- Script
- Cecil Beard
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- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mickey and Goofy have received an urgent call from their friend, J.P. Green, manager of the Gigantic Savings and Loan Company…
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- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; J.P. Green; Chief O'Hara; two pilots; Joe; Black Pete's herald; Black Pete; various citizens of Atlantis; Daphne; Chief Physician; Black Pete's guard
- Synopsis
- Mickey and Goofy investigate a gang of crooks, who have been looting firms in the city. During the investigation, they discover the lost city of Atlantis under the sea... presided over by an old enemy.
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- Keywords
- addiction; Atlantis; robberies; undercover mission; usurper of the throne
Story is interrupted between pages 14 and 15, for two pages of “Gold Key Comics Club” material and a two-page ad for the CBS Television Network, comprising the four pages of the centerfold.
Though soft-pedaled, it is clear that Black Pete has quickly and efficiently subjugated the citizens of Atlantis through addiction! Page 17, panel 4: “Daily he passes out these magic pills and the citizens could not bear to be without them!” The “magic pills” turn out to be sweet candies, and not anything objectionably harmful – but even sweet candies can actually become an addiction unto themselves. There is also a “flying submarine” – named as such in this story, a name and concept most likely borrowed from the then-popular TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
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- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
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- Help? Can you do it?
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- Keywords
- drawings; monsters; reader participation
Readers are invited to submit drawings of monsters for possible publication. Six reader-contributed drawings of monsters are printed.
Monster drawings sent in by Steven Ozzano, George Kopec, Michael Brown, Cary Brown, James R. Johnson, Peter Ash.
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- What has two feet and hangs on a shakey [sic] tale?
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- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Gold Key Kid
- Keywords
- jokes; reader participation; riddles
Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
Gold Key Kid comic strip; jokes sent in by Linda Preilozny, Carl Garrison, Pamela Moore, Jane Morgan, Joel Lorentz, Susan Clairman, Gregory Patarini, Renee L. Smith, Tim Blacklock, Valerie Helman, Butch Harrison, John Frosolone, Lonnie Adell, Fred Krepps, Dean Wendlandt, Kenton Hudgens.
- Script
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- Pencils
- Tony Strobl
- Inks
- Larry Mayer
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- typeset
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- “Looky-look what I find!” Dale called excitedly to Chip one morning.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Chip; Dale; robin; Thumper; Mr. Owl; blue jay; tourists
- Synopsis
- Dale finds a magnifying glass and decides to become a detective. Only problem is, no one in the forest needs a detective. Stepping onto a wad of gum that holds him fast, Dale finally becomes a real “gumshoe”.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- chipmunks; detective; forest setting; gum; magnifying glass; unwanted help
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl
- Inks
- Steve Steere
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rats! Fooey! I’m caught on this dumb branch!
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- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Junior Woodchucks [Huey, Dewey, and Louie]; The Beagle Boys; The Beagle Brats; park worker
- Synopsis
- The Junior Woodchucks get to do good deeds for both the Beagle Brats and the Beagle Boys, resulting in the capture of the elder Beagles.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bank robbery; good deeds; park; unwanted help; waterfall
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- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
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- We knew you could do it!
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- Keywords
- cartooning; reader participation
Readers provide the third and final panel illustration to a three-panel cartoon. Six reader submissions are included.
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- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
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- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Try your Humor I.Q.
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- Keywords
- captions; reader participation
Readers are invited to submit gag captions for a series of provided single-panel cartoon illustrations. One finished examples is provided.
- Letters
- typeset
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- Genre
- humor
- Keywords
- ad coupon; cover art preservation; jokes; riddles; unusual use of page space
A true oddity on interior page 32. A little more than half of this space contains additional reader-submitted riddles and jokes from “The Joke’s on You” Gold Key Comics Club feature – but with no feature title or heading whatsoever. Just three reader-submitted riddles and jokes on the left side of the page space as a non-sequitur. A little less than half of this space, on the right side, contains the cut-out coupon for the “Cheerful Card Company” ad seen on the inside front cover – but completely separated from the main ad itself. Placing the coupon here ensures that the cover would remain intact, even if the coupon was clipped. The flip side of this unusually-placed coupon contained a “Gold Key Comics Club” submissions page that could be seen in other such comics.