Dell Giant
#47 - Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald in Vacationland
(August 1961)
Dell,
1959 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 84
- On-sale Date
- 1961-06-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Giant
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig ? (story editor); Del Connell ? (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Issue Notes
Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY and DONALD IN VACATIONLAND, No. 47, 1961." Code number is M.+D.I.V. #47-618. On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
[Waving from a Train]
Chip 'n' Dale; Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Goofy; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie; Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Norm McGary ? (painted)
- Colors
- Norm McGary ? (painted)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Daisy Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Uncle Scrooge McDuck; Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Morty; Ferdie; Chip; Dale
- Synopsis
- Disney gang waving from a train carriage.
- Reprints
-
in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #318 (31 Dicembre 1961)
-
- Keywords
- caboose; railroad
Mickey's Vacation Hobby Crossword
Mickey Mouse / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Christine Lyttle Smith ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse
- Reprints
Mickey and Donald in Vacationland
Donald Duck; Mickey Mouse / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Grandma Duck; Daisy Duck; Gladstone Gander; Goofy; Minnie Mouse; Morty; Fedie; Pluto; Gyro Gearloose; Wicked Witch; Captain Hook; Big Bad Wolf; Black Pete; Beagle Boys; Magic Mirror
- Synopsis
- While Mickey and his friends holiday in Vacationland, they encounter the Beagle Boys, Black Pete, Big Bad Wolf, Captain Hook and the Wicked Witch.
- Reprints
- in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #316 (17 Dicembre 1961) which is reprinted
- in I Grandi Classici Disney (Mondadori, 1980 series) #19 (Gennaio 1986)
-
in Kalle Anka & C:o (Hemmets Journal, 1957 series) #32/1962 (7 augusti 1962) -
in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #32/1962 (8. august 1962) which is reprinted - in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[54] - 1962 del 5 ([september] 2007)
-
in Walt Disney's Giant Comics (W. G. Publications; Wogan Publications, 1951 series) #537 (1972)
-
Donald Gets a "Bite" of Lunch
Donald Duck / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Christine Lyttle Smith ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
Indexer Notes
Join the dots.
Good Deed Daddy
Li'l Bad Wolf / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]; Badfellows' Club
- Synopsis
- Amnesia temporally makes the Big Bad Wolf good.
- Reprints
- in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #316 (17 Dicembre 1961)
-
in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #510 (4 mars 1962) - in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #26/1962 (27. juni 1962) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[53] - 1962 del 4 ([august] 2007)
- in Walt Disney's Giant Comics (W. G. Publications; Wogan Publications, 1951 series) #562 (1973)
-
"I Spy" Scavenger Hunt
activity / 1 page
- Script
- Christine Lyttle Smith ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Daisy Duck; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
- Reprints
Trouble Traveler
Goofy; Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy; Gyro Gearloose
- Reprints
- in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #318 (31 Dicembre 1961)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #43/1962 (24. oktober 1962) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[55] - 1962 del 6 ([oktober] 2007)
- in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #591 (22 septembre 1963)
-
Goofy Nets a Pet
Goofy / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Christine Lyttle Smith ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy
- Synopsis
- Goofy catches a bird "pet" in his net.
Diamond Mine Dilemma
Mickey Mouse; The Seven Dwarfs / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Seven Dwarfs [Doc; Sneezy; Sleepy; Grumpy; Dopey; Bashful; Happy]; Mickey Mouse; Circus Bear
- Synopsis
- The Seven Dwarfs meet up with Mickey Mouse and a circus bear.
- Reprints
- in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #311 (12 Novembre 1961)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #36/1962 (5. september 1962) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[54] - 1962 del 5 ([september] 2007)
-
in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Western, 1968 series) #30 (August 1971) - in Walt Disney's Giant Comics (W. G. Publications; Wogan Publications, 1951 series) #537 (1972)
-
Mickey's Vacation Luggage Labels
activity / 1 page
- Script
- Christine Lyttle Smith ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Donald Duck
- Reprints
Brer Rabbit's Bad Habit
Brer Rabbit; Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Brer Rabbit; Chip; Dale; Brer Bear; Brer Racoon
- Synopsis
- Brer Rabbit makes fun at friends with tar.
