Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Whitman) 505
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Issue #505
Cover by Larry Mayer. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Al Hubbard, Vic Lockman, Pete Alvarado, Bob Langhans, Cliff Voorhees, and Paul Murry. Sometimes listed as Vol. 43 #1. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured art by Carl Barks, the legendary Good Duck Artist. With the aid of a friendly dragon, Mickey and friends face The Black Knight - but how are they going to get back to the 20th century? In a story by Barks, Donald and Gladstone comb the beach to find a ruby that was lost by the Maharajah of Backdore. After accidentally landing on Captain Hook's pirate ship, Jiminy Cricket helps Tinker Bell rescue a hapless cabin boy. Donald Duck; Tinker Bell: By Hook or Crook; Li'l Bad Wolf: Pop's Plot; Uncle Scrooge's Jog-a-Lot; Gyro Gearloose: Backfire; Mickey Mouse: The Sorcerer of Donnybrook Castle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.
