Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
#v2#4 [16]
(January 1942)
Dell,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-12-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb ? (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
[Santa Donald treed by Bulldog]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald climbs a Christmas tree to escape a savage bulldog.
- Keywords
- Christmas
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[Hortense follows Donald and Basil]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Hortense; Basil
- Reprints
- From Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-12-24
Stranded High- But Not Dry
Pluto / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Pluto
- Synopsis
- After being sprayed with water, Pluto dives into a fountain chasing after a fish and a turtle.
- Reprints
-
in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #14 (31 août 1952) - From Silly Symphonies Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-30
-
Oh, Nuts
Pluto / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Pluto
- Synopsis
- Pluto follows the wrong whistles.
- Reprints
- From Silly Symphonies Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-05-21
He's All Wet
Pluto / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Pluto
- Synopsis
- Pluto "kills" the water-hose and takes it inside his doghouse
- Reprints
- in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #79 (29 novembre 1953)
- From Silly Symphonies Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-07-02
-
[You Asked for It!]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald is impatient at a gas station and has a bucket of axle grease poured over his head.
- Reprints
-
in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #294 (January 1996) - From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-02-10
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: You Asked for It! as shown in daily newspaper comic strip, though not included in later reprints of the story. Hence the title becomes unofficial in the reprints.
[Let that be a Lesson to You !]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Snowman on fireplug
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #294 (January 1996)
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-02-11
-
Foul Play
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Bolivar
- Synopsis
- Bolivar stares at bird dinner.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #295 (March 1996)
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-18
-
[Self Control and Will Power]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald destroys a vase being sold at an auction.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #295 (March 1996)
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-20
-
[Treed by Singing Father's Dog]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald is chased into a tree by an angry dog.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #295 (March 1996)
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-21
-
He Put His Foot In It
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Salesman with big boots.
- Reprints
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-22
[Drives over Wrecked Bridge]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald's nephews want to swim and Donald's car falls in the lake.
- Reprints
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-03
[Pulls Basil Home in the Rain]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Basil; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald has to put Basil in his wagon and pull him home during a rain storm.
- Reprints
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-05
Black Out
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Juggling in the dark.
- Reprints
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-04
[no title indexed]
Walt Disney Presents A Silly Symphony the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf / comic story / 29 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You kids have been too lucky!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The Three Little Pigs [Fiddler Pig; Fifer Pig; Practical Pig]; The Big Bad Wolf; Three little wolves
- Synopsis
- Elephant trap and dummy pigs
- Reprints
- From Silly Symphony Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1936-01-19 - 1936-08-23
Indexer Notes
[Parts 1 and 2 are in WDCS #10]
How to Fish
Goofy / text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy
Indexer Notes
Character added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
[Swindler at Gas Station]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Directions for parking spot.
- Reprints
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-03
[Great Oaks from Acorns Grow]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald's nephews eat acorns in tree
- Reprints
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-04
Time Out for a Shower
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Ruins watch in bathtub.
- Reprints
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-02
[Bolivar costs a lot of Money]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Bolivar
- Synopsis
- Neighbour visits Donald.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #295 (March 1996)
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939.03.23
-
[HDL Sleeping with Clothes on]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald's nephews sleep in their clothes.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #295 (March 1996)
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-24
-
The Wrong Lead
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Bolivar
- Synopsis
- Bolivar leads Donald blindfolded.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #295 (March 1996)
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-25
-
Back to Nature
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- Camping in the "wilderness".
- Reprints
- From Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-08-20
Airmail, Special Delivery
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Aunt Minerva; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
- Synopsis
- Important letter lost.
- Reprints
- From Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-11-12
Hollywood Chatter
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The Three Little Pigs [Fiddler Pig; Fifer Pig; Practical Pig]; Minnie Mouse; The Big Bad Wolf
- Synopsis
- Items about skating, Gloria Jean, the Mauch twins, Clarabelle Cow's masquerade party, Mickey Rooney, Shirley Temple, Ann Todd, Jane Withers and Baby Sandy
A Howling Success
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Goofy; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
- Synopsis
- Goofy gives Minnie a new created perfume.
- Reprints
- From Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-12
Nuthin' Ever Happens Here
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Uncle Giddy
- Synopsis
- Journalist job in the wrong county.
