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Issue: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse #4
Publication Date: November 2012
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Issues: #4 of 12 Issues
Title: House of the Seven Haunts!
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: FBView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
On Sale Date: 11/15/2012
Volume:
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781606995754
UPC/EAN: 978160699575452999
Price: $29.99 USD
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Content Items: 24 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): David Gerstein; Gary Groth
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Black and White with some Color
Dimensions: 26.5 × 22.8 cm
Paper Stock: White Matte
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson
Inker(s): Ted Thwaites
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Goofy
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Pages: 1
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Goofy the Appetiser

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Romana Scarpa
Inker(s): Romana Scarpa
Colorist(s): Romana Scarpa
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Gaffy
Synopsis: Goofy makes a sudden, painful realization that he's being boiled in a stew pot by cannibals.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustration is a recreation of a scene from the Floyd Gottfredson continuity "In Search of Jungle Treasure" by Romana Scarpa, with Scarpa's original creation Gaffy included, done in 1998.
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Of Mouse & Man: Troubled Times

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Thomas Andrae; David Gerstein
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson; Tom Wood; Hank Porter
Inker(s): Floyd Gottfredson; Tom Wood; Hank Porter
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Overview and context of the years 1936 to 1938 and their effect on the Mickey Mouse comic strip.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Remembering Floyd Gottfredson

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carson Van Osten
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson; ? (photo)
Inker(s): Floyd Gottfredson; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The author shares anecdotes about his time with Floyd Gottfredson.
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Pages: 2
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All You Can Eat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stefano Priarone
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Overview of the story "Oscar the Ostrich".
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Pages: 1
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Oscar the Ostrich

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Ted Osborne
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson
Inker(s): Ted Thwaites
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Horace Horsecollar; Goofy
Synopsis: A runaway ostrich adopts Mickey as his new guardian and Mickey is forced to assume responsibility for the bird's innocent destruction until the real owner can be found.
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Reprint Notes: from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1936.01.06 to 1936.03.21
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: First continuity in which Goofy is no longer referred to as Dippy Dawg.
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From Victim to Victor

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Francesco Stajano; Leonardo Gori
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Overview of the story "Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion".
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Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Ted Osborne
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson
Inker(s): Ted Thwaites
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Peg-Leg Pete; Minnie Mouse; Captain Doberman; Major Beagle; "Trigger" Hawkes; Sheik Yussuf Aiper
Synopsis: Mickey is recruited by the War Department to track down and intercept stolen armament plans before they can be sold to foreign powers. This leads to him entering the French Foreign Legion and enduring the cruelties of his Sergeant, Peg-Leg Pete.
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Reprint Notes: from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1936.03.23 to 1936.08.08
Miscellaneous
Pages: 40
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The Last Plantation of Mouseton

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Thad Komorowski
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Overview of the story "The Seven Ghosts".
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The Seven Ghosts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Ted Osborne
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson
Inker(s): Ted Thwaites
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Donald Duck; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow; Colonel Bassett
Synopsis: Mickey and his detective associates Goofy and Donald are hired by a reclusive gentleman to rid his estate of ghosts.
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Reprint Notes: from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1936.08.10 to 1936.11.28
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
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No Man's Island

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Francesco Stajano; Leonardo Gori
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Overview of the story "Island in the Sky".
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Island in the Sky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Ted Osborne
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson
Inker(s): Ted Thwaites
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, science fiction
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Peg-Leg Pete; Dr. Einmug; Captain Doberman
Synopsis: While trying out his new plane, Mickey and Goofy run across a car flying in the stratosphere. Investigation leads the pair to an island suspended in the clouds and the amazing inventions of a reticent genius.
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Reprint Notes: from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1936.11.30 to 1937.04.03
Miscellaneous
Pages: 36
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The Water Cure

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Gerstein
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Overview of the story "In Search of Jungle Treasure".
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In Search of Jungle Treasure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Ted Osborne
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson
Inker(s): Ted Thwaites
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, jungle
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Captain Churchmouse; Peg-Leg Pete; Goofy; Minnie Mouse; Eli Squinch; Timmons
Synopsis: Mickey, Minnie and Goofy are recruited by Captain Churchmouse to travel to the jungles of Africa in search of a treasure he lost over twenty years prior, not knowing that Pete and Eli Squinch have learned of their plans and are following them.
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Reprint Notes: from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1937.04.05 to 1937.08.07
Miscellaneous
Pages: 36
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When Optimism Fails

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Gerstein
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Overview of the story "Monarch of Medioka".
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Monarch of Medioka

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Floyd Gottfredson (plot); Ted Osborne
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson
Inker(s): Al Taliaferro (pages 1-2); Ted Thwaites (pages 3-49)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Horace Horsecollar; King Michael XIV; Duke de la Puche; Count de Sheckels; Duke Varlott; Princess Phylline; Clarabelle Cow
Synopsis: Mickey is recruited by members of the government of Medioka to double for their wastrel playboy king in order to secure a loan to keep the country from insolvency.
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Reprint Notes: from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1937.08.09 to 1938.02.05
Miscellaneous
Pages: 49
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The Cast

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Gerstein
Penciller(s): Al Taliaferro; Gina Esposito; Wilfred Houghton; Art Babbitt
Inker(s): Al Taliaferro; Gina Esposito; Wilfred Houghton; Art Babbitt
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Character profiles of Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck and Dr. Einmug.
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Pages: 4
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Gottfredson's World

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Gerstein
Penciller(s): Daan Jippes; Antonio Rubino; Manuel Gonzales; Michel Nadorp; Hank Porter; Romana Scarpa
Inker(s): Daan Jippes; Antonio Rubino; Manuel Gonzales; Michel Nadorp; Hank Porter; Romana Scarpa
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Synopsis: Examples of how the stories included in this volume have been previously reprinted.
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Pages: 6
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The Reproductions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson (signed)
Inker(s): Floyd Gottfredson (signed)
Colorist(s): Floyd Gottfredson (signed)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Recreations of famous scenes from Mickey Mouse continuity commissioned from Floyd Gottfredson.
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Pages: 4
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Behind the Scenes: Legionnaires

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Gerstein
Penciller(s): Ferdinand Horvath; Walt Kelly; Joe Sabo
Inker(s): Ferdinand Horvath; Walt Kelly; Joe Sabo
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Discussion of the shelved Mickey Mouse short "Legionnaires", illustrated with surviving storyboard drawings, which formed the basis for part of the plot of "Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion".
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Pages: 3
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To Arms! Our Mickey Mouse Has Been Insulted!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Milton Dorr
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson
Inker(s): Ted Thwaites
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Reprint of a column in the Bridgeport (Ct) Sunday Herald from December 19,1937, detailing the censorship of the "Monarch of Medioka" sequence in Yugoslavia.
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Pages: 2
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The Heirs of Gottfredson: Cesar Ferioli

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Gerstein
Penciller(s): Cesar Ferioli
Inker(s): Cesar Ferioli
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Profile of Egmont Disney artist Cesar Ferioli.
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Pages: 2
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The Mystery of Freefer Hall, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Markstein
Penciller(s): Cesar Ferioli
Inker(s): Cesar Ferioli
Colorist(s): Marie Javins
Letterer(s): Susie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Donald Duck; Colonel Bassett
Synopsis: Mickey, Donald and Goofy are invited to a party being held by Colonel Bassett, in which a phony crime will be staged using actors planted among the guests. But one of the guests isn't play-acting.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories #674 published November 2006
was The Mystery Of Freefer Hall Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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The Mystery of Freefer Hall, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Markstein
Penciller(s): Cesar Ferioli
Inker(s): Cesar Ferioli
Colorist(s): Marie Javins
Letterer(s): Susie Lee
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, mystery
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Donald Duck; Colonel Bassett; Chief O'Hara
Synopsis: Mickey and Donald track down the real reason behind the mystery.
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From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories #674 published November 2006
was The Mystery of Freefer Hall Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5

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