Four Color #286 - Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse in The Uninvited Guest
(August 1950)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1950
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielsen Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE in "THE UNINVITED GUEST," No. 286." Code number is M.M.O.S. #286-508. Copyright 1950 by Walt Disney Productions. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Apparently Mickey Mouse regular series #14?

Mickey Mouse and the Uninvited Guest (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Wright
Inks
Bill Wright
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Pluto
Reprints
Keywords
popguns

[New Clothes] (Table of Contents: 1)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Wright ?
Inks
Bill Wright ?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
Synopsis
Mickey has a new suit. Minnie doesn't notice, but complains that Mickey hasn't noticed her new dress.
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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black, red, and white.

The Uninvited Guest (Table of Contents: 2)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Riley Thomson
Inks
Carl Buettner ?
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie; Flipper (seal); Big Duke [Black Pete]; Chief O'Hara; Pluto; Goofy
Synopsis
Mickey and the nephews are vacationing at the beach when a seal takes over their bathtub. The seal causes Mickey all sorts of problems. When Mickey is kidnapped by a bank robber named Big Duke, (who looks exactly like Black Pete), the seal brings the police to save him.
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Indexer Notes

Story title does not exactly match the cover title.

"Feat of Fancy" (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Inks
Tony Strobl
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Tony Strobl

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; The Reluctant Dragon; Black Knight Pete [Black Pete]; Princess [Minnie Mouse]
Synopsis
Mickey falls asleep during a chess match with Goofy and dreams he is a knight who has to defeat a dragon to win the hand of the fair Princess Minnie.
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Indexer Notes

Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

[Burglar Trap] (Table of Contents: 4)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Wright
Inks
Bill Wright
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie
Synopsis
A burglar gets tripped up by all the toys Morty and Ferdie have left lying on the floor.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black, red, and white.

[Hot Day] (Table of Contents: 5)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Wright
Inks
Bill Wright
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Synopsis
On a hot day, Mickey tells Goofy that sitting in a bathtub will cool him off. Later Mickey visits Goofy and finds him sitting in his bathtub--without any water.
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Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Mickey Mouse and the Uninvited Guest
    Mickey Mouse
  2. 1. [New Clothes]
    Mickey Mouse
  3. 2. The Uninvited Guest
    Mickey Mouse
  4. 3. "Feat of Fancy"
    Mickey Mouse
  5. 4. [Burglar Trap]
    Mickey Mouse
  6. 5. [Hot Day]
    Mickey Mouse
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose