Walt Disney's Vacation Parade #5

(July 2008)

In this Issue (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

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

Trail of the Unicorn (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Carl Barks (credited); Dana Coty (story idea)

Pencils

Carl Barks (credited)

Inks

Carl Barks (credited)

Colors

Susan Daigle-Leach (credited)

Letters

Carl Barks (credited)

Feature Logo

Walt Disney's Donald Duck [Carl Barks Dell Logo 2]

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Gladstone Gander

Synopsis

Donald and the nephews are sent to the Himalayas to capture a unicorn for Uncle Scrooge's private zoo. Gladstone stows away on their plane, and thanks to his luck, gets all the credit--and the reward--for finding the unicorn.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #263 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck in "Land of the Totem Poles" (February 1950)

Indexer Notes

Submitted September 8, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

Trail of the Unicorn (Table of Contents: 3)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Don Rosa (credited, signed)

Inks

Don Rosa (credited, signed)

Colors

Don Rosa (credited, signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Donald Duck; Gladstone Gander; Huey; Dewey; Louie; The unicorn

Reprints

• from Picsou Magazine (Disney Hachette Presse, 1972 series) #326

We Don't Monkey Around When It Comes to Spring Fever (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Back to Nature (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Del Connell (credited)

Pencils

Jack Bradbury (credited)

Inks

Jack Bradbury (credited)

Colors

Egmont (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf

Synopsis

Big Bad Wolf and Li'l Bad Wolf go camping out in the wilderness.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v15#9 (177) (June 1955)

Treasure Treachery (Table of Contents: 6)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Kari Korhonen (credited); John Clark (credited) (Dialogue)

Pencils

Kari Korhonen

Inks

?

Colors

Egmont (credited)

Letters

John Clark (credited)

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Clerkly; Donald Duck; Miss Quackfaster; The Junior Woodchucks; Uncle Scrooge

Synopsis

The ducks fool each other with a fake treasure on an island, only to make Uncle Scrooge more relaxed.

Reprints

• from Anders And & Co. (Egmont, 1949 series) #24/2007

Subscribe Today (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Scoop / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Big Fall (Table of Contents: 9)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Nordling (credited)

Pencils

Stephen DeStefano (credited)

Inks

Gary Martin (credited)

Colors

Anthony Tollin (credited); David Gerstein (credited)

Letters

Clem Robins (credited)

Job Number

KM 2490

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Mickey Mouse; The Phantom Blot; Chief O'Hara; Pluto; The Phantom Brat (The Phantom Blot's daughter)

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Adventures (Disney, 1990 series) #7 (December 1990)

Preserve Psychiatry (Table of Contents: 10)

Donald and Fethry / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Kinney (credited)

Pencils

Al Hubbard (credited)

Inks

Al Hubbard (credited)

Colors

Egmont (credited); David Gerstein (credited); ?

Letters

David Gerstein (credited); ?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Fethry Duck; Donald Duck

Synopsis

Fethry, the environmentalist, hassles Donald Duck's outdoor activities by cutting his fishing line and loading his rifle with pepper cartridges.

Reprints

• from Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #614 (3 settembre 1967)

Indexer Notes

First time in-print in the United States.

Get the Skinny on Mickey and Minnie (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Phantom Blot Bedtime Story (Table of Contents: 12)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Lee Nordling (credited)

Pencils

Stephen DeStefano (credited)

Inks

Gary Martin (credited)

Colors

Anthony Tollin (credited)

Letters

Bobbi Weiss (credited as Bobbi J. G. Weiss)

Job Number

KM 2690

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Chief O'Hara; The Phantom Blot; Pluto; The Phantom Brat (The Phantom Blot's daughter); Goofy

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Adventures (Disney, 1990 series) #8 (January 1991)

Goodnight Everybody (Table of Contents: 13)

Mickey Mouse / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Wilfred Haughton

Pencils

Wilfred Haughton

Inks

Wilfred Haughton

Letters

Wilfred Haughton

Job Number

U MMA 4B80

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Clarabelle Cow; Horace Horsecollar; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse

Synopsis

Mickey and Minnie waving goodbye to Horace and Clarabelle driving off.

Reprints

• from Mickey Mouse Annual (Dean & Son, 1930 series) #1934 (1934)

[Sportsman Donald] (Table of Contents: 14)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Paul Murry (credited)

Inks

Don MacLaughlin (credited) (painting); Rick Keene (credited) (restoration)

Colors

Don MacLaughlin (credited) (painting); Rick Keene (credited) (restoration)

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Little Hiawatha; Donald Duck; Li'l Bad Wolf; Goofy; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Pluto

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Vacation Parade (Dell, 1950 series) #5 ([July] 1954)

Indexer Notes

On back cover.