(August 1970)
Western,
1968 Series
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, except March, May, September and December
- On-sale Date
- 1970-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company, Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Editing
- Chase Craig (editor); Del Connell (editor)
Issue Notes
Cover code: 92301-008
Keywords digest
Thumper Meets the Seven Dwarfs
The Seven Dwarfs; Thumper / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A Gold Key Classic
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thumper; The Seven Dwarfs [Doc; Sneezy; Sleepy; Grumpy; Dopey; Bashful; Happy], Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Zorro; Scamp; Mickey Mouse
- Synopsis
- Thumper meets the Seven Dwarfs, shakes Happy's hand.
- Keywords
- Disney character crossover
Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents
table of contents / 2 pages
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse (floating head); Donald Duck (floating head)
- Keywords
- contents; floating heads
Indexer Notes
Table of Contents and indicia.
Thumper Meets the Seven Dwarfs
The Seven Dwarfs; Thumper / comic story / 37 pages
- Script
- Carl Buettner
- Pencils
- Carl Buettner
- Inks
- Carl Buettner
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Carl Buettner
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- G' bye, Mom! Don't worry about me! I'll see you again soon!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thumper; The Seven Dwarfs [Doc; Sneezy; Sleepy; Grumpy; Dopey; Bashful; Happy]; Gustav (giant); Gustav's wife (giant); Klaus (giant canary)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Disney character crossover
Indexer Notes
Page 5-19 + 140-161
Wasteland Wanderers
True Life Adventures [Disney] / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Huemer
- Pencils
- George Wheeler
- Inks
- George Wheeler
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Unlike horses, camels have a poor sense of direction.
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal; nature; humor
- Reprints
- from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1963.00.00
- Keywords
- camels; newspaper strip reprint
Helpmates
Mickey and Minnie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow
Indexer Notes
Script credit confirmed from Bob Gregory's collection of payment request invoices from Western Publishing Company, Inc., invoice dated January 14, 1970.
The Heat Beaters
Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Chip; Dale
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Chip 'n' Dale (Dell, 1955 series) #14 (June-August 1958)
-
Peter Pan Treasure Trek
Peter Pan / activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vic Lockman
- Inks
- Vic Lockman
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Find the number of steps that Peter must take in order to reach the pirate gold!
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Peter Pan
The Armored Car Caper
Uncle Scrooge vs. the Big Bad Wolf / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Pete Alvarado
- Inks
- Steve Steere
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Bill Spicer
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It isn't often that anyone puts anything over on Scrooge... especially a net! But who did it? And how?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Big Bad Wolf [Zeke Wolf]; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]
- Synopsis
- Zeke Wolf hijacks one of Scrooge's armored cars to bust through the impregnable brick house of the pigs.
- Reprints
-
in Donald Ducks Show (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1957 series) #[29] - Store show 1976 ([september] 1976) [edited]
-
- Keywords
- armored car; best-laid-plans; disguise; Disney character crossover; forest setting; hijacking; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal
Birthday Boo-boo
Daisy Duck's Diary / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Moores
- Inks
- Dick Moores
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Dick Moores
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Clarabelle Cow; Clara Cluck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #659 - Walt Disney's Daisy Duck's Diary (November 1955) [new layout]
-
Indexer Notes
New layout, original pagecount 6.
The House Hunt
Scamp / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Scamp; Tramp; Lady; Scamp's siblings [Ruffy, Fluffy]
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #14/1975 (1. april 1975) [new layout]
-
Fun Director
Goofy [Disney Character] / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yuk! This'll keep thuh neighborhood kids outta mischief!
