Disney Masters
#3 - Walt Disney Mickey Mouse: The Case of the Vanishing Bandit
(September 2018)
Fantagraphics,
2018 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 29.99 USD
- Pages
- 192
- On-sale Date
- 2018-07-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
FB
- ISBN
-
978-1-68396-113-0
- Barcode
- 9781683961130
- Editing
- Mike Catron
Issue Notes
By Paul Murry and Carl Fallberg
The Case of the Vanishing Bandit
Mickey Mouse / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Dr. Zorch; Slick
Indexer Notes
Cover is a composite of figures from "The Magic Rope", chapter one page eight.
The Last Resort, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Susan Daigle-Leach; Gary Leach
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- Goofy books a room for himself and Mickey in a rundown inn near a lake. Mickey soon finds that a mysterious agent doesn't want them staying.
- Reprints
The Last Resort, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Susan Daigle-Leach; Gary Leach
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- Mickey and Goofy discover a smuggling operation near the inn.
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v13#9 (153) (June 1953)
-
The Last Resort, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Gary Leach; Susan Daigle-Leach
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- The smugglers try to silence Mickey and Goofy permanently.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v13#10 (154) (July 1953)
-
The Lens Hunters, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Erik Rosengarten (credited)
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- Due to Goofy's supernatural affinity with wildlife, he and Mickey are hired to provide film for a proposed African nature documentary.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v14#2 (158) (November 1953)
-
The Lens Hunters, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Klutch
- Synopsis
- The guide Mickey and Goofy hire proves to have a hidden agenda.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v14#3 (159) (December 1953)
-
The Lens Hunters, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Klutch; Uncle Grubley
- Synopsis
- Goofy meets up with his long lost Uncle Grubley.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v14#4 (160) (January 1954)
-
The Case of the Vanishing Bandit, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Clyde Coleheaver; Chief O'Hara; The Great Hammo
- Synopsis
- Mickey and Goofy are recruited to apprehend a thief operating out of a traveling circus.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v14#5 (161) (February 1954)
-
The Case of the Vanishing Bandit, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; The Great Hammo; Clyde Coleheaver
- Synopsis
- Mickey figures out who the thief is, but lacks proof for the law to act.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v14#6 (162) (March 1954)
-
The Case of the Vanishing Bandit, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; The Great Hammo; Clyde Coleheaver; Chief O'Hara
- Synopsis
- Mickey stumbles into a trap set for him by The Great Hammo.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v14#7 (163) (April 1954)
-
The Mysterious Crystal Ball, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Shamrock Bones; Chief O'Hara
- Synopsis
- Mickey becomes convinced that a carnival fortune teller can predict the future.
- Reprints
The Mysterious Crystal Ball, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Shamrock Bones; Chief O'Hara
- Synopsis
- The fortune teller begins feeding Mickey false predictions, hoping to ruin his reputation.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v14#9 (165) (June 1954)
-
The Mysterious Crystal Ball, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Shamrock Bones; Chief O'Hara
- Synopsis
- The fortune teller predicts chaos at the zoo in order to send the police to one end of the city while he robs the other end.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v14#10 (166) (July 1954)
-
The Lost Legion, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete [as Black Pierre]; Mortimer Fieldmouse; Ferdinand Fieldmouse
- Synopsis
- Goofy tells the nephews about the time he and Mickey infiltrated the French Foreign Legion to ferret out a traitor.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v14#11 (167) (August 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is very similar to the Mickey Mouse newspaper strip continuity "Mickey Mouse joins the Foreign Legion" 3/21-8/08/1936.
The Lost Legion, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete [as Black Pierre]; The Sultan of Bakdhor
- Synopsis
- Mickey and Goofy are assigned to infiltrate a tribe of renegade Arabs.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v14#12 (168) (September 1954)
-
The Lost Legion, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete [as Black Pierre]; The Sultan of Bakdhor; Mortimer Fieldmouse; Ferdinand Fieldmouse
- Synopsis
- Mickey and Goofy must defend a fort alone against the Sultan's band.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v15#1 (169) (October 1954)
-
The Magic Rope, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Dr. Zorch; Slick
- Synopsis
- Goofy acquires a rope that animates to music and a mysterious scroll.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v15#2 (170) (November 1954)
-
The Magic Rope, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Dr. Zorch; Slick
- Synopsis
- Using the properties of the rope, Mickey and Goofy transport to India, where they search for the meaning of the scroll.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v15#3 (171) (December 1954)
-
The Magic Rope, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Susan Daigle-Leach; Gary Leach
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Dr. Zorch; Slick; Chief O'Hara
- Synopsis
- Mickey and Goofy must stay one step ahead of Dr. Zorch, who is after the magic rope.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v15#4 (172) (January 1955)
-
Ridin' the Rails, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Grandma Duck
- Synopsis
- Mickey and Goofy are hired to transport Grandma Duck and her antique auto by train to a property in the mountains - - a property someone doesn't want her to reach.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v15#5 (173) (February 1955)
-
Ridin' the Rails, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Grandma Duck
- Synopsis
- Mickey and Goofy continue to deal with sabotage attempts on their train.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v15#6 (174) (March 1955)
-
Ridin' the Rails, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Grandma Duck
- Synopsis
- Mickey and Goofy must run a gauntlet of attempts to ambush the train.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v15#7 (175) (April 1955)
-
Paul Murry
Disney Masters / text article / 4 pages
- Script
- Germund von Wowern (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was a cold winter's evening in the new year of 1938.
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Synopsis
- A biography of Disney comic book artist Paul Murry, with some Murry illustrations.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- artist; background information; biography; editorial feature
Indexer Notes
A 1951 black and white photograph of Mr. Murry appears on the first page of the article.
The Perils of Mickey Mouse
Disney Masters / text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Joe Torcivia (credited)
- Pencils
- Floyd Gottfredson; Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry; Bill Walsh
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Overview of Mickey Mouse as an adventure hero.
- Keywords
- background information; editorial feature
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Table of Contents
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0.
The Case of the Vanishing Bandit
Mickey Mouse -
1.
The Last Resort, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse -
2.
The Last Resort, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse -
3.
The Last Resort, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse -
4.
The Lens Hunters, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse -
5.
The Lens Hunters, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse -
6.
The Lens Hunters, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse -
7.
The Case of the Vanishing Bandit, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse -
8.
The Case of the Vanishing Bandit, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse -
9.
The Case of the Vanishing Bandit, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse -
10.
The Mysterious Crystal Ball, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse -
11.
The Mysterious Crystal Ball, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse -
12.
The Mysterious Crystal Ball, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse -
13.
The Lost Legion, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse -
14.
The Lost Legion, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse -
15.
The Lost Legion, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse -
16.
The Magic Rope, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse -
17.
The Magic Rope, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse -
18.
The Magic Rope, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse -
19.
Ridin' the Rails, Chapter One
Mickey Mouse -
20.
Ridin' the Rails, Chapter Two
Mickey Mouse -
21.
Ridin' the Rails, Chapter Three
Mickey Mouse -
22.
Paul Murry
Disney Masters -
23.
The Perils of Mickey Mouse
Disney Masters
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