Walt Disney's Spring Fever #1

(April 2007)

In this Issue (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page contains book title, artist credits, publisher's staff, and indicia.

Mystery of the Swamp (Table of Contents: 2)

Donald Duck / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Barks (credited)

Pencils

Carl Barks (credited)

Inks

Carl Barks (credited)

Colors

Susan Daigle-Leach (credited)

Letters

Carl Barks (credited)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Gneezles (intro)

Synopsis

Donald and the nephews go exploring in the Everglades, where they run afoul of strange little goblins called Gneezles. Donald tries to capture a Gneezle, but instead the ducks are captured by them, and are to be fed to the alligators.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #62 - Donald Duck in Frozen Gold (January 1945)

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on September 23, 1944. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

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Uncle Scrooge / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Hear Ye, Hear Ye (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Free Comic Book Day / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Cyrano de Maniac (Table of Contents: 5)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Sarah Kinney (credited)

Pencils

Maximino Tortajada (credited)

Inks

Maximino Tortajada (credited)

Colors

Michael Kraiger (credited)

Letters

Willie Schubert (credited)

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Clarabelle Cow; Goofy: Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse

Reprints

• in Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #22/2006

Lost On A Dog (Table of Contents: 6)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

William Van Horn (credited)

Pencils

William Van Horn (credited)

Inks

William Van Horn (credited)

Colors

Scott Rockwell (credited)

Letters

William Van Horn (credited)

Job Number

AR 124

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Baron Itzy Bitzy (flea)

Synopsis

Uncle Scrooge has the world's only whistling flea, but the flea decides to take a ride on a passing dog.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #8 (October 1988)

Keywords

dog show; flea; whistling

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Romantic Antics (Table of Contents: 9)

Chip 'n' Dale / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Bradbury (credited)

Inks

Jack Bradbury (credited)

Colors

Marie Javins (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Chip; Dale; Clarisse; Brer Bear; Brer Fox

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#7 (235) (April 1960)

Holy Cow (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Gorm Transgaard (credited) (story); Don Markstein (credited) (dialogue)

Pencils

Freddy Milton (credited)

Inks

Freddy Milton (credited)

Colors

Marie Javins (credited)

Letters

Willie Schubert (credited)

Job Number

H 22250

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Grandma Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Reprints

• in Donald Duck (Sanoma Uitgevers, 2002 series) #39/2003

Mickey Mouse on Spook's Island (Table of Contents: 11)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Wright (credited)

Inks

Bill Wright (credited)

Colors

Susan Daigle-Leach (credited)

Letters

Bill Wright

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie; Black Pete; Chief O'Hara; Goofy; Captain Hazzard; Professor Pip; Spook the Gorilla

Synopsis

Mickey and Goofy go undercover to investigate the disappearance of ten sailors, all with criminal records, on five voyages of the "Lucy Belle." After signing up with the Lucy Belle, they find that the captain is in league with Black Pete. They escape in a boat to a strange island, where they are captured and become part of a human zoo filled with the missing sailors.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #170 - Mickey Mouse on Spook's Island (November 1947)

Nap in Nature (Table of Contents: 12)

Donald Duck / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

William Van Horn (credited)

Pencils

William Van Horn (credited)

Inks

William Van Horn (credited)

Colors

Kneon Transitt (credited); Kambrea Pratt (credited)

Letters

William Van Horn (credited)

Job Number

KJD 066

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Disney, 1990 series) #27 (August 1992)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Don Rosa (signed)

Inks

Don Rosa (signed)

Job Number

FC PM 349E

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Donald Duck; Gneezles; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Reprints

• from Picsou Magazine (Disney Hachette Presse, 1972 series) #349

Indexer Notes

Depiction of a scene from "Mystery of the Swamp."

Mickey Mouse on Spook's Island (Table of Contents: 14)

Mickey Mouse / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Harvey Eisenberg (credited)

Inks

Harvey Eisenberg (credited)

Colors

Sue Kolberg (credited)

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Goofy

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #170 - Mickey Mouse on Spook's Island (November 1947) [backcover]
• Art mistakenly credited to Bill Wright.

Keywords

rowboats