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Issue Details

Issue #71
Published May 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielson Cobb (story editor); Carl Buettner (art director)
Notes Indicia title is "WALT DISNEY'S THREE CABALLEROS, No. 71." No code number. Copyright 1944, 1945 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 - "Walt Disney's Three Caballeros"

Characters Donald Duck; José Carioca; Panchito
Genre funny animals
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Another version used as cover for Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #51.

1 page Donald Duck illustration "Flower Pony"

Characters Donald Duck
Synopsis Surreal drawing of Donald with two children on a pony covered in a flower design with various animals as a border
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white.

48 page The Three Caballeros story "The Three Caballeros"

Characters Donald Duck; José Carioca; Panchito; Pablo Penguin
Synopsis José Carioca and Panchito take Donald on a magic flying serape tour of Latin America. Along the way they hear the stories of Pablo the Penguin, the gauchito and the flying burro, and "Las Posadas" and the pinata.
Genre funny animals
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Mickey Mouse doll is depicted on page 45 of the story. A not very faithful adaptation of the 1944 Walt Disney animated movie "The Three Caballeros." Framing sequence is different.
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #51 (February 1975); in Walt Disney's Comics Digest (Gladstone, 1986 series) #1 (December 1986); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Disney, 1990 series) #582 (April 1993); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Disney, 1990 series) #583 (May 1993)

1 page illustration "Jungle Railway"

Synopsis Decorated map of a railroad's track winding through the jungle.
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Decorative borders at top and bottom of page.

1 page Donald Duck story "Donald Playing Guitar"

Characters Donald Duck
Synopsis Donald tries to play the guitar while various birds roost on him and his instrument.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Back cover.