Issue | #268 |
Published | March 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 presents MICKEY MOUSE'S SURPRISE VISITOR, No. 268." Code number is M.M.O.S. #268-503. Copyright 1940, 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). Apparently Mickey Mouse #12? |
Characters | Mickey Mouse; Thursday |
Genre | funny animals |
Pencils | Dan Gormley |
Inks | Dan Gormley |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Characters | Pluto; Horace Horsecollar |
Synopsis | Horace and Pluto go duck hunting, but the ducks get the best of Pluto. |
Genre | funny animals |
Script | Hubie Karp |
Pencils | Bob Grant |
Inks | Bob Grant |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Notes | Inside front cover; black, red, and white. |
Reprinted | from Silly Symphony (King Features Syndicate) 1940.10.06 Sunday newspaper page. |
Characters | Mickey Mouse; Thursday; Minnie Mouse; Pluto; Goofy; Clarabelle Cow |
Synopsis | Friday, a native Mickey befriended on an adventure in Africa, sends his brother Thursday to Mickey's house in order to have him receive an education. Thursday causes Mickey all sorts of trouble with his lack of understanding of American customs. |
Genre | funny animals |
Script | Merrill de Maris; Floyd Gottfredson (plot) |
Pencils | Floyd Gottfredson |
Inks | Ted Thwaites; Bill Wright |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Notes | Redrawn version in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #237-#241. |
Reprinted | from Mickey Mouse (King Features Syndicate) 1940.01.15 - 1940.04.20 daily newspaper strips; from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #22-#24 |
Characters | Pluto; Horace Horsecollar |
Synopsis | Horace and Pluto go hunting. Pluto can't handle the rabbits or squirrels, so he brings Horace a cow. |
Genre | funny animals |
Script | Hubie Karp |
Pencils | Bob Grant |
Inks | Bob Grant |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Notes | Inside back cover; black, red, and white. |
Reprinted | from Silly Symphony (King Features Syndicate) 1940.10.13 Sunday newspaper page |
Characters | Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Goofy |
Synopsis | Mickey, Donald, and Goofy on stage in a spotlight. |
Genre | Funny animals |
Pencils | Dan Gormley |
Inks | Dan Gormley |
Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Notes | Back cover; full-page illustration. |