Issue Details

Issue	#242
Published	November 1988
Cover Price	0.95 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Byron Erickson (editor-in-chief); Leonard Clark [John Clark] (associate editor); Geoffrey Blum (associate editor); Gary Leach (art director)

Cover Details - "Oscar the Ostrich"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Oscar the Ostrich
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Daan Jippes
Inks	Daan Jippes

1 page Chat 'n' Mouse letters page

Letters

typeset

20 page Mickey Mouse story "Oscar the Ostrich"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Oscar the Ostrich; Goofy; Donald Duck
Genre	funny animals
Script	Ted Osborne
Pencils	Floyd Gottfredson
Inks	Ted Thwaites
Colors	Susan Daigle
Editing	Floyd Gottfredson
Notes	part 2 of 2. Special effects (basically making newspaper strips into comic book pages) by John Clark and Susan Daigle.
Reprinted	from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1936.01.06 - 1936.03.20

2 page Mickey Mouse story "The Antique Vase"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Pluto
Genre	funny animals
Script	Ted Osborne
Pencils	Floyd Gottfredson
Inks	Ted Thwaites
Colors	Betsy Hutchinson
Editing	Floyd Gottfredson
Reprinted	from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1934.11.11

1 page Mickey Mouse story "Mickey's Elephant"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Pluto
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Tom Wood
Inks	Tom Wood
Letters	typeset
Notes	Art attributed to Tom Wood.
Reprinted	from Good Housekeeping (?, ? series) #11/1936

2 page Mickey Mouse story "The New Short-wave Radio"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Dippy Dawg [Goofy]
Genre	funny animals
Script	Ted Osborne
Pencils	Floyd Gottfredson
Inks	Ted Thwaites
Colors	Gary Leach
Editing	Floyd Gottfredson
Reprinted	from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1935.12.08

2 page Mickey Mouse story "Old Food Shortage News"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Genre	funny animals
Script	Ted Osborne
Pencils	Floyd Gottfredson
Inks	Al Taliaferro
Colors	Gary Leach
Editing	Floyd Gottfredson
Reprinted	from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937.04.11

1 page Cross Talk promo (ad from the publisher) "It's good to be back ..."

Script	Geoffrey Blum
Letters	typeset

Half page Donald Duck story "Dropped Them a Line"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey
Genre	funny animals
Script	Bob Foster
Pencils	Frank Smith
Inks	Frank Smith
Editing	Greg Crosby
Reprinted	from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1983.07.23