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Issue: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse #4
Publication Date: November 2012
 
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Title: House of the Seven Haunts!
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: FBView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
On Sale Date: 11/15/2012
Volume:
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781606995754
UPC/EAN: 978160699575452999
Price: $29.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): David Gerstein; Gary Groth
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Black and White with some Color
Dimensions: 26.5 × 22.8 cm
Paper Stock: White Matte
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Floyd Gottfredson
Ted Thwaites
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Mickey Mouse
Goofy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Goofy the Appetiser

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Romana Scarpa
Romana Scarpa
Romana Scarpa
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Gaffy
Goofy makes a sudden, painful realization that he's being boiled in a stew pot by cannibals.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Illustration is a recreation of a scene from the Floyd Gottfredson continuity "In Search of Jungle Treasure" by Romana Scarpa, with Scarpa's original creation Gaffy included, done in 1998.
Of Mouse & Man: Troubled Times

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Thomas Andrae; David Gerstein
Floyd Gottfredson; Tom Wood; Hank Porter
Floyd Gottfredson; Tom Wood; Hank Porter
typeset
Subject Matter
Overview and context of the years 1936 to 1938 and their effect on the Mickey Mouse comic strip.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Remembering Floyd Gottfredson

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carson Van Osten
Floyd Gottfredson; ? (photo)
Floyd Gottfredson; ? (photo)
typeset
Subject Matter
The author shares anecdotes about his time with Floyd Gottfredson.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
All You Can Eat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Stefano Priarone
typeset
Subject Matter
Overview of the story "Oscar the Ostrich".
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Miscellaneous
1
Oscar the Ostrich

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Ted Osborne
Floyd Gottfredson
Ted Thwaites
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Horace Horsecollar; Goofy
A runaway ostrich adopts Mickey as his new guardian and Mickey is forced to assume responsibility for the bird's innocent destruction until the real owner can be found.
Reprinting
from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1936.01.06 to 1936.03.21
Miscellaneous
22
First continuity in which Goofy is no longer referred to as Dippy Dawg.
From Victim to Victor

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Francesco Stajano; Leonardo Gori
typeset
Subject Matter
Overview of the story "Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion".
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Miscellaneous
1
Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Ted Osborne
Floyd Gottfredson
Ted Thwaites
?
Subject Matter
adventure, anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Peg-Leg Pete; Minnie Mouse; Captain Doberman; Major Beagle; "Trigger" Hawkes; Sheik Yussuf Aiper
Mickey is recruited by the War Department to track down and intercept stolen armament plans before they can be sold to foreign powers. This leads to him entering the French Foreign Legion and enduring the cruelties of his Sergeant, Peg-Leg Pete.
Reprinting
from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1936.03.23 to 1936.08.08
Miscellaneous
40
The Last Plantation of Mouseton

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Thad Komorowski
typeset
Subject Matter
Overview of the story "The Seven Ghosts".
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Miscellaneous
1
The Seven Ghosts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Ted Osborne
Floyd Gottfredson
Ted Thwaites
?
Subject Matter
adventure, anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Donald Duck; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow; Colonel Bassett
Mickey and his detective associates Goofy and Donald are hired by a reclusive gentleman to rid his estate of ghosts.
Reprinting
from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1936.08.10 to 1936.11.28
Miscellaneous
32
No Man's Island

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Francesco Stajano; Leonardo Gori
typeset
Subject Matter
Overview of the story "Island in the Sky".
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Island in the Sky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Ted Osborne
Floyd Gottfredson
Ted Thwaites
?
Subject Matter
adventure, anthropomorphic, science fiction
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Peg-Leg Pete; Dr. Einmug; Captain Doberman
While trying out his new plane, Mickey and Goofy run across a car flying in the stratosphere. Investigation leads the pair to an island suspended in the clouds and the amazing inventions of a reticent genius.
Reprinting
from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1936.11.30 to 1937.04.03
Miscellaneous
36
The Water Cure

