(August 1945)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand:
A Dell Magazine
Editing:
Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielson Cobb (story editor); Carl Buettner (art director)
Format:
Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE, No. 79." Code number is M.M.O.S. 79-458. Copyright 1945 by Walt Disney Productions. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Apparently Mickey Mouse #1?

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Riddle of the Red Hat (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Carl Buettner ?
Inks:
Carl Buettner ?
Colors:
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
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The Riddle of the Red Hat (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Eleanor Packer
Pencils:
Carl Barks
Inks:
Carl Barks
Colors:
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters:
Carl Barks

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow; Goofy; Black Pete; Mr. Whoosit
Synopsis:
Mickey laughs at Minnie's new hat, then mistakes a girl in a similar hat for Minnie. The girl mistakes Mickey for someone else and gives him a "diamond ring" that actually contains a large ruby. Minnie is kidnapped by the girl's real contact, Black Pete (who is never identified by name.)
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Indexer Notes

Art submitted April 27, 1945. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982). Story starts on inside front cover (printed in red/black tones)


Pluto the Hero (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Vivie Risto
Inks:
Vivie Risto
Colors:
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Pluto

Goofy's Orphans (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Don Gunn ?
Inks:
Don Gunn ?
Colors:
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Goofy
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Indexer Notes

story continues on inside back cover (printed in red/black tones) and ends on back cover.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Riddle of the Red Hat
    Mickey Mouse
  2. 2. Pluto the Hero
    Mickey Mouse
  3. 3. Goofy's Orphans
    Mickey Mouse
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