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Issue: Walt Disney Comics Digest #29
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
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Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
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Content Items: 31 (18 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice

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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
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Grab Your Pencils Everyone!

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Pencil Puzzle Fun
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Inside front cover. Promo for "Pencil Puzzle Fun" #2.
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Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents

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Mickey Mouse (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo)
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Table of contents and indicia.
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
sorcerer; broom
Mickey takes a job as a sorcerer's apprentice and famously botches the job of filling a well with water, by using magic.
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FlagWalt Disney's Silly Symphonies #2 [25¢ Cover Price] published September 1953
was The Sorcerer's Apprentice [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Movie adaptation from "Fantasia."
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Almost Human

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Beavers compared to people.
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from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1964.00.00
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The Sleepwalker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Big Bad Wolf steals a chicken from Brer Bear while sleepwalking, and gets in further trouble when the chicken sleepwalks.
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FlagWalt Disney's Vacation Parade #4 [25¢ Cover Price] published July 1953
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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New layout, original pagecount 8. Originally untitled.
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Seven Dwarfs' Mine

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Dopey
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A maze.
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Niok, the Little One of the Forest

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jungle
Niok; Ayot; village elder; Foo-Nan
Ayot finds an abandoned baby elephant, names him Niok and tries to raise him. The village elder sells Niok but Ayot rescues him and returns him to his elephant herd.
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FlagWalt Disney's Silly Symphonies #8 [30¢ Cover Price] published February 1958
was Niok, the Little One of the Forest [Story on Interior Page(s)]new layout=24 pages
 
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New layout, original pagecount 10.
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Ludwig Von Drake's Letter

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A letter puzzle.
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The Parking Lot Plot

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Daisy and Minnie
Daisy and Minnie go shopping and Daisy has nothing but trouble with her car, after Minnie had suggested they take the bus.
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Pencil credit confirmed from Bob Gregory's collection of payment request invoices from Western Publishing Company, Inc., invoice dated August 27, 1970.
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Too Many Ants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
The boys bring home an ant farm and Donald accidently breaks it open, and the ants end up eating nearly all the wood in the house before he discovers them.
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FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v15 #2 (170) [No Price on Cover] published November 1954
was Donald Rants About Ants [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint title: Too Many Ants
 
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Mad Madam Mim's Crossword Puzzle

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Crossword puzzle and connect-the-dots combination.
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Farm Foolery

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anthropomorphic
Dimwitty Duck and Gus Goose
The Big Bad Wolf steals picnic fixins from Gus and Dimwitty's farm, so the two farmers come up with a fake tornado scheme to scare away the wolf.
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The Salad Patch

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Aunt Dolly; Jem Swanson; Sam Swanson; Paint; a wild horse
Aunt Dolly is trying to grow lettuce but it's being eaten and she blames their horse, Paint. But one night she finds a wild horse eating the lettuce and Paint saves her from being trampled.
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Illustrated text story.
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The Painting Panic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
J. P. Dilly
Goofy accidentally buys a trunk at auction that has a painting in it. Mr. Dilly offers to buy the painting and after Goofy destroys it, paints another, and then steps on it, Goofy finally sells it to Mr. Dilly.
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FlagFour Color #899 [10¢ Cover Price] published May 1958
was The Painting Panic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Extras

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Minnie Mouse in Hollywood
Minnie Mouse
Discusses the role of extras in movies.
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Has a spot illustration.
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Ghosts of Pizen Bluff

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adventure, anthropomorphic
Early in his mining career, Scrooge abandons a claim in Pizen Bluff when the whole town becomes abandoned. He finally returns with his relatives to find a mystery of a moving ghost town.
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FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #26 published June 1959
was Return To Pizen Bluff [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint title: Ghosts of Pizen Bluff
 
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Little Helpers

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anthropomorphic
Taby; Pete Pigeon
Scamp saves Jiminy from a cat and later Jiminy and Pete recover Scamp's dog tag to save him from the dogcatcher.
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What's a Grandma?

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typeset
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FlagFour Color #1073 published January 1960
was What's a Grandma? [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Riddle-like questions with answers.
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The Bully Plague

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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anthropomorphic, mythological
Brer Turtle; Brer Beaver; mountain lion; alligator
A mountain lion and alligator bully the community and steal money until Brer Rabbit devises a plan to chase them away based on the story of The Headless Horseman.
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Daisy's Nieces Pattern Puzzle

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Word scramble.
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The Madball Pitcher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Knuckleball Noogan; Northside Social Club members
Gyro creates the world's shortest baseball game when he spikes both the bats and ball of opposing teams with a pair of his inventions.
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FlagFour Color #1095 published April 1960
was The Madball Pitcher [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Morgan Horse

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
The World of Horses
Information and history of the Morgan horse.
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Tree Doctor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Reddy Woodpecker
Donald Duck is working at filling holes in trees to improve their health, but the chipmunks chase him away to preserve their hole.
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FlagWalt Disney's Chip 'n' Dale #15 [unnamed variant] published September 1958
was Tree Doctor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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New layout, original pagecount 7.
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Lessons in Living

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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informational, non-fiction
A young moose's first swim.
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from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1964.00.00
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The Flying Farm Hand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
The ducks bring Dumbo to help at the farm and he makes a fine scarecrow. Brer Fox uses the old scarecrow clothes to steal some corn and tries to steal livestock until Dumbo and the barnyard animals capture him.
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FlagFour Color #1010 published July 1959
was The Flying Farm Hand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Tinker Bell's Triple Fun Puzzle

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Maze, connect-the-dots, and crossword puzzle.
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Up with the Underdog

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anthropomorphic
an inventor
Pluto accidently gains temporary super powers when he sleeps on a solar-powered machine of a local inventor.
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Brave and Brainy

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Little Hiawatha's father [Big Chief]; Little Hiawatha's tribe; Leaping Fox; Hotshot tribe; Sunflower
Little Hiawatha convinces his father, the chief, to hold an election and Leaping Fox runs against the chief. Leaping Fox tricks the Hotshot tribe into declaring war so he can appear the hero and be elected, but the old chief ends the war before it begins and is re-elected.
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FlagFour Color #988 published May 1959
was Brave and Brainy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Crack Up with Cracky

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Jokes by Cracky
Cracky
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Inside back cover. Promo for "Jokes by Cracky" #5.
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[untitled]

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Cartoons & Crosswords
It doesn't matter if you're a laugher...
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Back cover. Promo for "Cartoons & Crosswords" magazine.

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