(July 1958)

Dell, 1954 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
100
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell A Giant Comic
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK BEACH PARTY, No. 5, 1958." Code number is D.D.B.P. #5-587.
This issue has variants:

[Car ride] (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Don McLoughlin ?
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Grandma Duck; Daisy Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Reprints
Keywords
automobile

Indexer Notes

New version in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #36.

Donald's Dilemma (Table of Contents: 1)

Donald Duck / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Donald Duck

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Word puzzle involving names of fish.

The Gem Jam (Table of Contents: 2)

Donald Duck / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
John Liggera
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Black Pete; Hulk (Pete's sidekick); Professor Driftwood
Synopsis
While surf-fishing, Donald catches a bottle containing an emerald. It turns out that Scrooge was conducting experiments with ocean currents and Black Pete took advantage to smuggle an emerald. Pete and a comrade show up at the beach and want the emerald back.
Reprints
Keywords
beach; beachcombing; Coconut Island; emerald; fishing; fog; horse; ocean currents; rowboat; sharks; smuggling

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's fun time, gang!
Characters
Donald Duck

Indexer Notes

Introduction page to ten activity pages.

Gus and Jaq's Shore Shenanigans (Table of Contents: 4)

Gus and Jaq / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Gus; Jaq
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Word puzzle.

Goofy's Jigsaw Jumble (Table of Contents: 5)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Goofy

Indexer Notes

Pieces of a jigsaw puzzle to be pasted on cardboard, cut out and assembled into a picture of Goofy.

Real Moving Pictures (Table of Contents: 6)

Donald Duck / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Donald Duck

Indexer Notes

Twelve drawings to be pasted on playing cards to make an animated flip book.

Chip 'n' Dale's Map Tizzy (Table of Contents: 7)

Chip 'n' Dale / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Chip; Dale; Goofy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A maze puzzle.

Uncle Scrooge's Boo Boo Brain Teaser (Table of Contents: 8)

Uncle Scrooge / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Uncle Scrooge
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A "find the errors" drawing.

Minnie Gets the Brush (Table of Contents: 9)

Minnie Mouse / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A word puzzle using connect the dots to form the letters of the solution.

Donald's Flying Fish (Table of Contents: 10)

Donald Duck / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Donald Duck
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pieces to cut out to use along with tissue paper to make a glider.

Seven Dwarfs Naming Game (Table of Contents: 11)

The Seven Dwarfs / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Seven Dwarfs [Doc; Sneezy; Sleepy; Grumpy; Bashful; Happy; Dopey]

Indexer Notes

Word puzzle with drawings and clues to naming the Dwarfs.

Beach Banter Bamboozlers (Table of Contents: 12)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Donald Duck; Goofy; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Gus Goose; Grandma Duck
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Three jokes told in rebus format.

Don's Nautical Crossword (Table of Contents: 13)

Donald Duck / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Donald Duck

Indexer Notes

A crossword puzzle.

[Beach loafing] (Table of Contents: 14)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Keywords
beach

Indexer Notes

Introductory page for a framing sequence for the following comic stories.

The Flimflammed Filmers (Table of Contents: 15)

Goofy; Mickey Mouse / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Jack Bradbury
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Donald Duck (cameo); Huey (cameo); Dewey (cameo); Louie (cameo)
Synopsis
Goofy gets a movie camera and decides to take nature movies in the desert. Mickey goes with him to keep an eye on things and they think they've captured a flying saucer on film. The pair return to the desert, but get involved with a gang of bank robbers.
Reprints
Keywords
birdcall; desert; flying saucer; helicopter; movie-making; nature films; robbers; skeet shooting

Indexer Notes

Donald and the nephews only appear in the title panel.

Frontier Scout (Table of Contents: 16)

Li'l Davy / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lynn Karp ?
Inks
Lee Hooper
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier; humor; children
Characters
Li'l Davy; Little Hiawatha; Big Chief; Sunflower (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo); Huey (cameo); Dewey (cameo); Louie (cameo)
Synopsis
The Chief is fooled into giving his tribe's furs to a trader in exchange for the rights to everything on the next wagon train. Li'l Davy and Little Hiawatha try to delay the tribe from going on the warpath.
Reprints
Keywords
furs; rifle; six-guns; swastika; wagon train; war dance; war drums; war paint; warpath

Indexer Notes

Donald and the nephews only appear in the title panel. A swastika appears on a teepee in three panels on the last page.

