Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	July 1957
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	100
Editing	?

Cover Details - "Hunted by cow"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Morty; Ferdie
Genre	funny animal
Pencils	Paul Murry
Inks	Norm McGary
Colors	Norm McGary ?

23 page Donald Duck story "The Sleep Searchers"

Characters	Donald Duck
Genre	funny animal
Pencils	Phil De Lara
Inks	Phil De Lara

16 page Mickey and Goofy story "His Royal Majesty, King Goofy"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Duke Budillik
Genre	funny animal
Pencils	Pete Alvarado
Inks	Vic Lockman
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Showcase (Gold Key, 1970 series) #52 (September 1979)

8 page Brer Rabbit story "Bailed Buddies"

Characters	Brer Rabbit
Genre	funny animals; folk tales
Pencils	Pete Alvarado
Inks	Vic Lockman
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #11

7 page Huey, Dewey and Louie story "Swimming Weather"

Characters	Huey; Dewey; Louie
Genre	funny animal
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Inks	John Liggera

1 page activity "Donald and the Picnic Parachute"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #43

8 page The Big Bad Wolf story "Zeke's Summer Resolution"

Characters	Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs (Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig)
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Pete Alvarado
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #13

6 page Gyro Gearloose story "Picnic"

Characters	Gyro Gearloose; Helper
Synopsis	Gyro goes picnicking to see what he can do to make open-air picnics more pleasant, but by the time he's done inventing, the picnic is no longer a picnic.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Carl Barks
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	Garé Barks
Notes	Art submitted on July 12, 1956. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted	in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #1 (January 1993); in Carl Barks (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #542 (September 1989); in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #4 (October 1968)

6 page Bongo story "Sleepy-time Trick"

Characters	Bongo; Lumpjaw
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Pete Alvarado
Inks	Vic Lockman
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #31

6 page Jiminy Cricket story "Summer Showers"

Characters	Donald Duck; Jiminy Cricket
Genre	funny animals
Script	Carl Fallberg
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Inks	John Liggera

1 page activity "Jiminy Cricket Riddle Puzzle"

Characters	Jiminy Cricket
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #37

8 page Pluto story "His Monkey Menace"

Characters	Pluto; Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Pete Alvarado
Colors	? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted	in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #37

1 page Family Duck illustration "A Ducky Picnic Picture"

Genre	funny animal
Pencils	Paul Murry
Inks	Norm McGary
Colors	Norm McGary ?
Notes	Back cover.