(June 1971)
Western,
1968 Series
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Editing
- Del Connell ?
Issue Notes
Cover code: 92301-106
Grab Your Pencils Everyone!
Pencil Puzzle Fun / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Promo for "Pencil Puzzle Fun" #2.
Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents
table of contents / 2 pages
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Table of contents and indicia.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; sorcerer; broom
- Synopsis
- Mickey takes a job as a sorcerer's apprentice and famously botches the job of filling a well with water, by using magic.
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies (Dell, 1952 series) #2 ([September] 1953)
-
- Keywords
- broom; magic; sorcerer; water
Indexer Notes
Movie adaptation from "Fantasia."
Almost Human
True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Huemer
- Pencils
- George Wheeler
- Inks
- George Wheeler
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Beavers compared to people.
- Reprints
- from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1964.00.00
The Sleepwalker
Li'l Bad Wolf / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf [Zeke Wolf]; Brer Bear
- Synopsis
- Big Bad Wolf steals a chicken from Brer Bear while sleepwalking, and gets in further trouble when the chicken sleepwalks.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Vacation Parade (Dell, 1950 series) #4 (July 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
New layout, original pagecount 8. Originally untitled.
Niok, the Little One of the Forest
comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Jesse Marsh
- Inks
- Jesse Marsh
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Niok; Ayot; village elder; Foo-Nan
- Synopsis
- Ayot finds an abandoned baby elephant, names him Niok and tries to raise him. The village elder sells Niok but Ayot rescues him and returns him to his elephant herd.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies (Dell, 1952 series) #8 ([February] 1958) [new layout=24 pages]
-
Indexer Notes
New layout, original pagecount 10.
Ludwig Von Drake's Letter
Ludwig Von Drake / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Ludwig Von Drake
Indexer Notes
A letter puzzle.
The Parking Lot Plot
Daisy and Minnie / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bob Gregory
- Pencils
- Pete Alvarado
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Minnie Mouse
- Synopsis
- Daisy and Minnie go shopping and Daisy has nothing but trouble with her car, after Minnie had suggested they take the bus.
Indexer Notes
Pencil credit confirmed from Bob Gregory's collection of payment request invoices from Western Publishing Company, Inc., invoice dated August 27, 1970.
Too Many Ants
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Huey; Dewey; Louie; Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- The boys bring home an ant farm and Donald accidently breaks it open, and the ants end up eating nearly all the wood in the house before he discovers them.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v15#2 (170) (November 1954) [reprint title: Too Many Ants]
-
Mad Madam Mim's Crossword Puzzle
Mad Madam Mim / activity / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Crossword puzzle and connect-the-dots combination.
Farm Foolery
Dimwitty Duck and Gus Goose / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dimwitty Duck; Gus Goose; Big Bad Wolf [Zeke Wolf]
- Synopsis
- The Big Bad Wolf steals picnic fixins from Gus and Dimwitty's farm, so the two farmers come up with a fake tornado scheme to scare away the wolf.
The Salad Patch
text story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Aunt Dolly; Jem Swanson; Sam Swanson; Paint; a wild horse
- Synopsis
- Aunt Dolly is trying to grow lettuce but it's being eaten and she blames their horse, Paint. But one night she finds a wild horse eating the lettuce and Paint saves her from being trampled.
Indexer Notes
Illustrated text story.
The Painting Panic
Goofy / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy; Mickey Mouse; J. P. Dilly
- Synopsis
- Goofy accidentally buys a trunk at auction that has a painting in it. Mr. Dilly offers to buy the painting and after Goofy destroys it, paints another, and then steps on it, Goofy finally sells it to Mr. Dilly.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #899 - Walt Disney's Goofy (May 1958)
-
Extras
Minnie Mouse in Hollywood / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Minnie Mouse
- Synopsis
- Discusses the role of extras in movies.
Indexer Notes
Has a spot illustration.
Ghosts of Pizen Bluff
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Early in his mining career, Scrooge abandons a claim in Pizen Bluff when the whole town becomes abandoned. He finally returns with his relatives to find a mystery of a moving ghost town.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #26 (June-August 1959) [reprint title: Ghosts of Pizen Bluff]
-
Little Helpers
Scamp Meets Jiminy Cricket / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Scamp; Jiminy Cricket; Taby; Pete Pigeon
- Synopsis
- Scamp saves Jiminy from a cat and later Jiminy and Pete recover Scamp's dog tag to save him from the dogcatcher.
What's a Grandma?
Huey, Dewey and Louie / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Christine Lyttle Smith ?
- Pencils
- Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Huey; Dewey; Louie; Grandma Duck
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1073 - Walt Disney's Grandma Duck's Farm Friends (January-March 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Riddle-like questions with answers.
