(January 1969)

Western, 1968 Series
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Price
0.50 USD
Pages
196
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1968-12-27
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
92301-901
Editing
Del Connell ? (editor)

Issue Notes

Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[The Washed-up Witch] (Table of Contents)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Paul Murry
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge; Snow White; The Seven Dwarfs [Doc; Sneezy; Sleepy; Grumpy; Dopey; Bashful; Happy]; Buck Duck; Mickey Mouse (cameo)

Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Mickey Mouse (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Table of contents and indicia.

Berry Picking Trail (Table of Contents: 2)

Donald and Daisy / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Vic Lockman
Inks
Vic Lockman
Letters
Vic Lockman

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Donald Duck; Daisy Duck

The Washed-up Witch (Table of Contents: 3)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge; Snow White; The Seven Dwarfs [Doc; Sneezy; Sleepy; Grumpy; Dopey; Bashful; Happy]; Wicked Witch
Reprints

Indexer Notes

pages 5-14 + 101-108

Real Gone Gilly (Table of Contents: 4)

Super Goof / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman ?
Pencils
John Carey
Inks
John Carey
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Super Goof; Super Gilly; Dr. Doobad

Borrow-Bother (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Phil De Lara
Inks
Phil De Lara
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Brer Rabbit; Brer Bear; Brer Fox

Making Faces (Table of Contents: 6)

Mickey Mouse / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Vic Lockman
Inks
Vic Lockman
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Vic Lockman

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse

Saga of Survival (Table of Contents: 7)

True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Huemer
Pencils
George Wheeler
Inks
George Wheeler
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
George Wheeler

Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1964.00.00

The Windy Warpath (Table of Contents: 8)

Minnie, Clara and Clarabelle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Minnie Mouse; Clara Cluck; Clarabelle Cow; Uncle Scrooge

Mastering the Matterhorn (Table of Contents: 9)

Donald Duck / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Garé Barks

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Phooey (fourth nephew); Beagle Boys
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pages 43-50

The Looped Landscape (Table of Contents: 10)

Jiminy Cricket; Madam Mim / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Jiminy Cricket; Madam Mim; Black Pete
Reprints

The Victorious Victim (Table of Contents: 11)

Mowgli / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pete Alvarado
Inks
Tony DiPaola
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children; jungle
Characters
Mowgli; Baloo; Junior; Shere Khan; Old Mugger; Kaa
Reprints

Man of Letters (Table of Contents: 12)

Ludwig Von Drake / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Vic Lockman
Inks
Vic Lockman
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Vic Lockman

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Ludwig Von Drake

The Beagle (Table of Contents: 13)

Pluto's Kennel Korner / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Vic Lockman
Inks
Vic Lockman
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Vic Lockman

When You Show Your Gums...Smile! (Table of Contents: 14)

Buck Duck / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Gregory
Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Paul Murry
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; western-frontier
Characters
Buck Duck; Calamity; Fats McGrease; Chicken Duck

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Bob Gregory's collection of payment remittance invoices from Western Printing & Lithography Co., invoice dated March 23, 1967.

Kidnapped (Table of Contents: 15)

Walt Disney's Kidnapped / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Louis Stevenson (novel); ? (movie adaptation)
Pencils
Nat Edson
Inks
Nat Edson
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
David Balfour
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 2.

[Library Cat] (Table of Contents: 16)

Scamp / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hubbard
Inks
Al Hubbard
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Scamp
Reprints

Star-word Puzzle (Table of Contents: 17)

Tinker Bell / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Vic Lockman
Inks
Vic Lockman
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Vic Lockman

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Tinker Bell

Beagle Boys Box Baffler (Table of Contents: 18)

The Beagle Boys / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Vic Lockman
Inks
Vic Lockman
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Vic Lockman

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Beagle Boys

[Peanut Powder] (Table of Contents: 19)

Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Larry Mayer
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
?

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

Wolf Bait (Table of Contents: 20)

The Big Bad Wolf / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]
Reprints

A Plane without a Purpose (Table of Contents: 21)

Dumbo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Phil De Lara
Inks
Phil De Lara
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Dumbo; Pedro
Reprints

[Talents] (Table of Contents: 22)

Daisy Duck's Diary / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Moores
Pencils
Dick Moores
Inks
Dick Moores
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Dick Moores

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

Singular Snowfall (Table of Contents: 23)

True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Huemer
Pencils
George Wheeler
Inks
George Wheeler
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
George Wheeler

Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1963.00.00

Bambi on the Run (Table of Contents: 24)

Bambi / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Vic Lockman
Inks
Vic Lockman
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Vic Lockman

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bambi

The Bush Pilot's Peril (Table of Contents: 25)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Paul Murry
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Paul Murry

