(August 1968)
Western,
1968 Series
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-07-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 92301-808
- Editing
- Del Connell ? (editor)
Issue Notes
Credits based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The Inca Mystery; The Sheepish Lion
Mickey Mouse / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Lambert the Sheepish Lion; Uncle Scrooge (cameo); Brer Rabbit (cameo); Daisy Duck (cameo); Scamp (cameo)
[Searching for Whales]
Moby Duck / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Moby Duck
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents
table of contents / 2 pages
- Characters
- Donald Duck (cameo); Mickey Mouse (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Table of Contents and indicia.
All at Sea
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Beagle Boys; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #31 (September-November 1960)
-
Earth's Treasure Chest
True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Huemer
- Pencils
- George Wheeler
- Inks
- George Wheeler
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The year is 1,000,000 B.C.
- Genre
- non-fiction; humor
- Synopsis
- The origin of the Petrified Forest National Monument in Arizona.
- Reprints
- from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1963
- Keywords
- Petrified Forest
Give and Take
Scamp / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Scamp; The Tramp; Lady; Jock; Old Trusty; Peg
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Scamp (Dell, 1958 series) #5 (March-April 1958) [different layout]
-
Indexer Notes
New layout, original pagecount 5.
Sports Puzzle
Morty and Ferdie / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Vic Lockman
- Inks
- Vic Lockman
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Morty; Ferdie
Lead Captain Hook to the Lost Treasure
Captain Hook / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Vic Lockman
- Inks
- Vic Lockman
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- Characters
- Captain Hook
Lambert the Sheepish Lion
comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Moores
- Inks
- Dick Moores
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Dick Moores
- Genre
- animal
- Characters
- Lambert the Sheepish Lion
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies (Dell, 1952 series) #2 ([September] 1953)
-
Mighty Mover
Super Goof / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Super Goof; Dr. Zerod; Professor Fyst
- Synopsis
- Two crooks trick Super Goof into moving a Central American Indian temple so they can search for gold at its base.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Central America; Indians; quicksand; temple
in Indexer Notes
New story. Two vertical panels per page.
The Frustrated Flyer
Jiminy Cricket / 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
- Jiminy Cricket; Tinker Bell; Madam Mim
- Synopsis
- Jiminy and Tinker Bell are caught in a rainstorm. Madam Mim captures Tinker Bell in order to get some of her pixie dust so she can fly.
- Reprints
-
in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #16/1973 (13. april 1973) [new layout] -
in Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #16/1973 (1973) [new layout]
-
- Keywords
- pixie dust; rainstorm
Hide and Seek
The Big Bad Wolf / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Vic Lockman
- Inks
- Vic Lockman
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Big Bad Wolf
- Reprints
Memory Tester
Clarabelle Cow / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Vic Lockman
- Inks
- Vic Lockman
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Clarabelle Cow; Horace Horsecollar
Swiss Family Robinson (Part 2)
Walt Disney Swiss Family Robinson / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- ? (movie adaptation)
- 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 ([January-March] 1961) [last 20 pages]
-
- Keywords
- movie adaptation
Indexer Notes
Part 2 of 2. pages 69-78 and 183-192. Part one was in Walt Disney Comics Digest #2.
The Bird Cage Trio
Daisy Duck's Diary / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; April; May; June; Huey (cameo); Dewey (cameo); Louie (cameo); Abominable Snowman
- Synopsis
- April, May, and June form a singing trio and are so successful they are invited to a command performance before Queen Roxanne of Ceramia. The girls' nervousness causes them to hit a note so high, it shatters the Queen's glass crown and they and Daisy have to find the hermit glass-blower who created it.
- Keywords
- glass-blowing; mountain climbing; singing
Indexer Notes
New story. Four horizontal panels per page.
Cornucopia
Brer Rabbit / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Brer Rabbit; Brer Bull; Brer 'Gator; Good Fairy
- Synopsis
- After performing a good deed for a Good Fairy, Brer Rabbit is given a cornucopia with an endless supply of food.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #24/1974 (11. juni 1974) [new layout, 2 panels removed]
-
- Keywords
- cornucopia; fairy
Indexer Notes
New story. Three panels per page.
