Issue Details

Issue	#247
Published	April 1961
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig and /or Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Notes	Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

Cover Details - "Donald ducks for the ball"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre	Funny animals
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes	Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).
Reprinted	in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990)

9 page Donald Duck story "The Madcap Mariner"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Gyro Gearloose
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) #457 (October 1978); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990); in Disney Comics Album (Disney, 1990 series) #1 (July 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #42 (June 1995)

6 page Gyro Gearloose story "It Takes Two to Tangle"

Characters	Gyro Gearloose; Gladstone Gander
Genre	Funny animals
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Inks	John Liggera
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

7 page Chip 'n' Dale story "Mighty-Munk"

Characters	Chip 'n' Dale; Big Bad Wolf
Genre	Funny animals
Pencils	Al Hubbard
Inks	Al Hubbard
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Chip 'n' Dale (Gold Key, 1967 series) #27

1 page Mickey Mouse text story "The Magic Guitar"

Characters	Goofy; Mickey Mouse; Sleeping Beauty's Fairy Godmothers [Flora; Fauna; Merryweather]
Genre	Funny animals
Pencils	Al Hubbard
Inks	Al Hubbard
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 Series) #457 (October 1978)

6 page Mickey Mouse story "The Moon-Blot Plot"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Gyro Gearloose; Chief O'Hara
Genre	Funny animals
Script	Carl Fallberg
Pencils	Paul Murry
Inks	Paul Murry
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	Paul Murry
Notes	part 2 of 3
Reprinted	in Mickey Mouse (Whitman, 1980 series) #217

Half page Chip 'n' Dale story "Yummy Jumpy"

Characters	Chip 'n' Dale; Donald Duck
Genre	Funny animals
Pencils	Al Hubbard
Inks	Al Hubbard
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)