Four Color #1279

(February-April 1962)

Chore Charades (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Christine Lyttle Smith ?

Pencils:

Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)

Inks:

Steve Steere

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Donald Duck; Huey; Gus Goose; Daisy Duck

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. A matching game with character preforming farm chores.

Rural Mural (Table of Contents)

Grandma Duck's Farm Friends / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Gregory

Pencils:

Bob Gregory

Inks:

Steve Steere

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Grandma Duck; Daisy Duck; Gus Goose

Synopsis:

Daisy takes Grandma Duck to the city, where she sees an art exhibit by Grandma Jones and a mural painted on a wall. Returning to the farm, Grandma paints a mural on the side of her barn and attracts the attention of art critics.

Indexer Notes

"Grandma Jones" is a parody of Grandma Moses [Anna Mary Robertson Moses] (1860-1961) who was a popular American folk artist in the 1950s.

Grandma's Chore Chase (Table of Contents)

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Credits

Script:

Christine Lyttle Smith ?

Pencils:

Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)

Inks:

?

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Grandma Duck

Indexer Notes

A game using buttons to advance on a path from the barn to Grandma's house.

Timely Tip (Table of Contents)

Grandma Duck's Farm Friends / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Tony Strobl

Inks:

Steve Steere

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Grandma Duck; Ludwig Von Drake

Synopsis:

Ludwig Von Drake come to visit Grandma and tries to make her daily routine more efficient by using time and motion studies.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #35 (June 1972)

Backyard Bungle (Table of Contents)

Grandma Duck / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Christine Lyttle Smith ?

Pencils:

Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)

Inks:

Steve Steere

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Grandma Duck; Gus Goose; Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Daisy Duck; Huey

Indexer Notes

A find the mistake game to match the right tool to the job each character is doing.

Caterpilly Dilly (Table of Contents)

Grandma Duck / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Christine Lyttle Smith ?

Pencils:

Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)

Inks:

Steve Steere

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Grandma Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #35 (June 1972)

Indexer Notes

Directions for making a caterpillar out of a cardboard egg carton.

The Big Barn Boo Boo (Table of Contents)

Grandma Duck's Farm Friends / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Tony Strobl

Inks:

John Liggera

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Grandma Duck; Uncle Scrooge

Synopsis:

Scrooge tries to hide his money by storing it in Grandma's barn, but the plan backfires.

Grandma's Pea Picking Contest (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tony Strobl

Inks:

Steve Steere

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Grandma Duck; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Indexer Notes

Directions for a game involving tossing dried peas into various shaped boxes.

The Spoiled Spells (Table of Contents)

Grandma Duck's Farm Friends / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Tony Strobl

Inks:

John Liggera

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Grandma Duck; Gus Goose; Big Bad Wolf; Gypsy Jeannie

Synopsis:

Gypsy Jeannie tries to use her magic violin to help Grandma, but finds that Grandma is a hard person to help.

Farm Foliage (Table of Contents)

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Credits

Script:

Christine Lyttle Smith ?

Pencils:

Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)

Inks:

Steve Steere

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Huey; Dewey; Louie

Indexer Notes

Directions for making rubbings of leaves using paper and crayons.

Grandma's Budget Bundles (Table of Contents)

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Credits

Script:

Christine Lyttle Smith ?

Pencils:

Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)

Inks:

Steve Steere

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Grandma Duck

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. A puzzle where the goal is to fill a shopping cart with items totaling exactly $2.32.

Reveal the Villain (Table of Contents)

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Credits

Script:

Christine Lyttle Smith ?

Pencils:

Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)

Inks:

Steve Steere

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Funny animals

Characters:

Grandma Duck

Indexer Notes

Back cover. A rebus game to find who has been bothering Grandma's chickens. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 13.

Announcing the All-New Daisy B-B Gun (Table of Contents)

Dairy B-B Gun / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (painting)

Inks:

? (painting)

Colors:

? (painting)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Illustrated ad for Daisy B-B Guns. Model 1894 Winchester "Spittin' Image" rifle is featured. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Rogers, Ark. This ad replaces Sequence 12 in some copies.