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Reprints

On the Dream Planet (Table of Contents: 26)

Gus Goose; Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Garé Barks

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Gus Goose; Gyro Gearloose
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pages 148-153

The Prairie Dog (Table of Contents: 27)

Animal Autobiographies / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jesse Marsh
Inks
Jesse Marsh
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Jesse Marsh

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Reprints

[Surfing] (Table of Contents: 28)

Moby Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Kay Wright
Inks
Steve Steere ?
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Moby Duck; Porpy
Reprints

Bad Dreams (Table of Contents: 29)

Baloo / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Vic Lockman
Inks
Vic Lockman
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Vic Lockman

Characters
Baloo

As the Crow Flies (Table of Contents: 30)

text story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nat Edson
Inks
Nat Edson
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
typeset

[Fleas] (Table of Contents: 31)

Thumper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Kay Wright ?
Inks
Larry Mayer ?
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Thumper

Short and Sweet (Table of Contents: 32)

True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Huemer
Pencils
George Wheeler
Inks
George Wheeler
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
George Wheeler

Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1963.00.00

Dog Debut (Table of Contents: 33)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie; Pluto
Reprints

The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio, Part 2 and Conclusion (Table of Contents: 34)

Pinocchio / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Carlo Collodi (novel); Chase Craig (adaptation)
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
?
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Jiminy Cricket; Pinocchio; Gepetto; Lampwick; Monstro
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 2.

Nature Study (Table of Contents: 35)

Junior Woodchucks / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Vic Lockman
Inks
Vic Lockman
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Vic Lockman

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Junior Woodchucks [Huey; Dewey; Louie]

Anagram-mar (Table of Contents: 36)

Captain Hook / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Vic Lockman
Inks
Vic Lockman
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
Vic Lockman

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Captain Hook

Follow-um Dots (Table of Contents: 37)

Little Hiawatha / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Vic Lockman
Inks
Vic Lockman
Letters
Vic Lockman

Genre
humor; children; western-frontier
Characters
Little Hiawatha

A Ducky Puzzle (Table of Contents: 38)

Donald Duck / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere ?
Colors
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Donald Duck; Daisy Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Grandma Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Washed-up Witch]
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Uncle Scrooge
  2. 1. Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents
  3. 2. Berry Picking Trail
    Donald and Daisy
  4. 3. The Washed-up Witch
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Uncle Scrooge
  5. 4. Real Gone Gilly
    Super Goof
  6. 5. Borrow-Bother
    Brer Rabbit
  7. 6. Making Faces
    Mickey Mouse
  8. 7. Saga of Survival
    True Life Adventures
  9. 8. The Windy Warpath
    Minnie, Clara and Clarabelle
  10. 9. Mastering the Matterhorn
    Donald Duck
  11. 10. The Looped Landscape
    Jiminy Cricket; Madam Mim
  12. 11. The Victorious Victim
    Mowgli
  13. 12. Man of Letters
    Ludwig Von Drake
  14. 13. The Beagle
    Pluto's Kennel Korner
  15. 14. When You Show Your Gums...Smile!
    Buck Duck
  16. 15. Kidnapped
    Walt Disney's Kidnapped
  17. 16. [Library Cat]
    Scamp
  18. 17. Star-word Puzzle
    Tinker Bell
  19. 18. Beagle Boys Box Baffler
    The Beagle Boys
  20. 19. [Peanut Powder]
    Chip 'n' Dale
  21. 20. Wolf Bait
    The Big Bad Wolf
  22. 21. A Plane without a Purpose
    Dumbo
  23. 22. [Talents]
    Daisy Duck's Diary
  24. 23. Singular Snowfall
    True Life Adventures
  25. 24. Bambi on the Run
    Bambi
  26. 25. The Bush Pilot's Peril
    Mickey Mouse
  27. 26. On the Dream Planet
    Gus Goose; Gyro Gearloose
  28. 27. The Prairie Dog
    Animal Autobiographies
  29. 28. [Surfing]
    Moby Duck
  30. 29. Bad Dreams
    Baloo
  31. 30. As the Crow Flies
  32. 31. [Fleas]
    Thumper
  33. 32. Short and Sweet
    True Life Adventures
  34. 33. Dog Debut
    Mickey Mouse
  35. 34. The Wonderful Adventures of Pinocchio, Part 2 and Conclusion
    Pinocchio
  36. 35. Nature Study
    Junior Woodchucks
  37. 36. Anagram-mar
    Captain Hook
  38. 37. Follow-um Dots
    Little Hiawatha
  39. 38. A Ducky Puzzle
    Donald Duck
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Steve Coates
  • Jamie Cufr
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Darrel McCann
  • Jim Van Dore