Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
#v26#4 (304)
(January 1966)
Western,
1962 Series
- Volume
- 26
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1965-11-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 10011-601
- Printer
- Designed, produced and printed in the U.S.A. by Western Printing and Lithographing Company
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1966 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[Yo-Yo Whoa!]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald tangles himself in his yo-yo string.
- Reprints
-
in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #39/1966 (21. september 1966) which is reprinted - in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[83] - 1966 del 6 ([november] 2010)
-
in Donald Duck (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1952 series) #42/1967 (21 oktober 1967) which is reprinted -
in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #32 ([1985]) -
in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990) - in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #27 (september [2007])
-
- Keywords
- yo-yo
FREE Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
Gold Key Comics; Walt Disney's Comics and Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
King Mickey and the Knights of the Hound Table
The Walt Disney Theater / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A kingdom without a king is a very sorry thing!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- King Mickey [Mickey Mouse]; Goofy; Merlin (Disney dog-face version); Sir Gladstone Gander; Nights of the Hound Table; Lady Minnie [Minnie Mouse]; Lady Minnie's servant; Lady of the Lake; The Tri-Color Knights [Blue Knight, Yellow Knight, Red Knight]
- Synopsis
- Peasant Mickey Mouse pulls the fabled sword from the stone and becomes king, with pal Goofy working in the royal kitchen. King Mickey gathers knights for his "Hound Table", but none will fight the feared Tri-Color Knights to save the kidnapped Lady Minnie... until kitchen-worker Goofy steps forward. Armed by Merlin and the Lady of the Lake with the enchanted sword "Exclobberer", the newly dubbed "Sir Goofy" is off to the rescue... but who will rescue him?
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #40/1966 (28. september 1966) which is reprinted
- in Donald Ducks Show (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1957 series) #[38] - Store show 1980 ([september] 1980)
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[83] - 1966 del 6 ([november] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- king; knights; magic; medieval setting; rescue; satire-of-legends
Daringly Different
Daisy Duck's Diary / comic story / 4.5 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Diary - It suddenly dawned on me the other day that our civilization is becoming boring because everybody does everything just like everybody else!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Gussie Fussy (Daisy's neighbor); Gyro Gearloose (cameo in silhouette only); reporter from "Hooray Home Magazine"; various other neighbors of Daisy)
- Synopsis
- Daisy tries to break out of her cookie-cutter subdivision mold with unusual touches for her house and yard, but eventually all of her neighbors imitate her.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1150 - Walt Disney's Daisy Duck's Diary (December 1960 - February 1961)
-
- Keywords
- diary; doing-something-their-own-way; gardening; home decor; rugged individualist
False Flattery
Daisy Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Diary - You just can't trust men - not even men parrots!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; parrot; attractive female duck
- Synopsis
- Daisy buys a parrot that compliments her, until he sees a more attractive option.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1150 - Walt Disney's Daisy Duck's Diary (December 1960 - February 1961)
-
- Keywords
- diary; fickleness; flattery; parrot
Indexer Notes
Lower half of page.
Platinum Coins
On Money the Junior Coin Collector's Corner; Uncle Scrooge / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Platinum coins unquestionably hold a premier rank among collectors because of their high rarity and beauty.
- Genre
- non-fiction; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Text article on the history of platinum coins.
- Keywords
- coins; editorial feature; history; money; platinum
Indexer Notes
Disguised as an "Uncle Scrooge" feature by a single logo illustration of Uncle Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, this educational-hobbyist article would seem to be the forerunner of the later Gold Key Comics editorial feature "Stamp and Coin Collector's Corner". Middle left page of centerfold.
Ducky Date
Madam Mim / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Bob Ogle
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl
- Inks
- John Liggera
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly, time can sure drag in the life of a single girl!
