Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #544

(November 1989)

The Tourist Trap (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Volker Reiche (credited); Dwight Decker (credited) (translation and dialogue)

Pencils

Freddy Milton (credited)

Inks

Freddy Milton (credited)

Colors

Susan Daigle-Leach (credited as Sue Daigle)

Letters

Bill Spicer (credited)

Job Number

H 82106

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Listen to this, Unca Donald! "Amazon Adventure! Daring expedition up the Amazon River into the beating heart of the jungle!"

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; Uncle Scrooge

Synopsis

Too broke for a vacation, Donald declares his house to be a resort hotel with a free stay for one-in-ten guests. As his bad luck would have it, when there are no other takers, Uncle Scrooge claims the promised free and peaceful week's stay - making the ordeal anything but "free and peaceful" for Donald. Can Donald drive Scrooge out... or will Scrooge drive Donald crazy?

Keywords

battle of wits; escalating events; hotel

[A Wolf in Telegram's Clothing] (Table of Contents: 2)

Li'l Bad Wolf / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Bradbury (credited)

Inks

Jack Bradbury (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Rome Siemon

Editing

Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Too bad you weren't invited to Practical's birthday party, Pop!

Feature Logo

The Li'l Bad Wolf

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf [Zeke Wolf]; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]; Mr. Code (telegram service boss)

Synopsis

Zeke takes a job as a telegram delivery boy so that he can deliver Happy Birthday telegrams to Practical Pig - and nab him and his brothers.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v16#10 (190) (July 1956)

Keywords

best-laid-plans; birthday; forest setting; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal; telegrams; trickery

[The Wishing Well] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Carl Barks (credited)

Pencils

Carl Barks (credited)

Inks

Carl Barks (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Garé Barks

Editing

Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I get orders for some of the wackiest inventions - like this wishing well!

Feature Logo

Gyro Gearloose Dell Logo 1

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's Helper; army of revolutionaries; army of federal troops; lady who commissioned the wishing well

Synopsis

Having invented a real working wishing well for a customer, Gyro tests it by wishing himself to be in "a far-off tropical land" - and finds himself smack in the warring middle of a Latin American revolution. Only then does he realize that, unless a penny is dropped into the well, he cannot wish himself back home.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #25 (March-May 1959)

Keywords

be-careful-what-you-wish-for; far-off land; inventor; jungle setting; wishing well

The Marvelous Mutt (Table of Contents: 4)

Pluto / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Don R. Christensen

Pencils

Jack Bradbury (credited)

Inks

Jack Bradbury (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Rome Siemon

Editing

Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can we go for a hike, Uncle Mickey?

Feature Logo

Walt Disney Pluto

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Pluto; Morty; Ferdie; Mickey Mouse; squirrel; loggers; Huck; Finny; porcupine; Jocko (mule)

Synopsis

While camping in the woods with Mickey, Morty, Ferdie, and Pluto stumble upon two robbers in goblin masks heisting a logging camp's payroll.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Summer Fun (Dell, 1959 series) #2 ([August] 1959)

Keywords

camping; dog; forest setting; goblin masks; logging camp; payroll robbers

Indexer Notes

Christensen's original title: "Masked Mutt".

Sausage Scramble (Table of Contents: 5)

Scamp / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Del Connell

Pencils

Al Hubbard (credited)

Inks

Al Hubbard (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Golly! What a delicious aroma!

Feature Logo

Walt Disney's Scamp [serifs]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Scamp; meat delivery truck driver; crow; toothy (gopher); dogcatcher; big mean dog; ants

Synopsis

When a string of sausages falls from a delivery truck, Scamp hopes to take them home as a treat for his family. However, a crow, a gopher, the dogcatcher; a big mean dog, and a colony of ants make his journey one of sausage-attrition.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#4 (232) (January 1960)

Keywords

ants; best-laid-plans; crow; dogcatcher; dogs; escalating events; gopher; sausages

The Pirates of Tabasco Bay [Chapter Two] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Carl Fallberg (credited)

Pencils

Paul Murry (credited)

Inks

Paul Murry (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Murry (credited)

Editing

Chase Craig (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As a publicity stunt to put life into the faded resort town of Tabasco Bay, Mickey dreamed up a "Pirate Days Festival," the climax of which was to be a "raid" by a gang of "pirates," however Black Pete is using the make-believe raid as a cover...

Feature Logo

Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse [Paul Murry Dell Comics logo - two tiered]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; humor

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Marmaduke Mouse; Black Pete; Scupper (Pete's first mate); other members of Pete's crew; townspeople of Tabasco Bay; tourists

Synopsis

Taking the place of the mock pirates performing at the Tabasco Bay "Pirate Days Festival", Black Pete and his tramp-steamer crew plunder the town and its amused citizens and tourists. Only after Pete sails off with the loot do the victims realize the unfortunate truth. Meanwhile, Pete has Mickey and Goofy bound and gagged in the crow's nest of the restored pirate ship and has framed them as the leaders of the pirate gang. The pair try to make their escape, but not before the faux pirate ship, drifting in a dense fog, runs into Pete's tramp-steamer.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v16#12 (192) (September 1956)

Keywords

disguise; festival; frame-up; imposter; pirate ship; pirates; robbery; sea or island setting; tourism

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 3.

Swing Chariot (Table of Contents: 7)

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

The doctor said I needed more exercise.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Scrooge McDuck; Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge

Synopsis

Scrooge takes his doctor's advice... just not too seriously.

Keywords

doctor's advice; exercise; golf

Indexer Notes

Color on back cover.