[Horse and Seed]
Little Hiawatha / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier
- Characters
- Little Hiawatha; Sunflower
- Synopsis
- Little Hiawatha lassoes a wild horse and is dragged a ways before the rope breaks. Sunflower follows and plants seeds in the trench that Hiawatha made.
- Keywords
- horse; lasso; planting
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story. New story.
[The Button]
The Big Bad Wolf / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]
- Synopsis
- The Big Bad Wolf blows down the houses of straw and sticks, but when he inhales to blow down the house of bricks, the button on his pants strap breaks and he has to go home to fix it.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #27/2003 (30. juni 2003)
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (IDW, 2015 series) #732 (June 2016)
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Vault (IDW, 2018 series) #1 (August 2018)
-
- Keywords
- button
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story. New story.
Home Sweet Hole
Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Phil De Lara
- Inks
- Phil De Lara
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Chip; Dale; Brer Owl
- Synopsis
- Chip 'n' Dale have to move when a noisy woodpecker moves into their tree. They find a hollow tree, but once they gnaw an opening, a pushy owl takes over.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co julehefte (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1968 series) #1974 (Julen 1974) [edited]
-
- Keywords
- hollow tree; owl; woodpecker
Indexer Notes
New story. Two vertical panels per page.
The Inca Key Mystery
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- When a conquistador's diary is stolen from a museum, Mickey and Goofy are sent to Mount Mesa-Mucho in the Peruvian Andes to find the robber.
- Keywords
- Andes; conquistadors; diary; Incas; key; Peru; potatoes
Indexer Notes
New story.
Saga of the Seeds
True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Huemer
- Pencils
- George Wheeler
- Inks
- George Wheeler
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lightning! Fire!
- Genre
- non-fiction; humor
- Synopsis
- How Douglas Fir seeds revive a forest after a forest fire in the Pacific Northwest.
- Reprints
- from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1963
- Keywords
- Douglas Fir; forest; forest fire; Pacific Northwest
The Dalmatian
Pluto's Kennel Korner / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Vic Lockman
- Inks
- Vic Lockman
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Dalmatian has been a coach dog for many centuries.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Pluto (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The history and description of the Dalmatian breed of dogs.
- Keywords
- dalmatian
Ugly Duckling
comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One summer day long ago, a mother duck sat on her nest waiting for her five little eggs...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Ugly Duckling
- Synopsis
- An orphan egg is placed in a duck's nest and the hatchling that emerges looks quite different from the other ducklings.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies (Dell, 1952 series) #7 ([February] 1957)
-
A Swingin' Time
Mowgli / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; jungle; children
- Characters
- Mowgli; King Louie; Junior (elephant)
- Synopsis
- King Louie is jealous of Mowgli's success at swinging from vines high in the trees.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #16/1973 (13. april 1973) [2 panels removed, new layout] which is reprinted
- in Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #16/1973 (1973) [new layout, minus 2 panels]
-
- Keywords
- vines
Lady and the Enchanted Forest
Lady / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Del Connell
- Pencils
- Al Hubbard
- Inks
- Al Hubbard
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Lady; White Rabbit; Bambi; Dumbo; Flower; Wicked Witch; Bongo; Seven Dwarfs [Doc; Sneezy; Sleepy; Grumpy; Dopey; Bashful; Happy]
- Synopsis
- Lady finds her way into the Enchanted Forest, where she meets other Disney characters including the Wicked Witch, who is missing her broom.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp (Dell, 1955 series) #1 (June 1955)
-
Tree Stumped
Junior Woodchucks / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Junior Woodchucks [Huey; Dewey; Louie]; Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- While competing in a tree identification contest, Huey, Dewey, and Louie find a smuggler's rocket base, disguised as a tree.
- Keywords
- rocket; smugglers; trees
Indexer Notes
New story. Four horizontal panels per page.
