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Issue: Donald Duck #105
Publication Date: January 1966
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Issues: #105 of 161 Issues (242 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/24/1965
Volume: none
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: 10037-601. On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In12
Disclose Reprinted From2
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Great Rainbow Race

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Magica De Spell
Synopsis: The Ducks race for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, unaware that Magica De Spell is hiding inside.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #215 [Gold Key] published January 1980
as The Great Rainbow Race [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as The Great Rainbow Race [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover scene does not occur in the story it illustrates.
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A Complainer's Complaint

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; line of curious customers; information desk attendant; line of angry customers; complaint department attendant
First Line: What a lineup!
Synopsis: Finding a department store's line for information too long and slow, Donald takes his beef to the store's complaint department.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck #64 published March 1959
was Queues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside front cover.
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The Great Rainbow Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Magica De Spell; Scrooge's pilot
First Line: Donald! Don't just sit there! Get packed! I've got an important job for you!
Synopsis: Scrooge sends Donald and the boys to look for the fabled pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Their jet-plane aerial search is taken over by Magica De Spell who wants the gold for herself. The rainbow ends - and vanishes - in a far-eastern country where rain is not expected for another year, causing angry Magica to use her powers of sorcery to conjure up a "gully-washer" that produces a rainbow of its own. Under such conditions, can there be any truth to the pot of gold legend?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #37/1966 published September 1966
as Gull under regnbuen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #215 [Gold Key] published January 1980
as The Great Rainbow Race [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Bob Ogle script credit is based on the use of his unique, telltale exclamation "Ug!" and that the story does not read like the work of any of the "regular" Donald Duck writers of the period such as Vic Lockman, Bob Gregory, or Carl Fallberg.

Mike Royer inks credit, per I.N.D.U.C.K.S.
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Butting for Bass

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; goat
First Line: Drat! Ten of my best lures lost!
Synopsis: A goat helps Donald catch a bass, in an unexpected way.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #16/1967 published April 1967
as Supersluken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1953.07.19
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Big Bad Wolf's Piggy Treat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf [Zeke Wolf]; the Three Little Pigs; Clarabelle Cow; square-dance caller; town social attendees
First Line: "I hope you're coming to the town social tonight, Pop," said Li'l Bad Wolf, as he packed a basket of food.
Synopsis: Zeke attends a town social to grab the Three Little Pigs, who are on the event's refreshment committee.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v41 #11 / 491 published October 1981
as Big Bad Wolf's Piggy Treat [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Middle left page of centerfold.
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One Moose Band

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): General Mills; Cheerios; Rocky and Bullwinkle
Character(s): Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Bullwinkle J. Moose
First Line: You and Cheerios really make sweet music together, Bullwinkle!
Synopsis: One-man-marching-band Bullwinkle eats Cheerios for “muscle-makin’ protein” and one-man-marches himself right down a manhole.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: One of a series of Cheerios ads featuring Rocky and Bullwinkle. Middle right page of centerfold.
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Goofy's Lucky Star

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Goofy; Mickey Mouse; movie theatre ticket salesperson; movie theatre manager; Joe (hot dog vendor); hungry crowd of onlookers
First Line: Hot ziggity! A falling star!
Synopsis: A falling star provides Goofy with some good luck... until, abruptly, it doesn't.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #42/1966 published October 1966
as Langbeins lykkestjerne [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAlmanacco Topolino #128 published August 1967
as Pippo e la stella cadente [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Bob Ogle credited as the possible writer, due to the nature of the ending gag. Not a typical Vic Lockman scripted Goofy story of the period.
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Donald's Buzzin' Cousin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Fethry Duck (1st in Western comics); dazed airline passengers; navy sailor on missile-firing duty; various citizens of Faroffstand; Cafe Roma delivery driver
First Line: I hope I make it in time to meet Cousin Fethry!
Synopsis: Donald's Cousin Fethry comes to visit, and takes Donald on a wild ride to get some authentic Asian cuisine.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAlmanacco Topolino #114 published June 1966
as Paperino e quel matto d'un cugino [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #41/1966 published October 1966
as Det første møtet med Klodrik [Story on Interior Page(s)]1 page removed
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #215 [Gold Key] published January 1980
as Donald's Buzzin' Cousin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This story was the first appearance of Fethry Duck in the American comic books produced by Western Publishing. Though the character was very popular overseas, Fethry would only appear twice more, in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 Series) #304 (January 1966) and Donald Duck (Western, 1962 Series) #106 (March 1966). Fethry would not catch-on in the USA until decades later with the dominance of material produced for (and by) foreign publishers.

Bob Ogle script credit is based on the use of his unique, telltale exclamation "Ug!", and the overall humor of the story.

Positioning this as a "first appearance" for Fethry is Donald's line on page 1, panel 1: "Gee, I haven't seen him [Fethry] since our boyhood days!".
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Toboggan and Ski-Lift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; puzzled skier
Synopsis: Tobogganing to the bottom of a steep hill, Donald improvises a unique way to get back up.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #4/1967 published January 1967
as Aketuren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. On final interior page of the comic.
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Best Seat in the House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; circus ticket taker; crowd of adults at circus; crowd of kids at circus; circus boss
First Line: Hey, chum! Would you mind removing your hat?
Synopsis: At the circus, Donald loudly complains that he can't see the show from any remaining available seats. To keep the peace, the circus boss gives him the seat with the best view in the house.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck #64 published March 1959
was Open View [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside back cover.
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More Features! More Fun!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: That's why this Double 8 is the most exciting road racing set in the world!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Aurora Model Motoring ad for its Double 8 racing layout. From Aurora Plastics Corp., West Hempstead, NY. Color ad on back cover.

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