Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #517

(April 1987)

A Gander at Gladstone (Table of Contents: 1)

Gladstone Publishing / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Old Business

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Uncredited text feature. Topics include additional story and art credits, Gladstone's move to Prescott, AZ, and a cover price increase to 95 cents.

Keywords

background information; editorial feature

Indexer Notes

Black and white on inside front cover.

The Great Survival Test (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Freddy Milton (credited); Bruce Hamilton (credited) (script); Geoffrey Blum (credited) (script)

Pencils

Freddy Milton (credited); Daan Jippes (credited)

Inks

Ben Verhagen (credited); Daan Jippes (credited)

Colors

Steve Falk (credited as Rusty Falk)

Letters

John Clark (credited)

Job Number

H 7603

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gee, it's sure tough...

Feature Logo

Walt Disney Donald Duck [Carl Barks Dell Comics Logo with rounded k]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Synopsis

Donald resorts to sneaky tricks in order to sabotage Huey, Dewey, and Louie's Junior Woodchuck survival test.

Reprints

• from Donald Duck (Oberon, 1972 series) #52/1976 (december 1976)
• in Disney Masters (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) #4 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Great Survival Test (2018)

Keywords

escalating events; house trailer; Junior Woodchucks; scary stories; trickery; winter setting

Th' Butter Business (Table of Contents: 3)

Brer Rabbit / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Chase Craig

Pencils

Dick Moores (credited)

Inks

Dick Moores (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Moores

Job Number

BROS 208

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes, suh, Brer Bear... We is sure ter ketch Brer Rabbit today, 'cause we got th' latest kind o' ketchin' equipment!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Brer Rabbit; Brer Fox; Brer Bear; Sis Cow; Brer Bully Bull

Synopsis

Brer Rabbit distracts his pursuers, Brer Fox and Brer Bear, with talk of getting into the business of selling butter.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #208 - Walt Disney's Brer Rabbit Does It Again (January 1949)

Keywords

briar patch; butter; butterflies; diversion; folk tales; forest setting; get-rich-quick; trickery

[The Cat Box] (Table of Contents: 4)

Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Barks (credited)

Pencils

Carl Barks (credited)

Inks

Carl Barks (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Garé Barks

Job Number

US 15

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How can I invent things with that awful yowling going on?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's Helper (introduction); Basso (cat); Profundo (cat); Felina (unseen cat)

Synopsis

Jarred by cat yowlings outside his window, Gyro trains his language translator on the tranquility-befouling felines only to find that they are "1950s jive-talking hep cats" engaged in a crooning competition to win the affections of a lady cat. What's a noise-rattled inventor to do... join them?

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #15 (September-November 1956)

Keywords

cats; competition; crooning; first appearance of recurring character(s); inventor; language translation; need-for-peace-and-quiet; one-upping; romantic rivalry

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Gyro's Helper.

The Incredible Box Top Plot [Episode I] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Carl Fallberg (credited)

Pencils

Paul Murry (credited)

Inks

Paul Murry (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Murry

Job Number

WDC&S 261

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What a swell time of year to take a few days off, Goofy!

Feature Logo

Mickey Mouse Dell / Western Logo Tilting Letters

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; humor

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete; Filch; police officer; Chief O'Hara; Oglethorpe J. Wackly

Synopsis

While shopping in the supermarket, Goofy finds a cereal box with a box top number 23 that he needs to build on his collection to enter a ship blueprint puzzle contest. Unfortunately, this particular box top is also wanted by Black Pete. After Filch, who is in Black Pete's gang, attempts to steal the cereal box containing the box top number 23 from Goofy, he is arrested and an investigation commences with Mickey and Goofy about to embark on a new adventure.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v22#9 (261) (June 1962)

Keywords

box tops; mystery; supermarket

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3

Ludwig Von Drake - Ludwig Von Drake (Table of Contents: 6)

Donald Duck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

Bob Foster (credited)

Pencils

Frank Smith (credited)

Inks

Frank Smith (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My greatest invention!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Ludwig Von Drake

Synopsis

Ludwig has invented the ultimate duplicating machine.

Reprints

• from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1980.06.28

Keywords

newspaper strip reprint