Issue Details

Issue	#253
Published	December 1989
Cover Price	0.95 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Byron Erickson (editor-in-chief); Leonard Clark [John Clark] (assistant editor); Geoffrey Blum (associate editor); Gary Leach (art director)

Cover Details - "Bellhop Detective"

Characters	Mickey Mouse
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Murad Gumen
Inks	Murad Gumen

1 page Chat 'n' Mouse letters page

Letters

typeset

23 page Mickey Mouse story "Bellhop Detective"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Ezra Beeble; Minnie Mouse
Genre	funny animals
Script	Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Merrill de Maris (script)
Pencils	Floyd Gottfredson
Inks	Ted Thwaites; Bill Wright
Colors	Summer Hamilton
Editing	Floyd Gottfredson
Notes	part 3 of 3. Special effects (basically making newspaper strips into comic book pages) by Russ Miller.
Reprinted	from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1940.08.19 - 1940.12.21

2 page Mickey Mouse story "A dry lawn"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
Genre	funny animals
Script	Ted Osborne
Pencils	Floyd Gottfredson
Inks	Al Taliaferro
Colors	Janice Miller
Editing	Floyd Gottfredson
Reprinted	from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1934.10.14

1 page text article "The WDC&S Mickey Mouse Serials"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Index to Mickey Mouse serials in Walt Disney Comics & Stories. part 1 of 3.

2 page Mickey Mouse story "Goofy is accidentally put in jail"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy
Genre	funny animals
Script	Merrill de Maris
Pencils	Floyd Gottfredson
Inks	Ted Thwaites
Colors	Janice Miller
Editing	Floyd Gottfredson
Reprinted	from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1938.06.26

1 page Cross Talk promo (ad from the publisher) "Last month's column ..."

Script	Geoffrey Blum
Letters	typeset

Half page Donald Duck story "Feather Forecast"

Characters	Uncle Scrooge
Genre	funny animals
Script	Bob Foster
Pencils	Frank Smith
Inks	Frank Smith
Editing	Greg Crosby
Reprinted	from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1985.12.09