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Issue: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #2 (338)
Publication Date: November 1968
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Issues: #2 (338) of 257 Issues (332 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/26/1968
Volume: 29
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10011-811. 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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Finding a Fly in Your Soup Could Always be Worse!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: The boys swat a fly in Donald's soup, leaving a great big mess in their wake.
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In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #41/1969 published October 1969
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Now you're old enough for "Matchbox". Here’s your driver’s license.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Know who the best drivers on the block are? They're the ones with the real "MATCHBOX" models.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Matchbox model cars, with "Official 'Matchbox' Driver's License" (with an expiration date of 7/31/69) that you can cut out and carry. Color ad on inside front cover.
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The Rigged Robot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Mr. QED (robot); Gyro Gearloose; Emil Eagle
First Line: As my office flunky, you've done great, nephew!
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge installs "Robot Computer Model XZ54" (also known as "Mr. QED") as his new office efficiency expert, and eventually turns all operations over to it in a move to cut costs by eliminating staff.
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In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #18/1973 published April 1973
as Robotanisk hos Skrue [Story on Interior Page(s)]1 page removed
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Pup House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Scamp; Lady; Tramp; jealous bulldog; two safe-stealers; police officers
First Line: Ow! Get your foot off my stomach!
Synopsis: When their doghouse gets too small for three to bed down, Tramp pulls a wagon containing a tiny pup-house out of the garage for Scamp to sleep in. As Tramp is too tired to remove the pup-house from the wagon, he leaves it atop the wagon for Scamp's first night. A bulldog, jealous of the pampered Scamp, rolls the wagon down the steep and treacherous "Suicide Hill"... pup-house, Scamp and all.
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In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #35/1969 published August 1969
as Hvalpehuset [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: If the doghouse was too small for just Lady, Tramp, and Scamp... what about Scamp's three siblings, who are conveniently absent from this story?
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mickey Mouse
First Line: Gold Key to Hold Surprise Party for Mickey Mouse
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A look at many of the Gold Key Comics on sale in October 1968, highlighting the 25-cent giant Mickey Mouse Surprise Party. Also focus blurbs on Doctor Solar Man of the Atom, Daniel Boone, Tarzan of the Apes, Turok Son of Stone, The Lone Ranger, The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes, Huckleberry Hound, and Walt Disney Comics Digest. No issue numbers are given. The image of Mickey Mouse used in this promo does not look as if it originated with Western Publishing. It is more likely that it was supplied by the Walt Disney Studios - and appears to have been drawn by Floyd Gottfredson, who was still drawing the Mickey Mouse daily newspaper strip, as he had since 1930. Gottfredson was also known for character publicity artwork such as this. The figure of Mickey is drawn in the style with which Gottfredson drew the character in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Reader's Page Airplanes

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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings of various airplanes submitted by readers.
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World's Fastest Train

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): General Mills; Cheerios; Cheerios Kid
Character(s): Cheerios Kid
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Facts about the “New Tokaido” train running between Tokyo and Osaka, Japan - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal.
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Jokes on You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Gold Key Kid
First Line: Where are the largest diamonds in the world kept?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
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A Little Help Goes a Wrong Way

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): April; May; June; Chip; Dale; contest judge
First Line: Shoo fly, you awful hawk!
Synopsis: When April, May, and June save Chip and Dale from a hungry hawk, the chipmunks resolve to return the favor by "...doin' lots o' little good deeds for April, May, an' Junie!"
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In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #41/1969 published October 1969
as Takk for hjelpen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Stumble Foot

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Little Hiawatha; Sunflower
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The River Pirates, Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete; Li'l Pete; Maw Pete; Smurch (river pirate keelboat rudderman); steamboat builder
First Line: Mickey's Keelboat loaded with a valuable cargo of furs has been hijacked by river pirates.
Synopsis: Mickey and Goofy take back their keelboat loaded with furs from the "Pete Clan" of river pirates. Now they must outrun the pirates on a winding river course in order to get to safety. Some unexpected help comes from an old friend.
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In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #35/1969 published August 1969
as Elvepiratene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 3 of 3. Story runs from #336 (November 1968) thru this 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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Cat on Canvas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): yowling cat
First Line: Meoow!
Synopsis: A night-yowling cat on a fence shields himself from thrown shoes, books, and alarm clocks by safely hiding behind a canvas painting of a yowling cat.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Top half of page.
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Sure Shot Fish Lure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): fisherman
Synopsis: An impatient fisherman drops a whole bottle of a miracle fish lure into the water, when only one drop is recommended.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Lower half of page.
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Dinosauria Pteranodon

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Before the evolution of birds, reptiles flew in the sky.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated text article on the Pteranodon. Copyright 1968 by Western Publishing Company, Inc.

Gaylord Du Bois script credit for Pteranodon as per page 174, "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott." Gaylord Du Bois script identification confirmed by David Porta, April, 2016.
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Win $1,000.00 College Scholarship

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Or other grand prize awards
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "all occasion cards". Color ad on inside back cover.
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Make Money Get Prizes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: with fast selling 75-cent Christmas Packs
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for American Specialty Company, offering prizes or money for the sales of Christmas card packs. Six kids with quotes endorsing this enterprise are seen in black and white photos. Color ad on back cover.

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