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Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 85

  • Issue #85
    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 85
    • Cover and centerfold detached.
    • 5" cumulative spine split. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: See item notes
    • 4" crack to upper back side of slab (extending from side edge to top edge).
    • Label #0965594007
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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    Cover by Walt Kelly. Stories and art by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Merrill De Maris, Dick Moores, Bob Karp, Hubie Karp, Ralph Heimdahl, Gil Turner, Don Gunn, George Waiss, Bill Wright, Sylvia Holland, and Al Taliaferro. Sometimes listed as Vol. 8 #1. The long-running vehicle for Disney character comics featured work by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Pogo's Walt Kelly. In a classic story from the Mickey Mouse comic strip, Mickey matches wits with a mesmerist who uses his act for jewel theft. In a story by Barks, Donald tries to turn Huey, Dewey and Louie into a string trio. Mail-dog Pluto is aided by a rabbit during a snowstorm. Donald Duck; Bucky Bug; Li'l Bad Wolf; Mickey Mouse; Pluto: Mail Dog; The School Surprise; Mickey Mouse: The Jewel Robbery. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.