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Issue: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse #79
Publication Date: August 1961
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Issues: #79 of 57 Issues (65 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: DellView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/15/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Credits based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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A Very Special Delivery

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; mama bird
Synopsis: Mickey finds a mama bird and her nest full of eggs in his mailbox.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAlmanacco Topolino #65 published May 1962
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #29/1962 published July 1962
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover of Mickey Mouse (Western, 1962 series) #191 is a homage.
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Private Pool

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy
First Line: Sure Nice of you to invite me over to try out your new swimming pool, Goofy!
Synopsis: Goofy's new backyard swimming pool is unusually sized.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #32/1962 published August 1962
as Eget basseng [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAlmanacco Topolino #105 published September 1965
as Pippo e la piscina privata [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside front cover.
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Blanket Bonanza

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; dam construction foreman; various Native Americans
First Line: Looks as if Goofy is starting a new business venture!
Synopsis: Mickey and Goofy tour the American southwest trying to sell Goofy's load of surplus electrical equipment. When that doesn't pan out, Mickey takes a temporary job as a watchman for a newly constructed dam that will supply electric power to the region. The local Native Americans are used to a life without electricity, but Goofy finds a way to change that and create a demand for his cut-rate cords.
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In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #49/1962 published December 1962
as Flakse-teppet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMickey Mouse #156 published June 1975
as Blanket Bonanza [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: In 1961, when this story was printed, it *may* have been possible that there were still remote regions of the United States without electrical power. However, it seems highly unlikely by the time this story was later reprinted in 1975.

TO WHICH MERLIN HAAS ADDS THE FOLLOWING: Apparently some Native American reservations are still without access to electricity: "23 percent of Navajo Nation Homes and 35% of Hopi Indian Tribe homes are unelectrified" (Department of the Interior, 2023). So maybe not so unrealistic when first printed.
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Color This Picture and You Can Win

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dell Comics
First Line: The cash ($1,000,00) and the car, too!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contest run by Dell Comics, for which readers must color-in a provided picture of "two kids and a convertible car filled with money". Clip the finished picture, and submit with two top strips of current Dell Comics. The "Dell Comics 15-cent seal" and the title logo of the comic must be seen on the strip. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
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Pop's Good Bad Deed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf [Zeke Wolf]; Brer Bear; Brer Bear's niece; Li'l Wolf's teacher; other parents attending the school play
First Line: Okay... Okay... So you're in a school play! Now run along and let me be... I've only had twenty-nine hours of sleep so far today!
Synopsis: Zeke refuses to attend Li'l Wolf's school play, until he hears that Li'l Wolf is playing the villain. Now seated front and center, Zeke is disappointed by Li'l Wolf's "nice" villain portrayal and leaps to the stage to show the kid-players and attendees how a real villain should act.
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In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #41/1962 published October 1962
as Storeulvs gode gjerning [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #16 published October 1969
as Pop's Good Bad Deed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Start Trading Now at the Dell Trading Post

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dell Comics; Dell Trading Post
Character(s): Bugs Bunny (on a Dell comic book cover)
First Line: Only Dell Comics offer these outstanding premium values!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dell Comics promotion for various prizes in exchange for a combination of money and the top cover strips from Dell Comics. The combinations vary by the nature and value of the prizes. Quote: "Cut off the top strip of each Dell Comic cover. Be sure the strip includes the name of the comic and the new Dell Comics seal. When you have enough cover strips for the item(s) you want, put them in an envelope together with the required amount of money and the coupon at the right."

Prizes displayed in the ad are: "Giant Space Map", "Kodak Brownie Bullet Camera", "Three Way Desk Set", "Nagic-Puzzle Kit", "Secret Pocket Wallet", "Shaggy Dog" (stuffed animal - not the Disney film version), "Secret Seal Ring", "Baseball Glove", "Teenage Pocketbook", "Yogi Bear Vinyl Squeeze Toy", "Set of Six Lifelike Dolls", and "Initialed Slave Bracelet".

An illustration of a pair of scissors (apparently operating without the aid of human hands) is seen cutting-off the "Dell Comics top cover strip" of a copy of Bugs Bunny (Dell, 1952 Series) #77 (February-March 1961). The ad covers both middle pages of the centerfold.
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Dog Debut

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie; Pluto; Roger Ricky (movie actor); G.B. (movie director); G.B.'s "yes-man"; dogcatcher
First Line: Pluto sure hates to take a bath, Uncle Mickey!
Synopsis: Pluto, Morty, and Ferdie flee from a movie actor playing a dogcatcher... as well as the real dogcatcher.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #43/1968 published October 1968
as Den vågale hundefanger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #7 published January 1969
as Dog Debut [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMickey Mouse #184 published June 1978
as Dog Debut [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: GOOD BIT: The real dogcatcher snags the movie actor dogcatcher for moving in on his territory, and takes him to the police for not having a city license:

MORTY: "Wow! That's the first time I ever saw a dogCATCHER get taken in for not having a license!"
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Exercise Surprise

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Chip; Dale; Donald Duck
First Line: "Gotta keep running," Chip said to Dale as the two little chipmunks rushed down the road one day.
Synopsis: Chip 'n' Dale walk into Donald Duck's unlocked house to rest after a hearty exercise run. Donald sees them through an open window and dresses like a burglar, complete with squirt gun, to scare them away.
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In Content Item: FlagMickey Mouse #184 published June 1978
as Exercise Surprise [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: While the artwork in this story's single illustration is clearly that of Al Hubbard, the title lettering appears to be by another artist associated with Chip 'n' Dale - Harvey Eisenberg.
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The Potted Plant Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Mr. Jones; bank clerk; two police officers
First Line: Yoo-hoo! Mr. Jones... come on out... I know this is where yuh live!
Synopsis: Goofy is unwittingly used to help rob a bank by delivering a plant that gives off sleeping gas.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #37/1962 published September 1962
as Soveplanten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #8 published February 1969
as The Potted Plant Plot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMickey Mouse #182 [Gold Key] published April 1978
as The Potted Plant Plot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story is billed as "Mickey Mouse and Goofy", each with their own separate logos.
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Special Offer from Pop-Ice! Join the “Popeye Navy Club”

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Popeye the Sailor
First Line: Hey kids, you can get over 50 real U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Insignia!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Pop-Ice frozen ice pops offering Navy and Marine Corps insignia at three for 25-cents - with a "parents seal" from the front of the Pop-Ice box. On final interior page of the comic.
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Home Boner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Pluto; Butch (bulldog); hungry dog
Synopsis: A hungry dog steals a sleeping Pluto's bone. After retrieving it, he finds that Butch the Bulldog has taken over Pluto's doghouse.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #27/1962 published July 1962
as Hundehuset [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Black and white on inside back cover.
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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers only $1.98

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: 2 complete armies
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for plastic toy soldiers. 204 pieces for $1.98. Color ad on back cover.

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