Mickey Mouse #176

(October 1977)

The Outlaw Trail (Table of Contents: 1)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Ogle

Pencils

Paul Murry

Inks

Paul Murry

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Paul Murry

Editing

Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In this story, Goofy and I try to uphold the code of the Mounties and get our man!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Mountie colonel; banker; grocery store proprietor; other irate citizens; Slippery Sam

Synopsis

Sergeant Mickey Mouse and Private Goofy of the Mounties are assigned to apprehend an outlaw whom no victims or witnesses have ever laid eyes on.

Reprints

• from Mickey Mouse (Western, 1962 series) #94 (June 1964)

Keywords

art or lettering modification or omission; Canada; doppelgangers; fourth-wall-breaking; manhunt; Mounties; mystery; title or logo modification; unlikely hero

Indexer Notes

Mickey addresses the readers in the opening splash panel, acting as a host. The story resumes conventionally after that.

At one point, Mickey is explicitly presumed dead by his commanding officer.

Mickey's use of the word "Ug!" (page 9, panel 5) and a greater level of humor than in a typical Carl Fallberg Mickey Mouse adventure story point to Bob Ogle as having written this story.

The original 1964 printing displayed a "banner" at the top of the opening splash panel reading "Walt Disney's A Mickey Mouse Club Comic", with what appears to be clip-art of the 1950s-era Mickey Mouse Club clubhouse. That banner is removed for this 1977 reprint.

All Bark and No Bite (Table of Contents: 2)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Bradbury

Inks

Jack Bradbury

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

Editing

Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pluto! Have you seen the boys?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Morty; Ferdie; Filmore (raccoon); Slippery Joe; Light-Fingered Fred; firefighters; Chief O'Hara

Synopsis

Morty and Ferdie bring home a raccoon for a pet, unaware that it has been trained by burglars to rob houses. Pluto suspects that something's fishy but is disregarded as being jealous of the new house pet.

Reprints

• from Mickey Mouse (Western, 1962 series) #94 (June 1964)

Keywords

burglary; dog; jealousy; pets; raccoon

Something About Whales (Table of Contents: 3)

Mickey Mouse Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan Spiegle

Inks

Dan Spiegle

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Twice each year, hundreds of gray whales pass within a few miles of the California coast.

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Text feature on the believed evolution of the whale from land-dwelling mammal to "king of the depths".

Keywords

educational feature; evolution; Mickey Mouse Club; whales

Indexer Notes

Single illustration accompanied by the 1970's version of the Mickey Mouse Club logo and symbol.

Caretaker Faker (Table of Contents: 4)

Li'l Bad Wolf / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Bradbury

Inks

Jack Bradbury

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

Editing

Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yipe! That's the last straw! This crummy shack is falling apart!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf [Zeke Wolf]; new owner of Morbit Mansion

Synopsis

With his old shack falling down around him, Zeke takes a job as a caretaker of palatial Morbit Mansion - but eschews the caretaker's cottage and moves into the mansion while its owner is away.

Reprints

• from Mickey Mouse (Western, 1962 series) #94 (June 1964)

Keywords

caretaker; ghost; learning one’s lesson; mansion; there’s-no-place-like-home; trickery

Introducing Mouseketeer Lisa Whelchel (Table of Contents: 5)

Mickey Mouse Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan Spiegle

Inks

Dan Spiegle

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Since Lisa Whelchel was eight years old, she has wanted to be an actress and has studied at the Casa Manana Playhouse in Fort Worth, Texas.

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Characters

Lisa Whelchel

Synopsis

Biography of then-Mouseketeer Lisa Whelchel, later star of the television series "The Facts of Life" (1979-1988) and (as of 2022) host of ME-TV's "Collector's Call"

Reprints

• in The New Mickey Mouse Club Fun Book (Western, 1977 series) #11190 (October 1977)

Keywords

biography; editorial feature; Mickey Mouse Club; Mouseketeers

Indexer Notes

Two illustrations of Lisa Whelchel are accompanied by the 1970's version of the Mickey Mouse Club logo and symbol.