Walt Disney Comics Digest #2

(July 1968)

D for Dumbo (Table of Contents)

Dumbo / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Letters:

Typeset

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)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Characters:

Mickey Mouse (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Table of Contents and indicia.

Island in the Sky (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script:

Carl Barks

Pencils:

Carl Barks

Inks:

Carl Barks

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

Garé Barks

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie

Reprints:

• from Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #29 (March-May 1960)

The Paste-Up Job (Table of Contents)

Super Goof / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Murry

Inks:

Paul Murry

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

Paul Murry

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

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 (Table of Contents)

True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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 (Table of Contents)

Little Hiawatha / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ken Champin ?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Little Hiawatha; Little Sunflower; Chief

Indexer Notes

Game; reprint

Morris, The Midget Moose (Table of Contents)

Morris, The Midget Moose / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Hubbard

Inks:

Al Hubbard

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

Reprints:

• from Silly Symphonies (Dell, 1952 series) #4 ([August] 1954)

Up a Tree (Table of Contents)

Scamp / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Hubbard

Inks:

Al Hubbard

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

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 Scamp (Dell, 1958 series) #7 (September-November 1958) [different layout]

Keywords:

trees

The Flying Ram (Table of Contents)

The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Phil de Lara

Inks:

Phil de Lara

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

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 (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vic Lockman

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Mickey Mouse

Indexer Notes

Crossword puzzle

["Jiminy Cricket drew the heads"] (Table of Contents)

Jiminy Cricket / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vic Lockman

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] (Table of Contents)

Babes in Toyland / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Ushler

Inks:

John Ushler

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

adventure

Reprints:

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1282 - Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland (January 1962) [layout changed]

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #1 (June 1968).

The Shell Game (Table of Contents)

Brer Rabbit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pete Alvarado

Inks:

?

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

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] (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tony Strobl

Inks:

?

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals; sports

Characters:

Donald Duck

Synopsis:

Donald wins a hurdle race when the other competitors fall.

Keywords:

hurdles; race

Indexer Notes

Pantomime story.

["The Seven Dwarfs have found 3 metals..."] (Table of Contents)

Seven Dwarfs / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vic Lockman

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Seven Dwarfs

Indexer Notes

Game

Ludwig Von Drake's Dilemma (Table of Contents)

Ludwig Von Drake / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vic Lockman

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Ludwig Von Drake

Reprints:

• in Donald Ducks Show (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1957 series) #[22] - Sommershow 1973 (uke 24 1973)

Indexer Notes

Number puzzle.

[Hiding Bone in Hollow Tree] (Table of Contents)

Pluto / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pete Alvarado

Inks:

?

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

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 (Table of Contents)

Junior Woodchucks / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Carey

Inks:

John Carey

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

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 (Table of Contents)

Dumbo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pete Alvarado

Inks:

?

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

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 Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #9/1973 (27. februar 1973) [new layout]

Mystery Message (Table of Contents)

True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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 (Table of Contents)

Casey Jr. / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vic Lockman

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 (Table of Contents)

Walt Disney Swiss Family Robinson / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Ushler

Inks:

John Ushler

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

Genre:

historical

Reprints:

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1156 - Walt Disney Swiss Family Robinson (December 1960) [first 12 pages]

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 2.

[A Little Green Duck Named Envy] (Table of Contents)

Daisy Duck / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pete Alvarado

Inks:

?

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

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 (Table of Contents)

Animal Autobiographies / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents)

Goofy / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vic Lockman

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Goofy

Indexer Notes

Game

[Belly Bump] (Table of Contents)

Mowgli and Baloo TV Tickler / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Mowgli; Baloo

Synopsis:

Mowgli bounces off Baloo's stomach and flies across a ravine.

Indexer Notes

Pantomime story.

Greta, The Misfit Greyhound (Table of Contents)

text story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Spiegle

Inks:

Dan Spiegle

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

typeset

The Thinkers (Table of Contents)

Morty and Ferdie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vic Lockman

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Morty; Ferdie

Indexer Notes

Game

["The six characters listed below..."] (Table of Contents)

Pinocchio / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vic Lockman

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Pinocchio

Indexer Notes

Game

Future Feasts (Table of Contents)

True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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] (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harvey Eisenberg

Inks:

Harvey Eisenberg

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

?

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

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).

["Pluto's bone has been stolen!"] (Table of Contents)

Pluto / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vic Lockman

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Pluto

Reprints:

• in Donald Ducks Show (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1957 series) #[22] - Sommershow 1973 (uke 24 1973)

Indexer Notes

Dot-to-dot game.

["Help the Prince return the slipper to Cinderella"] (Table of Contents)

Cinderella / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vic Lockman

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Cinderella; Prince; Lady Tremaine; Anastasia; Drizella

Indexer Notes

Game

What's New at the Zoo? (Table of Contents)

Goofy / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Letters:

Vic Lockman

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Goofy

Indexer Notes

Game; in black and white on inside back cover.

Help Huey Find His Dog! (Table of Contents)

Huey / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Vic Lockman

Pencils:

Vic Lockman

Inks:

Vic Lockman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vic Lockman

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Huey

Indexer Notes

Game; on back cover.