- Feature Logo
- Mad Madam Mim
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Fethry Duck; Madam Mim; Spitfire
- Synopsis
- Donald sets up his annoying cousin Fethry on a date with Madam Mim.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #40/1966 (28. september 1966) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[83] - 1966 del 6 ([november] 2010)
- in Donald Duck (Geïllustreerde Pers, 1952 series) #32/1967 (12 augustus 1967)
- in Almanacco Topolino (Mondadori, 1957 series) #139 (Luglio 1968)
-
- Keywords
- blind date; dance; early appearance of popular character; trickery
Indexer Notes
One of only three appearances of Fethry Duck in Gold Key Comics. The others being in Donald Duck (Western, 1962 Series) #105 (January 1966) and Donald Duck (Western, 1962 Series) #106 (March 1966). Fethry would not catch-on in the USA until decades later with the dominance of material produced for (and by) foreign publishers.
[Ten-Dollar Dither]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Carl Barks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're a cheater! You're a skunk! You're lower than a viper!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Presents Donald Duck [all caps, serif A]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Neighbor Jones; Maid Moosey; Esmeralda (Maid Moosey's parrot); Maid Moosey's vicious dog; angry bill-claiming mob; Butch (criminal); other unnamed criminal; little girl
- Synopsis
- Donald runs into way more trouble than he bargained for when he tries to locate the owner of a ten-dollar bill the nephews have found. Advertising to find the bill's rightful owner, he is besieged by a mob of phony claimants.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v6#3 (63) (December 1945)
-
- Keywords
- best of intentions; dogged persistence; getting-more-than-you-bargained-for; honesty; ten-dollar bill; valuable lesson
Goofy Jokes
Goofy Jokes / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Uncle Scrooge: Look! This cottage cheese has a splinter in it!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy; Uncle Scrooge
- Keywords
- jokes; riddles
Indexer Notes
Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
[Beggars Can't be Trainers]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Walsh
- Pencils
- Manuel Gonzales
- Inks
- Dick Moores
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Manuel Gonzales
- Editing
- Frank Reilly
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doggone it, Pluto… I know you hate tricks, but I don't want people to think I have a stupid dog!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Goofy; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Pluto
- Synopsis
- Mickey teaches Pluto to "sit up and beg"... and is sorry he did.
- Reprints
- in Almanacco Topolino (Mondadori, 1957 series) #112 (Aprile 1966) which is reprinted
- from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1957.07.07
-
- Keywords
- begging; dog training; embarrassment; newspaper strip reprint
Indexer Notes
On final interior page of the comic.
[Goofy Meets a Living "Doll"]
Goofy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Walsh
- Pencils
- Manuel Gonzales
- Inks
- Manuel Gonzales
- Letters
- Manuel Gonzales
- Editing
- Frank Reilly
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There… I got my Chris'mus list all worked out scientifick!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy; Mickey Mouse; department store customers; pretty salesgirl
- Synopsis
- Goofy goes Christmas shopping and is entranced by the toy department's pretty salesgirl.
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Weekly (Disney/Holding, 1959 series) #v2#51 (December 19, 1960) which is reprinted - From Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1958-12-21
-
- Keywords
- buyer beware; Christmas shopping; department store; newspaper strip reprint; toy department
Indexer Notes
Black and white on inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Yo-Yo Whoa!]
Donald Duck -
1.
FREE Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
Gold Key Comics; Walt Disney's Comics and Stories -
2.
King Mickey and the Knights of the Hound Table
The Walt Disney Theater -
3.
Daringly Different
Daisy Duck's Diary -
4.
False Flattery
Daisy Duck -
5.
Platinum Coins
On Money the Junior Coin Collector's Corner; Uncle Scrooge -
6.
[One Moose Band]
General Mills; Cheerios; Rocky and Bullwinkle -
7.
Ducky Date
Madam Mim -
8.
[Ten-Dollar Dither]
Donald Duck -
9.
Goofy Jokes
Goofy Jokes -
10.
[Beggars Can't be Trainers]
Mickey Mouse -
11.
[Goofy Meets a Living "Doll"]
Goofy -
12.
More Features! More Fun!
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- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Robert Copeman
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Darrel McCann
- Douglas Sederberg
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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