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Issue: Walt Disney's Christmas Parade #3
Publication Date: January 1965
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Issues: #3 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10100-501. Printed in the U.S.A. by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Had at least two printings.

No indicia frequency but published annually for the Christmas seasons of 1962-1971, with the exception of 1968. That year's Christmas Parade featured Woody Woodpecker.

No ads in this issue. All 36 pages are comics or comics-related text material.

While sporting a new cover, this issue reprints the interior comics content of Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series) #178 (December 1947).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; later issues standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#1); saddle-stitched (#2-8)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Singing From a Book of Carols

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Synopsis: Donald, Scrooge, and Mickey sing from a book of Christmas carols, while tall Goofy stands in for a Christmas tree with a star atop his head.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: CPGK 3-00
Disclose Notes: New cover for an issue of reprints. Back cover is the same illustration but omitting Goofy.
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Super Visor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
First Line: Those big visors are really classy!
Synopsis: Donald adds a snazzy huge visor to the front of his car.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #178 published December 1947
was Fashion in Flight [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: OS 178-01
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside front cover.
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Donald Duck's Christmas on Bear Mountain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey: Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge (introduction); Edgerton (Scrooge's butler); James (Scrooge's chauffeur); squirrel; bear cub; mama bear
First Line: Woe is me! Oh, woe! Woe! Woe!
Synopsis: At Christmastime, Donald Duck's heretofore estranged rich uncle, Scrooge McDuck, schemes to test Donald's bravery.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #178 published December 1947
was Christmas on Bear Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: OS 178-02
Disclose Notes: Job number W.D.C.P. #3-6410 in second printing.

First appearance of Uncle Scrooge McDuck, who would go on to become one of the most famous original comic book creations the world over.
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Santa Claus Land

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Doc (of the Seven Dwarfs); Grumpy (of the Seven Dwarfs); Santa Claus; Santa's reindeer [Dasher; Dancer; Dunder; Blitzen; Comet; Cupid; Prancer; Vixen] Dumbo; Willie the Giant; Willie's Mama
First Line: 'Tis the day before Christmas!
Synopsis: Mickey and Goofy are Santa's helpers at the North Pole. Goofy is a bust at every task he tries, but good-hearted Santa makes him "Custodian of the Reindeer" where he finds that Prancer is missing. Mickey discovers that Prancer was stolen by Willie the Giant. With the help of Dumbo the flying elephant, Mickey and Goofy rescue Prancer and save Christmas.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #178 published December 1947
was Santa Claus Land [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: OS 178-03
Disclose Notes: In this reprinted 1947 story, Mickey "saves Christmas" long before every other fictional character (and their fictional brothers and sisters) eventually jumped on the "Christmas-saving bandwagon".
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Turn for the Worse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; insurance salesman
First Line: I'm looking for Donald Duck! Can you tell me how I can find him, Mister?
Synopsis: As a joke, Donald gives circular driving directions to an insurance salesman who, the duck finds, has no sense of humor.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #178 published December 1947
was Turn for the Worse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: OS 178-04
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside back cover.
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Christmas Parade Pin-Up: Singing From a Book of Carols

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Mickey Mouse
Synopsis: Donald, Scrooge, and Mickey sing from a book of Christmas carols.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Christmas Parade #9 published January 1972
as Duck Family - Carols [Illustration on Cover, Front]as cover
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: CPGK 3-00
Disclose Notes: Color on back cover. The front cover image is repeated on the back cover, sans logo and all cover copy - and omitting Goofy.

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