Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
#v2#12 (24)
(September 1942)
Dell,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-08-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb ? (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.
[Indian Nephews]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald is tied to a tree while his nephews steal a cake.
The Great Detective
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- After being chased by a watchdog, Donald ruins two lovers' escape, mistaking them for burglars.
- Reprints
- From Silly Symphony Sunday strips 1940-07-14
[Subway Get-a way]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald buys a bag of subway tokens to be prepared for air raids.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-03-02
[Pram Car]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald disguises his car as a pram to avoid that it is confiscated for the war effort.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-02-25
[Prepared for the Worse!]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald steals a Civil War gun from a memorial for protection
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-02-26
[Doughnut Tires]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald makes tires from Daisy's doughnut recipe.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-04-24
Indexer Notes
Missing first frame.
[Duster Tires]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald uses blackboard dusters on belts as a substitution for car tires.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-04-25
[Among the Souvenirs]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald finds a love letter from Romeo to Daisy in Daisy's attic, but he fails to remember that it was originally from him using a pet name.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-04-29
Any Bombs Today?
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- Goofy builds a mini-bomb shelter, but doesn't have a bomb top keep in it.
- Reprints
- From Mickey Sunday strips 1942-04-05
The Object Lesson
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Merrill De Maris
- Pencils
- Manuel Gonzales
- Inks
- Bill Wright (?); Ted Thwaites (?)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse, Morty; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Morty and Ferdie attempt to steal bread and jam from Minnie's kitchen.
- Reprints
- From Mickey Sunday strips 1941-01-05
Pluto Hunts Big Game
Pluto / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Pluto; Horace Horsecollar
- Synopsis
- Pluto tries out his big game hunting skills for Horace Horsecollar and successfully retrieves a cow.
- Reprints
-
in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #268 - Walt Disney presents Mickey Mouse's Surprise Visitor (March 1950) which is reprinted -
in Cuentos de Walt Disney (Editorial Novaro, 1949 series) #9 (1 de junio de 1950) -
in Walt Disney's serier (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1950 series) #[4/1953] ([juli] 1953) which is reprinted - in Donald Duck & Co Ekstra [Bilag til Donald Duck & Co] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1985 series) #1/1994 ([januar] 1994)
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[8] - 1953 del II (2000)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #11/1956 (oktober 1956) [2. translation] which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #11/1956 (oktober 1956) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[19] - 1956 del 4 ([mars] 2003)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2014 series) #[4] - En god, gammeldags høst ([august] 2016)
-
in Donald and Mickey (IPC, 1972 series) #135 (12 October 1974) - From Silly Symphony Sunday strips 1940-10-13
-
The Conquerer
Pluto / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Pluto
- Synopsis
- After being chased and attacked by everything he encounters, Pluto takes his anger out on a stuffed teddy bear.
- Reprints
- From Silly Symphony Sunday strips 1940-11-03
Hollywood Chatter
Minnie Mouse / text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Minnie Mouse; Jose Carioca; Donald Duck
Sabotage
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- When hiding Donald's car tires during an air raid alert, Dewey puts one tire in the oven.
- Reprints
- From Donald Sunday strips 1942-05-24
[Souvenir Towels]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- When checking out, Donald is caught stealing towels from a hotel.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-03-29
[Wet Paint on Stairs]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Hortense
- Synopsis
- Hortense walks on wet paint when climbing stairs that Donald has just painted.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-03-18
[It's in the Bag]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- While attempting to race his nephews in a sack race, Donald jumps into a sack containing potatoes.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-03-28
[Rope Fire Escape]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald substitutes a fire escape with ropes to get iron for the war effort.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-04-11
[Farmer Daisy]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
- Synopsis
- Daisy's civil-defence "uniform" is farming clothes.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-03-13
[Donald Grows Up!]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald sits on back of a flamingo because he is too short for military service.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-04-10
[Sandy Protection]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald stores sand dunes in his house in case of fire bombs.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-03-11
Indexer Notes
Two frames missing.
