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Issue Details

Issue #268
Published March 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 presents MICKEY MOUSE'S SURPRISE VISITOR, No. 268." Code number is M.M.O.S. #268-503. Copyright 1940, 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). Apparently Mickey Mouse #12?

Cover Details - "Mickey Mouse's Surprise Visitor"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Thursday
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page Silly Symphony featuring Pluto the Pup story "Pluto the Pointer"

Characters Pluto; Horace Horsecollar
Synopsis Horace and Pluto go duck hunting, but the ducks get the best of Pluto.
Genre funny animals
Script Hubie Karp
Pencils Bob Grant
Inks Bob Grant
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
Reprinted from Silly Symphony (King Features Syndicate) 1940.10.06 Sunday newspaper page.

48 page Mickey Mouse story "Mickey Mouse's Surprise Visitor"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Thursday; Minnie Mouse; Pluto; Goofy; Clarabelle Cow
Synopsis Friday, a native Mickey befriended on an adventure in Africa, sends his brother Thursday to Mickey's house in order to have him receive an education. Thursday causes Mickey all sorts of trouble with his lack of understanding of American customs.
Genre funny animals
Script Merrill de Maris; Floyd Gottfredson (plot)
Pencils Floyd Gottfredson
Inks Ted Thwaites; Bill Wright
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Redrawn version in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #237-#241.
Reprinted from Mickey Mouse (King Features Syndicate) 1940.01.15 - 1940.04.20 daily newspaper strips; from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #22-#24

1 page Silly Symphony featuring Pluto the Pup story "Pluto Finds a Cow"

Characters Pluto; Horace Horsecollar
Synopsis Horace and Pluto go hunting. Pluto can't handle the rabbits or squirrels, so he brings Horace a cow.
Genre funny animals
Script Hubie Karp
Pencils Bob Grant
Inks Bob Grant
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white.
Reprinted from Silly Symphony (King Features Syndicate) 1940.10.13 Sunday newspaper page

1 page Mickey Mouse illustration "Spotlight"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Goofy
Synopsis Mickey, Donald, and Goofy on stage in a spotlight.
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Back cover; full-page illustration.