Four Color #157 - Mickey Mouse and the Beanstalk
(July 1947)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1947-06-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Magazine [circle]
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielsen Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE AND THE BEANSTALK, No. 157." Code number is M.M.O.S. #157-477. Copyright 1947 by Walt Disney Productions. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1947 Pamphlets, page 79. 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 regular series #4?

Mickey Mouse and the Beanstalk (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck
Reprints
Keywords
beanstalks; castles; fairy tales

Indexer Notes

Cover blurb says 'From the motion picture "Fun and Fancy Free".'

Mickey and the Beanstalk (Table of Contents: 1)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 39 pages (report information)

Script
? (adaptation)
Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg
Inks
Harvey Eisenberg
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Goofy; the Golden Harp; Willie the Giant
Synopsis
Famine strikes Happy Valley when the Golden Harp is stolen. After Mickey trades his cow for some magic beans, a giant beanstalk grows into the sky, taking Mickey, Goofy, and Donald's house with it. In the land in the sky, the three go to the giant's castle and rescue the Golden Harp.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adapted from Mickey and the Beanstalk in the animated feature Fun and Fancy Free (1947).

Pluto Keeps It Quiet (Table of Contents: 2)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harvey Eisenberg
Inks
Harvey Eisenberg
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Pluto
Synopsis
Mickey gets a job as a night watchman and Pluto tries to keep the house completely quiet when Mickey sleeps during the day.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Mickey Mouse and the Beanstalk
    Mickey Mouse
  2. 1. Mickey and the Beanstalk
    Mickey Mouse
  3. 2. Pluto Keeps It Quiet
    Mickey Mouse
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Pat Conolly
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose