Walt Disney Chip 'n' Dale #79

([May 1983])

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Whitman Comics; Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Enchanted Forest (Table of Contents: 2)

Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Cliff Voorhees

Inks

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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Job Number

C 'N' D #79

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yoo-hoo! Uncle Chip! Uncle Dale!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Chip; Dale; Zip; Zap; Boyd Bird; leaping toad stool; evil trees; The Babbling Brook (grouchy water that speaks in rhyme); trampled grass

Synopsis

Nephews Zip ‘n’ Zap follow a leaping toadstool into “The Enchanted Forest”, a place where nature is bewitched. Chip ‘n’ Dale search for them.

Keywords

dangerous woods; dark enchantment; lost kids; nephews

Indexer Notes

This “Enchanted Forest” is an angry, Bizarro-type version of the Enchanted Forest so often seen in Harvey Comics.

Chipmunk Migration (Table of Contents: 3)

Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Cliff Voorhees

Inks

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

(Yawn-n!) How come birdies never get ho-hummy an’ bored?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Chip; Dale; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]; Big Bad Wolf; Boyd Bird; Mrs. Boyd Bird

Synopsis

To relive their boredom, Chip ‘n’ Dale take a lesson from the birds and migrate from one home to another. In so doing, they foil the Big Bad Wolf.

Keywords

birds; boredom; migration

Indexer Notes

Boyd Bird may or may not be intended as the same character from the previous story. He is colored brown here, and blue in the previous story, suggesting a sparrow and a bluebird respectively.

Counterfeit Conscience (Table of Contents: 4)

Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Cliff Voorhees

Inks

Tony DiPaola

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wake up!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Chip; Dale; Bobbie Bug; Jiminy Cricket; Big Bad Wolf; Brer Fox; Brer Bear; Boyd Bird; Betsy Bird (Mrs. Boyd Bird); Mr. Raccoon

Synopsis

Bobbie Bug takes over as “Official Conscience” (complete with badge) from Jiminy Cricket. He guilts all the forest creatures into feeding “needy” Brer Bear.

Keywords

conscience; guilt; scam

Indexer Notes

Boyd Bird and Betsy Bird (named here) would appear to be the same characters from the previous story, as they are both colored brown.

Instant Camping (Table of Contents: 5)

Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Lockman

Pencils

Kay Wright

Inks

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Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Huh? Never saw cube-shape nut before!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Chip; Dale; Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's Helper; Robber Crow; Mrs. Gopher

Synopsis

Gyro Gearloose’s instant camping inventions fail to work as planned, this time with some help from Chip 'n' Dale and Gyro's own Helper.

Keywords

camping; inventor

Indexer Notes

This is the third story from Western Publishing to be titled “Instant Camping”, all of which involve Gyro Gearloose. The others appear in Uncle Scrooge (1963 series) #57 May 1965, and Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks (1966 series) #36 January 1976. Vic Lockman may have written all three stories.

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Whitman Comics; Little Lulu / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Whitman Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)