(May 1969)
Western,
1968 Series
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-04-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 92301-905
- Editing
- Del Connell ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Mystery of the Loch
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Larry Mayer
- Inks
- Larry Mayer
- Colors
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
The Golden Comics Digest
Golden Comics Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Promo for "The Golden Comics Digest." (Same promo as inside front cover of Walt Disney Comics Digest #10.)
Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents
table of contents / 2 pages
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Table of Contents and indicia.
Mystery of the Loch
Donald Duck / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#9 (237) (June 1960) [new layout]
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 3-15 of the digest. Story was expanded from the ten-page original to 13 pages by trimming and partially redrawing panels so the pages could be three panels deep instead of the original four. The eighth panel on the third page of the original story was deleted from this reprint.
Pixie Dust Robbery
Jiminy Cricket; Tinker Bell / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Jiminy Cricket; Tinker Bell; Captain Hook
- Reprints
-
in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #52/1973 (22. desember 1973) [New layout, 2 panels removed]
-
Water Sports
True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Huemer
- Pencils
- George Wheeler
- Inks
- George Wheeler
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- George Wheeler
- Reprints
- from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1963.00.00
Super-Sensitive Nose
Li'l Bad Wolf / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v13#5 (149) (February 1953)
-
The Runaround Rainmaker
Little Hiawatha / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier
- Characters
- Big Chief; Little Hiawatha; Sunflower
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Summer Fun (Dell, 1958 series) #1 (August 1958)
-
Johnny Appleseed
comic story / 10 pages
- Characters
- Johnny Appleseed
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies (Dell, 1952 series) #6 ([August] 1956)
-
Underdog Dilemma
Scamp / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Scamp; Tramp
Using Their Noodles
Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Chip 'n' Dale; Gyro Gearloose
- Reprints
- in Donald Ducks Show (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1957 series) #[24] - Sommershow 1974 (uke 24 1974) [edited]
-
Clipper Ship Caper
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (Dell, 1952 series) #77 (April-May 1961)
-
A Case of Sneezes
Madam Mim / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Madam Mim; The Seven Dwarfs [Sneezy]
The Fright Flight
Daisy Duck's Diary / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Kay Wright
- Inks
- Steve Steere
- Colors
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #19/1974 (7. mai 1974) [new layout, 1 panel removed]
-
Cinderella, Part 3
Cinderella / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Chase Craig
- Pencils
- Dan Gormley
- Inks
- Dan Gormley
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #272 - Walt Disney's Cinderella (April 1950) [part 2]
-
Indexer Notes
pages 89-99 + 150-162. Continued from Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #10.
In the Buying Mood
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 10 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) #6 (June-August 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 98-107 of the digest. This is a re-make of the Barney Bear and Benny Burro story in Our Gang (Dell, 1942 series) #35.
The Mooncussers, Part 1
The Mooncussers / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan Spiegle
- Inks
- Dan Spiegle
- Colors
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters
- ?
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's World of Adventure (Western, 1963 series) #1 (April 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 1 of 2.
Buck-a-roo Quiz
Buck Duck / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Pete Alvarado
- Inks
- Mike Royer?
- Colors
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters
- Mike Royer?
- Characters
- Buck Duck; Calamity
Pancho, Dog of the Plains
Pancho / text story / 5 pages
Indexer Notes
Based on a sequence from the "Wonderful World of Color" television show.
[Flower Hat]
Minnie Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Kay Wright
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Minnie Mouse
- Reprints
Bailed Buddies
Brer Rabbit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Pete Alvarado
- Inks
- Vic Lockman
- Colors
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Brer Rabbit; Brer Fox; Brer Bear
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Picnic Party (Dell, 1955 series) #8 ([July] 1957)
-
- Keywords
- folk tales
Mixed-up Monkey
True Life Adventures / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Huemer
- Pencils
- George Wheeler
- Inks
- George Wheeler
- Colors
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters
- George Wheeler
- Reprints
- from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1965.00.00
The Flip-Flop-Flyer
Bongo / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank McSavage
- Inks
- Frank McSavage
- Colors
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters
- Frank McSavage
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bongo
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #886 - Walt Disney's Bongo and Lumpjaw (March 1958)
-
The Inventors' Contest
Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Gyro's Helper; Black Pete; Gyro Gearloose
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #28 (December 1959-February 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Pages 143-146 of the digest.
Picture Word Rhyme
Bucky Bug / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Pete Alvarado
- Inks
- Larry Mayer
- Colors
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters
- Larry Mayer
- Characters
- Bucky Bug; June Bug
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Mystery of the Loch
Donald Duck -
1.
The Golden Comics Digest
Golden Comics Digest -
2.
Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents
-
3.
Mystery of the Loch
Donald Duck -
4.
Pixie Dust Robbery
Jiminy Cricket; Tinker Bell -
5.
Water Sports
True Life Adventures -
6.
Super-Sensitive Nose
Li'l Bad Wolf -
7.
Baffling Bats
Mowgli -
8.
The Runaround Rainmaker
Little Hiawatha -
9.
Johnny Appleseed
-
10.
Underdog Dilemma
Scamp -
11.
Using Their Noodles
Chip 'n' Dale -
12.
Clipper Ship Caper
Mickey Mouse -
13.
B-puzzle
Beagle Boys -
14.
A Case of Sneezes
Madam Mim -
15.
The Fright Flight
Daisy Duck's Diary -
16.
Doberman Pinscher
Pluto's Kennel Korner -
17.
Cinderella, Part 3
Cinderella -
18.
In the Buying Mood
Uncle Scrooge -
19.
The Mooncussers, Part 1
The Mooncussers -
20.
Buck-a-roo Quiz
Buck Duck -
21.
Pancho, Dog of the Plains
Pancho -
22.
[Flower Hat]
Minnie Mouse -
23.
Bailed Buddies
Brer Rabbit -
24.
Mixed-up Monkey
True Life Adventures -
25.
The Flip-Flop-Flyer
Bongo -
26.
The Inventors' Contest
Gyro Gearloose -
27.
Picture Word Rhyme
Bucky Bug -
28.
["Hey Kids!"]
Walt Disney Comics Digest -
29.
A Sunday Drive to Watertap Falls
Mighty Matchbox
This issue was modified by, among others
- Alberto Becattini
- Steve Coates
- Jamie Cufr
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Clint Maxwell
- Darrel McCann
- Mark Rudnitski (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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