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Issue: Mickey Mouse #197
Publication Date: July 1979
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Issues: #197 of 134 Issues (197 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Gold Key
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/10/1979
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0335009002707
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #168.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Mickey Goes Fishing with Cats

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse
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Pages: 1
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Super Posters By R&R Associates

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside cover.
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Baffled by Boatnappers

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Synopsis: Pelican swallows Goofy's radio
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Mickey Mouse #72 published June 1960
was Baffled by Boatnappers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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Two Big Hits

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Disclose Notes: Ad for Hostess Cup Cakes and Twinkies, with three baseball cards printed on each box. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Remember how many times you felt left out because you were BROKE!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad inviting readers to sell Grit family newspapers for prizes and cash. Placed between pages 10 and 11 of previous story.
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Super Iron-Ons

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First Line: Only $1.00 each or 3 for $2.50
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Disclose Notes: Ad offering t-shirt iron-ons of seventies media personalities and popular designs, from Photo-Lith International. Includes photos of the merchandise. Placed between pages 10 and 11 of previous story.
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The Exciting New! Flipit

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First Line: Collect them all
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad offering Flipit balloon-toys-with-weighted-feet of Frankenstein, Spider-Man, Hulk, Super Chick, Underdog, and Woody Woodpecker. Placed between pages 13 and 14 of previous story.
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Super Gifts & Gimmicks

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Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items. Placed between pages 13 and 14 of previous story..
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The Parrot

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Morty; Ferdie; Mickey Mouse; Pluto
First Line: Since Mickey got a parakeet, it seems like nobody pays any attention to Pluto any more!
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v15 #8 (176) published May 1955
was The Parrot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Enter the Wonderful World of Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys

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First Line: The real live fun-pets you grow yourself.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Sea-Monkeys. Between pages 2 and 3 of previous story.
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The Secret Surprise

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Morty; Ferdie; Mr. Van Longreen
First Line: ...And so Mr. Van Longreen,E
Synopsis: Morty and Ferdie take money from their piggy bank to buy present for Mickey Mouse's friend, Mr. Van Longreen.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Mickey Mouse #70 published February 1960
was The Secret Surprise [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6.75
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Authentic Stone - Perfect Condition Apache Arrowheads

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Disclose Notes: Ad for arrowheads and "catalog of other Indian Heritage items". Between pages 14 and 15 of previous story.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Gold Key Comics; Happy Days
Character(s): The Fonz [Arthur Fonzarelli]; Richie Cunningham
First Line: Hey Fonz! Watcha Got?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Gold Key's Happy Days title. Between pages 14 and 15 of previous story.
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[untitled]

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse
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204 Revolutionary War Soldiers

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Disclose Notes: Ad for plastic toy soldiers from Lucky Products, Inc. 204 pieces for $2.50.
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The Last Word in Comics… Dynabrite!

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Feature(s): Whitman Comics; Dynabrite
First Line: New Line From Whitman
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Disclose Notes: Publisher’s house ad for its new line of “Dynabrite” comics, promising “high quality printing”, "dazzling bright colors”, and “superior grade paper”. Issues pictured: Mickey Mouse and his Sky Adventure, Daisy and Donald 7 from Daisy’s Diary, Mickey Mouse and the Beanstalk, Goofy A Gaggle of Giggles, Uncle Scrooge The Golden Fleecing, Donald Duck and the Golden Helmet, Star Trek A Bomb in Time and The Psychocrystals, Star Trek The Evictors and The Choice, and Bugs Bunny. Color ad on inside back cover.
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A 23rd Century Odyssey Now

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First Line: Star Trek The Motion Picture
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Star Trek The Motion Picture from Paramount Pictures Corporation. Color ad on back cover.

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