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Issue Details

Issue #618
Published November 1997
Cover Price 6.95 USD
Pages 68
Editing Leonard (John) Clark

Cover Details

Characters Donald Duck; Mickey Mouse
Genre Funny Animal
Pencils Don Rosa
Inks Don Rosa
Colors Susan Daigle-Leach

2 page letters page "Comic Comments"

Notes Comic Comments continues on the inside back cover.

1 page photo story

Synopsis A black and white photo of editor John Clark with baby Chase Hinton Hamilton, then aged 7.5 months, next to what is believed to be the largest plush Mickey Mouse toy exisiting.

1 page credits "Contents"

Script John Clark

2 page Launchpad & Gyro Gearloose story "A Dolt From The Blue"

Characters Lauchpad McQuack; Gyro Gearloose
Synopsis Gyro invents a crash-proof plane for Launchpad
Genre Funny Animal
Script William Van Horn
Pencils William Van horn
Inks William Van Horn
Colors Susan Daigle-Leach
Letters William Van Horn
Reprinted ?

10 page Donald Duck story "Perilous Partnership"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; William, King of Hot Dogs, Taxman
Synopsis Donald pays for a hot dog with what turns out to be a winning raffle ticket. The hot dog stand owner is so grateful that he takes Donald as a partner and leaves him to run the business.
Script Fred Milton
Pencils Fred Milton
Inks Fred Milton
Colors Summer Hinton

10 page Mickey Mouse story "Biodome Hazard"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Dr Gretch; Prof Brtoski; Dr Snipe; Interviewer
Synopsis Mickey is the civilian locked in a biodome for a year with the three scientists who created it.
Script Pat McGreal
Pencils Cesar Ferioli
Inks Cesar Ferioli
Colors Summer Hinton
Reprinted ?

10 page Donald Duck story "Thievery Afoot"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie.
Synopsis Items are being moved around in Donald's house and he's determined to get to the bottom of it.
Genre Funny Animal
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors Susan Daigle-Leach
Letters Carl Barks
Reprinted Reprinted from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell 1940s series) #52 (January 1945).

1 page Goofy story "A Clean Shake"

Synopsis Goofy washes his car.
Genre Funny Animal
Pencils Pete Alvarado
Inks Pete Alvarado
Reprinted Reprinted from Four Color (Dell 1942 series) #802 (May 1957).

7 page That Was The Year 1938 text article "The Snow White Bread Campaign"

Characters Snow White; seven dwarves
Synopsis An article about Snow White bread, produced by the Bon Ton Company in 1938, reprinting the Snow White story book giveway.
Script Bruce Hamilton (article); ? (Book)
Pencils Gustav Tenggren
Inks Gustav Tenggren

6 page L'il Bad Wolf story "The Sack Race"

Characters L'il Bad Wolf; Pop; Three Little Pigs; Buster
Synopsis L'il Bad Wolf takes part in a sack race. Pop thinks it's his chance to get at the three pigs.
Genre Funny Animal
Colors Colleen Winkler
Reprinted ?

1 page Chip'n'Dale story "Nutcracker"

Characters Chip; Dale.
Synopsis Chip and Dale hear a falling tree and want their walnuts cracked.
Genre Funny Animal
Pencils Harvey Eisenberg
Inks Harvey Eisenberg
Colors Susan Daigle-Leach
Reprinted Reprinted from Chip'n'Dale (Dell 1955 series) #13 (March 1958).

1 page Mickey Mouse story "In And Out"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy.
Synopsis Mickey and Goofy are leaving the restaurant kitchen they work in.
Genre Funny Animal
Pencils Dick Moores
Inks Dick Moores
Colors Michael Myers
Reprinted Reprinted from Four Colour (Dell 1942 series) #411 (August 1956)

3 page The Year That Was 1936 text article Northwest Mounted: "Lost" And Found

Characters Mickey Mouse; Pete.
Synopsis An article looking at Carl Barks' sketches for the abandoned Mickey Mouse animated feature Northwest Mounted.
Script Bruce Hamilton
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors Carl Barks

1 page Mickey Mouse & Goofy story "Location Is Everything"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy.
Synopsis Mickey advises Googy on a better location for his coffee business.
Genre Funny Animal
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Colors Michael Myers
Reprinted Reprinted from Mickey Mouse (Dell 1952 series) # 34 (February 1954).

10 page Donald Duck story "Making The Grade"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy.
Synopsis Donald plans to go sailing with Daisy, but first the boys have to tidy up, and he can't find them.
Genre Funny Animal
Script Jan Kruse
Pencils Don Rosa
Inks Don Rosa
Colors Scott Rockwell
Letters Bill Pearson
Reprinted ?

1 page Uncle Scrooge illustration

Characters Uncle Scrooge
Synopsis Concept painting of Uncle Scrooge.
Genre Funny Animal
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors Carl Barks
Notes As this is a painting, there are no pencils and inks.