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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published July 1957
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 100
Editing ?

Cover Details - "Hunted by cow"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Morty; Ferdie
Genre funny animal
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Norm McGary
Colors Norm McGary ?

23 page Donald Duck story "The Sleep Searchers"

Characters Donald Duck
Genre funny animal
Pencils Phil De Lara
Inks Phil De Lara

16 page Mickey and Goofy story "His Royal Majesty, King Goofy"

Characters Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Duke Budillik
Genre funny animal
Pencils Pete Alvarado
Inks Vic Lockman
Reprinted in Walt Disney Showcase (Gold Key, 1970 series) #52 (September 1979)

8 page Brer Rabbit story "Bailed Buddies"

Characters Brer Rabbit
Genre funny animals; folk tales
Pencils Pete Alvarado
Inks Vic Lockman
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #11

7 page Huey, Dewey and Louie story "Swimming Weather"

Characters Huey; Dewey; Louie
Genre funny animal
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks John Liggera

1 page activity "Donald and the Picnic Parachute"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Pencils Tony Strobl
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #43

8 page The Big Bad Wolf story "Zeke's Summer Resolution"

Characters Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs (Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig)
Genre funny animals
Pencils Pete Alvarado
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #13

6 page Gyro Gearloose story "Picnic"

Characters Gyro Gearloose; Helper
Synopsis Gyro goes picnicking to see what he can do to make open-air picnics more pleasant, but by the time he's done inventing, the picnic is no longer a picnic.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Garé Barks
Notes Art submitted on July 12, 1956. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color, The (Gladstone, 1993 series) #1 (January 1993); in Carl Barks (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #6 (May 1990); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #542 (September 1989); in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #4 (October 1968)

6 page Bongo story "Sleepy-time Trick"

Characters Bongo; Lumpjaw
Genre funny animals
Pencils Pete Alvarado
Inks Vic Lockman
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #31

6 page Jiminy Cricket story "Summer Showers"

Characters Donald Duck; Jiminy Cricket
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Fallberg
Pencils Tony Strobl
Inks John Liggera

1 page activity "Jiminy Cricket Riddle Puzzle"

Characters Jiminy Cricket
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #37

8 page Pluto story "His Monkey Menace"

Characters Pluto; Mickey Mouse; Morty and Ferdie
Genre funny animals
Pencils Pete Alvarado
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #37

1 page Family Duck illustration "A Ducky Picnic Picture"

Genre funny animal
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Norm McGary
Colors Norm McGary ?
Notes Back cover.