Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
#v6#1 (61)
(October 1945)
Dell,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 6
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (editor); Carl Buettner (editor); Eleanor Packer (editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia number is Vol. 6, No. 1.
[Frogs for Teacher]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Instead of apples, teacher Donald gets a box of frogs from Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
- Reprints
-
in Kalle Anka & C:o (Richters Förlag AB, 1948 series) #2/1953 (februari 1953) [USA] -
in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #9/1953 (september 1953) which is reprinted -
in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #7 (March 1988) -
in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #18 (2006)
-
- Keywords
- frogs; students; teacher
The Honey Tree
Mickey Mouse / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One day when Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy were spending a weekend at Aunt Bell's farm, Minnie was busy hulling a big panful of late strawberries.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- Trying to get honey from a tree, Mickey and Goofy only succeed in arousing a swarm of angry bees.
- Reprints
- in Kalle Anka & C:o (Richters Förlag AB, 1948 series) #11/1952 (november 1952)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #4/1953 (april 1953) which is reprinted
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1993 series) #605 (October 1996)
-
- Keywords
- bees; farm setting; honey; strawberries
Indexer Notes
Begins on the inside front cover (page 1) and concludes on the inside back cover (page 2). A large color illustration, surrounding/framing the text, appears on each page.
Though an "Aunt Bell" is referred to in the story's first line, the character does not appear in the story.
[Thug Busters, Inc.]
Donald Duck / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Carl Barks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hand me the microscope please, Inspector Huey!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Presents Donald Duck [all caps, serif A]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; bank robber; police officer
- Synopsis
- The nephews set up a detective agency and trap a bank robber despite Donald's efforts to confuse them with phony clues.
- Reprints
- in Kalle Anka & C:o (Hemmets Journal, 1957 series) #17/1958
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #23/1958 ([1. oktober] 1958) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #48/1990 (27. november 1990)
- in Donald Duck bøker [Gullbøker] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1984 series) #[1998] - Ekte vare ([november] 1998) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[27] - 1958 del 4 ([juni] 2004)
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #3 ([april] 2006) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #41/2011 (uke 41 oktober 2011)
- in Donald spesial (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2013 series) #[2/2015] ([april] 2015) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
-
in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #427 (31 juillet 1960) -
in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #3 ([1982]) -
in De beste verhalen van Donald Duck (Oberon, 1976 series) #33 - Als maharadja (1983) - in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #7 (March 1988)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #6 (August 1988)
- in The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color (Gladstone, 1992 series) #6 ([June 1992]) which is reprinted
- in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #18 (2006)
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gemstone, 2003 series) #684 (September 2007)
-
- Keywords
- detectives; disguise; trickery
in Indexer Notes
Art submitted on May 31, 1945. Pages have 9 to 11 panels each, most have ten. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
[Bucky the Jockey]
Bucky Bug / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Buettner
- Pencils
- Carl Buettner
- Inks
- Carl Buettner
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Carl Buettner
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Bucky! Down the road away, there is a carnival so gay!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bucky Bug; Bo Bug; Lady Bug; Sam Slug; Benny Bug (horsefly jockey)
- Synopsis
- Lady Bug's entry in the horsefly race cannot run because evil Sam Slug has kidnapped Lady Bug's horsefly jockey, Benny Bug. Bucky agrees to be a substitute jockey.
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1993 series) #610 (March 1997)
-
- Keywords
- bugs; horseflies; jockey; kidnapping; race
Indexer Notes
Just as humans run a horse race, the bugs run a horsefly race. The horseflies, however, do not fly but run on a track as actual horses do.