The Fountain of Youth (Table of Contents: 17)

Brer Rabbit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Paul Murry
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Paul Murry

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Brer Rabbit; Brer Bear; Brer Fox; Donald Duck (cameo); Huey (cameo); Dewey (cameo); Louie (cameo)
Synopsis
Brer Rabbit gets fooled by Brer Fox and is captured. Brer Rabbit talks Brer Bear into going with him to a secret fountain of youth.
Reprints
Keywords
bees; brier patch; folk tales; fountain of youth; geyser; motor scooter

Indexer Notes

Donald and the nephews only appear in the title panel.

Mistaken Identity (Table of Contents: 18)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Jack Bradbury
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Snow White; Seven Dwarfs [Doc; Happy; Sneezy; Bashful; Sleepy; Grumpy; Dopey]; Pinocchio; J. Worthington Foulfellow; Gideon; Stromboli; Donald Duck (cameo); Huey (cameo); Dewey (cameo)
Synopsis
Pinocchio takes refuge in the Seven Dwarfs' cottage when he is pursued by Foulfellow and Gideon. He disguises himself using Dopey's clothes, but Foulfellow discovers the plan. Dopey comes back to the cottage when he forgets his lunch and Foulfellow and Gideon mistake him for Pinocchio. They capture Dopey in a bag and bring him to Stromboli.
Reprints
Keywords
disguise

Indexer Notes

Donald the nephews only appear in the title panel.

Freeway Free-for-all (Table of Contents: 19)

Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Jack Bradbury
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Chip; Dale; Huey (cameo); Dewey (cameo)
Synopsis
When construction of a freeway threatens their tree, Chip 'n' Dale keep sabotaging the workers who are trying to cut the tree down.
Reprints
Keywords
axe; construction; dynamite; freeway; saw

Indexer Notes

The nephews only appear in the title panel.

Accidental Hero (Table of Contents: 20)

Morty and Ferdie; Pluto / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Jack Bradbury
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Pluto; Morty; Ferdie; Mickey Mouse; Huey (cameo); Dewey (cameo)
Synopsis
Morty and Ferdie take Pluto to watch the filming of a episode of the "Strongbark" TV show. Pluto gets depressed when he can't duplicate one of Strongbark's stunts and Morty and Ferdie devise a scheme to help Pluto get his morale back.
Reprints
Keywords
bear; movie-making; TV show

Indexer Notes

The nephews only appear in the title panel.

Farm Frolic (Table of Contents: 21)

Scamp / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hubbard
Inks
Al Hubbard
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Scamp; Lady; Tramp; Donald Duck (cameo); Huey (cameo); Dewey (cameo); Louie (cameo);
Synopsis
Tramp takes Scamp to visit a farm in order to get rid of his excess energy. Scamp doesn't know anything about farm life and gets fooled by a fox.
Reprints
Keywords
bull; chickens; farm; fox; pigs; water well

Indexer Notes

Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Donald and the nephews only appear in the title panel.

Donald's Coded Caper (Table of Contents: 22)

Donald Duck / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Word puzzle to find the letters to fill in word balloons.

Have Fun Safely (Table of Contents: 23)

Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Safety tips for summer swimming. Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Car ride]
    Donald Duck
  2. 1. Donald's Dilemma
    Donald Duck
  3. 2. The Gem Jam
    Donald Duck
  4. 3. ["It's fun time, gang!"]
  5. 4. Gus and Jaq's Shore Shenanigans
    Gus and Jaq
  6. 5. Goofy's Jigsaw Jumble
  7. 6. Real Moving Pictures
    Donald Duck
  8. 7. Chip 'n' Dale's Map Tizzy
    Chip 'n' Dale
  9. 8. Uncle Scrooge's Boo Boo Brain Teaser
    Uncle Scrooge
  10. 9. Minnie Gets the Brush
    Minnie Mouse
  11. 10. Donald's Flying Fish
    Donald Duck
  12. 11. Seven Dwarfs Naming Game
    The Seven Dwarfs
  13. 12. Beach Banter Bamboozlers
  14. 13. Don's Nautical Crossword
    Donald Duck
  15. 14. [Beach loafing]
    Donald Duck
  16. 15. The Flimflammed Filmers
    Goofy; Mickey Mouse
  17. 16. Frontier Scout
    Li'l Davy
  18. 17. The Fountain of Youth
    Brer Rabbit
  19. 18. Mistaken Identity
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  20. 19. Freeway Free-for-all
    Chip 'n' Dale
  21. 20. Accidental Hero
    Morty and Ferdie; Pluto
  22. 21. Farm Frolic
    Scamp
  23. 22. Donald's Coded Caper
    Donald Duck
  24. 23. Have Fun Safely
    Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Jonathan Sari
  • Jim Van Dore