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Issue: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #1 / 505
Publication Date: January 1983
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Issues: #1 / 505 of 257 Issues (332 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: WhitmanView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/05/1983
Volume: 43
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: No cover date appears on cover or in indicia. Cover code: 90011. Copyright date is for new, non-reprint material is 1982. On-sale date from The Comic Reader #211.

No interior ads in this issue. Ads are limited to inside and back covers.
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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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At Least it Wasn't a Power Mower!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Goofy; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Goofy gets his pants tangled-up in a lawnmower.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v30 #8 (356) published May 1970
was At Least It Wasn't a Power Mower! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Super Goof

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Whitman Comics; Super Goof
Character(s): Super Goof
First Line: He’s on the right track in Whitman Comics
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Whitman house ad for Super Goof. Reproduces the cover illustration for Walt Disney Super Goof (Western, 1965 series) #49 October 1978. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Rival Beachcombers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Gladstone Gander; Huey; Dewey; Louie; police officer; judge
First Line: That storm last night really churned up the sand along the beach!
Synopsis: Beachcombers Donald and Gladstone compete to find a lost ruby.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v9 #7 (103) published April 1949
was Rival Beachcombers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: For this story's Donald Duck logo, Carl Barks added a nesting seagull inside the capital "D" of "Donald".
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By Hook or Crook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Tinker Bell; Jiminy Cricket; Mr. Crow; hungry trout; Captain Hook; cabin boy
First Line: Tink has come to visit Jiminy Cricket - bit he's not at home...
Synopsis: Strong wind gusts blow an umbrella-carrying Jiminy onto Captain Hook's pirate ship, with Tinker Bell in rescuing-pursuit. Together, Tink and Jiminy save a cabin boy from Captain Hook's wrath.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Backfire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Gyro Gearloose
Synopsis: Gyro burglarproofs his home... too well.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Pop's Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf [Zeke Wolf]; Brer Bear; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]
First Line: I'd give anything if Pop would wake up a changed wolf... A good wolf!
Synopsis: Zeke feigns becoming a good wolf in order to trap the pigs.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Uncle Scrooge's Jog-a-Lot

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Bill the foreman; old lady; joggers
First Line: Uncle Scrooge stood on the sidewalk and watched with satisfaction as an old building came tumbling down.
Synopsis: Refusing to pay the high cost of a construction crew to tamp down an empty lot to be turned into a parking area, Uncle Scrooge opens the lot as an area for dedicated joggers who will eventually tamp down the ground with their repetitive footfalls.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v30 #8 (356) published May 1970
was Uncle Scrooge's Jog-a-Lot [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Sorcerer of Donnybrook Castle, Part III

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Minnie Mouse; Pluto; The Black Knight; The Black Knight's soldiers; dragon; black cat; wizard; duchess; princess; 20th century tour guide; group of 20th century tourists
First Line: A wrathful sorcerer has thrust our heroes back into time where they are pressed into the service of a duchess whose castle is besieged by The Black Knight who seeks the hand of the princess!
Synopsis: With the aid of a friendly dragon, Mickey and company rout The Black Knight and his men. Mickey then maneuvers the jealous wizard to return the gang to the 20th century... where an interesting legend awaits them.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v30 #5 (353) published February 1970
was The Sorcerer of Donnybrook Castle, Part III [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Part 3 of 3.

Having had their fill of hauntings, and medieval adventures, Mickey declares (in the story's final panel) "...From now on, we'll get OUR haunting excitement in the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland!"
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Daffy Duck

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Whitman Comics; Daffy Duck
Character(s): Daffy Duck
First Line: He’ll quack you up in Whitman Comics
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Whitman house ad for Daffy Duck. Reproduces the cover illustration for Daffy Duck (Western, 1962 series) #114 April 1978. Color ad on inside back cover.
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Meet your favorite comic characters and enjoy exciting adventure in... Whitman Comics.

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Whitman Comics
First Line: Fun for everyone!!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Whitman Comics. No characters or properties are pictured. Color ad on back cover.

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