[A Marbleous Idea]
Li'l Bad Wolf / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Buettner
- Pencils
- Carl Buettner
- Inks
- Carl Buettner
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Carl Buettner
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Son! What ya doin'!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Big Bad Wolf [Zeke Wolf]; Li'l Bad Wolf; bear
- Synopsis
- Zeke orders Li'l Wolf to stop playing with marbles and learn how to trap birds and animals like a "real red-blooded wolf", and ineptly provides trapping lessons.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #9/1958 ([23. april] 1958) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #13/1976 (23. mars 1976) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[25] - 1958 del 2 ([mars] 2004)
- in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #326 (24 août 1958)
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #528 (April 1988)
-
- Keywords
- bear; forest setting; know-it-all; marbles; overconfidence; series of mishaps; trapping
[Tire(d) Traveler]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bob Karp
- Pencils
- Al Taliaferro
- Inks
- Al Taliaferro
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Al Taliaferro
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Three flats! That settles it!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Motorist Donald gets where he's going with only one tire.
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942.06.09
- Keywords
- newspaper strip reprint; tire; trade; wartime shortages; World War II era
Indexer Notes
Top half of page.
[Worst Prize]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bob Karp
- Pencils
- Al Taliaferro
- Inks
- Al Taliaferro
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Al Taliaferro
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, Mr. Duck, first prize! You may call at our box office and claim it!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald's prize doesn't quite fit his needs.
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942.07.15
- Keywords
- car; newspaper strip reprint; prize; radio
Indexer Notes
Lower half of page.
[Golf Ball on String]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bob Karp
- Pencils
- Al Taliaferro
- Inks
- Al Taliaferro
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Al Taliaferro
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gimme a dozen golf balls, Buddy!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; sporting goods salesman
- Synopsis
- During a period of wartime shortages, Donald takes drastic steps to not lose his only golf ball.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #21/1962 (23. mai 1962) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[52] - 1962 del 3 ([juni] 2007)
- from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942.07.11
-
- Keywords
- golf; golf ball; newspaper strip reprint; wartime shortages; World War II era
Indexer Notes
Top half of page.
[Long Shovel]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bob Karp
- Pencils
- Al Taliaferro
- Inks
- Al Taliaferro
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Al Taliaferro
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm the air raid warden, son, checking on equipment!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; air raid warden
- Synopsis
- Donald has plenty of sand, but comes up short in the shovel department.
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942.07.04
- Keywords
- newspaper strip reprint; sand; shovel; wartime preparations; World War II era
Indexer Notes
Lower half of page.
[The (Fire)Proof is in the Burning]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Karp
- Pencils
- Al Taliaferro
- Inks
- Al Taliaferro
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Al Taliaferro
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, what y' makin' Unca Donald?
- Feature Logo
Donald Duck [Sunday Strip Reprint Logo 2 Without Character]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald's homemade fire-proofing liquid ends up serving a different purpose.
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1945.03.04
- Keywords
- fire-proofing; invention; newspaper strip reprint
[A Mystery Delayed]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Karp
- Pencils
- Al Taliaferro
- Inks
- Al Taliaferro
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Al Taliaferro
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Quick! Have y' got the October number of Mystery Tales.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; newsdealer; air raid warden
- Synopsis
- Donald's long-anticipated conclusion to a mystery magazine serial is delayed by a wartime blackout.
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942.07.26
- Keywords
- anticipation; mystery magazine; newspaper strip reprint; wartime blackouts; World War II era
[Waylaid by the Wicked Witch]
Dumbo / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Buettner
- Pencils
- Carl Buettner
- Inks
- Carl Buettner
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Carl Buettner
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh! That bird acts sick! It's falling!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dumbo; carrier pigeon; The Seven Dwarfs [Doc, Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy Bashful, Dopey]; The Wicked Witch
- Synopsis
- En route to the home of the Seven Dwarfs, Dumbo is captured by The Wicked Witch.
- Reprints
- in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #106 (6 juin 1954)
- in Dombo het vliegende olifantje (Oberon, 1978 series) (1978)
-
- Keywords
- Disney character crossover; forest setting; trickery; witch
[Black-Eyed Peace]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bob Karp
- Pencils
- Al Taliaferro
- Inks
- Al Taliaferro
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Al Taliaferro
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, yeah? I'll turn off my lights, but no blackout's gonna stop me!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; ambulance attendant; doctor
- Synopsis
- Ignoring a sign that says: "During BLACKOUTS motorists must pull to the side of the road and turn out their lights!", driver Donald presses on and experiences a longer blackout than anticipated.
