Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #646

(July 2004)

[Editorial, Table of Contents, Staff Credits, Indicia] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

John Clark

Letters

typeset

Just For Laughs (Table of Contents: 2)

Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

William Van Horn

Pencils

William Van Horn

Inks

William Van Horn

Colors

Susan Daigle-Leach

Letters

William Van Horn

Job Number

D 2000-146

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah, happiness, that all too elusive state of mind! Nowadays it seems that for Donald it is very elusive indeed!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Pig mayor; Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck

Synopsis

Donald is in a bad mood until accidentally dosed with laughing gas.

Reprints

• from Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #44/2001

Keywords

jaywalking; laughing gas; Pie; zoo

Soda Jerk (Table of Contents: 3)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Rawson

Pencils

Noel Van Horn

Inks

Noel Van Horn

Colors

Scott Rockwell

Letters

Willie Schubert

Job Number

D 99226

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Doc Static's been hired by a local ice cream factory to develop a chemically synthesized ice cream soda --

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Doc Static; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse

Synopsis

Mickey accidently drinks a potion that gives him incredible strength while regressing to primitive instincts.

Reprints

• from Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #27/2001

Keywords

Asterix; hot dogs; Ice cream soda

Indexer Notes

Slobelix is inspired by the character Obelix of Asterix the Gaul

Victory Garden (Table of Contents: 4)

Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Barks (rewrite); Dorothy Strebe ?

Pencils

Carl Barks

Inks

Carl Barks

Colors

Susan Daigle-Leach

Letters

Carl Barks

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We'll make our own victory garden, boys!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck

Synopsis

Donald defends his Victory Garden against a gang of voracious crows

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v3#7 (31) (April 1943)

Keywords

Crows; victory garden

Indexer Notes

Title from table of contents.
Barks' first ten pager for WDC&S.
I.N.D.U.C.K.S. conjectures author of script was Dorothy Strebe of Disney's publications Dept.

[Wolf in Doctor's Clothing] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Big Bad Wolf / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Evert Geradts

Pencils

Albert García

Inks

Albert García

Colors

Janice Miller

Letters

John Clark

Job Number

H 89166

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Excuse me, I'm looking for the Bear family's house

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bear kids; Brer Bear; Fiddler Pig; Fifer Pig; Li'l Bad Wolf; Practical Pig; The Big Bad Wolf

Synopsis

The Big Bad Wolf impersonates a doctor

Reprints

• from Donald Duck (VNU Tijdschriften, 1998 series) #20/2000 (19 mei 2000)

Keywords

chicken pox; Doctor

Indexer Notes

Title from table of contents

The Dreamboat (Table of Contents: 6)

Donald Duck / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Gorm Transgaard

Pencils

Vicar

Inks

?

Colors

Marie Javins

Letters

Willie Schubert

Job Number

D 99303

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sigh! Look at those ships coming in! I wonder where that one's arriving from? Some faraway exotic harbor in Gula-Gabi , or tropical island in the south seas?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck, Huey Duck, Dewey Duck, Louie Duck

Synopsis

Donald trades his house for a small cargo ship to ply the open seas with the nephews.

Reprints

• from Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #20/2001

Keywords

cork; lost city; ship; Woodworms

Indexer Notes

Donald names the ship Della, an in-joke for Disney fans as that in the modern canon is the name of Donald's twin sister who is also the nephew's mother.

Makings of a Believer (Table of Contents: 7)

Daisy Duck's Diary / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Kari Korhonen

Pencils

Anibal Uzal

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

John Clark

Job Number

D 97618

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear diary, today I learned an important lesson! Not to meddle with forces beyond my control! It all started when Donald and I were having coffee at our favorite diner!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Daisy Duck; Donald Duck

Synopsis

Daisy bets Donald he will encounter kind strangers during the day as predicted by his horoscope. If it happens they will that evening go to the opera. Otherwise they will go to a boxing match.

Reprints

• from Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #34/2000

Keywords

auto repair shop; boxing; department store; Horoscope; opera; taxi; tie

Arboreal Adventure (Table of Contents: 8)

Junior Woodchucks / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Per Hedman

Pencils

Tino Santanach

Inks

?

Colors

Michael Kraiger

Letters

Susan Daigle-Leach

Job Number

D 98347

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It takes sixty-seven Woodchucks to reach around that tree, General T.R.E.E.T.O.P.!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

The Junior Woodchucks

Synopsis

The Woodchucks encounter two bandits keen on acquiring the treasure they believe is inside a giant oak.

Reprints

• from Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #8/2002

Keywords

midgets; Oak tree; treasure hunt

Indexer Notes

Original title "The Mysterious Tree" per Inducks

Letters (Table of Contents: 9)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Danny Horn, Dan Cunningham and Joe Torcivia