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Issue Details

Issue #139
Published April 1952
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb ?; Chase Craig ?
Notes Indicia number is Vol. 12, No. 7.

Cover Details - "Applesauce for Teacher Donald"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey
Genre funny animal
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Notes Art submitted on May 10, 1951.
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #8 (August 1983)

1 page Donald Duck story "Flower Eaten by Mountain Goat"

Characters Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors black, red, white
Editing Frank Reilly
Reprinted from Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1949.04.10

10 page Donald Duck story "Rocket Wing Saves the Day"

Characters Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis The nephews have a racing pigeon, named Rocket Wing, who has one fault: he stops when he hears a whistle.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Art submitted on July 26, 1951. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #345 (June 1969); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #8 (August 1983); in Disney Comics in 3-D (Gladstone, 1992 series) #1 (1992); in Walt Disney's Donald and Mickey (Gladstone, 1993 series) #23 (May 1994); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #20 (August 1993)

6 page Li'l Bad Wolf story "Team-up with Brer Fox for Pigs"

Characters Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]; Brer Fox
Genre funny animals
Pencils Gil Turner
Inks ? artist / ambrose (Becattini)
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

5 page Grandma Duck story "The Maestro who Came to Dinner"

Characters Grandma Duck; Gus Goose; Gus and Jaq
Genre funny animals
Script Don Christensen
Pencils Frank McSavage
Inks Frank McSavage
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

2 page Pluto text story "Pluto's Blue Ribbon"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Minnie Mouse (in text only); Pluto
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset

1 page Mickey Mouse story "Shadow Puppets"

Characters Goofy; Mickey Mouse
Genre funny animals
Script Bill Walsh
Pencils Manuel Gonzales
Inks Manuel Gonzales
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Editing Frank Reilly
Notes Story also in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Disney, 1990 series) #574 with different layout.
Reprinted from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1949.01.23

Half page Donald Duck story "Bathtub as Boat"

Characters Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
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) 1949.09.09

Half page Donald Duck story "Dividing Up Ice-cream Soda"

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) 1949.04.26

Half page Donald Duck story "Huey Runs after a Meal"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey
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) 1949.05.23

Half page Donald Duck story "Huey, Dewey and Louie Eat from One Big Bowl"

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) 1949.07.01

6 page Mickey Mouse story "The Shattered-Glass Mystery"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Chief O'Hara; Shamrock Bones
Genre funny animals
Pencils Riley Thompson ?
Inks Riley Thompson ?
Notes Part 3 of 4.

1 page Donald Duck story "Tightrope-walking in Sleep"

Characters Donald Duck
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors black, red, white
Editing Frank Reilly
Reprinted from Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1949.02.27