Donald Duck #229

(July 1981)

Doctor Solar Man of the Atom (Table of Contents: 1)

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A scientist caught in the fury of an atomic accident… is changed into a being with fantastic powers!

Genre

superhero; science fiction

Characters

Doctor Solar

Keywords

comic book house ads

Indexer Notes

Whitman house ad for Doctor Solar Man of the Atom. Color ad on inside front cover.

Donald Duck and "The Pixilated Parrot" (Table of Contents: 2)

Donald Duck / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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Carl Barks

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Oh boy! Ships from! The seven seas!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Polly the Parrot; sailor (Polly's owner); two black-masked burglars (proto Beagle Boys?); angry old lady; ship's mate; female parrot; kid parrots; hamburger joint owner

Synopsis

Donald gives Uncle Scrooge a parrot that only counts, instead of talking, and Scrooge has the parrot memorize the combination to his safe; which Scrooge has been forgetting. However the parrot first gives the combination to two burglars and then flies away to a boat bound for Latin America.

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• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #282 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck and The Pixilated Parrot (July 1950)

Keywords

birthday present; burglars; desperate search; jungle; parrot; sailors; ships

The Exciting New! Flipit (Table of Contents: 3)

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Collect them all

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mail order marketing; toys

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Ad offering Flipit balloon-toys-with-weighted-feet of Frankenstein, Spider-Man, Hulk, Super Chick, Underdog, and Woody Woodpecker. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.

Little Lulu (Table of Contents: 4)

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It's bedtime for Alvin - and funtime for you!

Genre

children; humor

Characters

Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Alvin

Keywords

comic book house ads

Indexer Notes

Whitman house ad for Little Lulu. Reproduces the cover illustration for Little Lulu (Western, 1972 series) #260 September 1980. Between pages 10 and 11 of previous story. Top half of page.

Mystery, Adventure, Science Fiction Much, Much More (Table of Contents: 5)

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Shudder, thrill, explore with the great heroes of fact and fiction.

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Popeye; Superman; The Lone Ranger; Flash Gordon (sets pictured in ad)

Keywords

mail order marketing; old-time radio

Indexer Notes

Ad offering records or cassette tapes of old-time radio program broadcasts for $4.98 each. Between pages 10 and 11 of previous story. Lower half of page.

I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat! (Table of Contents: 6)

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Tweety certainly did! And that’s where all the fun comes in as Sylvester is about to pounce on your funny bone! Tweety and Sylvester a Whitman Comics!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Sylvester; Tweety

Keywords

comic book house ads

Indexer Notes

Whitman house ad for Tweety and Sylvester. Illustration is not a cover reproduction, as is usually the case in such ads. Original illustration created for this ad? Between pages 13 and 14 of previous story. Middle left page of centerfold.

Super Pocket Toy Values (Table of Contents: 7)

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Your choice $1.50

Keywords

mail order marketing; toys

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Ad offering toy paratroopers, race cars, dinosaurs, bubble-makers, gliders, and wriggling insects, as well as toy science kits. Between pages 13 and 14 of previous story. Middle right page of centerfold.

Snippys (Table of Contents: 8)

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Be The Very First To Own...Fabulous Cartoon Scissors

Keywords

mail order marketing; scissors; toys

Indexer Notes

Ad for children's scissors with comic character designs of Tweety, Woody Woodpecker, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, and Daffy Duck, from Unique Products Co. Between pages 16 and 17 of previous story.

The Pink Panther (Table of Contents: 9)

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Has the Inspector Framed the Pink Panther? Find out in Whitman Comics

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

The Pink Panther; Little Big-Nose Guy

Keywords

comic book house ads

Indexer Notes

Whitman house ad for The Pink Panther. Reproduces the cover illustration for The Pink Panther (Western, 1971 series) #69 October 1979. The Inspector is not on this cover reproduction, and is not in this ad. The nameless character unofficially called "Little Big-Nose Guy" is mistakenly identified as The Inspector in the ad copy.

Woody Woodpecker (Table of Contents: 10)

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Get into the swing with Woody and the gang! In Whitman Comics

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Woody Woodpecker; Knothead; Splinter

Keywords

comic book house ads

Indexer Notes

Whitman house ad for Woody Woodpecker. Reproduces the cover illustration for Woody Woodpecker (Western, 1962 series) #179 June 1979.

The Big Splash (Table of Contents: 11)

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"AHKERCHOO!" went the Big Bad Wolf, faking an enormous sneeze and rolling his eyes pathetically towards Li'l Wolf.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Big Bad Wolf [Zeke Wolf]; Li'l Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]

Synopsis

Zeke fakes a bad cold and stays in bed, allowing Li'l Wolf and the Three Pigs to enjoy a worry-free day at the beach. But the scheming wolf soon shows up at the shore disguised as a kindly old lady.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (Dell, 1952 series) #48 (June-July 1956)

Keywords

beach; cold; disguise; feigning illness; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal

[Noise Abatement] (Table of Contents: 12)

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Clank! Rattle! Sputt! Boink!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Goofy

Synopsis

Goofy pushes his noisy car for the length of a hospital zone where quiet is requested.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (Dell, 1952 series) #48 (June-July 1956)

Keywords

car; doing-something-their-own-way; hospital zone; need-for-peace-and-quiet; noise

Indexer Notes

Pantomime.

Authentic Stone - Perfect Condition Apache Arrowheads (Table of Contents: 13)

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Rare-Authentic

Keywords

arrowheads; jewelry; mail order marketing; stones

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Ad for arrowheads and "catalog of other Indian Heritage collector items". On final interior page of the comic.

Daffy Duck (Table of Contents: 14)

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He’ll quack you up in Whitman Comics

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Daffy Duck

Keywords

comic book house ads

Indexer Notes

Whitman house ad for Daffy Duck. Reproduces the cover illustration for Daffy Duck (Western, 1962 series) #114 April 1978. Color ad on inside back cover.

Meet your favorite comic characters and enjoy exciting adventure in... Whitman Comics. (Table of Contents: 15)

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Fun for everyone!!

Keywords

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House ad for Whitman Comics. No characters or properties are pictured. Color ad on back cover.