The Fancy Fountain
TV Tickler / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy
- Synopsis
- After seeing a fancy fountain, Goofy rigs up one of his own with a hose and a car radiator.
- Keywords
- fountain; radiator
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
Dollar Trick
Uncle Scrooge / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Vic Lockman
- Inks
- Vic Lockman
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge
Run, Light Buck, Run
text story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Light Buck was a pronghorn antelope, and he was born to run.
- Genre
- animal; western-frontier
- Characters
- Light Buck (antelope); Prospector
- Synopsis
- The adventures and mis-adventures of a young antelope and an old prospector who befriends him.
- Keywords
- burro; deer; prospector
Indexer Notes
Text story with six illustrations.
[Scrubbing the Deck]
Moby Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Moby Duck; Porpy
- Synopsis
- In rough seas, Moby ties a brush to Porpy and lets him slide back and forth to scrub the deck.
- Keywords
- porpoise
Indexer Notes
Pantomime story.
Bug Breeze
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; humor
- Synopsis
- How caribou deal with swarms of mosquitoes.
- Reprints
- from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1964
- Keywords
- caribou; mosquitoes
Pablo, the Cold-blooded Penguin
Pablo, the Cold-Blooded Penguin / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pablo (penguin); Father Neptune
- Synopsis
- Pablo is too cold at the South Pole, so he makes a ice boat to take him to the Galapagos Islands.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies (Dell, 1952 series) #3 ([February] 1954)
-
- Keywords
- Antarctica; equator; Galapagos Islands; penguins
Indexer Notes
A adaptation of a sequence from the 1945 Walt Disney feature film "The Three Caballeros."
How to Draw Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse / activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Pick a Number and "Pick Your Future"
Mickey Mouse / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Game with players pantomiming various occupations.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Inca Mystery; The Sheepish Lion
Mickey Mouse -
1.
[Searching for Whales]
Moby Duck -
2.
Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents
-
3.
All at Sea
Uncle Scrooge -
4.
Earth's Treasure Chest
True Life Adventures -
5.
Give and Take
Scamp -
6.
Sports Puzzle
Morty and Ferdie -
7.
Lead Captain Hook to the Lost Treasure
Captain Hook -
8.
Lambert the Sheepish Lion
-
9.
Mighty Mover
Super Goof -
10.
The Frustrated Flyer
Jiminy Cricket -
11.
Hide and Seek
The Big Bad Wolf -
12.
Memory Tester
Clarabelle Cow -
13.
Swiss Family Robinson (Part 2)
Walt Disney Swiss Family Robinson -
14.
The Bird Cage Trio
Daisy Duck's Diary -
15.
Cornucopia
Brer Rabbit -
16.
[Horse and Seed]
Little Hiawatha -
17.
Duckbeard's Treasure
-
18.
[The Button]
The Big Bad Wolf -
19.
Home Sweet Hole
Chip 'n' Dale -
20.
The Inca Key Mystery
Mickey Mouse -
21.
Saga of the Seeds
True Life Adventures -
22.
The Dalmatian
Pluto's Kennel Korner -
23.
Ugly Duckling
-
24.
A Swingin' Time
Mowgli -
25.
Lady and the Enchanted Forest
Lady -
26.
Tree Stumped
Junior Woodchucks -
27.
The Fancy Fountain
TV Tickler -
28.
Dollar Trick
Uncle Scrooge -
29.
Run, Light Buck, Run
-
30.
[Scrubbing the Deck]
Moby Duck -
31.
Bug Breeze
True Life Adventures -
32.
Pablo, the Cold-blooded Penguin
Pablo, the Cold-Blooded Penguin -
33.
["My goodness--this was some book to put together!"]
-
34.
How to Draw Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse -
35.
Pick a Number and "Pick Your Future"
Mickey Mouse
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- Katie
- Alberto Becattini
- Steve Coates
- Jamie Cufr
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Darrel McCann
- Jim Van Dore
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