Issue Details

Issue	#253
Published	October 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 - "Shopping with Huey, Dewey and Louie"

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); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #47 (November 1995) [interior, reprint size=.5 pages]

10 page Donald Duck story "Hound Hounder"

Characters	Donald Duck; Junior Woodchucks [Huey, Dewey and Louie; Grand Mogul]
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) #389 (February 1973); 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) #43 (July 1995)

4 page Chip 'n' Dale story "The Missing Apples Mystery"

Characters	Chip 'n' Dale; Grandma Duck; Brer Fox; Brer Bear
Genre	Funny animals
Pencils	Al Hubbard
Inks	Al Hubbard
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Chip 'n' Dale (Gold Key, 1967 series) #22

5 page Gyro Gearloose story "The Travel-Egg"

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

1 page Mickey Mouse text story "The Up-to-Date Witch"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; The wicked witch
Genre	Funny animals
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

8 page Mickey Mouse story "The Great Giveaway Mystery"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Chief O'Hara; J. Pinpoint Broadloam
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) #218

Half page Donald Duck story "See-saw painting"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre	Funny animals
Script	Bob Karp
Pencils	Al Taliaferro
Inks	Al Taliaferro
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Editing	Frank Reilly
Reprinted	from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1958.12.31