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Issue Details

Issue #39
Published February 1973
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 164
Editing Del Connell ?

Cover Details - "De Tar Baby"

Characters Brer Rabbit; Brer Bear; Brer Fox; Zorro (photo)
Genre funny animals
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset

10 page Donald Duck story "Spare That Hair"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre Funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Notes This story is also reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #451 (April 1978), in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990), in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #47 (November 1995) and in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #7 (July 1988).
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #272 (May 1963)

1 page activity "Minnie Word Muddle"

Characters Minnie Mouse
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

26 page Zorro story "Gypsy Warning"

Characters Garcia; Zorro; Senora Toledano; Quintana; Fuentes
Genre Western
Pencils Alexander Toth [Alex Toth]
Inks Alexander Toth [Alex Toth]
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes page 14-29 + page 109-118.
Reprinted from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #976 (March 1959)

1 page True Life Adventures story "Water Sports"

Genre fact
Script Dick Huemer
Pencils George Wheeler
Inks George Wheeler
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1963.00.00

8 page Goofy and Glory-Bee story "Recital Ruckus"

Characters Goofy; Glory-Bee
Genre funny animals
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page activity "Picture Crosswords"

Characters Donald Duck
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Donald Duck Fun Book (Dell, 1953 series) #1

4 page Li'l Bad Wolf story "Pot Luck"

Characters Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Fifer Pig]
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Paul Murry
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #270 (March 1963)

3 page text story "Sailor's Brand"

Characters Silas Markam
Genre Western
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Notes This story is also reprinted in Zorro (Gold Key, 1966 series) #4 (November 1966).
Reprinted from Zorro (Dell, 1960 series) #9 (March-May 1960)

16 page Brer Rabbit story "De Tar-baby"

Characters Brer Rabbit; Brer Bear; Brer Fox
Genre funny animals
Script Chase Craig
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Carl Buettner
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Carl Buettner
Reprinted from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #129 (December 1946) [original layout=12 pages]

1 page activity "Moby Duck Morse Code"

Characters Moby Duck
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

7 page Mickey Mouse story "A Bear for Business"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Mr. McGookin
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Paul Murry
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #270 (March 1963)

1 page activity "Tinker Bell Clock Game"

Characters Tinker Bell
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

6 page Daisy's Nieces [April, May and June] story "Doll Medics"

Characters April, May and June; Daisy Duck
Genre funny animals
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page The World of Horses text article "The Standardbred"

Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset

10 page Bucky Bug story "Riding High"

Characters Bucky Bug; Bo
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Buettner
Pencils Carl Buettner
Inks Carl Buettner
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Carl Buettner
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #58 (July 1945)

1 page Minnie Mouse in Hollywood text article "Griffith Park"

Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset

6 page Chip 'n' Dale story "The Cold Winter"

Characters Chip 'n' Dale
Genre funny animals
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #231

12 page Buck Duck story "Ghost Stage"

Characters Buck Duck; Calamity; Mr. Hoober
Genre funny animals; western
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page activity "Gyro Gearloose Inventor's Crosswords"

Characters Gyro Gearloose
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page True Life Adventures story "Pages from the Past"

Script Dick Huemer
Pencils George Wheeler
Inks George Wheeler
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted from True Life Adventures (King Features Syndicate) 1963.00.00

3 page text article "Deep Divers"

Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Sea Hunt (Dell, 1958 Series) #9

6 page Grandma Duck 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 from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1073 (January 1960)

1 page activity "Take Me Out"

Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Donald Duck Fun Book (Dell, 1953 series) #1

6 page Jiminy Cricket story "The Conscience Caper"

Characters Jiminy Cricket; Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Foulfellow's Club [Foul Fellows' Club]
Genre funny animals
Pencils Phil De Lara
Inks Phil De Lara
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes 4 horizontal panels per page.

1 page Huey, Dewey and Louie activity "Farm Riddle Quiz"

Characters Huey, Dewey and Louie
Script Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Pencils Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1010

1 page Goofy activity "Upside-down Monster Art"

Characters Goofy
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

8 page Little Hiawatha story "The Big Race"

Characters Hiawatha; Big Chief; Sunflower
Pencils Lee Hooper
Inks Lee Hooper
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Lee Hooper
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #147

1 page activity "Uncle Scrooge Find the Mine"

Characters Uncle Scrooge
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

13 page The Seven Dwarfs and the Wicked Witch story "Wicked Witch as Grumpy"

Characters The Seven Dwarfs [Doc; Sneezy; Sleepy; Grumpy; Dopey; Bashful; Happy]; the Wicked Witch
Script Roger Armstrong; Carl Buettner
Pencils Roger Armstrong; Carl Buettner
Inks Roger Armstrong; Carl Buettner
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #47

1 page activity "Mickey Mouse Secret Code"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)