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Issue Details

Issue #288
Published September 1964
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig and /or Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Cover Details - "Hero of the Dike"

Characters Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Gladstone Gander
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990)

10 page Donald Duck story "Hero of the Dike"

Characters Donald Duck; Daisy Duck; Gladstone Gander; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre Funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #431 (August 1976); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #50 (February 1996)

1 page text story "The Cool Surprise"

Characters Gepetto; Figaro; Brer Bear; Brer Fox
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Notes Pinocchio in text only.
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #431 (August 1976)

4 page Li'l Bad Wolf story "Daddy Was a Caddy"

Characters Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page Goofy Jokes filler "Goofy Jokes"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Genre Humor
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset

1 page General Mills Lucky Charms; L.C. Leprechaun advertisement "'tis luck to catch a leprechaun!"

Notes Ad for Lucky Charms cereal from General Mills.

6 page Mad Madam Mim story "Never-Never-Land"

Characters Madam Mim; Beagle Boys; Peter Pan; Captain Hook
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Steve Steere
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Half page General Mills Trix; The Trix Rabbit advertisement "Well Worth Digging for..."

Notes Ad for General Mills Trix cereal.

7 page Mickey Mouse story "Monkey Business"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #473 (February 1980)

1 page Rocky and Bullwinkle; General Mills Cheerios advertisement "ski jump"

Notes Ad for General Mills Cheerios cereal.