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Issue Details

Issue #158
Published November 1953
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb ?; Chase Craig ?
Notes Indicia number is Vol. 14, No. 2.

Cover Details - "Worm in Apple"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck
Genre funny animals
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Art submitted on December 6, 1952.
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #8 (August 1983); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gemstone, 2003 series) #685

10 page Donald Duck story "Bee Bumbles"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis The nephews raise bees as a Junior Woodchuck project and get Donald in trouble with the whole city.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Art submitted on May 26, 1953. 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) #361 (October 1970); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #8 (August 1983); in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Disney, 1990 series) #4 (September 1990); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #24 (December 1993); in TOON Treasury of Classic Childrens' Comics, The (Harry N. Abrams, 2009 series) #[nn] [titled "Bee Bumbler" in the table of contents]

8 page Li'l Bad Wolf story "Pinocchio's Visit"

Characters Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]; Pinocchio
Genre funny animals
Pencils Gil Turner
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

8 page Pluto story "The Ghost Dog"

Characters Pluto; Mickey Mouse
Genre funny animals
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Paul Murry

6 page Little Hiawatha story "Hot Springs and Cold Water"

Characters Little Hiawatha; Big Chief; Sunflower
Pencils Ken Champin
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page Mickey Mouse story "The Smell-o-mat"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Genre funny animals
Script Bill Walsh
Pencils Manuel Gonzales
Inks Manuel Gonzales
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Editing Frank Reilly
Reprinted from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1950.02.12; in Walt Disney's Comics Digest (Gladstone, 1986 series) #6 (August 1987)

2 page Minnie Mouse text story "Jack Frost's Nip"

Characters Minnie Mouse; Mickey Mouse
Genre funny animals
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Letters typeset

2 page Grandma Duck story "Box Seats"

Characters Grandma Duck; Gus Goose; Minnie Mouse
Genre funny animals
Script Don Christensen
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Paul Murry
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1993 series) #605 (October 1996); in Walt Disney's Comics Digest (Gladstone, 1986 series) #4 (April 1987)

1 page Mickey Mouse story "Movie Complications"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Genre funny animals
Script Bill Walsh
Pencils Manuel Gonzales
Inks Manuel Gonzales
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Editing Frank Reilly
Reprinted from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1950.08.20

Half page Donald Duck story "Stingy"

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) 1950.12.25

Half page Donald Duck story "Scary Movie"

Characters 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) 1950.12.20

Half page Donald Duck story "Cook a Boot"

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) 1950.11.20

Half page Donald Duck story "Persuasion Method"

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) 1950.11.14

Half page Donald Duck story "Grandma's Birthday Cake a Blaze"

Characters Donald Duck; Grandma 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) 1950.07.04

Half page Donald Duck story "Large Dirty Hand on Towel"

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) 1950.10.02

8 page Mickey Mouse story "The Lens Hunters"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Fallberg
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Paul Murry
Notes Part 1 of 3.

Half page Donald Duck story "Driving into Mine"

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) 1950.10.30

Half page Donald Duck story "Shrunken Sweater"

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) 1950.10.31