- Feature Logo
Goofy [Paul Murry Logo 1]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy; Morty; Ferdie; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Shorty McGuff; various police; tramps
- Synopsis
- Shorty McGuff, a diminutive bandit, uses Goofy's efforts as a children's "fun director" as a cover.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #899 - Walt Disney's Goofy (May 1958)
-
- Keywords
- bandit; disguise; hiding-out
Jiminy Cricket's Tricky Letter
Jiminy Cricket / activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vic Lockman
- Inks
- Vic Lockman
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The names of four musical instruments are hidden in Jiminy's letter! Can you find them all?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Jiminy Cricket
A New Adventure for Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed / comic story / 9 pages
- Characters
- Johnny Appleseed; Chip; Dale
- Reprints
The Monkey Trap
Mowgli / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; children; jungle
- Characters
- Mowgli; King Louie; Junior
Mickey's Car Game
Mickey Mouse / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie
The Pumpkin Plot
Brer Rabbit; Tinker Bell / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Pete Alvarado
- Inks
- Pete Alvarado
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mmm... Yummy!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Brer Rabbit; Tinker Bell; Brer Bear; Captain Hook; Doc Owl; Big Bad Wolf [Zeke Wolf]
- Keywords
- Disney character crossover; pumpkins
The Three Little Pigs Word Designs
Three Little Pigs / activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vic Lockman
- Inks
- Vic Lockman
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Unscramble the words and learn what the pigs are saying!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]
The Watchful Parent
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Donald is a member of the Duckburg Watchful Parents Club!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Donald Duck [Carl Barks Dell Comics Logo with rounded k]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; members of the Watchful Parents Club; natives of the Auca tribe
- Synopsis
- Members of the Duckburg Watchful Parents Club urge Donald to "keep an eye on [his nephews'] safety" while in South America on business for Uncle Scrooge. In Ecuador, the boys fall over a cliff after trying to rescue Donald, who had already climbed partly down the cliff and losing his footing. This results with them all falling down into the river below. Later they find a rubber raft and then spend their time trying to get back to civilization and safety. But, through all this, "who has kept an eye on who"?
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v19#12 (228) (September 1959)
-
- Keywords
- carelessness; crocodiles; Ecuador; exaggerating one’s importance; jungle setting; natives; series of mishaps; South America; title or logo modification; Watchful Parents Club
Indexer Notes
The title, "The Watchful Parent" was given to this story by Western Publishing for its first American reprint in this issue and would qualify as its "official title" originating, as it does, with Western's editorial processes.
Magic Square
Mad Madam Mim / activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vic Lockman
- Inks
- Vic Lockman
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Vic Lockman
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fill in the correct missing letters and the words will be the same across and down!
- Characters
- Madam Mim; mouse
- Keywords
- crossword puzzle
Diego's Dilemma
Zorro / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Zorro; Tornado; Bernardo; Sergeant Garcia; Senor Morales
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Zorro (Dell, 1959 series) #13 (March-May 1961)
-
Heap Big Hero
Little Hiawatha / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Pete Alvarado
- Inks
- Steve Steere
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Bill Spicer
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In Hiawatha's family, everybody does their thing...
- Genre
- humor; children; western-frontier
- Characters
- Little Hiawatha; Sunflower; Big Chief; Storm Cloud; Hiawatha's mother
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #48/1974 (26. november 1974) [new layout]
-
Donald's Train Game
Donald Duck / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Thumper Meets the Seven Dwarfs
The Seven Dwarfs; Thumper -
1.
Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents
-
2.
Thumper Meets the Seven Dwarfs
The Seven Dwarfs; Thumper -
3.
Wasteland Wanderers
True Life Adventures [Disney] -
4.
Helpmates
Mickey and Minnie -
5.
The Heat Beaters
Chip 'n' Dale -
6.
Peter Pan Treasure Trek
Peter Pan -
7.
The Armored Car Caper
Uncle Scrooge vs. the Big Bad Wolf -
8.
Injun Ingenuites
-
9.
Birthday Boo-boo
Daisy Duck's Diary -
10.
Shetland Sheep Dog
Pluto's Kennel Korner -
11.
The House Hunt
Scamp -
12.
Fun Director
Goofy [Disney Character] -
13.
Jiminy Cricket's Tricky Letter
Jiminy Cricket -
14.
A New Adventure for Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed -
15.
The Magic of Make-up
Minnie Mouse in Hollywood -
16.
The Monkey Trap
Mowgli -
17.
Mickey's Car Game
Mickey Mouse -
18.
The Pumpkin Plot
Brer Rabbit; Tinker Bell -
19.
The Three Little Pigs Word Designs
Three Little Pigs -
20.
The Great Camel Corps
-
21.
The Watchful Parent
Donald Duck -
22.
Magic Square
Mad Madam Mim -
23.
Diego's Dilemma
Zorro -
24.
Heap Big Hero
Little Hiawatha -
25.
Donald's Train Game
Donald Duck
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