Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Whitman) 421
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Whitman edition. Cover by Pete Alvarado and Bill Wright. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Mike Arens, Jack Bradbury, and Paul Murry. Sometimes listed as Vol. 36 #1. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured art by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. Mickey's picnic basket gets switched with thieves' loot, but luckily, Pluto is nearby. In a story by Barks, Donald tries to do something special to get on a TV quiz show. Chip and Dale trick the Big Bad Wolf into believing he has been asleep for 20 years, like Rip Van Winkle. Donald Duck; Scamp: Blue Ribbon Material; Great Surprises; Chip 'n' Dale: Sleepy Time for Zeke; Mickey Mouse: Pluto's Drumstick Dilemma. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.


