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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published November 2003
Cover Price 8.95 USD; 12.95 CAD
Pages 84
Editing Leonard Clark [John Clark] (editor-in-chief); Gary Leach (art director)
Notes wraparound cover. Cover restoration by Rick Keene. Indexed with help from Alberto Becattini. Table of contents credits Walt Kelly only. Printed in Canada. ISBN 0-911903-19-4

Cover Details - "Nephews as reindeers"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre funny animals
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Carl Buettner
Notes wraparound cover. Cover restoration by Rick Keene. Indexed with help from Alberto Becattini. Table of contents credits Walt Kelly only. Printed in Canada. ISBN 0-911903-19-4
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell, 1949 series) #1

24 page Donald Duck story "Letter to Santa"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Santa Claus
Synopsis Donald forgets to mail the nephews' letter to Santa Claus and discovers on Christmas Eve that they want a steamshovel. Donald gets the money for the steamshovel from Uncle Scrooge but Scrooge, upset because Santa and not he will get the credit for the gift, buys a steamshovel of his own to give to the nephews. He and Donald meet and fight in their steamshovels, wrecking them. Then they disguise Donald as Santa so that he can tell the nephews he's out of steamshovels.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors Susan Daigle-Leach
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Art submitted on June 1, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982). Titled "Letter from Santa" in table of contest.
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell, 1949 series) #1 (November 1949)

10 page Chip 'n' Dale story "Such a Clatter"

Characters Chip 'n' Dale; Donald Duck
Genre funny animals
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Letters Paul Murry
Notes Restoration by Rick Keene.
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell, 1949 series) #2 (November 1950)

1 page Donald Duck story "Christmas Kiss"

Characters Daisy Duck; Donald Duck
Synopsis Donald brings his own mistletoe to win a kiss from Daisy.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors Susan Daigle-Leach
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Art submitted on May 24, 1951. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). Table of contest incorrect credits Carl Barks as writer.
Reprinted from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #367 (January 1952)

1 page Donald Duck story "No Noise Is Good Noise [read paper in snow]"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Synopsis Donald, his reading disrupted by the nephews, finally retreats outside into the snow.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors Michael Myers
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Art submitted on August 4, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell, 1949 series) #1 (November 1949)

16 page Mickey Mouse story "Minnie's Christmas Tree"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Morty and Ferdie
Genre funny animals
Pencils Lee Hooper
Inks Lee Hooper
Notes Restoration by Rick Keene.
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Dell, 1949 series) #3

6 page Grandma Duck story "A Grandma Christmas"

Characters Grandma Duck; Gus Goose
Genre funny animals
Script Gail Renard
Pencils Marçal Abella Bresco [as Marsal]
Inks Marçal Abella Bresco [as Marsal]
Colors Egmont
Letters Gary Leach
Reprinted from Egmont (DK)

10 page Mickey Mouse story "Which-way Winter"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Horace Horsecollar; Minnie Mouse (cameo); Clarabelle Cow (cameo); Goofy (cameo); Butch (cameo); Doc Static; Muscles McGurk; The Rock-salt Elf
Genre funny animals
Script Stefan Petrucha
Pencils César Ferioli Pelaez
Inks María Ángeles
Colors Egmont
Letters Susie Lee
Reprinted from Egmont (DK)

12 page Donald Duck story "'tis the Season"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre funny animals
Script Pat McGreal; Carol McGreal
Pencils Ignasi Calvet Esteban [as Esteban]
Inks Ignasi Calvet Esteban [as Esteban]
Colors Egmont
Letters Willie Schubert
Reprinted from Egmont (DK)