Issue Details

Issue	#409
Published	October 1974
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Chase Craig?

Cover Details - "buried in sand and hit by beachballs"

Genre

Funny animals

9 page Donald Duck story "Stranger than Fiction"

Characters	Donald Duck; Gyro Gearloose; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Gyro's Helper
Genre	Funny animals
Script	Carl Barks
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Notes	This story is also reprinted in Carl Barks Lib (HC)10-219, CBL-WD Comics 42, Mickey and Donald 18
Reprinted	from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #249 (June 1961)

1 page Gyro Gearloose story "Mechanized Mess"

Characters	Gyro Gearloose
Genre	Funny animals
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Notes	This story is also reprinted in Carl Barks Lib (HC) 6-366, CBL-Gyro Gearloose 5
Reprinted	from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1184 (May 1961)

2 page Scamp story "A Friend Indeed"

Pencils	Mike Arens
Inks	Mike Arens

1 page text story "Cock of the Walk"

Genre	Funny animals
Pencils	Al Hubbard
Inks	Al Hubbard
Reprinted	from Silly Symphonies (Dell, 1952 series) #2 (September 1953)

4 page Chip 'n' Dale story "The Junior Toymakers"

Characters

Brer Rabbit; Gepetto

8 page Mickey Mouse story "The Giant Bees"

Characters	Minnie Mouse; Peg-leg Pete; Pluto
Pencils	Jack Manning
Inks	Jack Manning