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Issue Details

Issue #242
Published November 1988
Cover Price 0.95 USD
Pages 36
Editing Byron Erickson (editor-in-chief); Leonard Clark [John Clark] (associate editor); Geoffrey Blum (associate editor); Gary Leach (art director)

Cover Details - "Oscar the Ostrich"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Oscar the Ostrich
Genre funny animals
Pencils Daan Jippes
Inks Daan Jippes

1 page Chat 'n' Mouse letters page

Letters typeset

20 page Mickey Mouse story "Oscar the Ostrich"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Oscar the Ostrich; Goofy; Donald Duck
Genre funny animals
Script Ted Osborne
Pencils Floyd Gottfredson
Inks Ted Thwaites
Colors Susan Daigle
Editing Floyd Gottfredson
Notes part 2 of 2. Special effects (basically making newspaper strips into comic book pages) by John Clark and Susan Daigle.
Reprinted from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1936.01.06 - 1936.03.20

2 page Mickey Mouse story "The Antique Vase"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Pluto
Genre funny animals
Script Ted Osborne
Pencils Floyd Gottfredson
Inks Ted Thwaites
Colors Betsy Hutchinson
Editing Floyd Gottfredson
Reprinted from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1934.11.11

1 page Mickey Mouse story "Mickey's Elephant"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Pluto
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tom Wood
Inks Tom Wood
Letters typeset
Notes Art attributed to Tom Wood.
Reprinted from Good Housekeeping (?, ? series) #11/1936

2 page Mickey Mouse story "The New Short-wave Radio"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Dippy Dawg [Goofy]
Genre funny animals
Script Ted Osborne
Pencils Floyd Gottfredson
Inks Ted Thwaites
Colors Gary Leach
Editing Floyd Gottfredson
Reprinted from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1935.12.08

2 page Mickey Mouse story "Old Food Shortage News"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Genre funny animals
Script Ted Osborne
Pencils Floyd Gottfredson
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors Gary Leach
Editing Floyd Gottfredson
Reprinted from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1937.04.11

1 page Cross Talk promo (ad from the publisher) "It's good to be back ..."

Script Geoffrey Blum
Letters typeset

Half page Donald Duck story "Dropped Them a Line"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Foster
Pencils Frank Smith
Inks Frank Smith
Editing Greg Crosby
Reprinted from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1983.07.23