Issue | #279 |
Published | June 1950 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielson Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director) |
Notes | Indicia title is "Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE and PLUTO BATTLE THE GIANT ANTS, No. 279." Code number is M.M.O.S. #280-506. (Note code number is different than indicia number.) Copyright 1950 by Walt Disney Productions. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). |
Characters | Mickey Mouse; Pluto |
Genre | funny animals; adventure |
Pencils | Bill Wright |
Inks | Bill Wright |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Reprinted | in Mickey Mouse (Gold Key, 1962 series) #102 (August 1965); in Mickey Mouse (Gladstone, 1986 series) #245 |
Characters | Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie |
Synopsis | Mickey wants to buy Morty and Ferdie a canary, but finds a parrot and dog are also part of the deal. |
Genre | funny animals |
Pencils | Al Hubbard |
Inks | Al Hubbard |
Letters | Melvin Millar [Tubby Millar] |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Story title and lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney's Donald and Mickey (Gladstone, 1993 series) #24 (July 1994) |
Characters | Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Goofy |
Synopsis | While on a plane trip over the uncharted Amazon jungle, Mickey and Goofy discover a city of giant ants who speak in Morse Code signals through their antennas. |
Genre | funny animals; adventure |
Script | Bill Wright |
Pencils | Bill Wright |
Inks | Bill Wright |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Letters | Bill Wright |
Notes | Script and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Reprinted | in Mickey Mouse (Gold Key, 1962 series) #102 (August 1965) [-1 page]; in Mickey Mouse (Gladstone, 1986 series) #245 |
Characters | Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow |
Synopsis | Morty and Ferdie adopt two monkeys, who cause general havoc for Mickey and the rest of the town. |
Genre | funny animals |
Pencils | Tony Strobl |
Inks | Tony Strobl |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Letters | Tony Strobl |
Notes | Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Characters | Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse |
Synopsis | Mickey and Minnie have to share their new TV set with the neighbors. |
Genre | funny animals |
Pencils | Al Hubbard |
Inks | Al Hubbard |
Letters | Melvin Millar [Tubby Millar] |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Story title and lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Reprinted | in Walt Disney's Donald and Mickey (Gladstone, 1993 series) #24 (July 1994) |
Characters | Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie |
Synopsis | Morty and Ferdie are off to Camp Ruffit. |
Genre | funny animals |
Pencils | Al Hubbard |
Inks | Al Hubbard |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Letters | Melvin Millar [Tubby Millar] |
Notes | Back cover. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |