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Issue: Four Color #1279
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Title: Walt Disney's Grandma Duck's Farm Friends
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell [stamp]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/21/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 14 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig and/or Del Connell (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "Walt Disney's GRANDMA DUCK'S FARM FRIENDS, No. 1279." Code number is G.D.F.F. O.S. #1279-622. Copyright 1961 by Walt Disney Productions. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Grandma Duck with a Bugle

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Pete Alvarado
?
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends
Grandma Duck
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #30/1962 published July 1962
as Bestemor Duck blåser i horn [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Chore Charades

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Steve Steere
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck; Huey; Gus Goose; Daisy Duck
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover; black and white. A matching game with character preforming farm chores.
Rural Mural

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Gregory
Bob Gregory
Steve Steere
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends
Grandma Duck; Daisy Duck; Gus Goose
Daisy takes Grandma Duck to the city, where she sees an art exhibit by Grandma Jones and a mural painted on a wall. Returning to the farm, Grandma paints a mural on the side of her barn and attracts the attention of art critics.
Reprinting
FlagTopolino #338 published May 1962
as Nonna Papera pittrice [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDonald Duck & Co #9/1963 published February 1963
as Fjøs-fresko [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
"Grandma Jones" is a parody of Grandma Moses [Anna Mary Robertson Moses] (1860-1961) who was a popular American folk artist in the 1950s.
Grandma's Chore Chase

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
?
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Grandma Duck
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A game using buttons to advance on a path from the barn to Grandma's house.
Timely Tip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Tony Strobl
Steve Steere
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends
Grandma Duck; Ludwig Von Drake
Ludwig Von Drake come to visit Grandma and tries to make her daily routine more efficient by using time and motion studies.
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #33/1963 published August 1963
as Bestemorskap [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #35 published June 1972
as Timely Tip [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Backyard Bungle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Steve Steere
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Grandma Duck
Grandma Duck; Gus Goose; Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Daisy Duck; Huey
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A find the mistake game to match the right tool to the job each character is doing.
Caterpilly Dilly

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Steve Steere
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Grandma Duck
Grandma Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Reprinting
FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #35 published June 1972
as Caterpilly Dilly [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Directions for making a caterpillar out of a cardboard egg carton.
The Big Barn Boo Boo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Tony Strobl
John Liggera
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends
Grandma Duck; Uncle Scrooge
Scrooge tries to hide his money by storing it in Grandma's barn, but the plan backfires.
Reprinting
FlagTopolino #338 published May 1962
as Paperon De Paperoni e il salvadanaio gigante [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDonald Duck & Co #10/1963 published March 1963
as Gryn på låven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Grandma's Pea Picking Contest

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Strobl
Steve Steere
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Grandma Duck; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Directions for a game involving tossing dried peas into various shaped boxes.
The Spoiled Spells

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Tony Strobl
John Liggera
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends
Grandma Duck; Gus Goose; Big Bad Wolf; Gypsy Jeannie
Gypsy Jeannie tries to use her magic violin to help Grandma, but finds that Grandma is a hard person to help.
Reprinting
FlagTopolino #338 published May 1962
as Nonna Papera e la zingara [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDonald Duck & Co #14/1963 published April 1963
as Spåkvinnen Sara [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Farm Foliage

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Steve Steere
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Huey; Dewey; Louie
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Directions for making rubbings of leaves using paper and crayons.
Grandma's Budget Bundles

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Steve Steere
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Grandma Duck
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover; black and white. A puzzle where the goal is to fill a shopping cart with items totaling exactly $2.32.
Reveal the Villain

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Christine Lyttle Smith ?
Christine Lyttle Smith ? (layout); Tony Strobl (pencils)
Steve Steere
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Grandma Duck
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. A rebus game to find who has been bothering Grandma's chickens. This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 13.
Announcing the All-New Daisy B-B Gun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (painting)
? (painting)
? (painting)
typeset
Subject Matter
Dairy B-B Gun
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Illustrated ad for Daisy B-B Guns. Model 1894 Winchester "Spittin' Image" rifle is featured. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Rogers, Ark. This ad replaces Sequence 12 in some copies.

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