Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #v24#4 (280)

(January 1964)

Special Christmas Offer Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Gold Key Comics; Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Double Masquerade (Table of Contents: 2)

Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Barks

Pencils

Carl Barks

Inks

Carl Barks

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Garé Barks

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It’s a bone-shivering shame that the best surfing waves come in winter when it’s too cold to go surfing!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Captain Ramrod; Junior Chickadees; Sailin’ Surfers Club members; Clerkly; surfing spectators/charity donors; bear

Synopsis

To avoid unpleasant obligations, Donald and Scrooge unknowingly disguise themselves as each other.

Reprints

• in Almanacco Topolino (Mondadori, 1957 series) #88 (Aprile 1964)
which is reprinted
• in Zio Paperone (Disney Italia, 1990 series) #67
• in Historietas de Walt Disney (Editorial Novaro, 1949 series) #297 (19 de marzo de 1965)
• in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #6/1967 (8. februar 1967)
which is reprinted
• in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #1/1989 (3. januar 1989)
• in Hall of Fame (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2004 series) #[18] - Carl Barks 4 ([juni] 2007) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
which is reprinted
• in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #52/2020 (uke 52 2020)
• in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #25 ([desember] 2008) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
which is reprinted
• in Carl Barks' jul (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #2017 (Julen 2017)
• in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[85] - 1967 del 1 ([februar] 2011)
• in Donald Duck & Co 70 år i Norge (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2018 series) #2 - 60-tallet (april 2018)
• in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series) #v38#5 / 449 (February 1978)
• in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #28 ([1985])
• 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) #49 (January 1996)
• in Les Plus Belles Histoires des Castors Juniors (Glénat, 2011 series) #1 (avril 2011) [[nn]]

Keywords

bears; Christmas charity giving; disguise; extreme cold; skiing; surfing

Indexer Notes

Idea suggested by editor Chase Craig

A Hobby Can Be a Hassle (Table of Contents: 3)

Li'l Bad Wolf / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Guillermo Cardoso ?

Inks

John Liggera ?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lemme see now… I could drop down their chimney with a parachute!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]; Buildo (robot); detective; prison guard

Synopsis

Li’l Wolf tries to find a hobby for his pop, to keep his mind off catching the pigs, but Zeke turns each different activity into a form of pig-pursuit.

Reprints

• in Donald Duck (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1952 series) #14/1964 (4 april 1964)
• in Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #52/1964 (29. december 1964)
• in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #700 (24 octobre 1965)

Keywords

building kit; engraving set; hobbies; robot

The Chipmunk Feast (Table of Contents: 4)

Mickey Mouse / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

?

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Chip 'n' Dale; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; squirrels; other chipmunks

Synopsis

Mickey and Minnie harvest walnuts from Minnie’s walnut tree. Chip ‘n’ Dale think the bounty is for them, and call all their friends to share in it.

Reprints

• in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series) #v38#5 / 449 (February 1978)

Keywords

chipmunks; nuts; squirrels

[The Meteor] (Table of Contents: 5)

Brer Rabbit / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

George Stallings

Pencils

Dick Moores

Inks

Dick Moores

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Dick Moores

Editing

Frank Reilly

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ev’ry year ‘bout this time th’ creeturs raid Brer Rabbit’s wild grape orchud…

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Brer Rabbit; Brer Bear; Brer Buzzard

Synopsis

Brer Rabbit draws the pilfering attentions of Brer Bear and Brer Buzzard away from his wild grape orchard with tales of a jewel-filled “meetyor” that fell to Earth. Moral: “Don’t throw away silver to look for gold!”

Reprints

• from Uncle Remus and His Tales of Brer Rabbit Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1950.11.19

Keywords

diversion; grapes; meteor

Indexer Notes

Three tiers per page. Spread across (straddles) the two middle pages of the centerfold.

The Shutterbug Duck (Table of Contents: 6)

Daisy Duck's Diary / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Gregory ?

Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

Steve Steere

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Diary, Today I became owner of one of those new three minute-type cameras.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Daisy Duck; April, May and June; Jiminy Cricket; Donald Duck; Cindy Lou; Donald's boss (Cindy Lou's uncle)

Synopsis

Donald sends Daisy a complex camera to distract her while he is assigned by his boss to show the boss’ niece around town. Jiminy Cricket quickly sets up the camera for Daisy, and she is out and about sooner than Donald expected.

Reprints

• in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #45/1964 (4. november 1964)
which is reprinted
• in Walt Disney i Andeby (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2001 series) ([desember] 2001)
• in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[69] - 1964 del 6 ([april] 2009)
• in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2014 series) #[4] - En god, gammeldags høst ([august] 2016)
• in Donald Duck (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1952 series) #47/1965 (20 november 1965)
which is reprinted
• in Donald Duck (Oberon, 1972 series) #28/1988 (1988)
• in Walt Disney Daisy and Donald (Western, 1973 series) #1 (May 1973), #32 (August 1978)

Keywords

camera; diversion; zoo

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Goofy Jokes / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Strobl

Inks

Larry Mayer

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Goofy; Mickey Mouse

Synopsis

Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.

Keywords

jokes; riddles

Goofy's Mechanical Wizard! (Table of Contents: 8)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Moores

Pencils

Dick Moores

Inks

Dick Moores

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Dick Moores

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What a night!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Charlie

Synopsis

Goofy builds himself an adding machine, that he accidently brings to life.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #401 - Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and Goofy's Mechanical Wizard (June-July 1952) [part 1]
• in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #7/1965 (10. februar 1965)
which is reprinted
• in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[71] - 1965 del 1 ([juli] 2009)

Keywords

boxing; invention; robot

Indexer Notes

part 1 of 3. Possibly the very first usage of the all-purpose phrase "Reprinted by popular demand", used for reprinted stories throughout Gold Key Comics of 1964-1971. The phrase was not used in issues published in 1962-1963 – with the exception of this one from late 1963?

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 9)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Howard L. Anderson (credited as H. L. Anderson)

Letters

typeset

Keywords

government reporting; regulations

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for September 27, 1963. Prepared by H.L. Anderson. Reported total circulation: 446,770 (12 month average), 442,770 (nearest issue)

Amazing Circus of 6 Growing Animals (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Growing Animal Circus / advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

Keys of Knowledge: Fish (Table of Contents: 11)

Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

sculpins (fish)

Synopsis

Illustrated text feature on a breed of fish called sculpins.

Keywords

educational feature; fish; sculpins

Indexer Notes

Two illustrations of sculpins with accompanying text. © 1963, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Black and white on inside back cover.

132 Roman Soldiers Only $1.98 (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)