Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
#v37#4 (436)
(January 1977)
Western,
1962 Series
- Volume
- 37
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Editing
- Del Connell
Issue Notes
Cover code: 90011-701
[Couch Potato Mummy]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
in 
The Bionic Woman…and her Bionic Beauty Salon
Kenner; Bionic Woman / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Bionic Woman [Jaime Sommers]
Indexer Notes
Ad for Bionic Woman action figure and accessories; coupon to join Bionic Woman Action Club.
On inside front cover.
[The Runaway Train]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Donald Duck [Carl Barks Dell Comics Logo with rounded k]- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge McDuck; Professor Brainwhiz
- Synopsis
- While Donald watches TV, the boys solve an engineering problem so their toy locomotives avoid a crash. They then team with Uncle Scrooge to prevent a real train crash.
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v17#3 (195) (December 1956)
-
When It Rains It Pours!
Hostess Fruit Pies; Captain America / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America; Stormrider; Cronon
- Synopsis
- Stormrider and Cronon modify the weather to create disasters all over the United States in an attempt to sabotage the presidential election, but Captain America bribes Cronon with Hostess Fruit Pies to betray Stormrider.
Indexer Notes
Between pages 3-4 of [The Runaway Train].
Fun Tricks Free Things!
Gandalf Products Company / advertisement / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Two different ads for gag gifts and novelty items.
First page of ad after last page of [Runaway Train]; second page of ad after "Goofy Jokes".
Conscience School
Jiminy Cricket / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Pete Alvarado
- Inks
- Bill Wright
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Wright
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Jiminy Cricket; Big Bad Wolf; Brer Bear; Brer Fox; Bert Bug; Benny Bug; Bimbo Bug
- Synopsis
- Jiminy Cricket trains Benny, Bert, and Bimbo as assistant consciences and gives the local bullies sore feet.
Grandma Duck's Teapot
Grandma Duck / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Grandma Duck; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Grandma rents a cottage and takes the boys up for a weekend in the snow. They get temporarily lost but Grandma paints bright colors on the cottage so they can find their way the next day, which wins her a prettiest cottage prize.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series) #v24#5 (281) (February 1964)
-
Quality Woodworking Tools from Handy Andy
Handy Andy / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for Handy Andy shops and tool kits.
Cartoon Superstars You Create!
Skitoons Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Bugs Bunny: Porky Pig; Wile E. Coyote
Indexer Notes
Ad for Skitoons cartoon paint kits for several Warner Bros. characters.
Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys
Gandalf Products Co.; Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for Sea-Monkey kits and supplies at $1.00 each, from Gandalf Products Co.
Copyright 1971 Transcience Corporation.
Pencil credits from: https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-24/
Inferior Decorators
Minnie Mouse and Clarabelle Cow / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow; Mickey Mouse
- Synopsis
- Minnie and Clarabelle graduate from a school of interior decorating and decide to try some daring new ideas on Clarabelle's house, but they cause a disaster. Insurance pays for repairs, so they hire Mickey to do them.
Get Your Favorite Cartoon Characters in these Brilliant Embroidered Cloth Patches
Gandalf Products Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Robin; Batman; Superman; Wonder Woman; Sylvester; Bugs Bunny; Pepe Le Pew; Wile E. Coyote; Road-Runner; Porky Pig; Speedy Gonzalez; Elmer Fudd; Tweety Bird; Daffy Duck; Yosemite Sam; Casper; Baby Huey; Spooky; Wendy; Tom and Jerry; Fred Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Popeye; Olive Oyl; Felix the Cat; Snuffy Smith; Alfred E. Neuman; Henry; Sgt. Snorkel; Beetle Bailey
Indexer Notes
Ad for 5" embroidered patches at 99¢ each .
Gum Fight at O.K. Corral
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Mickey Mouse [Dell/Western Modern Logo - Three Lines]- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Chief O'Hara; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow; Kid Bubbles
- Synopsis
- Chief O'Hara has Mickey and Goofy head up to a mountain town for a bubble blowing contest with Kid Bubbles, a bank robber, to flush him out of hiding so he can arrest him.
- Reprints
-
in Almanacco Topolino (Mondadori, 1957 series) #244 (aprile 1977)
-
Uncover the Hidden Secrets of Nature!
Skil-Craft / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for chemistry sets and other science toys.
Between pages 6-7 of "Gum Fight at O.K. Corral".
Goofy Jokes
Goofy / letters page / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Goofy; Mickey Mouse
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series) #v24#5 (281) (February 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
Jokes sent in by Sally Graham, Bill Morrison, Steven Nichols, Jayne Roseman, Eloise Keeler, Paula King, Dean Knapton, Ruth Flagg, Laurie Kerr, Thomas Hopkins, Kenneth Hord, Joe Dobrian, Ivana Ellis, Ross Dyle, Carol Boeckmann, Tommy Mazzera, Sherry Charlton, Cathy Buchanan, and Joel Kroenke.
Characters appear in an illustration only.
The Bionic Battle!
Six Million Dollar Man; Kenner / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Six Million Dollar Man [Steve Austin]; Maskatron
Indexer Notes
Ad for Six Million Dollar toys from Kenner, division of General Mills Fun Group, Inc., and a coupon to join the Bionic Action Club.
On inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Couch Potato Mummy]
Donald Duck -
1.
The Bionic Woman…and her Bionic Beauty Salon
Kenner; Bionic Woman -
2.
[The Runaway Train]
Donald Duck -
3.
When It Rains It Pours!
Hostess Fruit Pies; Captain America -
4.
Fun Tricks Free Things!
Gandalf Products Company -
5.
Conscience School
Jiminy Cricket -
6.
Grandma Duck's Teapot
Grandma Duck -
7.
Quality Woodworking Tools from Handy Andy
Handy Andy -
8.
Cartoon Superstars You Create!
Skitoons Inc. -
9.
Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys
Gandalf Products Co.; Sea-Monkeys -
10.
Inferior Decorators
Minnie Mouse and Clarabelle Cow -
11.
Get Your Favorite Cartoon Characters in these Brilliant Embroidered Cloth Patches
Gandalf Products Co. -
12.
Gum Fight at O.K. Corral
Mickey Mouse -
13.
Uncover the Hidden Secrets of Nature!
Skil-Craft -
14.
Goofy Jokes
Goofy -
15.
The Bionic Battle!
Six Million Dollar Man; Kenner -
16.
Dusty Bubblin' Bath 'n Shower
Dusty; Kenner
This issue was modified by, among others
- Alberto Becattini
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Darrel McCann
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Douglas Sederberg
- Jim Van Dore
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