[Blackout]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald steps in a bucket, falls into wet paint and gets tangled in a clothes-line during a blackout.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-05-09
[The Soldiers' Friend]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Recruits do not hear reveille because Donald sells hearing-aids to them.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-03-24
[The Big Fall]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- After dreaming of falling out of a plane, Donald wakes up on the floor of a carriage, where he has actually fallen out of his bunk on a train.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-07-24
[Homing Pigeon a-la-carte]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- A cat eats Donald's homing pigeon.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-03-20
[Donald Finds Out]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald's curiosity gets the best of him when he looks under a rail bridge.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-07-23
Just Checking Up
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- Goofy works as a "G-man" without the government knowing about it
- Reprints
- From Mickey Sunday strips 1941-02-02
Indexer Notes
Part 3. Original Title: Goofy "tests" Fire Department.
Goofy Invents...
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- Goofy works as a "G-man" without the government knowing about it.
- Reprints
- From Mickey Sunday strips 1941-01-19
Indexer Notes
Part 1. Original Title: Secret Invention.
[Garage on Wheels]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- After Donald's car becomes stuck in his garage, he adds wheels to his garage to transport his car to the repair shop.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-07-20
[Sailing Wheelbarrow]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald adds a sail to his wheelbarrow for gardening.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-07-16
[Oh-Oh!!]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald throws his alarm clock out of his window setting off the fire alarm in the street.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-07-17
Donald Gets Stuck
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- After Donald demonstrates to his nephews using various items around the neighbours as an obstacle course, he gets his head stuck in a pipe.
- Reprints
- From Silly Symphony Sunday strips 1940-10-06
Presto--Chango!
Mickey Mouse / text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie
- Synopsis
- Morty and Ferdie go to see a magician, although Mickey forbids it.
- Keywords
- rebus; stage magician
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. Re-Used Art.
An Education for Thursday
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Minnie Mouse; Pluto; Goofy; Clarabelle Cow
- Reprints
- in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #268 - Walt Disney presents Mickey Mouse's Surprise Visitor (March 1950) which is reprinted
- in Cuentos de Walt Disney (Editorial Novaro, 1949 series) #9 (1 de junio de 1950)
- in Walt Disney's serier (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1950 series) #[4/1953] ([juli] 1953) [16 pages removed] which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co Ekstra [Bilag til Donald Duck & Co] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1985 series) #1/1994 ([januar] 1994)
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[8] - 1953 del II (2000)
- in Hall of Fame (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2004 series) #[17] - Floyd Gottfredson ([mars] 2007)
- From Mickey Daily strips 1940-01-15 to 1940-04-20
-
Indexer Notes
Part 3 of 3.
Any Bombs Today?
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Synopsis
- Goofy works as a "G-man" without the government knowing about it.
- Reprints
- From Mickey Sunday strips 1941-01-26
Indexer Notes
Part 2. Original Title: Saboteurs at Bleak Beach.
Mickey Mouse Movies
Mickey Mouse / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- A biting dog
- Synopsis
- Bulldog with big teeth.
Indexer Notes
Sequence added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
[Basil ate all the Apples]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Basil
- Synopsis
- After Basil eats all the apples from a fruit store, Donald grabs a nearby horse and puts it next to the empty apple box, while he and Basil make a quick escape.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-07-22
[A Gentle Ride]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- After attempting to ride a horse and being thrown off in the process, Donald is given a cow for a more gentle ride.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-07-15
[Horning in]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald encounters a bull blocking the road.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-03-30
How to Play Baseball
text article / 3 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; sports
- Characters
- Goofy; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Indexer Notes
Characters added by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Hold the Wire!
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Basil
- Synopsis
- Donald tries to remove Basil's aching tooth.
