(October 1950)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielson Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (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 in PRIVATE EYE FOR HIRE, No. 296." Code number is M.M.O.S. #296-5010. Copyright 1950 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).
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1947 series) #296 (November 1950) [back cover]
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #1/1956 (28. desember 1955) which is reprinted
Private Eye for Hire
Mickey Mouse / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Carl Buettner ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Funny animals
- Characters:
- Mickey Mouse
- Reprints:
- in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1947 series) #296 (November 1950) [cover]
Indexer Notes
Part of the "Animated Cover" series.
[Mattress Safety Mat for Washing Dishes]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jim Pabian
- Inks:
- Jim Pabian
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Jim Pabian
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie
- Synopsis:
- Mortie and Ferdie intentionally drop dishes so they won't have to wash them. Mickey foils their scheme by putting a mattress by the sink.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Private Eye For Hire
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 20 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Mickey Mouse; Captain O'Hara
- Synopsis:
- Mickey becomes a private investigator. A man hires him to trail his wife to keep her from cheating on her diet. While doing that Mickey becomes involved with a gang of shoplifters.
The Black Pearl Mystery
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 19 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Al Hubbard
- Inks:
- Al Hubbard
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Melvin Millar [Tubby Millar]
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete
- Synopsis:
- While vacationing in Shark Bay, Mickey and Goofy find a message in a bottle that has a map to a treasure in a sunken ship in the bay. Black Pete has disguised himself as a hermit on the shore of the bay and tries to steal the treasure.
Indexer Notes
Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Mickey Mouse and the Tagalong Pup
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jim Pabian
- Inks:
- Jim Pabian
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Jim Pabian
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Tagalong; Pluto; Mr. Meanie
- Synopsis:
- Mickey finds a small pup that whistles. The pup has run away from the circus and Mickey returns him and receives a reward. The pup runs away again and when Mickey returns him this time, the circus owner has him arrested, thinking he has stolen the pup to receive another reward.
Indexer Notes
Letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Watchmaker]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jim Pabian
- Inks:
- Jim Pabian
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Jim Pabian
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Mickey Mouse
- Synopsis:
- Mickey owns a clock repair shop and advertises an "Any clock repaired for only one dollar!!" sale.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
How To Make the Front Cover Move..
activity / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Carl Buettner ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Directions for making the front cover move.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Mattress Safety Mat for Washing Dishes]
Mickey Mouse -
2.
Private Eye For Hire
Mickey Mouse -
3.
The Black Pearl Mystery
Mickey Mouse -
4.
Mickey Mouse and the Tagalong Pup
Mickey Mouse -
5.
[Watchmaker]
Mickey Mouse -
6.
How To Make the Front Cover Move..
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- Merlin Haas
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- Ray Bottorff Jr
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