Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
#v39#3 / 459
[Gold Key]
(December 1978)
Western,
1962 Series
- Volume
- 39
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1978-10-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Barcode
- 0335009001112
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code
- 90011-812
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Del Connell (editor)
Issue Notes
Publication date is derived from the last three digits of the cover code (812 = December, 1978). On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one (7810 = October, 1978). On-sale date confirmed from 1978 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[Bath for a Bagful of Nephews]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
- Synopsis
- Bound in a laundry bag, the boys angrily await being dumped into the bathtub by Donald.
- Keywords
- bathtub; laundry bag
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Balloonatics
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Editing
- Chase Craig (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Leaves! Thousands of Leaves!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Gyro Gearloose; Little Helper
- Synopsis
- A giant balloon of Donald Duck triggers a military panic.
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v21#2 (242) (November 1960)
-
- Keywords
- balloon; jet fighters; leaves
The House Guest
Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Cliff Voorhees
- Inks
- Bill Wright
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Bill Wright (title only); Bill Spicer
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Uh-oh! Wicked Witch fighting with pet raven!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Chip 'n' Dale- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Chip; Dale; The Wicked Witch; witch's raven; two bats; owl
- Synopsis
- Thrown out by the Wicked Witch, the witch's raven guilts Chip and Dale into letting him move in with them... and becomes a very annoying house guest.
- Keywords
- annoying visitor; displacement; forest setting; house guest; raven; witch
Pluto's Trick or Treat
Pluto / text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Paul Murry
- Inks
- Paul Murry
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Paul Murry (title lettering only); typeset
- Editing
- Chase Craig (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Are we going out for trick or treat tomorrow night? It's Halloween," Morty Mouse reminded his brother Ferdie.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Ferdie; Morty; Pluto
- Synopsis
- Morty and Ferdie won't let Pluto go trick-or-treating with them on Halloween, so Pluto disguises himself by rolling around in mud and feathers and, with his makeshift costume, becomes the hit of the neighborhood.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v21#2 (242) (November 1960)
-
- Keywords
- disguise; dog; Halloween; trick-or-treating; turning-lemons-into-lemonade
No Deposit, No Return
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mickey likes to assist his friend Chief O'Hara, but crime has slowed down lately...
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Mickey Mouse [Dell/Western Modern Logo - Three Lines]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; humor
- Characters
- Chief O'Hara; Goofy; Mickey Mouse; banker; bank depositor #1 (heavy); bank depositor #2 (tall and thin); crook #1 (boss); crook #2 (shaggy Scuttle look-alike)
- Synopsis
- The previous day, Goofy made a bank deposit of twenty dollars. Today, the bank's records show that no money was deposited into Goofy's account, despite his claims of having done so. When more such incidents occur, Mickey decides to investigate.
- Reprints
-
in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #40/1979 (2. oktober 1979)
-
- Keywords
- bank; missing deposits; mystery
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Bath for a Bagful of Nephews]
Donald Duck -
1.
Balloonatics
Donald Duck -
2.
The House Guest
Chip 'n' Dale -
3.
Pluto's Trick or Treat
Pluto -
4.
No Deposit, No Return
Mickey Mouse
This issue was modified by, among others
- Alberto Becattini
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Ron Sadowski
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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