- Reprints
- From Silly Symphony Sunday strips 1940-09-01
[Muzzled Duck]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald buys a muzzle to be sure not to reveal any secrets to the enemy.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-03-10
[Potato Peelers]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald sells potato peelers to new recruits.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-03-06
[War Emergency]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald installs pedals in his car because of gas shortage.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1942-03-07
[Cow in the Bathroom]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald keeps a cow in his bathroom to save on milk prices.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-07-19
[Finding a Leak]
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald finds a leak in his tire using a cigar.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-07-18
Exit!
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- After paper bags are burst at the cinema, Donald and his nephews are thrown out.
- Reprints
- From Donald Daily Strips 1940-03-19
$50 in War Savings Stamps
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck
Indexer Notes
War Savings Stamps Promotion.
Dinner Was a Washout!
Pluto / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Pluto
- Synopsis
- After seeing other animals being called and fed, Pluto is disappointed when he is called and ends up in the bath.
- Reprints
- From Silly Symphony Sunday strips 1940-10-20
[Uniform Tailor]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald opens a tailor store next to the army uniform supply building.
- Reprints
- From Donald Sunday strips 1942-04-12
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Indian Nephews]
Donald Duck -
1.
[Walt Disney's Bambi]
-
2.
The Great Detective
Donald Duck -
3.
[Subway Get-a way]
Donald Duck -
4.
[Pram Car]
Donald Duck -
5.
[Prepared for the Worse!]
Donald Duck -
6.
[Doughnut Tires]
Donald Duck -
7.
[Duster Tires]
Donald Duck -
8.
[Among the Souvenirs]
Donald Duck -
9.
The Flying Gauchito
-
10.
Any Bombs Today?
Mickey Mouse -
11.
The Object Lesson
Mickey Mouse -
12.
Pluto Hunts Big Game
Pluto -
13.
The Conquerer
Pluto -
14.
Hollywood Chatter
Minnie Mouse -
15.
Sabotage
Donald Duck -
16.
[Souvenir Towels]
Donald Duck -
17.
[Wet Paint on Stairs]
Donald Duck -
18.
[It's in the Bag]
Donald Duck -
19.
[Rope Fire Escape]
Donald Duck -
20.
[Farmer Daisy]
Donald Duck -
21.
[Donald Grows Up!]
Donald Duck -
22.
[Sandy Protection]
Donald Duck -
23.
[Blackout]
Donald Duck -
24.
[The Soldiers' Friend]
Donald Duck -
25.
[The Big Fall]
Donald Duck -
26.
[Homing Pigeon a-la-carte]
Donald Duck -
27.
[Donald Finds Out]
Donald Duck -
28.
Figaro And Cleo
-
29.
Just Checking Up
Mickey Mouse -
30.
Goofy Invents...
Mickey Mouse -
31.
[Garage on Wheels]
Donald Duck -
32.
[Sailing Wheelbarrow]
Donald Duck -
33.
[Oh-Oh!!]
Donald Duck -
34.
Donald Gets Stuck
Donald Duck -
35.
Presto--Chango!
Mickey Mouse -
36.
An Education for Thursday
Mickey Mouse -
37.
Any Bombs Today?
Mickey Mouse -
38.
Mickey Mouse Movies
Mickey Mouse -
39.
[Basil ate all the Apples]
Donald Duck -
40.
[A Gentle Ride]
Donald Duck -
41.
[Horning in]
Donald Duck -
42.
How to Play Baseball
-
43.
Hold the Wire!
Donald Duck -
44.
September Puzzle
-
45.
[Muzzled Duck]
Donald Duck -
46.
[Potato Peelers]
Donald Duck -
47.
[War Emergency]
Donald Duck -
48.
[Cow in the Bathroom]
Donald Duck -
49.
[Finding a Leak]
Donald Duck -
50.
Exit!
Donald Duck -
51.
$50 in War Savings Stamps
-
52.
Dinner Was a Washout!
Pluto -
53.
Contents
-
54.
[Uniform Tailor]
Donald Duck
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- Chris Boyko
- Robert Copeman
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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