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942.01.26
- Keywords
- heedlessness; newspaper strip reprint; wartime blackouts; World War II era
Indexer Notes
Top half of page.
[Mailing Food to China]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bob Karp
- Pencils
- Al Taliaferro
- Inks
- Al Taliaferro
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Al Taliaferro
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doggone it, what's the idea of leaving half your lunch on your plates?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- The boys dispose of their unwanted food.
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1942.06.03
- Keywords
- newspaper strip reprint
Indexer Notes
Lower half of page.
[Travel Downsizing]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; ambulance attendant
- Synopsis
- Donald successively blows tires on his car, a motor scooter, and a unicycle, finally resorting to roller skates.
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1942.07.12
- Keywords
- downsizing; newspaper strip reprint; transportation
Indexer Notes
Pantomime.
[Hammering Home Her Point]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Dick Shaw
- Pencils
- Floyd Gottfredson
- Inks
- Dick Moores
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't tell me you're going to work at the war plant, Minnie?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- Angered by Mickey's condescending attitude toward her working in a war plant, Minnie shows Mickey how handy she can be with a hammer.
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1944.02.24
- Keywords
- hammer; newspaper strip reprint; war plant; World War II era
Indexer Notes
Top half of page.
[The Most Popular Gal of Oil!]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Dick Shaw
- Pencils
- Floyd Gottfredson
- Inks
- Dick Moores
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, Minnie!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow; five male admirers
- Synopsis
- Clarabelle's wartime gas rationing status dramatically increases her popularity with men.
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1943.01.04
- Keywords
- newspaper strip reprint; popularity; wartime gasoline rationing; World War II era
Indexer Notes
Lower half of page.
Winners of the May, 1945, Contest
Dell Comics; K.K. Publications; Walt Disney's Comics and Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages
[Vacation Tripped]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Hubie Karp
- Pencils
- Bill Wright
- Inks
- Bill Wright
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is one year I'm spending my vacation just loafin'!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Pluto; old timer; two guys on a railroad handcar; doctor
- Synopsis
- Wartime gasoline rationing and travel restrictions limit Mickey and Goofy's options for a vacation fishing trip. Undeterred, Goofy builds a raft leading to many misadventures as the pair plus Pluto drift downstream.
- Reprints
- in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #107 (13 juin 1954)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #25/1961 (21. juni 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[46] - 1961 del 4 ([oktober] 2006)
- in Mickey Mouse - 80 jaar in Duckstad (Sanoma Uitgevers, 2008 series) (2008)
- from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1943.09.19 - 1943.11.14
-
- Keywords
- best of intentions; fishing; newspaper strip reprint; raft; series of mishaps; vacation; wartime gasoline rationing; wartime travel restrictions; World War II era
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Frogs for Teacher]
Donald Duck -
1.
The Honey Tree
Mickey Mouse -
2.
[Thug Busters, Inc.]
Donald Duck -
3.
[Bucky the Jockey]
Bucky Bug -
4.
[A Marbleous Idea]
Li'l Bad Wolf -
5.
[Tire(d) Traveler]
Donald Duck -
6.
[Worst Prize]
Donald Duck -
7.
[Golf Ball on String]
Donald Duck -
8.
[Long Shovel]
Donald Duck -
9.
[The (Fire)Proof is in the Burning]
Donald Duck -
10.
[A Mystery Delayed]
Donald Duck -
11.
[Waylaid by the Wicked Witch]
Dumbo -
12.
[Black-Eyed Peace]
Donald Duck -
13.
[Mailing Food to China]
Donald Duck -
14.
[Travel Downsizing]
Donald Duck -
15.
[Hammering Home Her Point]
Mickey Mouse -
16.
[The Most Popular Gal of Oil!]
Mickey Mouse -
17.
Winners of the May, 1945, Contest
Dell Comics; K.K. Publications; Walt Disney's Comics and Stories -
18.
[Vacation Tripped]
Mickey Mouse -
19.
Laughs! Excitement! Fun! Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
Dell Comics; K.K. Publications; Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
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