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Issue Details

Issue #159
Published December 1953
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb ?; Chase Craig ?
Notes Indicia number is Vol. 14, No. 3.

Cover Details - "Holds up Candy Canes for Photo"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Genre funny animals
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Art submitted on April 9, 1953.
Reprinted In Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #8; in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comic and Stories in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #26 (February 1994) [.025 pages]

10 page Donald Duck story "Wispy Willie"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Wispy Willie
Synopsis Uncle Scrooge tries to force Donald to sell his house at Scrooge's price, but even a will-o'-the-wisp doesn't frighten Donald into selling.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Art submitted on April 6, 1953. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted in Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1962 series) #101 (September 1972); in Uncle Scrooge (Whitman, 1980 series) #175 (April 1980); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Whitman, 1980 series) #480 (September 1980); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #8 (August 1983); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #24 (December 1993); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Disney, 1990 series) #566 (December 1991)

8 page Li'l Bad Wolf story "Pop's Workman Disguise"

Characters Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Fallberg
Pencils Ken Champin
Inks Ken Champin
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

2 page Grandma Duck story "Left Bathwater on"

Characters Grandma Duck; Gus Goose
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Fallberg
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Paul Murry

2 page Mickey Mouse text story "The Table Tableau"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Morty and Ferdie; Grandma Duck; Goofy; Clarabelle Cow
Genre funny animals
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset

Half page Donald Duck story "Donald Has to Put Coal in Furnace"

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) 1950.12.30

Half page Donald Duck story "Huey, Dewey and Louie Had to Pay in Cafeteria"

Characters 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) 1950.10.18

6 page Pluto story "Trained to Do Tricks"

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

1 page Mickey Mouse story "Ski Jumping and Hunting Contest"

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) 1951.01.14

6 page Little Hiawatha story "Invited to the City"

Characters Little Hiawatha; Big Chief
Script Pete Alvarado
Pencils Pete Alvarado
Inks Pete Alvarado
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Half page Donald Duck story "Daisy Insulated by Fur Coat"

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) 1950.10.14

Half page Donald Duck story "Rents out Nephews' Room"

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) 1950.06.19

8 page Mickey Mouse story "Lens Hunters"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Uncle Grubley; Klutch
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Fallberg
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Paul Murry
Notes Part 2 of 3.

Half page Donald Duck story "Waded in Snow for Mailed Ad"

Characters Donald Duck
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Editing Frank Reilly
Notes One panel removed.
Reprinted from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1950.12.06

Half page Donald Duck story "Huey, Dewey and Louie Had Donald's Cake and Ate It"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; 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) 1950.08.14

Half page statement of ownership "Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912...."

Script F. J. Leyerle (business manager)
Letters typeset