(July 1968)
Western,
1968 Series
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-06-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company, Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 92301-807
- Editing
- Del Connell ? (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Island in the Sky
Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Morris the Midget Moose; Mickey Mouse (cameo)
D for Dumbo
Dumbo / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dumbo
Indexer Notes
Game; in black and white on inside front cover.
Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents
table of contents / 2 pages
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Table of Contents and indicia.
Island in the Sky
Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #29 (March-May 1960)
-
The Paste-Up Job
Super Goof [Disney] / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Super Goof; Gilbert
- Synopsis
- Two crooks fool Super Goof into kidnapping P.J. Greenback, the philanthropist.
- Keywords
- kidnapping; ransom; wanted poster
Indexer Notes
Two vertical panels per page.
Ocean Illusion
True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Huemer
- Pencils
- George Wheeler
- Inks
- George Wheeler
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1964.00.00
Tales of Little Hiawatha
Little Hiawatha / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier
- Characters
- Little Hiawatha; Little Sunflower; Chief
Indexer Notes
Game; reprint
Morris, The Midget Moose
Morris, The Midget Moose / comic story / 14 pages
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies (Dell, 1952 series) #4 ([August] 1954)
-
Up a Tree
Scamp / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Scamp; Tramp; Lester Owl
- Synopsis
- Just to prove it can be done, Scamp learns to climb trees. He climbs a tree to escape a big bulldog, but finds he can't get down.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Scamp (Dell, 1958 series) #7 (September-November 1958) [different layout]
-
- Keywords
- trees
The Flying Ram
The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Three Pigs; Big Bad Wolf
- Synopsis
- The Big Bad Wolf rigs up a lumber sluice to shoot a sharpened log through the roof of the pigs' house.
- Keywords
- inventions; logs; lumber sluice
Fishing for the Answer
Mickey Mouse / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse
Indexer Notes
Crossword puzzle
[no title indexed]
Jiminy Cricket / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jiminy Cricket drew the heads
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Jiminy Cricket
- Reprints
-
in Donald Ducks Show (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1957 series) #[22] - Sommershow 1973 (uke 24 1973) [edited]
-
Indexer Notes
Game
Babes in Toyland [Part 2]
Babes in Toyland / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1282 - Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland ([February-April] 1962) [layout changed]
-
Indexer Notes
Story continued from Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #1 (June 1968).
The Shell Game
Brer Rabbit / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Brer Rabbit; Brer Tarrypin; Brer Weasel; Brer Bear
- Synopsis
- Brer Weasel is writing coded messages to his youngsters on the back of Brer Tarrypin's shell.
- Keywords
- code
[Hurdle Race Winner]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; sports; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald wins a hurdle race when the other competitors fall.
- Keywords
- hurdles; race
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
[no title indexed]
Seven Dwarfs / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Seven Dwarfs have found 3 metals...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Seven Dwarfs
Indexer Notes
Game
Ludwig Von Drake's Dilemma
Ludwig Von Drake / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Ludwig Von Drake
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Number puzzle.
[Hiding Bone in Hollow Tree]
Pluto / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pluto
- Synopsis
- Pluto hides a bone in a hollow tree, but a tree surgeon fills in the hole.
- Keywords
- bone; hollow tree
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
Ducking Out
Junior Woodchucks / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Junior Woodchucks [Huey; Dewey; Louie]
- Synopsis
- The Woodchucks must try to foil a scheme involving a hawk and counterfeit prison keys.
- Keywords
- carrier pigeon; hawk; keys; prison
Indexer Notes
Art credit from Karl Wilcox, February 2008.
The Fabulous Flying Feather
Dumbo / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Phil De Lara
- Inks
- Phil De Lara
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dumbo; Timothy; Toby Tortoise; Brer Fox
- Synopsis
- Brer Fox sells Toby a "magic feather" that will let him fly. After Dumbo and Timothy save Toby after he jumps off a cliff, they find Brer Fox and force him to admit the feather is a fake.
- Keywords
- flying
Indexer Notes
Two vertical panels per page.
A Nutty Night
Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Chip; Dale; Brer Bear
- Synopsis
- Tired of being bothered by Brer Bear at night, Chip and Dale move to the city, only to find that there are disadvantages there, too.
- Reprints
-
in Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #9/1973 (26. februar 1973) - in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #9/1973 (27. februar 1973) [new layout]
-
Mystery Message
True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Huemer
- Pencils
- George Wheeler
- Inks
- George Wheeler
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1965.00.00
Casey Jr.'s Trainload of Facts
Casey Jr. / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Casey Jr.
- Synopsis
- A listing of short facts in a series of puffs of smoke from Casey Jr.'s smokestack.
Swiss Family Robinson
Walt Disney Swiss Family Robinson / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- historical
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1156 - Walt Disney Swiss Family Robinson ([January-March] 1961) [first 12 pages]
-
Indexer Notes
Part 1 of 2.
[A Little Green Duck Named Envy]
Daisy Duck / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; Clarabelle Cow; Eva Egret; Black Pete
- Synopsis
- Daisy and Clarabelle find the secret to Eva Egret's beauty is a beauty ranch. They can't afford the rates, but happen upon a cut-rate fake version set up by Black Pete as a hide-out.
- Keywords
- beauty; ranch
Indexer Notes
Mostly four horizontal panels per page.
The Arabian Camel
Animal Autobiographies / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jesse Marsh
- Inks
- Jesse Marsh
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Jesse Marsh
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #727 - Walt Disney's The Nature of Things (September 1956)
-
Professor Goofy's Quiz
Goofy / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy
Indexer Notes
Game
[Belly Bump]
Mowgli and Baloo TV Tickler / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mowgli; Baloo
- Synopsis
- Mowgli bounces off Baloo's stomach and flies across a ravine.
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
The Thinkers
Morty and Ferdie [nephews of Mickey Mouse] / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Morty; Ferdie
Indexer Notes
Game
[no title indexed]
Pinocchio / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The six characters listed below...
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Pinocchio
Indexer Notes
Game
Future Feasts
True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Huemer
- Pencils
- George Wheeler
- Inks
- George Wheeler
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1965.00.00
Mickey and the Beanstalk [Part 2]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Inks
- Harvey Eisenberg
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #157 - Mickey Mouse and the Beanstalk (July 1947) [last 19 pages]
-
Indexer Notes
Story is continued from Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #1 (June 1968).
[no title indexed]
Pluto / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pluto's bone has been stolen!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pluto
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Dot-to-dot game.
[no title indexed]
Cinderella / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Help the Prince return the slipper to Cinderella
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Cinderella; Prince; Lady Tremaine; Anastasia; Drizella
Indexer Notes
Game
What's New at the Zoo?
Goofy / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy
Indexer Notes
Game; in black and white on inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Island in the Sky
Uncle Scrooge -
1.
D for Dumbo
Dumbo -
2.
Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents
-
3.
Island in the Sky
Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge -
4.
The Paste-Up Job
Super Goof [Disney] -
5.
Ocean Illusion
True Life Adventures -
6.
Tales of Little Hiawatha
Little Hiawatha -
7.
Morris, The Midget Moose
Morris, The Midget Moose -
8.
Up a Tree
Scamp -
9.
The Flying Ram
The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf -
10.
Fishing for the Answer
Mickey Mouse -
11.
["Jiminy Cricket drew the heads"]
Jiminy Cricket -
12.
Babes in Toyland [Part 2]
Babes in Toyland -
13.
The Shell Game
Brer Rabbit -
14.
[Hurdle Race Winner]
Donald Duck -
15.
["The Seven Dwarfs have found 3 metals..."]
Seven Dwarfs -
16.
Ludwig Von Drake's Dilemma
Ludwig Von Drake -
17.
[Hiding Bone in Hollow Tree]
Pluto -
18.
Ducking Out
Junior Woodchucks -
19.
The Fabulous Flying Feather
Dumbo -
20.
A Nutty Night
Chip 'n' Dale -
21.
Mystery Message
True Life Adventures -
22.
Casey Jr.'s Trainload of Facts
Casey Jr. -
23.
Swiss Family Robinson
Walt Disney Swiss Family Robinson -
24.
[A Little Green Duck Named Envy]
Daisy Duck -
25.
The Arabian Camel
Animal Autobiographies -
26.
Professor Goofy's Quiz
Goofy -
27.
[Belly Bump]
Mowgli and Baloo TV Tickler -
28.
Greta, The Misfit Greyhound
-
29.
The Thinkers
Morty and Ferdie [nephews of Mickey Mouse] -
30.
["The six characters listed below..."]
Pinocchio -
31.
Future Feasts
True Life Adventures -
32.
Mickey and the Beanstalk [Part 2]
Mickey Mouse -
33.
["Pluto's bone has been stolen!"]
Pluto -
34.
["Help the Prince return the slipper to Cinderella"]
Cinderella -
35.
What's New at the Zoo?
Goofy -
36.
Help Huey Find His Dog!
Huey
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