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Issue: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #9 (345)
Publication Date: June 1969
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Issues: #9 (345) 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: 04/24/1969
Volume: 29
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1969 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:  
Disclose Reprinted In7
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
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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Soaked in the Crossfire

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald's nephews spray their water pistols all over Donald, while sharing Donald's umbrella during a rainstorm.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAnders And & Co. #17/1970 published April 1970
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #18/1970 published April 1970
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover credits from Alberto Becattini.
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Mighty "Matchbox" Rug Rally

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Welcome "Matchbox" fans to the running of the first annual "Matchbox" Rug Rally.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Matchbox model cars, made up of comic panels detailing several Matchbox cars competing in a rough-road rally on a living room rug. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Rocket Wing Saves the Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck; Rocket Wing [pigeon]
First Line: In the spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of ---
Synopsis: Donald uses his nephews' race pigeon to send love messages to Daisy... a practice the boys soon sabotage.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v12 #7 (139) published April 1952
was Rocket Wing Saves the Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".
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Pop's Shadow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Scamp; Lady; Tramp; The Street Curs (two tough dogs)
First Line: G'night, Scamp! Off to bed with you now!
Synopsis: Scamp distracts Tramp, while he is on guard. The Street Curs, two tough dogs who steal the food and bones from other dogs, take advantage of the opportunity.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Barnabas Collins; Mighty Samson
First Line: Barnabas returns to old haunts in new "Dark Shadows" thriller
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A list of all Gold Key Comics on sale in May, 1969, with focus blurbs on Dark Shadows, Walt Disney Comics Digest, Golden Comics Digest, Wacky Races, Fantastic Voyage, Mighty Samson, Tarzan of the Apes, and Bugs Bunny (featuring the very-late period Looney Tunes characters "Bunny and Claude"). No issue numbers are given.

A panel from Mighty Samson (Western, 1964 Series) #19 (August 1969) is reproduced.
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Reader's Page Monsters

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 monsters, submitted by readers.
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Military Men - Your Credit Is Good!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Any Item on this page only $10 twice monthly or $20 per month
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various diamond rings, sold on credit terms to members of the military. Middle right page of centerfold.
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Mini-Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two half page pantomime cartoons
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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: Why is money like a secret?
Synopsis: Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Beagle Babes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): April; May; June; The Beagle Brats; The Beagle Babes
First Line: Eek! Look who's coming!
Synopsis: The Beagle Brats stop teasing April, May, and June and leave the job to their cousins The Beagle Babes, three little "blonde and hair-bowed", black-masked little girl Beagles in pink polka-dot dresses.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAnders And & Co. #7/1970 published February 1970
as Piratpigerne [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #8/1970 published February 1970
as Bitte-B-Jentene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The Beagle Babes walk along singing a song that only the unique writing style of Vic Lockman could have given them: "Oh, we Beagle Babes three, are a barrel fulla tee-hee!"

The TV series DuckTales offered its own incarnation of The Beagle Babes, this time as adult female Beagle bandits, in the 1989 episode "The Good Muddahs". In accordance with DuckTales' practice of "naming" all their Beagle characters, the Beagle Babes were called Bouffant, Babydoll, and Boom-Boom Beagle.
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Uncle Scrooge's Treasures

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Daisy Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
First Line: "Unca Donald," cried Huey, as Donald Duck came in the back door.
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge sells all the old junk in his attic as treasures.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Sinking City, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Tina; Puffer; soldiers of Despondia
First Line: Mickey and Goofy are touring a remote section of faraway land in a helicopter.
Synopsis: As tourists flying over the remote Dukedom of Despondia, Mickey and Goofy's helicopter is fired upon by soldiers who are pursuing a young girl. The girl, Tina, lives inside a free and independent walled city within the greater dukedom. Dispensing with a long-ago treaty between the city and Despondia, the dukedom's soldiers hold the population of the walled city prisoners within the walls. To make matters worse, the city is sinking into the Earth with no way for the residents to escape. With their helicopter disabled, Mickey and Goofy are also prisoners of the ever-sinking city.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAlmanacco Topolino #160 published April 1970
as Topolino e il bradisismo artificiale Parte Prima [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAnders And & Co. #23/1970 published June 1970
as Den synkende by [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #24/1970 published June 1970
as Byen som sank [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of 3.
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Prehistoria Neanderthal Man

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: One hundred thousand years ago, the most primitive type of human, Neanderthal Man, roamed wide areas of Europe and Asia.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated text article on Neanderthal Man. Copyright 1969 by Western Publishing Company, Inc.
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"Two Bells", But is All Well?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): bell-ringer; female friend
Synopsis: A tower bell-ringer zips in and out of sight, to the dismay of a female friend.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Top half of page. On final interior page of the comic.
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Flower's Fleeting Fame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): huge flowering plant; contestant; judge; photographer
First Line: Sign: "Win a Flower Club prize for most exotic plant"
Synopsis: A would-be trophy winner enters a huge flowering plant in a flower show.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Lower half of page. On final interior page of the comic.
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Large - Fluorescent Colored Posters

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Wile E. Coyote; Road Runner; Huckleberry Hound (all as posters); Bugs Bunny; Yogi Bear (both free-standing)
First Line: Your Favorite Comic Character as big as 23" x 35'
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering large color posters of Fred Flintstone, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Huckleberry Hound, Bugs Bunny, and Yogi Bear. Only $2.00 each from Artko Studios, Inc. Color ad on inside back cover.
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3 Complete Fishing Outfits

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Nationally advertised 1969 models
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Fishing equipment offered via mail order (1969 models) from Niresk Discount Sales. Color ad on back cover.

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