(October 1964)
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1964-07-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications Inc.
- Brand
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Gold Key
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Issue Notes
No ads in this issue. All 36 pages are comics or comics-related text material.
The Phantom Blot Meets the Mysterious Mr. X
The Phantom Blot / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An Exciting New Story... The Phantom Blot Meets the Mysterious Mr. X!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Chief O'Hara; Donald Duck; Mickey Mouse; The Phantom Blot; Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- The Phantom Blot leaves one of his trademark threatening notes, while on the loose.
- Reprints
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in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #487 (28 marzo 1965) -
in Historietas de Walt Disney (Editorial Novaro, 1949 series) #302 (28 de mayo de 1965) -
in Walt Disney presenterer Mikke Mus og Spøkelses-kladden (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1966 series) ([april 1966]) which is reprinted - in Walt Disney's Spesialhefter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #2 - 1965 - 1966 ([oktober] 2015)
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in Disney Masters (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) #15 - Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse The New Adventures of The Phantom Blot (February 2021)
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- Keywords
- fear; ink blots; moon; notes; threat
Indexer Notes
First drawing of The Phantom Blot with eyes, rather than blank eye-holes in his cloak.
Cast of Characters
The Phantom Blot / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; The Phantom Blot; Uncle Scrooge; Goofy; Donald Duck; Chief O'Hara; The Mysterious Mr. X
- Synopsis
- A visual introduction to the cast of characters.
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney presenterer Mikke Mus og Spøkelses-kladden (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1966 series) ([april 1966]) which is reprinted
- in Walt Disney's Spesialhefter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #2 - 1965 - 1966 ([oktober] 2015)
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- Keywords
- cast of characters; introduction; repurposed art
Indexer Notes
Seven separate drawings of the characters. Mickey Mouse, The Phantom Blot, Goofy, Chief O'Hara, and The Mysterious Mr. X are penciled and inked by Paul Murry, and are taken from interior art seen in this issue. Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck are penciled and inked by Carl Barks, and are taken from Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 Series) #53 (October 1964). Black and white on inside front cover.
The Phantom Blot Meets the Mysterious Mr. X
The Phantom Blot / comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- Del Connell ?; Bob Ogle ? (see notes)
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My gosh! What on Earth is going on?
- Feature Logo
The Phantom Blot [Western Logo 3 “The New Adventures of…”]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The Phantom Blot; Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Goofy; Uncle Scrooge; Chief O'Hara; The Mysterious Mr. X
- Synopsis
- Criminal mad scientist, The Mysterious Mr. X, plans to spring his old pal The Phantom Blot from prison and together carry out “the biggest robbery in history… namely… cleaning out Scrooge McDuck’s Money Bin”. Assisting Police Chief O’Hara, Mickey Mouse has a counter-plan involving hypnotism… and an “old pal” of his own.
- Reprints
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in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #664 (14 février 1965), #665 (21 février 1965), #666 (28 février 1965) - in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #487 (28 marzo 1965) which is reprinted
- in I Grandi Classici Disney (Mondadori, 1980 series) #[1] (Giugno 1980)
- in I grandi classici Disney (Disney Italia, 1988 series) #49 (Dicembre 1990)
- in Historietas de Walt Disney (Editorial Novaro, 1949 series) #302 (28 de mayo de 1965)
- in Walt Disney presenterer Mikke Mus og Spøkelses-kladden (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1966 series) ([april 1966]) which is reprinted
- in Walt Disney's Spesialhefter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2015 series) #2 - 1965 - 1966 ([oktober] 2015)
- in Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Comics Digest (Gladstone, 1987 series) #1 (January 1987)
- in Disney Masters (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) #15 - Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse The New Adventures of The Phantom Blot (February 2021)
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- Keywords
- Disney character crossover; escape; fear; helicopter; hypnosis; mistaken identity; panic; prison; robbery; submarine; suspicion; undercover mission; villain team-up
Indexer Notes
Likely authors of this story are Del Connell or Bob Ogle. Connell wrote issue #2, while Ogle wrote a number of the ones that followed. Mickey's use of the word "Ug!" (page 14, panel 1) possibly points to Bob Ogle as writer.
An unprecedented-for-the-time, combining of characters from the usually-separate "Paul Murry Mickey Mouse Comics Universe" and the "Carl Barks Donald Duck Comics Universe" in one huge, event-level 32-page story. This would be the hallmark of the Phantom Blot series for its entire seven-issue run.
[You're Next! The Blot]
The Phantom Blot / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the Phantom Blot's autograph... just for you!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Keywords
- ink blots; notes; threat
Indexer Notes
Ink blot note with the words "You're Next! The Blot." No characters. Black and white on inside back cover.
Gold Key Comic Pix
Gold Key Comic Pix / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl; Paul Murry; Carl Barks
- Inks
- Paul Murry; Carl Barks; Steve Steere ? (inker of Tony Strobl); John Liggera ? (inker of Tony Strobl)
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Set Number 1
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Chip; Dale; Donald Duck; Goofy; Uncle Scrooge; Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Three Little Pigs; Big Bad Wolf
- Keywords
- Disney characters; illustrations; repurposed art
Indexer Notes
Eight trading-card size illustrations of Disney characters. Art is reproduced from cover or interior illustrations of Dell and Gold Key Disney comics.
Chip ‘n’ Dale, Mickey Mouse, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, the Three Little Pigs, and the Big Bad Wolf (Zeke Wolf) are penciled by Tony Strobl. Goofy and Pluto are penciled and inked by Paul Murry. Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge are penciled and inked by Carl Barks.
Reproduced cover illustrations include: Donald Duck (Dell, 1952 Series) #80 (November-December 1961), Mickey Mouse (Western, 1962 Series) #90 (November 1963), Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 Series) #47 (February 1964), Mickey Mouse Album (Dell, 1962 Series) #01-518-210 (August-October 1962), Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series) #1039 (October 1959), The Three Little Pigs (Western, 1964 Series) #1 (May 1964).
Set Number 2 featured a similarly formatted series devoted to Hanna-Barbera characters, and appeared on the back covers of some of Western's Hanna-Barbera comics around the same time. There was no Set Number 3, or beyond. Color on back cover.
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The Phantom Blot Meets the Mysterious Mr. X
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Cast of Characters
The Phantom Blot -
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The Phantom Blot Meets the Mysterious Mr. X
The Phantom Blot -
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[You're Next! The Blot]
The Phantom Blot -
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Gold Key Comic Pix
Gold Key Comic Pix
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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