Synopsis

A young boy races to the local pier hoping to catch a ship bound for New Treasure Island.

Reprints

• from Shintakarajima (?, 1947 series) January 1947