Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse #8 - The Tomorrow Wars
([November] 2015)

Fantagraphics, 2011 Series
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Volume
8
Price
34.99 USD
Pages
296
On-sale Date
2015-11-25
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Brand
FB
ISBN
978-1-60699-868-7 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781606998687 53499
Editing
David Gerstein (editor); Gary Groth (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Floyd Gottfredson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse

Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title pages and indicia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Mickey Mouse / illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Pencils
Cyril Jordan (painting)
Inks
Cyril Jordan (painting)
Colors
Cyril Jordan (painting)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Pluto
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reproduction of original cover painting.

[As a teenage science fiction fan long ago ...] (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
David Gerstein
Letters
typeset

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 4)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed van Schuijlenburg (spot illustration)
Inks
Ed van Schuijlenburg (spot illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Of Mouse & Man: 1944-1946: From Female Gothic to Future Wars (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Thomas Andrae
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson; ? (photos); ? (movie poster); ? (story board illustration)
Inks
Floyd Gottfredson; ? (photos); ? (movie poster); ? (story board illustration)
Colors
? (movie poster); ? (story board illustration)
Letters
typeset

From Mouseton to Casablanca (Table of Contents: 6)

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Script
Giorgio Cavazzano
Pencils
Giorgio Cavazzano
Inks
Giorgio Cavazzano
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Appreciation.

Shipshape (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jonathan H. Gray
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Discussion of the story The Pirate Ghostship.

[The Pirate Ghostship] (Table of Contents: 8)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Dick Moores
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Peg-Leg Pete; Minnie Mouse (cameo); a white mouse princess
Synopsis
Mickey gets captured by Peg-Leg Pete and his pirate crew.
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1944-04-17 - 1944-07-15

Indexer Notes

Peg-Leg Pete has got his peg leg back, that was missing in issue #7.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Dick Moores
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Clarabelle Cow; Morty; Goofy; Minnie Mouse
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1944-07-17 - 1944-07-29

Mickey's Brave New World (Table of Contents: 10)

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Script
Francesco Stajano; Leonardo Gori
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Discussion of the story The World of Tomorrow.

[The World of Tomorrow] (Table of Contents: 11)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Dick Moores
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Morty; Pluto; Minnie Mouse; Peg-Leg Pete; Inspector Clew Gluesome; Mimi, the Mekka Girl; Mickey's robot double
Synopsis
Mickey fights Pete's robot army.
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1944-07-31 - 1944-11-11

Indexer Notes

Peg-Leg Pete has lost his peg leg again ...

Maturity and Macabre (Table of Contents: 12)

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Script
Leonardo Gori; Francesco Stajano
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Discussion of the story The House of Mystery.

[The House of Mystery] (Table of Contents: 13)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson; Paul Murry; Dick Moores
Inks
Dick Moores
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Maximilian Mouse; Drusilla; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Horace Horsecollar; Detective Casey; Pluto (cameo)
Synopsis
Mickey inherits his uncle's house, and there he meets Drusilla, a very old, very young looking girl.
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1944-11-13 - 1945-01-27

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson; Paul Murry
Inks
Dick Moores
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Goofy; Minnie Mouse:
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1945-01-29 - 1945-03-03

Fotchin' a Few Flars fur Billy the Mouse (Table of Contents: 15)

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Script
Joe Torcivia
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Discussion of the story Billy the Mouse.

[Billy the Mouse] (Table of Contents: 16)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Dick Moores
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; western-frontier
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Morty (cameo); Yoyo (an indian); Pluto (cameo); Minnie Mouse (cameo); Lawyer Beamish
Synopsis
Mickey's cousin out west needs help, and Mickey comes to his aid accompanied by jive-talking indian Yoyo.
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1945-03-05 - 1945-06-16

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 72 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson; Paul Murry; Manuel Gonzales
Inks
Dick Moores; Bill Wright
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Morty; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Pluto
Reprints

A Short Departure (Table of Contents: 18)

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Script
Thad Komorowski
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Discussion of the following eleven short stories.