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Gerstein
typeset
Subject Matter
Overview of the story "In Search of Jungle Treasure".
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
In Search of Jungle Treasure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Ted Osborne
Floyd Gottfredson
Ted Thwaites
?
Subject Matter
adventure, anthropomorphic, jungle
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Captain Churchmouse; Peg-Leg Pete; Goofy; Minnie Mouse; Eli Squinch; Timmons
Mickey, Minnie and Goofy are recruited by Captain Churchmouse to travel to the jungles of Africa in search of a treasure he lost over twenty years prior, not knowing that Pete and Eli Squinch have learned of their plans and are following them.
Reprinting
from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1937.04.05 to 1937.08.07
Miscellaneous
36
When Optimism Fails

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Gerstein
typeset
Subject Matter
Overview of the story "Monarch of Medioka".
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Monarch of Medioka

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Ted Osborne
Floyd Gottfredson
Al Taliaferro (pages 1-2); Ted Thwaites (pages 3-49)
?
Subject Matter
adventure, anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Horace Horsecollar; King Michael XIV; Duke de la Puche; Count de Sheckels; Duke Varlott; Princess Phylline; Clarabelle Cow
Mickey is recruited by members of the government of Medioka to double for their wastrel playboy king in order to secure a loan to keep the country from insolvency.
Reprinting
from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1937.08.09 to 1938.02.05
Miscellaneous
49
The Cast

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Gerstein
Al Taliaferro; Gina Esposito; Wilfred Houghton; Art Babbitt
Al Taliaferro; Gina Esposito; Wilfred Houghton; Art Babbitt
typeset
Subject Matter
Character profiles of Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck and Dr. Einmug.
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Miscellaneous
4
Gottfredson's World

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Gerstein
Daan Jippes; Antonio Rubino; Manuel Gonzales; Michel Nadorp; Hank Porter; Romana Scarpa
Daan Jippes; Antonio Rubino; Manuel Gonzales; Michel Nadorp; Hank Porter; Romana Scarpa
?
typeset
Subject Matter
historical
Examples of how the stories included in this volume have been previously reprinted.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
The Reproductions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Floyd Gottfredson (signed)
Floyd Gottfredson (signed)
Floyd Gottfredson (signed)
Subject Matter
Recreations of famous scenes from Mickey Mouse continuity commissioned from Floyd Gottfredson.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Behind the Scenes: Legionnaires

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Gerstein
Ferdinand Horvath; Walt Kelly; Joe Sabo
Ferdinand Horvath; Walt Kelly; Joe Sabo
typeset
Subject Matter
Discussion of the shelved Mickey Mouse short "Legionnaires", illustrated with surviving storyboard drawings, which formed the basis for part of the plot of "Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion".
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
3
To Arms! Our Mickey Mouse Has Been Insulted!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Milton Dorr
Floyd Gottfredson
Ted Thwaites
typeset
Subject Matter
Reprint of a column in the Bridgeport (Ct) Sunday Herald from December 19,1937, detailing the censorship of the "Monarch of Medioka" sequence in Yugoslavia.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Heirs of Gottfredson: Cesar Ferioli

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Gerstein
Cesar Ferioli
Cesar Ferioli
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Profile of Egmont Disney artist Cesar Ferioli.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Mystery of Freefer Hall, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Markstein
Cesar Ferioli
Cesar Ferioli
Marie Javins
Susie Lee
Subject Matter
adventure, anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Donald Duck; Colonel Bassett
Mickey, Donald and Goofy are invited to a party being held by Colonel Bassett, in which a phony crime will be staged using actors planted among the guests. But one of the guests isn't play-acting.
Reprinting
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories #674 published November 2006
was The Mystery Of Freefer Hall Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
The Mystery of Freefer Hall, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Don Markstein
Cesar Ferioli
Cesar Ferioli
Marie Javins
Susie Lee
Subject Matter
adventure, anthropomorphic, mystery
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Donald Duck; Colonel Bassett; Chief O'Hara
Mickey and Donald track down the real reason behind the mystery.
Reprinting
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories #674 published November 2006
was The Mystery of Freefer Hall Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5

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