The Bully Plague
Brer Rabbit / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman ?
- Pencils
- Pete Alvarado ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Bill Spicer
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Brer Rabbit; Brer Turtle; Brer Owl; Brer Beaver; mountain lion; alligator
- Synopsis
- A mountain lion and alligator bully the community and steal money until Brer Rabbit devises a plan to chase them away based on the story of The Headless Horseman.
- Keywords
- folk tales
Daisy's Nieces Pattern Puzzle
Daisy's Nieces / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Daisy's Nieces [April; May; June]
Indexer Notes
Word scramble.
The Madball Pitcher
Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Gyro Gearloose; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Gyro's Helper; Knuckleball Noogan; Northside Social Club members
- Synopsis
- Gyro creates the world's shortest baseball game when he spikes both the bats and ball of opposing teams with a pair of his inventions.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1095 - Walt Disney's Gyro Gearloose (April-June 1960)
-
The Morgan Horse
The World of Horses / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Information and history of the Morgan horse.
Tree Doctor
Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Nick George ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Steve Steere
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Chip; Dale; Reddy Woodpecker
- Synopsis
- Donald Duck is working at filling holes in trees to improve their health, but the chipmunks chase him away to preserve their hole.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Chip 'n' Dale (Dell, 1955 series) #15 (September-November 1958)
-
Indexer Notes
New layout, original pagecount 7.
Lessons in Living
True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Huemer
- Pencils
- George Wheeler
- Inks
- George Wheeler
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A young moose's first swim.
- Reprints
- from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1964.00.00
The Flying Farm Hand
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Brer Fox; Dumbo; Grandma Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- The ducks bring Dumbo to help at the farm and he makes a fine scarecrow. Brer Fox uses the old scarecrow clothes to steal some corn and tries to steal livestock until Dumbo and the barnyard animals capture him.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1010 - Walt Disney's Grandma Duck's Farm Friends (July-September 1959)
-
Tinker Bell's Triple Fun Puzzle
Tinker Bell / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Tinker Bell
Indexer Notes
Maze, connect-the-dots, and crossword puzzle.
Up with the Underdog
Pluto with Morty and Ferdie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pluto; Morty; Ferdie; an inventor
- Synopsis
- Pluto accidently gains temporary super powers when he sleeps on a solar-powered machine of a local inventor.
Brave and Brainy
Little Hiawatha / comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Little Hiawatha; Little Hiawatha's father [Big Chief]; Little Hiawatha's tribe; Leaping Fox; Hotshot tribe; Sunflower
- Synopsis
- Little Hiawatha convinces his father, the chief, to hold an election and Leaping Fox runs against the chief. Leaping Fox tricks the Hotshot tribe into declaring war so he can appear the hero and be elected, but the old chief ends the war before it begins and is re-elected.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #988 - Walt Disney's Little Hiawatha (May-July 1959)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]
Mickey Mouse -
1.
Grab Your Pencils Everyone!
Pencil Puzzle Fun -
2.
Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents
-
3.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Mickey Mouse -
4.
Almost Human
True Life Adventures -
5.
The Sleepwalker
Li'l Bad Wolf -
6.
Seven Dwarfs' Mine
Dopey -
7.
Niok, the Little One of the Forest
-
8.
Ludwig Von Drake's Letter
Ludwig Von Drake -
9.
The Parking Lot Plot
Daisy and Minnie -
10.
Too Many Ants
Donald Duck -
11.
Mad Madam Mim's Crossword Puzzle
Mad Madam Mim -
12.
Farm Foolery
Dimwitty Duck and Gus Goose -
13.
The Salad Patch
-
14.
The Painting Panic
Goofy -
15.
Extras
Minnie Mouse in Hollywood -
16.
Ghosts of Pizen Bluff
Uncle Scrooge -
17.
Little Helpers
Scamp Meets Jiminy Cricket -
18.
What's a Grandma?
Huey, Dewey and Louie -
19.
The Bully Plague
Brer Rabbit -
20.
Daisy's Nieces Pattern Puzzle
Daisy's Nieces -
21.
The Madball Pitcher
Gyro Gearloose -
22.
The Morgan Horse
The World of Horses -
23.
Tree Doctor
Chip 'n' Dale -
24.
Lessons in Living
True Life Adventures -
25.
The Flying Farm Hand
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends -
26.
Tinker Bell's Triple Fun Puzzle
Tinker Bell -
27.
Up with the Underdog
Pluto with Morty and Ferdie -
28.
Brave and Brainy
Little Hiawatha -
29.
Crack Up with Cracky
Jokes by Cracky -
30.
["It doesn't matter if you're a laugher..."]
Cartoons & Crosswords
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