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Issue Details

Issue #253
Published October 1961
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig and /or Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Notes Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

Cover Details - "Shopping with Huey, Dewey and Louie"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #47 (November 1995) [interior, reprint size=.5 pages]

10 page Donald Duck story "Hound Hounder"

Characters Donald Duck; Junior Woodchucks [Huey, Dewey and Louie; Grand Mogul]
Genre Funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #389 (February 1973); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #10 (August 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #43 (July 1995)

4 page Chip 'n' Dale story "The Missing Apples Mystery"

Characters Chip 'n' Dale; Grandma Duck; Brer Fox; Brer Bear
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Al Hubbard
Inks Al Hubbard
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Chip 'n' Dale (Gold Key, 1967 series) #22

5 page Gyro Gearloose story "The Travel-Egg"

Characters Gyro Gearloose
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks John Liggera
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page Mickey Mouse text story "The Up-to-Date Witch"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; The wicked witch
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset

8 page Mickey Mouse story "The Great Giveaway Mystery"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Chief O'Hara; J. Pinpoint Broadloam
Genre Funny animals
Script Carl Fallberg
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Paul Murry
Notes part 2 of 3
Reprinted in Mickey Mouse (Whitman, 1980 series) #218

Half page Donald Duck story "See-saw painting"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre Funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Editing Frank Reilly
Reprinted from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1958.12.31