Issue Details

Issue	#256
Published	April 1990
Cover Price	1.95 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Byron Erickson (editor-in-chief); Leonard Clark [John Clark] (assistant editor); Geoffrey Blum (associate editor); Gary Leach (art director)

Cover Details - "The Mystery of Tapiocus VI"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Black Pete
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Romano Scarpa
Inks	Romano Scarpa

Half page text article "Of Kings and Tramps"

Characters	Romano Scarpa; Alberto Becattini
Script	Leonardo Gori; Alberto Becattini
Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Letters	typeset

Half page text article "Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation"

Script	Steven C. Calrow (business manager)
Letters	typeset

27 page Mickey Mouse story "The Mystery of Tapiocus VI"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Tapiocus; Goofy; Minnie Mouse; Chief O'Hara; Black Pete; Pluto; Horace Horsecollar
Genre	funny animals
Script	Romano Scarpa; Alberto Becattini (translator); Byron Erickson (US dialogue)
Pencils	Romano Scarpa
Inks	Romano Scarpa
Colors	Susan Daigle
Letters	Bill Spicer
Notes	part 1 of 2.
Reprinted	from Topolino (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1949 series) #142 (IT, 1956)

Half page Mickey Mouse cover reprint (on interior page) "In the Beginning ..."

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	John Stanley ?
Inks	John Stanley ?
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	from Mickey Mouse Magazine (Kamen-Blair, inc, 1933 series) #1 (January 1933)

1 page Mickey Mouse story "apple gag"

Characters	Mickey Mouse
Genre	funny animals
Reprinted	from Mickey Mouse Magazine (Kamen-Blair, inc, 1933 series) #1 (January 1933)

Half page Mickey Mouse [The Gladstone That Never Was] cover reprint (on interior page) "The Sacred Jewel"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Dippy Dawg [Goofy]
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Daan Jippes
Inks	Daan Jippes
Notes	Intended as a cover for a reprint of The Sacred Jewel, a 1934 Floyd Gottfredson serial.

Half page Mickey Mouse [The Gladstone That Never Was] cover reprint (on interior page) "Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion"

Characters	Mickey Mouse
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Daan Jippes
Inks	Daan Jippes
Notes	Intended as a cover for a reprint of Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion, a 1936 Floyd Gottfredson serial.

Half page Mickey Mouse [The Gladstone That Never Was] cover reprint (on interior page) "Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Black Pete
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Daan Jippes
Inks	Daan Jippes
Notes	Intended as a cover for a reprint of Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion, a 1936 Floyd Gottfredson serial.
Reprinted	in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gemstone, 2003) #676

26 page Mickey Mouse story "The Mystery of Tapiocus VI"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete; Swifty; Tapiocus
Genre	funny animals
Script	Romano Scarpa; Alberto Becattini (translator); Byron Erickson (US dialogue)
Pencils	Romano Scarpa
Inks	Romano Scarpa
Colors	Susan Daigle
Letters	Bill Spicer
Notes	part 2 of 2.
Reprinted	from Topolino (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1949 series) #143 (IT, 1956)

1 page Cross Talk promo (ad from the publisher) "William Van Horn, who has ..."

Script	Geoffrey Blum
Letters	typeset

Half page Donald Duck story "Nobody's Home"

Characters	Donald Duck; Ludwig Von Drake
Genre	funny animals
Script	Bob Foster
Pencils	Frank Smith
Inks	Frank Smith
Reprinted	from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1986.11.03