Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
#v23#4 (268)
(January 1963)
Western,
1962 Series
- Volume
- 23
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-11-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (story editor); Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Issue Notes
Cover code: 10011-301. On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Christmas Cheers; Big Seal Deal; Survival Kit Crisis
Donald Duck; Gyro Gearloose; Mickey Mouse / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Gyro Gearloose; Brer Bear
- Reprints
-
in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990)
-
[Help is on the Way]
Daisy Duck; Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Spending the day in the country was sure a good idea!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
- Synopsis
- While in the countryside, Donald's car battery goes dead from playing the radio and Daisy figures a way to get them a push with the assistance from a nearby bull.
- Keywords
- bull; car; push
Christmas Cheers
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Everyone in Duckburg wants something for Christmas, even Uncle Scrooge. Huey, Dewey and Louie blackmail Uncle Scrooge into buying them and Donald Duck the Christmas presents that they desire. Huey, Dewey and Louie want a chemistry science set, while Donald wants a dump truck.
- Reprints
-
in Almanacco Topolino (Mondadori, 1957 series) #75 (Marzo 1963) which is reprinted - in Zio Paperone (Disney Italia, 1990 series) #66
- in Super Almanacco Paperino (Mondadori, 1980 series) #14 (1981)
-
in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #51/1963 (17. desember 1963) which is reprinted - in Walt Disney's Godbiter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1981 series) #34 (Julen 1981)
- in Donald Duck & Co Ekstra [Bilag til Donald Duck & Co] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1985 series) #10/1994 ([desember] 1994)
- in Donald Duck bøker [Gullbøker] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1984 series) #[2002] - Carl Barks julespesial ([november] 2002) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #24 ([august] 2006) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
- in Carl Barks' jul (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #[2006] (Julen 2006)
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[63] - 1963 del 7 ([august] 2008)
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series) #v40#5 / 473 (February 1980)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #27 ([1987])
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990)
- in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Disney, 1990 series) #275 (February 1993)
- in The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color (Gladstone, 1992 series) #46 (October 1995)
- in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gemstone, 2003 series) #2 ([November] 2004)
-
Survival Kit Crisis
Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Gyro Gearloose; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Brer Bear; Brer Fox
- Synopsis
- Gyro invents a compact survival kitchen kit.
- Reprints
-
in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #570 (28 avril 1963) - in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #37/1963 (11. september 1963) which is reprinted
-
Mud Puddle Muddle
Ludwig Von Drake / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Don R. Christensen
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Ludwig Von Drake
- Synopsis
- Ludwig gets his car stuck in a large mud hole.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #40/1963 (2. oktober 1963) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[62] - 1963 del 6 ([juli] 2008)
-
in Donald Duck (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1952 series) #34/1964 (22 augustus 1964)
-
Minnie's Wish
Minnie Mouse / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Minnie Mouse; Mickey Mouse; Brer Bear; Brer Fox
- Synopsis
- Minnie wishes she had a big bearskin rug to put in front of the fireplace.
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series) #v40#5 / 473 (February 1980)
-
The Tin Can Trophy
Li'l Bad Wolf / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Jack Bradbury
- Inks
- Jack Bradbury
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Foulfellows
- Synopsis
- Big Bad Wolf tries to win trophy for being bad.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #31/1963 (31. juli 1963) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[61] - 1963 del 5 ([mai] 2008)
- in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #623 (3 mai 1964)
-
The Big Seal Deal
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Don R. Christensen
- Pencils
- Jack Bradbury
- Inks
- Jack Bradbury
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete [Peg-leg Pete]
- Synopsis
- Goofy is trying to decide what to paint to win the job of painting the murals for the new post office. Black Pete dresses as a walrus to lure seals to capture them.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #37/1963 (11. september 1963) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[61] - 1963 del 5 ([mai] 2008)
- in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #735 (26 juin 1966)
-
[Incomplete Road Sign]
Goofy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy
- Synopsis
- After crashing into a tree while avoiding falling rocks, Goofy paints an additional warning on a falling rocks road sign.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #47/1963 (20. november 1963) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[63] - 1963 del 7 ([august] 2008)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #14/2021 (uke 14 2021)
- in Donald Duck (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1952 series) #24/1967 (17 juni 1967)
-
in Kalle Anka & C:o (Egmont, 1997 series) #13-14/2021 (2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Dialogue: "Watch out for rocks... and trees."
Walt Disney Comics Pin-up No. 5
Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
Indexer Notes
Enlarged image from the "Christmas Cheers" portion of the front cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Christmas Cheers; Big Seal Deal; Survival Kit Crisis
Donald Duck; Gyro Gearloose; Mickey Mouse -
1.
[Help is on the Way]
Daisy Duck; Donald Duck -
2.
Christmas Cheers
Donald Duck -
3.
Survival Kit Crisis
Gyro Gearloose -
4.
Mud Puddle Muddle
Ludwig Von Drake -
5.
Minnie's Wish
Minnie Mouse -
6.
The Tin Can Trophy
Li'l Bad Wolf -
7.
The Big Seal Deal
Mickey Mouse -
8.
[Incomplete Road Sign]
Goofy -
9.
Walt Disney Comics Pin-up No. 5
Donald Duck
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Steve Coates
- Robert Copeman
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Darrel McCann
- Jim Stangas
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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