Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
#v21#5 (245)
(February 1961)
Dell,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 21
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-12-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Printed in U.S.A. by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. (per indicia)
This issue has variants:
Printed in U.S.A. by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. (per indicia)
This issue has variants:
[Skull and Cross-Duck]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald becomes the Jolly Roger of the boys' pirate flag.
- Reprints
-
in Walt Disney's Comics (W. G. Publications; Wogan Publications, 1946 series) #179 -
in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (World Distributors, 1960 ? series) #245 -
in Almanacco Topolino (Mondadori, 1957 series) #57 (Settembre 1961) [edited reprint] -
in Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #45/1961 -
in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #45/1961 (8. november 1961) which is reprinted - in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[48] - 1961 del 6 ([januar] 2007)
-
in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990) -
in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #33 (2008)
-
- Keywords
- flag; kids-at-play; plrates; unwelcome surprise
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Sitting High
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Among the many winter visitors in glamorous Palm Sands are Donald Duck and his nephews!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Donald Duck ["Walt Disney" in cursive]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Brigitte Van Doran; Gasmore Gravytrain; Jane Girlsfield; Snarlin Grando; Tallin De Saddle; trash-burning woman; local news photographer; Tripe Magazine photographer; celebrity-obsessed stampeding crowds
- Synopsis
- Donald tries various ways to achieve fame.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #49/1961 (6. desember 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co Ekstra [Bilag til Donald Duck & Co] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1985 series) #4/1993 ([juni] 1993)
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #22 ([desember] 2005) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[49] - 1961 del 7 ([februar] 2007)
-
in Donald Duck (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1952 series) #47/1966 (19 november 1966) - in De beste verhalen van Donald Duck (Oberon, 1976 series) #14 - Als sportman (1979)
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series) #v39#4 / 460 (January 1979)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #24 ([1988])
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990)
- in The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color (Gladstone, 1992 series) #42 (June 1995)
- in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #33 (2008)
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #27 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Duck Luck (November 2022)
-
- Keywords
- actors; actresses; camel-riding; celebrities; fame-is-fleeting; flagpole-sitting; golf; politicians; series of mishaps; you-can’t-win
Indexer Notes
Celebrity parody names abound: "Snarlin Grando" = method actor Marlin Brando. "Jayne Girlsfield" = full and shapely actress Jayne Mansfield (with hair tresses drawn by Barks to mitigate or deemphasize her upper figure, perhaps in consideration of the Dell Comics Code). "Prince Raindeer and Princess Lace" = Monaco monarchs Prince Rainier and Princess Grace. "Brigitte Van Doren" = an amalgam of glamorous actress Brigitte Bardot and busty actress Mamie Van Doren.
Made up joke and pun names are liberally mixed in with the celebrity parody names, giving pause to modern readers less familiar with the celebrity culture of the late-1950s and early-1960s: "Tallin De Saddle", "Cuddles Marrymore", "Rocky Stonejaw", and a famous politician named "Gasmore Gravytrain".
Among the media focused on Donald on pages 3 and 4 is "Bathé News", a sendup of Pathé News, once a supplier of newsreels to movie theatres.
The Bone Mix-Up
Scamp / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well doggone! I still can't find where I buried that bone last week!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney's Scamp [serifs]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Scamp; bigger brown dog; department store customers; department store manager
- Synopsis
- Scamp and a bigger dog vie for a bone, leading to a competitive romp through a department store.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #48/1963 (27. november 1963) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[63] - 1963 del 7 ([august] 2008)
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #531 (August 1988)
-
- Keywords
- bone; department store; dogs; escalator
The Caught Copycat
Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Jack Bradbury
- Inks
- Jack Bradbury
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, boy! There goes that flying squirrel again!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Chip 'n' Dale- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Chip; Dale; flying squirrel; Brer Owl; Hank Hawk; rabbit; squirrel; mouse
- Synopsis
- Dale copies the behavior of anyone he sees, and so tries to become a "big thinker" like Brer Owl.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #49/1963 (4. desember 1963) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[63] - 1963 del 7 ([august] 2008)
- in Walt Disney Chip 'n' Dale (Western, 1967 series) #36 (November 1975)
-
- Keywords
- behavior imitation; chipmunks; forest setting; getting carried away; owl
The Dude Ranch Visit
Morty and Ferdie / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "I wonder how Morty and Ferdie are getting along. Maybe they are lonesome," said Mickey Mouse.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Morty; Ferdie; Mickey Mouse; Grandma Duck; Horace Horsecollar
- Synopsis
- Playing with their cap guns, Morty and Ferdie panic the animals at Horace Horsecollar's dude ranch.
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series) #v39#4 / 460 (January 1979)
-
- Keywords
- cap guns; dude ranch; kids-at-play; panic; wreaking havoc
Mickey's Strange Mission [Chapter Three]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 7.5 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mickey is asked to find Black Pete, who is unaware of a waiting family inheritance. Because Pete must reform for all time to get the money, Mickey is most anxious that he have it.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; little bearded miner; Clementine (mule); Black Pete [Peg-leg Pete]; Slowdraw; two other members of Pete's gang; Blackstone P. Percival; kids waiting for a school bus; Feisty Fenwick (shady automotive dealer)
- Synopsis
- Mickey finally catches up with Pete and prevents him from holding up the miner for his gold, thus preserving Pete's inheritance which would be forfeit unless he reforms for at least a year - and stays reformed to continue getting the money in yearly installments. Once the situation is explained to him, Pete kinda-sorta tries his hand at honest work, but can he walk the straight-and-narrow for the next 366 days? (1960 was a leap year!)
- Reprints
- in Almanacco Topolino (Mondadori, 1957 series) #56 (Agosto 1961) which is reprinted
-
in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #533 (12 août 1962) - in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #17/1968 (24. april 1968) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[94] - 1968 del 3 ([februar] 2012)
- in Disney Masters (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) #21 - Walt Disney Mickey Mouse: The Monster of Sawtooth Mountain (October 2022)
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- Keywords
- dogcatcher; gold; herding cattle; holdup; inheritance; miner; reforming; school bus driver; western setting; window washer
Indexer Notes
Part 3 of 3.
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912
statement of ownership / 0.5 page
- Keywords
- government reporting; regulations
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1960. No circulation figures appear as part of this report. Lower half of page.
Sky High
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl
- Inks
- John Liggera
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy, oh boy! Won't Daisy be surprised at my beachcomber's getup at the big costume ball tonight!
- Feature Logo
- Walt Disney Donald Duck ["Walt Disney" in cursive]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Huey, Dewey, and Louie find an alternative use for Donald's Hawaiian shirt and leis.
- Keywords
- alternative uses; costume ball; Hawaiian shirt; kids-at-play; kite; leis
The Big Blaze
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We've got the birthday cake for Unca Scrooge!
- Feature Logo
- Walt Disney Donald Duck ["Walt Disney" in cursive]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- The boys help Donald set up Uncle Scrooge's birthday cake.
- Keywords
- birthday; birthday cake; candles; planning
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Skull and Cross-Duck]
Donald Duck -
1.
Sitting High
Donald Duck -
2.
The Bone Mix-Up
Scamp -
3.
The Caught Copycat
Chip 'n' Dale -
4.
The Dude Ranch Visit
Morty and Ferdie -
5.
Mickey's Strange Mission [Chapter Three]
Mickey Mouse -
6.
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912
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7.
Sky High
Donald Duck -
8.
The Big Blaze
Donald Duck
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Robert Copeman
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Darrel McCann
- Daniel Thingvold
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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