[Mickey's Great-Grandfather] (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Manuel Gonzales
Inks
Bill Wright
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Mickey's Great-Grandfather Albermarle
Synopsis
Mickey's great-grandfather is by no means frail.
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-02-25 - 1946-03-02

[Home Made Home] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Bill Wright
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Synopsis
Goofy helps remodelling Mickey's house.
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-03-04 - 1946-03-09

[The New Girlfriend] (Table of Contents: 21)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Manuel Gonzales; Paul Murry
Inks
Bill Wright
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow (cameo); Ingrid Ingersoll; Goofy; Hector La Toria
Synopsis
Jealousy goes berserk in Mouseton.
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-03-11 - 1946-03-23

[Mickey's Mini-Plane] (Table of Contents: 22)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Bill Wright; Manuel Gonzales; Paul Murry; Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Bill Wright
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Morty (cameo)
Synopsis
Mickey pilots a midget plane.
Reprints

[Mystery Next Door] (Table of Contents: 23)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson; Manuel Gonzales
Inks
Bill Wright
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Pluto
Synopsis
Mickey is curious of his new neighbor.
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-04-15 - 1946-05-04

[Gangland] (Table of Contents: 24)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Bill Wright
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; a gangster mob
Synopsis
Mickey is mistaken for a famous gangster.
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-05-06 - 1946-05-18

[Sunken Treasure] (Table of Contents: 25)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Bill Wright
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Synopsis
Mickey and Goofy go in search of pirate gold.
Reprints

[Trailer Trouble] (Table of Contents: 26)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Bill Wright
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Synopsis
Mickey and Goofy go on a trailer holiday.
Reprints

[Aunt Marissa] (Table of Contents: 27)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Bill Wright
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse (cameo); Aunt Marissa; Goofy
Synopsis
Goofy woos Mickey's aunt.
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-06-17 - 1946-06-29

[The Candidate] (Table of Contents: 28)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Bill Wright
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Morty (cameo); Horace Horsecollar (cameo); Goofy
Synopsis
Mickey runs for councilman.
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-02-25 - 1946-03-02

[The Little Genius] (Table of Contents: 29)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Walsh
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Bill Wright
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Emerson Sharpe; Greta Korp; Goofy
Synopsis
Emerson, the son of Mickey's cousin, performs "Operation Bubblegum".
Reprints
  • from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-07-15 - 1946-07-27

Gottfredson's World: War's End Roundup (Table of Contents: 30)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
David Gerstein
Pencils
René Guillaume; Michel Nadorp; Marco Rota; Michele Rubino; Ed van Schuijlenburg
Inks
René Guillaume; Michel Nadorp; Marco Rota; Michele Rubino; Ed van Schuijlenburg
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

["Huh? --- Johnny, you say you're sorry that the war is over ---?"] (Table of Contents: 31)

Chesty and Coptie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson; Bob Grant
Inks
Floyd Gottfredson; Bob Grant
Letters
?

Genre
humor; advocacy
Characters
Chesty; Coptie; Johnny
Synopsis
Chesty shows Johnny the value of the community chest.
Reprints
  • from Chesty and Coptie (Los Angeles War Chest, 1946)

Indexer Notes

Reproduction of four-page story.

Sharing the Spotlight: Dick Moores (Table of Contents: 32)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Germund von Wowern; David Gerstein
Pencils
Dick Moores
Inks
Dick Moores
Letters
typeset

[Mickey Mouse in the World of Tomorrow] (Table of Contents: 33)

Mickey Mouse / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Floyd Gottfredson
Colors
Floyd Gottfredson

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Indexer Notes

Reproduction of painting.

Behind the Scenes: Mr. George's Wife (Table of Contents: 34)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
David Gerstein
Pencils
Walt Disney
Inks
Walt Disney
Letters
typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Reproduction of four strips from a comic that Disney tried selling in the early 1920's.

