Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
#v28#4 (328)
(January 1968)
Western,
1962 Series
- Volume
- 28
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1967-11-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Printer
- Western Publishing Company, Inc.
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (editor)
Issue Notes
Cover code: 10011-801. On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[Three on a Ski]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- The boys use one of Donald's skis as a toboggan, leaving Donald unable to ski.
- Reprints
-
in Walt Disney's Comics (W. G. Publications; Wogan Publications, 1946 series) #263 -
in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #5/1975 (28. januar 1975) -
in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #32 ([1985]) -
in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990) - in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #29 ([april] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- alternative uses; kids-at-play; skiing; toboggan; winter setting
Indexer Notes
A unusual situation in which an issue has a new Carl Barks cover and a reprinted Carl Barks lead story - about fifteen years apart.
[Turkey with All the Schemings]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Carl Barks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Christmas Day is always a busy day at Donald's house!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Donald Duck [Carl Barks Dell Comics Logo with rounded k]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; restaurant waiter; the Duck of Baloni
- Synopsis
- Broke and hungry after tending to all things Christmas, Donald dons a disguise as a fellow tycoon eager to make a big business deal in order to con a turkey dinner out of Uncle Scrooge. The ploy leads to an epic standoff between the disguised Donald and a reluctant Uncle Scrooge as to who will pay the restaurant bill.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v13#4 (148) (January 1953)
-
- Keywords
- best-laid-plans; Christmas; con job; disguise; fancy restaurant; lack-of-funds; turkey dinner
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand".
Cinderella's Missing Slipper
Cinderella / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gus and Jaq, the two little mice, lived happily in the castle with Cinderella and her prince.
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Cinderella; Gus; Jaq; Cinderella's stepmother; Cinderella's stepsisters (Anastasia and Drizella); Lucifer (cat)
- Synopsis
- Cinderella's stepsisters steal her glass slipper, so that a witch can use it to make them beautiful. Gus and Jaq take it upon themselves to retrieve it.
- Keywords
- glass slipper; theft
Winter Wrap
Scamp / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Del Connell
- Pencils
- Al Hubbard
- Inks
- Al Hubbard
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's the third time you've sneezed this morning, Tramp! Are you getting the sniffles?
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney's Scamp [sans-serifs]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Scamp; Lady; Tramp; Pedro the chihuahua; Bull; white dog; black and white dog
- Synopsis
- Tramp is catching a cold and Lady's remedy is a sweater that makes him the laughing stock of the neighborhood.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Scamp (Dell, 1958 series) #12 (December 1959-February 1960)
-
- Keywords
- common cold; dogs; embarrassment; sweater; winter setting
Indexer Notes
"Reprinted by popular demand". Story is broken up between pages 3 and 4 for three pages of Gold Key Comics Club material and an ad.
On page 6, panel 3, Tramp's red sweater is mistakenly colored yellow.
Gold Key Comics Club News
Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Readers star in Club News! Be an Artist!
- Feature Logo
Gold Key Comics Club
Indexer Notes
Readers are invited to send in drawings of animals, airplanes, and inventions. Example drawings with accompanying descriptions, are provided editorially to inspire reader-drawn submissions.
Readers Create Monsters!
Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We knew you could do it!
- Feature Logo
- Gold Key Comics Club
Indexer Notes
Readers are invited to submit drawings of monsters for possible publication. Six reader-contributed drawings of monsters are printed.
The Joke's on You
Gold Key Comics Club / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To what man does everyone take off his hat?
- Feature Logo
- Gold Key Comics Club
- Characters
- Gold Key Kid
- Keywords
- jokes; riddles
Indexer Notes
Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
The Mystery of the Wicki-Wacki Wot-Not, Part II
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8.5 pages
- Script
- Cecil Beard
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl
- Inks
- Steve Steere
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While vacationing in Honolulu, Mickey and his friends become involved with a stranger who is determined to get possession of a mysterious trinket Minnie has bought to go on her what-not shelf.
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Mickey Mouse [Dell/Western Modern Logo - Three Lines]- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; mysterious pig-nosed strangers; air mail pilot; alien leader
- Synopsis
- Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy escape from the mysterious pig-nosed stranger, only to be captured by many more of them. Beneath their pig-nosed masks the strangers turn out to be frog-faced aliens who seek to change the composition of Earth's atmosphere to best suit them. How does the coveted what-not figure into their plans?
- Reprints
- in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #662 (4 agosto 1968) which is reprinted
-
- Keywords
- aliens; curio; Hawaii; mysterious strangers; volcano
Indexer Notes
Part 2 of 3.
"The Mystery of the Wicki-Wacki Wot-Not" is the only Mickey Mouse serial to be penciled by Tony Strobl. Strobl penciled all three parts.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.5 page
- Keywords
- government reporting; regulations
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for September 28, 1967. Prepared by H.L. Anderson (business manager). Reported total distribution: 311,242 (12 month average), 298,598 (nearest issue). Lower half of page.
[A Sleeper of a Movie]
Gold Key Comics Club; Mini-Comics / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics - No Gold Key Comics Club Emblem- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- man who can't sleep
- Synopsis
- A man can't sleep until he watches a movie on TV.
- Keywords
- movie; sleep problems; TV set
Indexer Notes
Pantomime.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Three on a Ski]
Donald Duck -
1.
[Turkey with All the Schemings]
Donald Duck -
2.
Cinderella's Missing Slipper
Cinderella -
3.
Winter Wrap
Scamp -
4.
Gold Key Comics Club News
Gold Key Comics Club -
5.
Readers Create Monsters!
Gold Key Comics Club -
6.
The Joke's on You
Gold Key Comics Club -
7.
The Mystery of the Wicki-Wacki Wot-Not, Part II
Mickey Mouse -
8.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
-
9.
[A Sleeper of a Movie]
Gold Key Comics Club; Mini-Comics
This issue was modified by, among others
- Alberto Becattini
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Clint Maxwell
- Darrel McCann
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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