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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published December 1957
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 100
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 - "Watching the castle"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey and Louie; Chip and Dale; Mickey Mouse
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Norm McGary (painted)
Colors Norm McGary ? (painted)
Notes Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

11 page story "Christmas in Disneyland"

Characters Santa Claus; Taffy; Timmie
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Steve Steere
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Frame story

18 page Donald Duck story "The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey and Louie
Synopsis Scrooge, Donald, and the nephews risk an island's tabu for its black pearls, but almost immediately their ship is sucked from a lagoon into an underwater cavern. They plug a volcano to build up pressure to blow the boat out of the cavern.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Art submitted on March 14, 1957. Pages are three panels deep. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #38 (December 1972); in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191 (January 1977); in Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald (Gladstone, 1988 series) #17 (March 1990); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1996 series) #56

14 page Mickey and Goofy story "The Iron Horse to Lonesome Gulch"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Mr. Clinker; Black Pete; Scuttle
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Fallberg
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Paul Murry
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #38 (December 1972); in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191 (January 1977); in Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald (Gladstone, 1988 series) #17 (March 1990)

8 page Chip 'n' Dale story "Christmas spirit"

Characters Chip and Dale; Brer Bear; Brer Fox; Jiminy Cricket
Genre funny animals
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Paul Murry
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #38; Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191; Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gemstone, 2003 series) #2

8 page Scamp story "The hero"

Characters Scamp; Lady; Tramp; Trusty
Genre funny animals
Pencils Al Hubbard
Inks Al Hubbard
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #38 (altered version); Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

8 page Li'l Bad Wolf story "Zeke's sledmobile"

Characters Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Brer Bear; Billie and Tillie (Brer Bear's two kids)
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Fallberg
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Paul Murry
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #38; Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

12 page Peter Pan story "Hook catches Santa"

Characters Peter Pan; Santa Claus; Captain Hook; Smee; Tinker Bell
Genre fantasy
Script Carl Fallberg
Pencils Al Hubbard
Inks Al Hubbard
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #38 (December 1972); in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191 (January 1977); in Walt Disney's Christmas Treasury (Abbeville Press, 1978 series) #nn (1978)

8 page The Seven Dwarfs story "Good deeds"

Characters The Seven Dwarfs; Snow White
Script Carl Fallberg
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Paul Murry
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #38 (December 1972); in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191 (January 1977); in Walt Disney's Christmas Treasury (Abbeville Press, 1978 series) #nn (1978)

1 page activity "Morty and Ferdie's Letter 2 Santa Claus"

Characters Morty and Ferdie
Script Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #7; Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Santa's Journey to Li'l Wolf's House"

Characters Li'l Bad Wolf
Script Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #7

1 page activity "Uncle Scrooge's Christmas Wish Come True!"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Script Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Goofy" Claus and His Hodgepodge Team

Characters Goofy
Script Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #7; Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Christmas Forecaster"

Script Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "Christmas Picture Crossword"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Uncle Scrooge
Script Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #7; Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page activity "A Merry Christmas Surprise"

Characters Mickey Mouse
Script Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #7; Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191

1 page Family Duck illustration "Duck family skating around castle"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Morty and Ferdie; Goofy; Grandma Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Bambi; Thumper
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks Norm McGary
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Back cover.
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gold Key, 1963 series) #7; Christmas Parade (Golden Press, 1977 series) #11191