Sharing the Spotlight: Paul Murry (Table of Contents: 35)

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Script
Germund von Wowern; David Gerstein
Pencils
Paul Murry; ? (photo)
Inks
Paul Murry; ? (photo)
Letters
typeset

The Heirs of Gottfredson: Byron Erickson (Table of Contents: 36)

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Script
David Gerstein
Pencils
? (photo); ?
Inks
? (photo); ?
Colors
? (photo); ?
Letters
typeset

A Mickey Mystery (Table of Contents: 37)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Byron Erickson
Pencils
César Ferioli
Inks
César Ferioli
Colors
David Gerstein; Fernando Ventura
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Chief O'Hara; Minnie Mouse (cameo); Atomo; Dr. Einmug

Indexer Notes

Reprinting 20 page story.

The Cast: Goofy (Table of Contents: 38)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
David Gerstein
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson; Bill Walsh
Inks
Floyd Gottfredson; Bill Walsh
Colors
Floyd Gottfredson
Letters
typeset

[Happy Birthday to Tom Srisayia] (Table of Contents: 39)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Floyd Gottfredson
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Inks
Floyd Gottfredson
Colors
Floyd Gottfredson
Letters
Floyd Gottfredson; typeset

Indexer Notes

Reproduction of birthday card.

["Today we is havin' a truce ..."] (Table of Contents: 40)

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Script
Paul Murry
Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Paul Murry
Letters
Paul Murry; typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Bre'r Fox; Bre'r Bear; Bre'r Rabbit

Indexer Notes

Reproduction of advertisement drawing.

About the Editors (Table of Contents: 41)

credits, title page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Presentations of contributors to this issue.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Mickey Mouse
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mickey Mouse
  4. 3. [As a teenage science fiction fan long ago ...]
  5. 4. Table of Contents
  6. 5. Of Mouse & Man: 1944-1946: From Female Gothic to Future Wars
  7. 6. From Mouseton to Casablanca
  8. 7. Shipshape
  9. 8. [The Pirate Ghostship]
    Mickey Mouse
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Mickey Mouse
  11. 10. Mickey's Brave New World
  12. 11. [The World of Tomorrow]
    Mickey Mouse
  13. 12. Maturity and Macabre
  14. 13. [The House of Mystery]
    Mickey Mouse
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Mickey Mouse
  16. 15. Fotchin' a Few Flars fur Billy the Mouse
  17. 16. [Billy the Mouse]
    Mickey Mouse
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Mickey Mouse
  19. 18. A Short Departure
  20. 19. [Mickey's Great-Grandfather]
    Mickey Mouse
  21. 20. [Home Made Home]
    Mickey Mouse
  22. 21. [The New Girlfriend]
    Mickey Mouse
  23. 22. [Mickey's Mini-Plane]
    Mickey Mouse
  24. 23. [Mystery Next Door]
    Mickey Mouse
  25. 24. [Gangland]
    Mickey Mouse
  26. 25. [Sunken Treasure]
    Mickey Mouse
  27. 26. [Trailer Trouble]
    Mickey Mouse
  28. 27. [Aunt Marissa]
    Mickey Mouse
  29. 28. [The Candidate]
    Mickey Mouse
  30. 29. [The Little Genius]
    Mickey Mouse
  31. 30. Gottfredson's World: War's End Roundup
  32. 31. ["Huh? --- Johnny, you say you're sorry that the war is over ---?"]
    Chesty and Coptie
  33. 32. Sharing the Spotlight: Dick Moores
  34. 33. [Mickey Mouse in the World of Tomorrow]
    Mickey Mouse
  35. 34. Behind the Scenes: Mr. George's Wife
  36. 35. Sharing the Spotlight: Paul Murry
  37. 36. The Heirs of Gottfredson: Byron Erickson
  38. 37. A Mickey Mystery
    Mickey Mouse
  39. 38. The Cast: Goofy
  40. 39. [Happy Birthday to Tom Srisayia]
  41. 40. ["Today we is havin' a truce ..."]
  42. 41. About the Editors
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