- Reprints
- From Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-09-03
Minnie Can't See the Joke
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
- Synopsis
- Picnic on the beach
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Vault (IDW, 2018 series) #1 (August 2018)
- From Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-10-22
-
Stage Fright
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Mickey coaches kids for a stage act.
- Reprints
- From Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-16
Real Ingenuity
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Morty; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Morty and Ferdie make sails for toy ships out of Minnie's umbrella.
- Reprints
- From Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-02-26
More Kittens From a Walt Disney Silly Symphony
text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Calico; Fluff; Inky
The Surprise is Mickey's
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Goofy; Mickey Mouse
- Synopsis
- Floating house on wheels
- Reprints
- From Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-09-10
Indexer Notes
5th panel missing
Mickey Kept His Promise
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Mickey tells Morty and Ferdie to burn the leaves.
- Reprints
- From Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-01-08
Love in Bloom
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Thuh Widder Jones; Goofy; Mickey Mouse
- Synopsis
- Goofy is courting the ways.
- Reprints
- From Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-04-09
[Packs Bags for Bike Race]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Supplies for bike race
- Reprints
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-16
[Oh, Ring Out, ye Bells!]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald is left short of gas after visiting gas station.
- Reprints
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-17
Feature Attraction
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Watches couple in theatre.
- Reprints
- From Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1939-03-18
[Takes Dresser as Suitcase]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald uses his dresser as a suitcase.
- Reprints
- From Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1939-12-31
Bring Christmas Cheer Throughout the Year!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Donald Duck; The Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig]; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
- Synopsis
- Detail from "The Christmas Party", in "School Days in Disneyville" (D.C. Heath, 1939)
Indexer Notes
House ad for WDCS subscriptions
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Santa Donald treed by Bulldog]
Donald Duck -
1.
[Hortense follows Donald and Basil]
Donald Duck -
2.
Stranded High- But Not Dry
Pluto -
3.
Oh, Nuts
Pluto -
4.
He's All Wet
Pluto -
5.
[You Asked for It!]
Donald Duck -
6.
[Let that be a Lesson to You !]
Donald Duck -
7.
Foul Play
Donald Duck -
8.
[Self Control and Will Power]
Donald Duck -
9.
[Treed by Singing Father's Dog]
Donald Duck -
10.
He Put His Foot In It
Donald Duck -
11.
[Drives over Wrecked Bridge]
Donald Duck -
12.
[Pulls Basil Home in the Rain]
Donald Duck -
13.
Black Out
Donald Duck -
14.
Walt Disney's Dumbo
Dumbo -
15.
["You kids have been too lucky!"]
Walt Disney Presents A Silly Symphony the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf -
16.
How to Fish
Goofy -
17.
[Swindler at Gas Station]
Donald Duck -
18.
[Great Oaks from Acorns Grow]
Donald Duck -
19.
Time Out for a Shower
Donald Duck -
20.
[Bolivar costs a lot of Money]
Donald Duck -
21.
[HDL Sleeping with Clothes on]
Donald Duck -
22.
The Wrong Lead
Donald Duck -
23.
Back to Nature
Mickey Mouse -
24.
Airmail, Special Delivery
Mickey Mouse -
25.
Hollywood Chatter
-
26.
A Howling Success
Mickey Mouse -
27.
Nuthin' Ever Happens Here
Mickey Mouse -
28.
Minnie Can't See the Joke
Mickey Mouse -
29.
Stage Fright
Mickey Mouse -
30.
Real Ingenuity
Mickey Mouse -
31.
More Kittens From a Walt Disney Silly Symphony
-
32.
January Puzzle
-
33.
The Surprise is Mickey's
Mickey Mouse -
34.
Mickey Kept His Promise
Mickey Mouse -
35.
Love in Bloom
Mickey Mouse -
36.
Opportunity is Knocking!
-
37.
[Packs Bags for Bike Race]
Donald Duck -
38.
[Oh, Ring Out, ye Bells!]
Donald Duck -
39.
Feature Attraction
Donald Duck -
40.
Contents
-
41.
[Takes Dresser as Suitcase]
Donald Duck -
42.
Bring Christmas Cheer Throughout the Year!
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- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Robert Copeman
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Darrel McCann
- Dick Sabo
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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