(September 1966)

Western, 1962 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1966-07-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
Tom McKimson (art director); Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig ? (story editor); Del Connell ? (story editor)

Issue Notes

Cover code: 10037-609. On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Og's Iron Bed (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Larry Mayer
Inks
Larry Mayer
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Gyro Gearloose; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Reprints

Do You Need Extra Money? (Table of Contents: 1)

Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It costs you nothing to try
Keywords
Christmas cards; sales; stationery

Indexer Notes

Ad for selling Christmas cards and stationery for the Cheerful Card Company. Color ad on inside front cover.

Og's Iron Bed (Table of Contents: 2)

Donald Duck / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We’re passing Emil at the rate of a decade per second…
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Emil Eagle (villain); Gyro Gearloose; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; auctioneer; King Og of Bashan; King Og's servant; blacksmiths; citizens of Bashan; King Og's guards; enemy soldiers
Synopsis
Gyro Gearloose, Donald and his nephews travel back in time to photograph a king's iron bed and verify its authenticity.
Reprints
Keywords
auction; battle; camera; catapult; inventors; iron bedstead; king; pomegranates; time travel

Indexer Notes

Second appearance of Emil Eagle. First was in Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 Series) #63 May, 1966. There are three references to the year 1966 that are omitted or altered in subsequent reprints.

[Barbecue] (Table of Contents: 3)

Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop; ?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis
Donald buys fencing equipment for barbecue use.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pantomime strip. Appears after page 15 of the previous sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Huey, Dewey and Louie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
Letters
Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh! It's raining outside!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis
Popcorn to last all summer.
Reprints
Keywords
popcorn

Indexer Notes

Appears immediately after the previous sequence.

Out-Foxing the Wolf (Table of Contents: 5)

The Big Bad Wolf / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Larry Mayer
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Big Bad Wolf; Li'l Bad Wolf; Brer Bear; The Three Little Pigs; Bruno (cousin of Brer Bear)
Synopsis
Li'l Bad Wolf and Brer Bear try to scare the Big Bad Wolf off of catching the pigs, to no avail.
Keywords
bears; pigs; scare tactics; wolves

Magic-Mender (Table of Contents: 6)

Goofy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
Letters
Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You really fixed our air conditioner… Brrr!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Goofy; Clarabelle Cow; The Wicked Witch
Synopsis
Goofy as a plumber improves his career with the black-winged witch's magic wand that he found.
Reprints
Keywords
best of intentions; magic wand

Skate-Bored (Table of Contents: 7)

Donald Duck / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Milton Gray
Pencils
Bob Gregory
Inks
Steve Steere
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
Letters
Rome Siemon

First Line of Dialogue or Text
WAK!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; motorcycle cop; various citizens of Duckburg
Synopsis
Donald accidentally becomes glued to his nephews' skateboard.
Reprints
Keywords
skateboard; wreaking havoc

Indexer Notes

Bob Gregory's collection of payment remittance invoices from Western Printing & Lithography Co., contain an invoice dated March 10, 1966 for pencil art for this story.

Famous Name Prizes or Cash...The Easy Olympic Way (Table of Contents: 8)

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Keywords
Christmas cards; prizes; sales

Indexer Notes

Ad for Olympic Sales Club, Inc., offering prizes or money for the sales of personalized Christmas cards.

Boys, Girls, Men, Women (Table of Contents: 9)

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you need extra money & you know just 10 people…
Keywords
Christmas cards; sales

Indexer Notes

Ad for selling Christmas cards for Wallace Brown, Inc. Color ad on inside back cover.

200 pc. set World War II Soldiers only $1.98 (Table of Contents: 10)

200 World War II Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
2 Armies The Americans The Germans
Keywords
mail order marketing; toy soldiers

Indexer Notes

Ad for 200 plastic World War II toy soldiers from Lucky Products, Inc. Americans in "olive green", Germans in "field grey". Color ad on back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Og's Iron Bed
    Donald Duck
  2. 1. Do You Need Extra Money?
    Cheerful Card / Cheerful House Cards and Stationery
  3. 2. Og's Iron Bed
    Donald Duck
  4. 3. [Barbecue]
    Donald Duck
  5. 4. ["Gosh! It's raining outside!"]
    Huey, Dewey and Louie
  6. 5. Out-Foxing the Wolf
    The Big Bad Wolf
  7. 6. Magic-Mender
    Goofy
  8. 7. Skate-Bored
    Donald Duck
  9. 8. Famous Name Prizes or Cash...The Easy Olympic Way
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  10. 9. Boys, Girls, Men, Women
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  11. 10. 200 pc. set World War II Soldiers only $1.98
    200 World War II Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Robert Copeman
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Joe Torcivia
  • Jim Van Dore