Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Whitman) 501
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Cover by Pete Alvarado and Larry Mayer. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Kay Wright, Carl Fallberg, and Paul Murry. Sometimes listed as Vol. 42 #9. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured art by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. Mickey and Goofy face natural disasters and sabotage while investigating stolen pineapples in Hawaii. In a story by Barks, Donald is conned into buying an island, but it's not the tropical paradise he expects. Gyro Gearloose's new robot rain-hat takes flight. Donald Duck: Want To Buy an Island?; Li'l Bad Wolf: Picnic Perils; Gyro Gearloose: The Rain Hat; The Rabbit Rescue; Chip 'n' Dale: Stone Face Race; Mickey Mouse: Pineapple Poachers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.


