(October 1979)

Western, 1979 Series
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Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-08-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Barcode
0335009030310
Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
90303-910
Editing
Del Connell (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #171.
This issue has variants:

Danger at Fifty Fathoms (Table of Contents)

The Beagle Boys Versus Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pete Alvarado
Inks
Bill Wright
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Beagle Boys; Uncle Scrooge
Cover Thumbnail for Walt Disney the Beagle Boys versus Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1979 series) #8 [Gold Key]
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Captain Marvel Returns to Earth! (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
Synopsis
Captain Marvel returns to Earth just in time to save three children from a rockslide, by pulverizing the rocks to sand so fast that the children never even stop munching their Hostess Twinkies.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for Hostess Twinkies in comic format.

Danger at Fifty Fathoms (Table of Contents: 2)

The Beagle Boys Versus Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Gregory
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
BEAGLE B. vs U.S. #8-798
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Beagle Boys; Uncle Scrooge McDuck; Tinkley
Reprints

The Magic Well (Table of Contents: 3)

The Beagle Boys Versus Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Gregory
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Beagle Boys; Uncle Scrooge McDuck; Gypsy Beagle; James
Reprints

The Time Chariot (Table of Contents: 4)

The Beagle Boys Versus Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Jack Manning
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Beagle Boys; Uncle Scrooge
Reprints

G-Force to the Rescue! (Table of Contents: 5)

Battle of the Planets; Gold Key / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Promo for Gold Key's Battle of the Planets comic.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Danger at Fifty Fathoms
    The Beagle Boys Versus Uncle Scrooge
  2. 1. Captain Marvel Returns to Earth!
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
  3. 2. Danger at Fifty Fathoms
    The Beagle Boys Versus Uncle Scrooge
  4. 3. The Magic Well
    The Beagle Boys Versus Uncle Scrooge
  5. 4. The Time Chariot
    The Beagle Boys Versus Uncle Scrooge
  6. 5. G-Force to the Rescue!
    Battle of the Planets; Gold Key
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  • Alberto Becattini
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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