([1984])

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Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1984-03-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Brand
Whitman W
Editing
Del Connell (editor); Larry Mayer (art director)

Issue Notes

Final Whitman issue.

Cover code: 90027. No cover date appears on cover or in indicia. On-sale date from The Comic Reader #217.

All reprint issue. Cover and comic contents are all reprint. No interior ads in this issue. Ads are limited to inside and back covers.

The issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one reads 90027-208 (...with "208" translating to August, 1982). The previous issue, #217 had an issue code of 90027-206 (...with "206" translating to June, 1982).

Issue #216 had a published cover date of April, 1982, meaning that this issue (#218) and its predecessor (#217) were likely delayed (or on hiatus) for about two years, given the irregular suspensions and restarts of the Whitman line during its final years.

[A Dog(gone) Kink in the Hose] (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Paul Murry
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Editing
Chase Craig (original editor)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Pluto
Synopsis
Mickey is about to get a big wet surprise, as frisky Pluto turns the garden hose toward him.
Reprints
Keywords
art or lettering modification or omission; dog; garden hose; inattentiveness; unwelcome surprise

Indexer Notes

A small patch of grass is added to the extreme lower right of this cover that was not on the original printing. https://www.comics.org/issue/12021/cover/4/

Super Goof (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Whitman Comics; Super Goof / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Great Giveaway Mystery, Episode I (Table of Contents: 2)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Paul Murry
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Paul Murry
Editing
Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Didn't Chief O'Hara tell you what problem he wants us to help him with?
Feature Logo
Mickey Mouse Dell / Western Logo Tilting Letters
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Chief O'Hara; Mr. Spiffany; bank guard; beat cop; taxi driver
Synopsis
Chief O'Hara has Mickey and Goofy investigate a strange, unexplained "epidemic of generosity" that has hit the city, where people (including jewelry store owners and bank tellers) are giving away various things for no reason.
Reprints
Keywords
bank; detectives; jewelers; mystery; taxicab pursuit; unexplained generosity

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3 - but story is complete in this issue.

The Great Giveaway Mystery, Episode II (Table of Contents: 3)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Paul Murry
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Paul Murry
Editing
Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mickey and Goofy have been called by Chief O'Hara to help figure out a strange epidemic of generosity which has gripped their town.
Feature Logo
Mickey Mouse Dell / Western Logo Tilting Letters
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; J. Pinpoint Broadloam (horticulturist); Skragg (butler); Mulch (gardener)
Synopsis
Following a lead on the "generosity epidemic", Mickey and Goofy run across an isolated countryside mansion, where Mickey is immediately ejected by the butler. Then, the gardener, posing as an innocent van driver, locks the pair in the back of the van and lets it roll off a steep cliff into a rushing river. Narrowly escaping their four-wheeled death trap, they make their way back to the mansion where Goofy boosts Mickey over the high stone wall. Inside Mickey meets J. Pinpoint Broadloam, an eccentric but harmless horticulturist... and recognizes Broadloam's gardener as the murderous van driver.
Reprints
Keywords
butler; death trap; detectives; gardener; horticulturist; mansion; mystery; narrow escape; unexplained generosity; van

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 3 - but story is complete in this issue.

The Great Giveaway Mystery, Episode III (Table of Contents: 4)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Paul Murry
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Paul Murry
Editing
Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
While following a hunch during the investigation of a number of incidents involving bankers and jewelers who gave away money and valuables to perfect strangers for no apparent reason, Mickey thinks he has the explanation for it all...
Feature Logo
Mickey Mouse Dell / Western Logo Tilting Letters
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Chief O'Hara; J. Pinpoint Broadloam (horticulturist); Skragg (butler); Mulch (gardener); Officer Smith; Officer Jones
Synopsis
Mickey, at last, discovers the reason for the unexplained "epidemic of generosity" that has hit the city, where people are handing over various things, valuable and otherwise, for no reason. A rare flower, bred by J. Pinpoint Broadloam, called the "Dizzy Daisy" emits a fragrance that causes a momentary impulse to give things away. Recognizing the problems such a mind-altering plant could cause, Broadloam keeps his "Dizzy Daisies" in a special locked greenhouse. Mickey also finds that Skragg the butler and Mulch the gardener have accessed the greenhouse to use the flowers for criminal gain.
Reprints
Keywords
butler; detectives; gardener; horticulturist; mansion; mystery; tropical plants; unexplained generosity

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 3 - completing the story in this issue.

A Whale of a Tale (Table of Contents: 5)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Paul Murry
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Paul Murry
Editing
Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our story begins in this humble little cottage at the edge of town.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete (see notes); Scuttle; chemist; two police officers
Synopsis
Inspired by a radio program, Goofy embraces "positive thinking", becomes a beachcomber, and stumbles onto a deposit of ambergris - catching the thieving attentions of Pete and Scuttle.
Reprints
Keywords
ambergris; art or lettering modification or omission; beachcombing; positive thinking; whale

Indexer Notes

Story is billed as "Mickey and Goofy".

In accordance with the “Early Gold Key style”, this story has borderless panels with rectangular dialogue balloons.

In this story "Black Pete", as he was named in the original printing, is renamed "Dirty Pete".

Daffy Duck (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Whitman Comics; Daffy Duck / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Meet your favorite comic characters and enjoy exciting adventure in... Whitman Comics. (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Whitman Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [A Dog(gone) Kink in the Hose]
    Mickey Mouse
  2. 1. Super Goof
    Whitman Comics; Super Goof
  3. 2. The Great Giveaway Mystery, Episode I
    Mickey Mouse
  4. 3. The Great Giveaway Mystery, Episode II
    Mickey Mouse
  5. 4. The Great Giveaway Mystery, Episode III
    Mickey Mouse
  6. 5. A Whale of a Tale
    Mickey Mouse
  7. 6. Daffy Duck
    Whitman Comics; Daffy Duck
  8. 7. Meet your favorite comic characters and enjoy exciting adventure in... Whitman Comics.
    Whitman Comics
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Darrel McCann
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Joe Torcivia
  • Jim Van Dore