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Issue: Four Color #279
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Title: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielson Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE and PLUTO BATTLE THE GIANT ANTS, No. 279." Code number is M.M.O.S. #280-506. (Note code number is different than indicia number.) Copyright 1950 by Walt Disney Productions. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bill Wright
Bill Wright
?; Western Publishing Production Shop
?
Subject Matter
adventure, anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Pluto
Mickey is shocked by a giant ant.
Reprinting
FlagFour Color #279 published July 1950
as Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagMickey Mouse #102 published August 1965
as Goofy, Mickey and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagMickey Mouse #245 [Direct Edition] published March 1989
as Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giants Ants [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Flock Together

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Hubbard
Al Hubbard
Melvin Millar [Tubby Millar]
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie
Mickey wants to buy Morty and Ferdie a canary, but finds a parrot and dog are also part of the deal.
Reprinting
FlagWalt Disney's serier #5/1955 published May 1955
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDonald Duck & Co #44/1960 published October 1960
as Kjæledyr [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
FlagWalt Disney's månedshefte #11/1970 published January 1970
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]3. translation
FlagWalt Disney's Donald and Mickey #24 [Direct] published July 1994
as Flock Together [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover; black and white. Story title and lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Wright
Bill Wright
Bill Wright
?; Western Publishing Production Shop
Bill Wright
Subject Matter
adventure, anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse and Pluto
Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Goofy
While on a plane trip over the uncharted Amazon jungle, Mickey and Goofy discover a city of giant ants who speak in Morse Code signals through their antennas.
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #4/1962 published January 1962
as Kjempemaurene [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 5-11
FlagDonald Duck & Co #5/1962 published January 1962
as Kjempemaurene [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 12-17
FlagDonald Duck & Co #3/1962 published January 1962
as Kjempemaurene [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1-4
FlagDonald Duck & Co #6/1962 published February 1962
as Kjempemaurene [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 18-25
FlagMickey Mouse #102 published August 1965
as Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants [Story on Interior Page(s)]-1 page
FlagMickey Mouse #245 [Direct Edition] published March 1989
as Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
25
Script and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Monkey Business

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Strobl
Tony Strobl
?; Western Publishing Production Shop
Tony Strobl
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow
Morty and Ferdie adopt two monkeys, who cause general havoc for Mickey and the rest of the town.
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #18/1963 published April 1963
as Apestreker [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1-7
FlagDonald Duck & Co #20/1963 published May 1963
as Apestreker [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 16-23
FlagDonald Duck & Co #19/1963 published May 1963
as Apestreker [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 8-15
 
Miscellaneous
23
Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Popular Pastime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Hubbard
Al Hubbard
Melvin Millar [Tubby Millar]
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
Mickey and Minnie have to share their new TV set with the neighbors.
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #20/1968 published May 1968
as Fjernsynsapparatet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Donald and Mickey #24 [Direct] published July 1994
as Popular Pastime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover; black and white. Story title and lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Morty and Ferdie at Camp Ruffit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Hubbard
Al Hubbard
?; Western Publishing Production Shop
Melvin Millar [Tubby Millar]
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie
Morty and Ferdie are off to Camp Ruffit.
Reprinting
FlagWalt Disney's serier #5/1955 published May 1955
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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