| Issue | #296 |
| Published | October 1950 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielson Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director) |
| Notes | Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE in PRIVATE EYE FOR HIRE, No. 296." Code number is M.M.O.S. #296-5010. Copyright 1950 by Walt Disney Productions. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). |
| Characters | Mickey Mouse |
| Genre | Funny animals |
| Pencils | Carl Buettner ? |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Notes | Part of the "Animated Cover" series. |
| Characters | Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie |
| Synopsis | Mortie and Ferdie intentionally drop dishes so they won't have to wash them. Mickey foils their scheme by putting a mattress by the sink. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Jim Pabian |
| Inks | Jim Pabian |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters | Jim Pabian |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | Mickey Mouse; Captain O'Hara |
| Synopsis | Mickey becomes a private investigator. A man hires him to trail his wife to keep her from cheating on her diet. While doing that Mickey becomes involved with a gang of shoplifters. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Characters | Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Black Pete |
| Synopsis | While vacationing in Shark Bay, Mickey and Goofy find a message in a bottle that has a map to a treasure in a sunken ship in the bay. Black Pete has disguised himself as a hermit on the shore of the bay and tries to steal the treasure. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Al Hubbard |
| Inks | Al Hubbard |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters | Melvin Millar [Tubby Millar] |
| Notes | Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Tagalong; Pluto; Mr. Meanie |
| Synopsis | Mickey finds a small pup that whistles. The pup has run away from the circus and Mickey returns him and receives a reward. The pup runs away again and when Mickey returns him this time, the circus owner has him arrested, thinking he has stolen the pup to receive another reward. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Jim Pabian |
| Inks | Jim Pabian |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters | Jim Pabian |
| Notes | Letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | Mickey Mouse |
| Synopsis | Mickey owns a clock repair shop and advertises an "Any clock repaired for only one dollar!!" sale. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Jim Pabian |
| Inks | Jim Pabian |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters | Jim Pabian |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Pencils | Carl Buettner ? |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Notes | Back cover. Directions for making the front cover move. |