- Reprints
- in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #320 (14 Gennaio 1962)
- in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #678 (23 mai 1965)
- in Donald Ducks Show (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1957 series) #[10] - Store show [1965] ([1965]) which is reprinted
- in Donald Ducks Show (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1957 series) #[47] - Glade show 1985 ([februar] 1985)
-
- Keywords
- folk tales
Vacation Do's & Don't's
activity / 1 page
- Script
- Christine Lyttle Smith ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Morty; Ferdie; Pluto; Daisy Duck; Minnie Mouse
- Reprints
The Toy Testers
April, May and June; Huey, Dewey and Louie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; April; May; June; Gepetto; The Giant
- Synopsis
- Gepetto enlists help from Huey, Dewey, Louie, April, May and June to deliver toys that he made to a giant.
- Reprints
- in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #320 (14 Gennaio 1962)
-
in Donald Duck (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1952 series) #8/1964 (22 februari 1964) - in Walt Disney's Giant Comics (W. G. Publications; Wogan Publications, 1951 series) #537 (1972)
-
Map-Happy in the Big City
Mickey Mouse / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Christine Lyttle Smith ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Morty
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series) #v38#3 (447) (December 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
A maze puzzle.
Hard to Swallow
Morty and Ferdie; Pluto / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Pluto; Morty; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Pluto swallows Morty and Ferdie's mini radio.
- Reprints
- in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #318 (31 Dicembre 1961)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #39/1962 (26. september 1962) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[55] - 1962 del 6 ([oktober] 2007)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck (W. G. Publications; Wogan Publications, 1954 series) #200 (1973)
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Make Minnie's Vacation Photo Bank
Minnie Mouse / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Christine Lyttle Smith ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Grandma Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Morty; Ferdie; Pluto; Uncle Scrooge McDuck
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Western, 1968 series) #31 (October 1971)
-
South of the Border
Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Minnie Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; Minnie Mouse; Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Reporter trio make bullfighter lose his courage.
- Reprints
- in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #318 (31 Dicembre 1961)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #33/1962 (15. august 1962) which is reprinted
-
Minnie Goes Souvenir Shopping
Minnie Mouse / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Christine Lyttle Smith ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Minnie Mouse
The Case of the Missing Money
Grandma Duck; Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge McDuck; Grandma Duck; Beagle Boys; Alfred Arfton
- Reprints
Huey's Vacation Chuckler
Donald Duck / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Christine Lyttle Smith ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Western, 1968 series) #43 (October 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Word game.
On the Go!
activity / 1 page
- Script
- Christine Lyttle Smith ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl (pencils); Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Gyro Gearloose; Gladstone Gander; Daisy Duck; Uncle Scrooge McDuck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Beagle Boys
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1952 series) #22/1965 (29 mei 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Game.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Waving from a Train]
Chip 'n' Dale; Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Goofy; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie; Uncle Scrooge -
1.
Mickey's Vacation Hobby Crossword
Mickey Mouse -
2.
Mickey and Donald in Vacationland
Donald Duck; Mickey Mouse -
3.
Donald Gets a "Bite" of Lunch
Donald Duck -
4.
Good Deed Daddy
Li'l Bad Wolf -
5.
"I Spy" Scavenger Hunt
-
6.
Trouble Traveler
Goofy; Gyro Gearloose -
7.
Goofy Nets a Pet
Goofy -
8.
Diamond Mine Dilemma
Mickey Mouse; The Seven Dwarfs -
9.
Mickey's Vacation Luggage Labels
-
10.
Brer Rabbit's Bad Habit
Brer Rabbit; Chip 'n' Dale -
11.
Vacation Do's & Don't's
-
12.
The Toy Testers
April, May and June; Huey, Dewey and Louie -
13.
Map-Happy in the Big City
Mickey Mouse -
14.
Hard to Swallow
Morty and Ferdie; Pluto -
15.
Make Minnie's Vacation Photo Bank
Minnie Mouse -
16.
South of the Border
Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Minnie Mouse -
17.
Minnie Goes Souvenir Shopping
Minnie Mouse -
18.
The Case of the Missing Money
Grandma Duck; Uncle Scrooge -
19.
Huey's Vacation Chuckler
Donald Duck -
20.
On the Go!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Pat Conolly
- Robert Copeman
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Jim Van Dore
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