Mickey Mouse #242 [Direct]
(November 1988)

Gladstone, 1986 Series
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Price
0.95 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except February and May
On-sale Date
1988-08-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
Brand
Gladstone G
Editing
Byron Erickson (editor-in-chief); Leonard Clark [John Clark] (associate editor); Geoffrey Blum (associate editor); Gary Leach (art director)

Issue Notes

[Oscar the Ostrich] (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Daan Jippes
Inks
Daan Jippes
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Oscar the Ostrich

none (Table of Contents: 1)

Chat 'n' Mouse / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Oscar the Ostrich (Table of Contents: 2)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 20.7 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Osborne
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Ted Thwaites
Colors
Susan Daigle
Letters
?
Editing
Floyd Gottfredson

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Oscar the Ostrich; Goofy; Donald Duck
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1936.01.06 - 1936.03.20

Indexer Notes

part 2 of 2. Special effects (basically making newspaper strips into comic book pages) by John Clark and Susan Daigle.

[The Antique Vase] (Table of Contents: 3)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Osborne
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Ted Thwaites
Colors
Betsy Hutchinson
Letters
?
Editing
Floyd Gottfredson

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Pluto
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1934.11.11

Mickey's Elephant (Table of Contents: 4)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Wood
Inks
Tom Wood
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
GH 11/36
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Pluto
Reprints
  • from Good Housekeeping (?, ? series) #11/1936

Indexer Notes

Art attributed to Tom Wood.

[The New Short-wave Radio] (Table of Contents: 5)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Osborne
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Ted Thwaites
Colors
Gary Leach
Letters
?
Editing
Floyd Gottfredson

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Dippy Dawg [Goofy]
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1935.12.08

[Old Food Shortage News] (Table of Contents: 6)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Osborne
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Al Taliaferro
Colors
Gary Leach
Letters
?
Editing
Floyd Gottfredson

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937.04.11

[It's good to be back ...] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Cross Talk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Dropped Them a Line (Table of Contents: 8)

Donald Duck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Bob Foster
Pencils
Frank Smith
Inks
Frank Smith
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Greg Crosby

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey
Reprints
  • from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1983.07.23
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Oscar the Ostrich]
    Mickey Mouse
  2. 1. none
    Chat 'n' Mouse
  3. 2. Oscar the Ostrich
    Mickey Mouse
  4. 3. [The Antique Vase]
    Mickey Mouse
  5. 4. Mickey's Elephant
    Mickey Mouse
  6. 5. [The New Short-wave Radio]
    Mickey Mouse
  7. 6. [Old Food Shortage News]
    Mickey Mouse
  8. 7. [It's good to be back ...]
    Cross Talk
  9. 8. Dropped Them a Line
    Donald Duck
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Darrel McCann
  • Jim Stangas