Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #v30#8 (356) [Giant Poster Edition]

(May 1970)

Giant Play Zoo Animal Collection (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Colonial Studios Giant Play Zoo Animal Collection / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Rival Beachcombers] (Table of Contents: 2)

Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Barks; Dana Coty (idea)

Pencils

Carl Barks

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Carl Barks

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

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Carl Barks

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That storm last night really churned up the sand along the beach!

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Walt Disney Presents Donald Duck [Carl Barks Dell Logo 1]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Gladstone Gander; Huey; Dewey; Louie; police officer; judge

Synopsis

Beachcombers Donald and Gladstone compete to find a lost ruby.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v9#7 (103) (April 1949)

Keywords

beachcombing; lost ruby; rivalry; title or logo modification; trickery

Indexer Notes

For this story's Donald Duck logo, Carl Barks added a nesting seagull inside the capital "D" of "Donald".

Underdog Pup (Table of Contents: 3)

Scamp / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Al Hubbard

Inks

Al Hubbard

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Scamp's hero is a big fellow whom Scamp affectionately calls "Sir Cur"...

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Walt Disney's Scamp [serifs]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Scamp; Sir Cur; imperiled pup; big bully dog; daddy dog; daddy's kid dog; two hostile cats

Synopsis

Scamp assists his hero, Sir Cur, a "defender of underdogs".

Keywords

dogs; hero worship; heroic ambition

Uncle Scrooge's Jog-a-Lot (Table of Contents: 4)

Uncle Scrooge / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

Larry Mayer

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Uncle Scrooge stood on the sidewalk and watched with satisfaction as an old building came tumbling down.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Bill the foreman; old lady; joggers

Synopsis

Refusing to pay the high cost of a construction crew to tamp down an empty lot to be turned into a parking area, Uncle Scrooge opens the lot as an area for dedicated joggers who will eventually tamp down the ground with their repetitive footfalls.

Keywords

construction costs; ingenuity; jogging; thrift

Gold Key Comics Club News (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Gold Key Comics Club / preview (from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Reader's Page Animals (Table of Contents: 6)

Gold Key Comics Club / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Western Publishing Production Shop

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typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.

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Gold Key Comics Club

Keywords

animals; drawings

Indexer Notes

Drawings of various animals submitted by readers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Mickey Mouse / insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Keywords

poster

Indexer Notes

Pull-out poster, stapled in the centerfold, that unfolds to 4 times the standard page size.

"As Boone staggered toward the river, a gigantic Indian rushed upon him, tomahawk in hand..." (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Junior Deluxe Editions Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Jokes on You (Table of Contents: 9)

Gold Key Comics Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

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Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The more we give away, the more we have! What is it?

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Gold Key Comics Club

Characters

Gold Key Kid

Keywords

jokes; riddles

Indexer Notes

Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.

Litter-Bugged (Table of Contents: 10)

Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Pete Alvarado

Inks

Pete Alvarado

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We almost finished with our spring cleaning!

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Walt Disney Chip 'n' Dale

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Chip; Dale; Officer Riley; two Beagle Boys

Synopsis

Two Beagle Boys hide their stolen loot in Chip and Dale's tree.

Keywords

chipmunks; hidden loot; tree

Chief Bigfoot and the Ghost Warriors, Part III (Table of Contents: 11)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Fallberg

Pencils

Paul Murry

Inks

Paul Murry

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Western Publishing Production Shop

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Paul Murry

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A band of toughs posing as ghost warriors attack the stage to prevent Mickey and his friends from reaching the fort and reporting their secret to Colonel Custard...

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Walt Disney Mickey Mouse [Dell/Western Modern Logo - Three Lines]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; ghost warriors (bandits); stagecoach driver; Chief Bigfoot; members of Chief Bigfoot's tribe; Colonel Custard; Colonel Custard's soldiers; Monk (traitorous soldier); Butch (traitorous soldier); Sheriff Jake; Dink McGoof

Synopsis

Corrupt Sheriff Jake and his bandit gang of "ghost warriors" plan to frame Chief Bigfoot's tribe for an attack on Colonel Custard's fort, so that he can claim the gold on the Indians' reservation. Mickey and his allies find a way to stop him and restore the good name of the tribe.

Keywords

fort; ghosts; gold; historical setting; Indians; soldiers; western setting

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 3.

[The Perfect Dog] (Table of Contents: 12)

Li'l Bad Wolf / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

Gil Turner

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Gil Turner

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Western Publishing Production Shop

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Gil Turner

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I heard you were shopping for a dog, Missus Bear!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Li'l Bad Wolf; Missus Bear; Four Bear Children; Dachshund

Synopsis

Li'l Wolf helps Missus Bear find a dog for her four bear children.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #403 - Walt Disney's Li'l Bad Wolf (June 1952)

Keywords

children; dog; forest setting; pets; turning-lemons-into-lemonade

[Opening a Can of Beans, the Hard Way] (Table of Contents: 13)

Gold Key Comics Club; Mini-Comics / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics

Genre

humor

Characters

archer; son

Synopsis

A William Tell-type and his son open a can of beans the hard way.

Keywords

archer; beans; can; doing-something-their-own-way

Indexer Notes

Pantomime. Top half of page.

[Seeing Stars, the Hard Way] (Table of Contents: 14)

Gold Key Comics Club; Mini-Comics / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Western Publishing Production Shop

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Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics

Genre

humor

Characters

astronomer

Synopsis

A disappointed astronomer finally gets to see stars - the hard way.

Keywords

astronomer; pratfall; stars; telescope

Indexer Notes

Pantomime. Lower half of page.

No joke... Here's the happiest new happening of the season!! Golden's Jokes by Cracky (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Western Publishing; Golden Magazine Jokes by Cracky / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Famous Name Prizes or Cash...from Olympic (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

3 Complete Fishing Outfits (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)