Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
#v21#7 (247)
(April 1961)
Dell,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 21
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-02-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell [stamp]
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Issue Notes
Credits based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[Doing the Paddleball Crawl]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- It's "low-bridge" for Donald when the boys play paddleball.
- Reprints
-
in Walt Disney's Comics (W. G. Publications; Wogan Publications, 1946 series) #181 -
in Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #22/1962 -
in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #22/1962 (30. mai 1962) which is reprinted - in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[52] - 1962 del 3 ([juni] 2007)
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in Kalle Anka & C:o (Hemmets Journal, 1957 series) #23/1962 (5 juni 1962) -
in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #32 ([1985]) -
in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990) - in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #22 ([desember] 2005)
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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)
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- Keywords
- crawling; paddleball
The Madcap Mariner
Donald Duck / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ducks are pawns and cod are kings in this briny tale of ice and fish in the roaring northern seas!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Donald Duck ["Walt Disney" in cursive]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Gyro Gearloose; crew of the Daffy-O; rival crews of cod fishing boats; codfish contest judge; reporters
- Synopsis
- Aboard the good schooner Daffy-O, unseaworthy Donald, with the boys and a "lubber crew", must win the Fishermen's Gold Cup for Uncle Scrooge at the annual cod fishing competition... or else. While disadvantaged in almost every way, Scrooge has provided Donald with a "secret device" to compensate - the nature of which is unknown to Donald and his crew.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #19/1962 (9. mai 1962) which is reprinted
- in Walt Disney's Beste Historier om Donald Duck & Co [Disney-Album] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1978 series) #23 - Postbudet ([mars ?] 1985)
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[52] - 1962 del 3 ([juni] 2007)
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in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #534 (19 août 1962) -
in Donald Duck (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1952 series) #49/1966 (3 december 1966) which is reprinted - in De beste verhalen van Donald Duck (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1985 series) #64 - Als kabeljauwvanger
- in Donald Duck (Oberon, 1972 series) #29/1989 (1989)
- in Donald Duck Alle klassieke verhalen (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1992 series) #13 (1992)
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series) #v39#1 / 457 (October 1978)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #25 ([1987])
- in Disney Comics Album (Disney, 1990 series) #1 ([July 1990])
- 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 Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #22 ([desember] 2005) [2nd translation] which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #32/2010 (9. august 2010)
- in Donald Duck av Carl Barks (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2020 series) #1 - Heldige Donald! ([august] 2020)
- 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)
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Indexer Notes
Originally submitted by Barks as a ten-page story, the equivalent of one full page has been edited out of Barks' submission for the original printed version and all subsequent reprints. Every printing of this story has been nine pages.
It Takes Two to Tangle
Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Gyro Gearloose; Gladstone Gander
- Synopsis
- Luck versus science to find a lost necklace.
- Reprints
- in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #498 (10 décembre 1961)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #19/1962 (9. mai 1962) which is reprinted
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Mighty-Munk
Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Chip; Dale; Big Bad Wolf
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #9/1962 (28. februar 1962) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[51] - 1962 del 2 ([mai] 2007)
- in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #584 (4 août 1963)
- in Walt Disney Chip 'n' Dale (Western, 1967 series) #27 (May 1974)
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The Magic Guitar
Mickey Mouse / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Goofy; Mickey Mouse; Sleeping Beauty's Fairy Godmothers [Flora; Fauna; Merryweather]
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series) #v39#1 / 457 (October 1978)
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The Moon-Blot Plot, Episode II
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Because the bright moonlight hampers their activities at night, the notorious Rover Rogue Boys are planning to use a fantastic black dye, developed by Gyro Gearloose, to blacken out the Moon's surface. By chance, Mickey and goofy learn of the plot...
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Mickey Mouse- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Gyro Gearloose; The Rover Rogue Boys; Chief O'Hara; police officer; two crooks disguised as little old ladies
- Synopsis
- The Rover Rogue Boys have a moon rocket built with stolen plans and materials and blast off with the super-spreading black dye to cover the Moon. Gyro builds a makeshift rocket for Mickey, Goofy, and himself to pursue and beat the Rover Rogues to the Moon. When the Rover Rogue's ship moves aggressively against our heroes, Mickey has Gyro head for an asteroid cluster where he plans a delaying tactic to slow the villains' progress.
- Reprints
- in Almanacco Topolino (Mondadori, 1957 series) #58 (Ottobre 1961)
- in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #528 (8 juillet 1962)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #28/1962 (11. juli 1962) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[53] - 1962 del 4 ([august] 2007)
- in Mickey Mouse (Western, 1962 series) #217 ([1984])
- in Disney Masters (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) #21 - Walt Disney Mickey Mouse: The Monster of Sawtooth Mountain (October 2022)
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- Keywords
- asteroid cluster; black dye; character analogs; character art inconsistencies; duel-in-space; inventor; Moon; outer space setting; rocket ships
Indexer Notes
Part 2 of 3.
The Rover Rogue Boys, who only appeared in this one story, would seem to be a "substitute for The Beagle Boys", as discussed in the text article "The Winds (and Fog) of Change" by Joe Torcivia, appearing in Disney Masters (Fantagraphics, 2018 Series) #21 - Walt Disney Mickey Mouse: The Monster of Sawtooth Mountain (October 2022). https://www.comics.org/issue/2443125/#3600025
Like The Beagle Boys, The Rover Rogue Boys are a trio of burglar-masked, dog-face crooks, only of different and individualized physical dimensions.
In Episode I, Paul Murry draws Gyro Gearloose with hair (or a hairpiece) atop his head - and down the back and sides of his head. In Episodes II and III, the inventor is drawn more conventionally with just a "birds-nest" of hair or toupee between his dome and his hat.
Yummy Jumpy
Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Chip; Dale; Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Chip 'n' Dale use a trampoline to jump through Donald's window and get to Donald's freshly baked cakes.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #28/1962 (11. juli 1962) which is reprinted
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Doing the Paddleball Crawl]
Donald Duck -
1.
The Madcap Mariner
Donald Duck -
2.
It Takes Two to Tangle
Gyro Gearloose -
3.
Mighty-Munk
Chip 'n' Dale -
4.
The Magic Guitar
Mickey Mouse -
5.
The Moon-Blot Plot, Episode II
Mickey Mouse -
6.
Yummy Jumpy
Chip 'n' Dale
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Robert Copeman
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Thomas Johnson
- Darrel McCann
- Daniel Thingvold
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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