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Issue: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #3 (267)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/18/1962
Volume: 23
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10011-212. On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interiors
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Gyro Gearloose; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete; whale
Composite cover highlighting three of the features therein.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Double Daters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck; Gladstone Gander; Daisy Duck
Donald and Gladstone both prepare for a date with Daisy, with each paralleling the other's actions.
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #8/1964 published February 1964
as Dobbelt besøk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAnders And & Co. #52/1964 published December 1964
as Stævnemødet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Pantomime. Black and white on inside front cover.
Log Jockey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Cousin Whitewater Duck; Black Pierre
In a dither of curiosity about his kinfolks, Donald is driving hither and thither tracking the limbs of the Duck family tree!
Donald is pressed into driving a huge load of logs down river to the sawmill for his injured Cousin Whitewater Duck. He has to contend with the dirty work of rival logger Black Pierre.
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #38/1963 published September 1963
as Fløterne [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v40 #3 / 471 published December 1979
as Log Jockey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Carl Barks Library #10 published August 1990
as Log Jockey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color #46 published October 1995
as Log Jockey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
The Life of the Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Gyro Gearloose; Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
But you won't find any nicer party costumes than these in town!
For Daisy's costume party, Gyro creates an all-too-realistic flying saucer pilot costume.
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Miscellaneous
4
In accordance with the “Early Gold Key style”, this story has borderless panels with rectangular dialogue balloons.
Blown Up Genius

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Ludwig Von Drake; Daisy Duck; Clarabelle Cow; Clara Cluck; rival glassblower
So tune in next week for our exciting show, "Claim to Fame"!
While demonstrating his expertise in the art of glassblowing, Ludwig runs afoul of a rival glassblower.
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #44/1963 published October 1963
as Oppblåste genier [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
In accordance with the “Early Gold Key style”, this story has borderless panels with rectangular dialogue balloons.
Pinocchio's Plight

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Pinocchio; Morty and Ferdie
"I don't want to go to school today!", Pinocchio said to Gepetto.
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Miscellaneous
1
Hole in One Fun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf [Zeke Wolf]; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig
You're late, Li'l Wolf!
Two of the Three Little Pigs have become golf caddies. In order to get close enough to nab them, Zeke disguises himself as a golfer.
Reprinting
FlagAlmanacco Topolino #74 published February 1963
as Ezechiele Lupo e la partita a golf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDonald Duck & Co #29/1963 published July 1963
as Griseflaks på golfbanen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
In accordance with the “Early Gold Key style”, this story has borderless panels with rectangular dialogue balloons.
A Whale of a Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Goofy; Mickey Mouse; Black Pete [Peg-leg Pete]; Scuttle
Our story begins in this humble little cottage at the edge of town.
Goofy decides to become a beach comber and accidentally finds ambergris.
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #36/1963 published September 1963
as Kam-erat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMickey Mouse #218 published January 1984
as A Whale of a Tale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Story is billed as "Mickey and Goofy".

In accordance with the “Early Gold Key style”, this story has borderless panels with rectangular dialogue balloons.
Balloons and Giraffe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Rather than buy another balloon for Dewey, Uncle Scrooge uses a giraffe's neck to catch the boy's windblown runaway balloon.
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #31/1963 published July 1963
as Giraffen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Pantomime. In accordance with the “Early Gold Key style”, this story has borderless panels with pastel panel gutters of green, blue and purple. On final interior page of the comic.
Free Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty with each subscription to Walt Disney's Comics and Stories

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Gold Key Comics; Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
Sleeping Beauty; Prince Charming; Fairy; Donald Duck (floating head); Mickey Mouse (floating head); Goofy (floating head); Chip (floating head); Dale (floating head); Scamp (floating head)
Subscribe now and receive FREE this beautifully illustrated 16 page book in full color.
All floating heads appear to be repurposed art by Paul Murry
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Miscellaneous
1
Black and white ad on inside back cover. Promo for subscriptions to Walt Disney Comics and Stories. One year for $1.25 plus premium of Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty Golden Book.
Walt Disney Comics Pin-up No. 4

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Gyro Gearloose; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete; whale
Composite cover highlighting three of the features therein.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Color on back cover. The front cover image is repeated on the back cover, sans logo and all cover copy.

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