Issue Details

Issue	#1073
Published	January 1960
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig and/or Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Notes	Cover art submitted on July 18, 1959. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

Cover Details - "Chicken in egg"

Characters	Grandma Duck; Gus Goose
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes	Cover art submitted on July 18, 1959. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).
Reprinted	in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990)

1 page Grandma Duck story "Mopping Up"

Characters	Grandma Duck; Gus Goose
Synopsis	Grandma puts down fly paper to keep Gus from tracking up her kitchen floor.
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Notes	Inside front cover. Art submitted on July 28, 1959. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted	in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990)

10 page Grandma Duck's Farm Friends story "Bored of Agriculture"

Characters	Grandma Duck; Gus Goose
Genre	funny animals
Script	Vic Lockman
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Inks	Steve Steere
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page Huey, Dewey and Louie activity "Turtle Waddle Game"

Characters	Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre	funny animals
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

6 page Grandma Duck's Farm Friends story "Touché Toupeé"

Characters	Grandma Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Farmer Bumpkin
Synopsis	After Grandma's horse eats some of his hay and apples, her neighbor Si Bumpkin accuses her of stealing his eggs.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Vic Lockman
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	Garé Barks
Notes	Art submitted on July 15, 1959. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #39 (February 1973); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990)

1 page Grandma Duck activity "What's a Grandma ?"

Characters	Grandma Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre	funny animals
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	?; typeset
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #29

6 page Grandma Duck's Farm Friends story "The Snow Chaser"

Characters	Grandma Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Gyro Gearloose; Helper
Synopsis	Gyro uses a "snow chaser" to vaporize snow on Grandma's farm, but through a series of misadventures, the vaporized snow builds up in storm clouds overhead.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Vic Lockman
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	Garé Barks
Notes	Art submitted on July 28, 1959. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #33 (February 1972); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gemstone, 2003 series) #2 (November 2004)

1 page Grandma Duck story "Grandma's Pin Pals"

Characters	Grandma Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

6 page Grandma Duck's Farm Friends story "Free Ski Spree"

Characters	Grandma Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis	Scrooge tries winter sports at Grandma's, but has little luck at ice skating, tobogganing, or skiing.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Vic Lockman
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	Garé Barks
Notes	Art submitted on July 15, 1959. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #20 (February 1970); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990)

1 page activity "Barnyard Palaver"

Genre	funny animals
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset

1 page activity "Return the Strays"

Genre	funny animals
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Letters	typeset

1 page activity "Play Grandma's Duck-a-luck"

Genre	funny animals
Script	Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils	Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset