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Issue Details

Issue #85
Published November 1962
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig and/or Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Notes First Gold Key issue. Continues from Dell Mickey Mouse series.

Cover Details - "Bandit Bamboozle"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Notes First Gold Key issue. Continues from Dell Mickey Mouse series.

1 page Mickey Mouse story "Leaf It Alone"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Synopsis Goofy rakes his leaves, but has a bigger mess than when he started.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Letters Paul Murry
Notes Inside front cover.
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics Digest (Gladstone, 1986 series) #4 (April 1987)

14 page Mickey Mouse story "Armadillo Adventure"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Pluto
Synopsis Mickey and Goofy are in the desert Southwest scouting for armadillos for a zoo. They cross paths with a couple of robbers who've ran out of gas.
Genre funny animal
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks John Liggera
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

5 page Mickey Mouse story "The Plot That Flopped"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie
Synopsis Morty and Ferdie look for ways to extend their summer vacation in the mountains.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page Scamp text story "Payday"

Characters Scamp; Lady; Tramp
Synopsis Scamp accidently foils a bank robber.
Genre funny animals
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with one 1/4 page illustration.

4 page Li'l Bad Wolf story Trained to a "T"

Characters Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]
Synopsis The Big Bad Wolf goes into running training to get fast enough to catch the Three Little Pigs.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Jack Bradbury
Inks Jack Bradbury
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

7 page Mickey Mouse story "Bandit Bamboozle"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie
Synopsis Mickey and Morty and Ferdie drive to a ghost town. There they cross paths with an actor, who, due to a bump on the head, believes himself to be Black Bart, the outlaw.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Mickey Mouse (Gold Key, 1962 series) #167

1 page Mickey and Pluto story "The Tail Wagger"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Pluto
Synopsis Mickey has trouble getting Pluto's tail to stay still while taking his picture.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Egmont (DK) has a redrawn version. Reprinted in Donald Pocket (Hjemmet, 1968 series) #33 (NO, 1980)
Reprinted in Mickey Mouse (Gold Key, 1962 series) #180

1 page Gyro Gearloose story "Vitaminized grasshopper"

Characters Gyro Gearloose
Synopsis Gyro drops a vitamin pill for super fast growth in the grass and a grasshopper finds it.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Notes Inside back cover.
Reprinted in Uncle Scrooge Comics Digest (Gladstone, 1986 Series) #3

1 page [Mickey Mouse] illustration "Mickey Mouse Pin-up No. 1"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Notes Same drawing as front cover, minus logo and lettering. Solid color bars added at top and bottom.