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Issue Details

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).

Cover Details - "Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants"

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

1 page Mickey Mouse story "Flock Together"

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)

25 page Mickey Mouse and Pluto story "Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants"

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

23 page Mickey Mouse story "Monkey Business"

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).

1 page Mickey Mouse story "Popular Pastime"

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)

1 page Mickey Mouse story "Morty and Ferdie at Camp Ruffit"

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).