Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #653

(February 2005)

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

John Clark (credited as Leonard John Clark)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

John Clark writes briefly about Pat and Shelly Block.

Duck of the Deep (Table of Contents: 2)

Donald Duck / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script

Shelly Block (credited); Pat Block (credited)

Pencils

Pat Block (credited)

Inks

Pat Block (credited)

Colors

Scott Rockwell (credited)

Letters

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Job Number

XU GEM 104

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh, Unca Donald

Genre

adventure; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck

Synopsis

Huey, Dewey, and Louie are trying to pick up trash from the bay, but a mysterious craft is dumping toxic chemicals in the bay at night. Donald goes for a tour on a submarine, but accidentally sends the sub on a runaway trip. Meanwhile, Huey, Dewey, and Louis have found the source of the toxic chemicals, but get captured by some vicious characters.

Keywords

Coast Guard; crabs; ecology; periscope; pollution; submarine; toxic waste; undersea kingdom

Indexer Notes

Credits are "Story & Art by Pat & Shelly Block."

The Duck and the Mouse Sent to Your House! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Gemstone Publishing / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Action! Suspense! Adventure! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Gemstone Publishing / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Mickey for Mayor (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Don Markstein (credited as Donald D. Markstein)

Pencils

Noel Van Horn (credited)

Inks

Noel Van Horn (credited)

Colors

Egmont (credited); Susan Daigle-Leach (credited as S. Daigle-Leach)

Letters

Susie Lee (credited)

Job Number

D 99163

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I shouldn't have agreed to a cat show on my neighborhood! Are they skinning those cats alive?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Pete [Black Pete]; Sylvester Shyster; "Muck" Raker (newspaper editor); Goofy; Mayor Pork; Chief O'Hara

Synopsis

Mayor Pork disappears right before the election for mayor. Mickey runs for mayor, but Pete is also a candidate and with the help of an unscrupulous newspaper editor gives Mickey a lot of bad publicity.

Reprints

• from Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #16/2002

Keywords

cats; election; kidnapping; newspaper; publicity

Li'l Bad Wolf Traps his Dad (Table of Contents: 6)

Li'l Bad Wolf / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Chase Craig (credited)

Pencils

Carl Buettner (credited)

Inks

Carl Buettner (credited)

Colors

Janice Miller (credited)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

All you do all day long is read...

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Big Bad Wolf; Li'l Bad Wolf

Synopsis

The Big Bad Wolf sends Li'l Bad Wolf out to catch a rabbit for supper. With the help of the forest creatures, Big Bad Wolf gets caught in a trap and has to agree to settle for vegetable soup.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v5#4 (52) (January 1945)

Keywords

rabbits; snare; trap; trick; vegetable soup

Indexer Notes

Title from table of contents.

Buddy Battle (Table of Contents: 7)

Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg (credited)

Inks

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Colors

Marie Javins (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, this keen piece of rope I find! Maybe I can use it to make a swing or ... oops!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Chip; Dale; Chi-Chi

Synopsis

Chip 'n' Dale try to out do each other to impress a lady chipmunk named "Chi-Chi."

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Chip 'n' Dale (Dell, 1955 series) #13 (March-May 1958)

Keywords

jealous; lovesick

Sky-High Hi-Jinks (Table of Contents: 8)

DuckTales / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

John Lustig (credited)

Pencils

William Van Horn (credited)

Inks

William Van Horn (credited)

Colors

William Van Horn (credited); Susan Daigle-Leach (credited)

Letters

William Van Horn

Job Number

AR 151

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Building a skyscraper is no picnic! Especially when you're working for Scrooge McDuck!

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Beagle Boys [176-617; 761-617; 671-167; 716-617]; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Scrooge McDuck; Launchpad McQuack

Synopsis

Scrooge builds a mile-high hotel and staffs it with all the latest gadgets. Unfortunately, the Beagle Boys find it easy pickin's.

Reprints

• from Disney's DuckTales (Gladstone, 1988 series) #11 (January 1990)

Keywords

automation; elevator; hot air balloon; hotel; skyscraper; soap suds

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Letters / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Arun Vajpey, Elaine Ramshaw, Ulf Claesson, and Thad Komorowski.

Monkey Business! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Scoop / advertisement / 1 page (report information)