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Issue: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #12 (336)
Publication Date: September 1968
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Issues: #12 (336) of 257 Issues (332 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/25/1968
Volume: 28
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Chase Craig (managing editor); Del Connell; Tom McKimson (art director)
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10011-809. On-sale date from 1968 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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Wave Bye-Bye to Donald!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Huey, Dewey and Louie surf a huge wave that is about to swamp a raft-dozing Donald.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAnders And & Co. #23/1970 published June 1970
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #24/1970 published June 1970
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Explorer XIX

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): General Mills; Cheerios
Character(s): Cheerios Kid
First Line: This balloon-like satellite is one of many designed to measure the thickness of the air above the earth.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Facts about the Explorer XIX satellite - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Master Mixers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; plumber; Dr. Erasmus Fuddle
First Line: Oh boy, oh boy! The casting plaster and funny face molds we ordered finally came!
Synopsis: With the imminent arrival of an important guest, Scrooge presses Donald and the boys into domestic service after his servants quit en masse.
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In Content Item: FlagAlmanacco Topolino #146 published February 1969
as Paperino e la creta plasmadollari [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #31/1969 published July 1969
as Mesterblandingen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illos)
Inker(s): ? (illos)
Colorist(s): ? (illos)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dig That Bone Digger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Scamp; Tramp; cat; bulldog; The Beagle Boys; police officer; Lady; Scamp's siblings [Ruffy, Fluffy; Scooter]
First Line: No, no, no, Scamp!
Synopsis: Scamp's efforts at bone-burying lead to the arrest of The Beagle Boys.
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In Content Item: FlagAlmanacco Topolino #152 published August 1969
as Lillo e l'energia di scorta [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Perhaps because The Beagle Boys are this story’s villains, the police officer was also rendered as a “dogface character” when most “biped” characters seen in Scamp stories are depicted as human.
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Animals

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various (illos)
Inker(s): various (illos)
Colorist(s): various (illos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Reader's Page
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): elephant sitting on a fence (to illustrate "Jokes on You").
First Line: Mid-Summer Gold Key Lineup Hits Action Adventure High
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This page highlights the "Jokes on You" segment of the Gold Key Comics Club pages. Also a look at many of the Gold Key Comics on sale in August 1968, with focus blurbs on Ripley's Believe It or Not, M.A.R.S. Patrol, Magnus Robot Fighter, Tarzan, Korak, Mighty Samson, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Best of Bugs Bunny, and UFO Flying Saucers. No issue numbers are given.
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Inventions

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various (illos)
Inker(s): various (illos)
Colorist(s): various (illos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Reader's Page
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Reader's Page Animals

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings of various animals submitted by readers.
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Reader's Page Inventions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Our readers (that's you) are proving every day what talented artists they are.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings of various wacky inventions submitted by readers.
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Jokes On You; Gold Key Kid

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (strip); various
Penciller(s): ? (strip); various
Inker(s): ? (strip); various
Colorist(s): ? (strip)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Gold Key Kid
Character(s): Gold Key Kid
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Gold Key Kid strip and jokes sent in by readers.
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Jokes on You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Gold Key Kid
First Line: What never asks questions but demands plenty of answers?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
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Lively Scenery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): April; May; June; Daisy Duck; a Beagle Boy; Mayor of Duckburg (in newspaper)
First Line: Yoo-hoo... Don't run, woodland creatures!
Synopsis: Woodland photographers April, May and June's efforts at camera-camouflage lead to the capture of a Beagle Boy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAlmanacco Topolino #146 published February 1969
as Ely, Emy, Evy e le foto di spalle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #26/1969 published June 1969
as Bakvendt-fotografering [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: In the previous story, three Beagle Boys were foiled. Here, one more is added to the tally.
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A Do-It-All for Daisy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daisy Duck; Gyro Gearloose; five robots; one do-it-all robot; Clarabelle Cow; Clarissa
First Line: Daisy Duck bustled about her house.
Synopsis: To manage Daisy's housework with top efficiency, Gyro takes the machinery from five domestic robots and puts it all into one "do-it-all" robot - to less than satisfactory results.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mickey Mouse and the River Pirates, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Indian chief; Black Pete; Li'l Pete; Maw Pete; two river pirate sentries; steamboat builder
First Line: A fantastic time machine takes Mickey and Goofy back to the early keelboat days in the American wilderness of the 1830’s…
Synopsis: Keelboat freight haulers Mickey and Goofy fall victim to the "Pete Clan" of river pirates.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #33/1969 published August 1969
as Elvepiratene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story continues thru issue #338 (November 1968).

Part of the "Fantastic Time Machine" sub-series of Mickey Mouse stories of 1967-68. This sub-series, by creators Carl Fallberg and Paul Murry, allowed Mickey and Goofy to have adventures in various time and historical periods via said time machine.

Other entries in the "Fantastic Time Machine" sub-series included the Mickey Mouse serial in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series) #333-335 (1968), as well as Mickey Mouse (Western, 1962 series) issues #114 (1967) and 116 (1968).

In 2015, translator and American English dialogue provider Jonathan Gray would link the Italian-produced lead story of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (IDW, 2015 series) #721 to the "Fantastic Time Machine" sub-series.
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Protoceratops

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rex Maxon
Inker(s): Rex Maxon
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Dinosauria
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Alberto Becattini (January 2011).
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Dinosauria Protoceratops

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: The eggs of a dinosaur were first discovered in the Mongolian desert in 1922 - they were one hundred million years old!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated text article on the protoceratops. Copyright 1968 by Western Publishing Company, Inc.
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Hi, Kids! I’m “Cracky” Official Mascot of Golden Magazine for Boys and Girls

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Western Publishing Company, Inc.; Golden Magazine for Boys and Girls
Character(s): Cracky (in rock musician's wig, strumming a guitar)
First Line: Come on and join my Golden Magazine "sing along" – you can play this tune on your piano.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Publisher’s ad promoting Western Publishing's Golden Magazine for Boys and Girls, with a subscription offer. Includes piano sheet music and lyrics to a four-line song about Golden Magazine.
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Boys, Girls, Men, Women

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wallace Brown, Inc.
First Line: If you need extra money & you know just 10 people…
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for selling Christmas cards for Wallace Brown, Inc. Color ad on inside back cover.
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Be a Big Winner

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sales Leadership Club
First Line: Join Sales Leadership Club
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Sales Leadership Club, offering prizes or money for the sales of personalized Christmas cards. Color ad on back cover.

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