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Issue: Walt Disney Comics Digest #5
Publication Date: November 1968
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Issues: #5 of 57 Issues (62 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/24/1968
Volume:
Pages: 196
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 40 (25 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 4.75" x 6.5"
Paper Stock: Glossy Cardstock Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In7
Disclose Reprinted From10
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Strange Shipwrecks; The Story of Bambi

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge McDuck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Dumbo; Bambi; Thumper
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dumbo's Dilemma

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Dumbo
Synopsis: Readers have to guess which pedestal is exactly big enough to allow Dumbo to land on it with all four feet.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Donald Duck (cameo); Mickey Mouse (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Table of Contents and indicia.
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The Strange Shipwrecks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Beagle Boys; Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #23 [10¢ Cover Price] published September 1958
was The Strange Shipwrecks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Disclose Notes: Split into two sections, pages 3-12 and 99-109 of the digest.
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Goober Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, superhero
Character(s): Super Goof [Goofy]; Super Thuggy
Synopsis: A crook discovers the secret of Super Goof's powers and switches the super goobers with ordinary peanuts.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Two vertical panels per page.
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The Doggie Cart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Pluto; Morty; Ferdie
Synopsis: Morty and Ferdie try to get Pluto to pull them in a cart.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Silly Symphonies #2 [25¢ Cover Price] published September 1953
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Original story is untitled.
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Instant Migration

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Feature(s): True-Life Adventures
Synopsis: Facts about bird migration.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures daily from 1964.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Clarabelle's Tricky Poet's Page

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Clarabelle Cow
Synopsis: A poem where the reader has to supply words that rhyme.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Wig Twister

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Grandma Duck; Ludwig von Drake
Synopsis: Ludwig's attempt to use his wig-curling invention in Grandma's silo ends up with the silo roof being spotted as a flying saucer.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #9/1973 published February 1973
as Det går rundt for Raptus [Story on Interior Page(s)]new layout
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Showboat, Jr.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]; Brer Beaver; Brer Owl; Brer Rabbit; Brer Coon; Uncle Scrooge McDuck; Daisy Duck (cameo)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDell Giant #55 published September 1961
was Showboat, Jr. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Bambi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bambi; Thumper; Flower
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #186 published April 1948
was Bambi [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: part 1 of 2.
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Clara Cluck's Tangled Yarn

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Clara Cluck
Character(s): Clara Cluck
Synopsis: Reader has to guess whether red yarn or blue yarn has the most knots.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Figaro Has an Ear for Sounds

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Figaro
Character(s): Figaro
Synopsis: Puzzle to match sounds to device that made them.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Dainty Daredevil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daisy Duck
Synopsis: Daisy, trying to find a job, is misled by a fortune teller and takes a job as a stunt girl for a daredevil pilot.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #19/1973 published May 1973
as Den rette jobben [Story on Interior Page(s)]new layout
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #6 published May 1990
as The Dainty Daredevil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #39 published January 2008
as Vocação para Nada [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Pages 67-74 of the digest. Pages are two panels deep. Art submitted on June 18, 1968. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982). Last comic book story drawn by Barks.
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The Polar Bear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Feature(s): Walt Disney's Animal Autobiographies
Synopsis: The life of polar bears.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #842 [10¢ Cover Price] published September 1957
was The Polar Bear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Big Canvas Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDell Giant #52 published November 1961
was The Big Canvas Caper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Punctured Raft

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck
Synopsis: Donald's inflatable boat gets punctured when it's out of the water.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story.
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Scary Brew

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wicked Witch
Character(s): Wicked Witch
Synopsis: Puzzle which is solved by coloring marked sections.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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What Makes Grandma's Horse Prance?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Grandma Duck
Synopsis: Word puzzle using the first letters of objects in the drawing.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tired of Waiting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Ludwig von Drake
Synopsis: Ludwig gets tired of waiting to see an invention-buyer.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mowgli and the Perilous Bridge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mowgli; Baloo; Ol' Mugger; Junior
Synopsis: Mowgli plays with a lion and tiger cub that play tricks on him. He has to warn them of a trap Ol' Mugger, the crocodile, has set; but the cubs think he is playing a trick on them.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #4/1973 published January 1973
as Den farlige broen [Story on Interior Page(s)]new layout
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Bad Good Deed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Junior Woodchucks [Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck]
Synopsis: The Woodchucks inadvertently help a fox who is robbing birds' nests.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Neptune's Novelties

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): True Life Adventures
Synopsis: Marine creatures who move freely when young, but become nearly immobile when mature.
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Reprint Notes: from Walt Disney's True Life Adventures daily from 1966
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Clock Clues

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge McDuck
Synopsis: Reader must draw lines connecting objects to solve a puzzle.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Giant Acorns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Chip; Dale; Dumbo; Willy the Giant
Synopsis: Dumbo flies Chip and Dale to the cloud land where Willy the Giant lives, so they can harvest some giant acorns.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Mickey Mouse in Fantasyland #1 [25¢ Cover Price] published May 1957
was Giant Acorns [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Gluttonous Sea Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Moby Duck; Goofy
Synopsis: Moby and Goofy blow up a mechanical sea monster.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Thumper; Seven Dwarfs
First Line: Let's quit early today...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v4 #9 (45) published June 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Curious Box

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Brer Rabbit; Brer Bear; Brer Fox
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #53/1972 published December 1972
as Skrinet med det rare i [Story on Interior Page(s)]new layout
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Think-Box Developer

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Gyro Gearloose
Synopsis: Reader has to determine which direction the last gear in a complex series of gears is turning.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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For Braves Only

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Little Hiawatha
Synopsis: How to make a medicine man's mask from a paper bag.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Wild Burro of the West

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dorothy Childs Hogner (original story); ? (adaptation)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Character(s): Andy Andrews; Dusty (burro); Blackjack (burro)
Synopsis: Adventures of a prospector and a burro.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Based on the book "Dusty's Return" by Dorothy Childs Hogner (1950). Text story with six illustrations.
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Windblown Fashion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Daisy Duck TV Tickler
Character(s): Daisy Duck
Synopsis: Daisy's hat gets run over by a car, but the result is the height of fashion.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story.
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Back to Nature...and Back

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Feature(s): True-Life Adventures
Synopsis: Domestic dogs escaped in the Galapagos Islands and reverted back to feral state, but their puppies can be easily domesticated.
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Reprint Notes: from Walt Disney True-Life Adventures daily from 1963
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Running Water

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Jiminy Cricket
Synopsis: Jiminy rigs up a pipe to get water to his house.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The First Americans, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Early history of Indians in the Americas.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #843 [10¢ Cover Price] published September 1957
was Walt Disney's The First Americans [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Continued in next issue.
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Hide 'n' Seek

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Scamp; Scamp's three sisters; Pedro; Chiquita (Pedro's sister); Trusty (cameo); Jock (cameo)
Synopsis: Scamp wants to do boy things, but the girls keep getting in the way.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Scamp #6 [unnamed variant] published June 1958
was Hide 'n' Seek [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Rainy Day Fun

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Morty; Ferdie
Synopsis: Morty and Ferdie show how to make drawings out of words.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Secret Cipher

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Big Bad Wolf
Synopsis: Reader has to switch spaces between groups of letters in order to read Big Bad Wolf's word balloon.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Tricky Mickey

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse
Synopsis: Drawing puzzles where the reader has to figure out the order in which lines were drawn.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Torture Test at Rough Rock

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mighty Matchbox; Fred Bonner Corp.
Synopsis: A matchbox car tests a course that includes a dog as an obstacle.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad in comic form for Matchbox miniature cars.

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