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Issue: Walt Disney Comics Digest #5
Publication Date: November 1968
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
On Sale Date: 10/24/1968
Volume:
Pages: 196
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 40 (25 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Del Connell ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 92301-811. On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 4.75" x 6.5"
Paper Stock: Glossy Cardstock Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
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Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Strange Shipwrecks; The Story of Bambi

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Tony Strobl
Larry Mayer
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Uncle Scrooge; Bambi
Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Dumbo; Bambi; Thumper
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Dumbo's Dilemma

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic lockman
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Dumbo
Readers have to guess which pedestal is exactly big enough to allow Dumbo to land on it with all four feet.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
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Walt Disney Comics Digest Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Donald Duck (cameo); Mickey Mouse (cameo)
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2
Table of Contents and indicia.
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The Strange Shipwrecks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Garé Barks
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge
Beagle Boys; Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Reprinting
FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #23 [10¢ Cover Price] published September 1958
was Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge and the Strange Shipwrecks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Split into two sections, pages 3-12 and 99-109 of the digest.
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Goober Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Carey
John Carey
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, superhero
Super Goof
Super Goof [Goofy]; Super Thuggy
A crook discovers the secret of Super Goof's powers and switches the super goobers with ordinary peanuts.
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10
Two vertical panels per page.
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The Doggie Cart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Frank McSavage
Frank McSavage
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Pluto
Pluto; Morty; Ferdie
Morty and Ferdie try to get Pluto to pull them in a cart.
Reprinting
FlagSilly Symphonies #2 [25¢ Cover Price] published September 1953
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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8
Original story is untitled.
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Instant Migration

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Huemer
George Wheeler
George Wheeler
?
George Wheeler
Subject Matter
nature
Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
Facts about bird migration.
Reprinting
from Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures daily from 1964.
Miscellaneous
1
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Clarabelle's Tricky Poet's Page

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
?
Vic Lockman
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Clarabelle
Clarabelle Cow
A poem where the reader has to supply words that rhyme.
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Miscellaneous
1
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The Wig Twister

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Strobl
Steve Steere
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Ludwig Von Drake and Grandma Duck
Grandma Duck; Ludwig von Drake
Ludwig's attempt to use his wig-curling invention in Grandma's silo ends up with the silo roof being spotted as a flying saucer.
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FlagDonald Duck & Co #9/1973 published February 1973
as Det går rundt for Raptus [Story on Interior Page(s)]new layout
 
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8
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Showboat, Jr.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Murry
Paul Murry
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Paul Murry
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Li'l Bad Wolf
Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]; Brer Beaver; Brer Owl; Brer Rabbit; Brer Coon; Uncle Scrooge; Daisy Duck (cameo)
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FlagDell Giant #55 published September 1961
was Showboat, Jr. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
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Bambi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Felix Salten (novel); Chase Craig (adaptation)
Morris Gollub
Morris Gollub
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
Bambi
Bambi; Thumper; Flower
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FlagFour Color #186 published April 1948
was Bambi [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
 
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part 1 of 2.
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Clara Cluck's Tangled Yarn

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Clara Cluck
Clara Cluck
Reader has to guess whether red yarn or blue yarn has the most knots.
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Figaro Has an Ear for Sounds

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
?
Vic Lockman
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Figaro
Figaro
Puzzle to match sounds to device that made them.
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1
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The Dainty Daredevil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Garé Barks
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Daisy Duck
Daisy Duck
Daisy, trying to find a job, is misled by a fortune teller and takes a job as a stunt girl for a daredevil pilot.
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FlagDonald Duck & Co #19/1973 published May 1973
as Den rette jobben [Story on Interior Page(s)]new layout
FlagThe Carl Barks Library #6 published May 1990
as The Dainty Daredevil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #39 published January 2008
as Vocação para Nada [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Pages 67-74 of the digest. Pages are two panels deep. Art submitted on June 18, 1968. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982). Last comic book story drawn by Barks.
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The Polar Bear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jesse Marsh
Jesse Marsh
?
Jesse Marsh
Subject Matter
nature
Walt Disney's Animal Autobiographies
The life of polar bears.
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FlagFour Color #842 [10¢ Cover Price] published September 1957
was The Polar Bear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The Big Canvas Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Murry
Paul Murry
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Paul Murry
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
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FlagDell Giant #52 published November 1961
was The Big Canvas Caper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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8
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Punctured Raft

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Strobl
Steve Steere
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck Mini-Comic
Donald Duck
Donald's inflatable boat gets punctured when it's out of the water.
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Miscellaneous
1
Pantomime story.
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Scary Brew

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
?
Vic Lockman
Subject Matter
Wicked Witch
Wicked Witch
Puzzle which is solved by coloring marked sections.
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Miscellaneous
1
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What Makes Grandma's Horse Prance?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
?
Vic Lockman
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Grandma Duck
Grandma Duck
Word puzzle using the first letters of objects in the drawing.
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Tired of Waiting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Strobl
Steve Steere?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Ludwig von Drake Mini-Comics
Ludwig von Drake
Ludwig gets tired of waiting to see an invention-buyer.
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Miscellaneous
1
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Mowgli and the Perilous Bridge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Pete Alvarado
Tony DiPaola?
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
Mowgli
Mowgli; Baloo; Ol' Mugger; Junior
Mowgli plays with a lion and tiger cub that play tricks on him. He has to warn them of a trap Ol' Mugger, the crocodile, has set; but the cubs think he is playing a trick on them.
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #4/1973 published January 1973
as Den farlige broen [Story on Interior Page(s)]new layout
 
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10
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The Bad Good Deed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Carey
John Carey
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Junior Woodchucks
Junior Woodchucks [Huey; Dewey; Louie]
The Woodchucks inadvertently help a fox who is robbing birds' nests.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
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Neptune's Novelties

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Huemer
George Wheeler
George Wheeler
?
George Wheeler
Subject Matter
informational
Walt Disney's True Life Adventures
Marine creatures who move freely when young, but become nearly immobile when mature.
Reprinting
from Walt Disney's True Life Adventures daily from 1966
Miscellaneous
1
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Clock Clues

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
?
Vic Lockman
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Uncle Scrooge
Uncle Scrooge
Reader must draw lines connecting objects to solve a puzzle.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Giant Acorns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Harvey Eisenberg
John Liggera
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Chip 'n' Dale with Dumbo
Chip; Dale; Dumbo; Willy the Giant
Dumbo flies Chip and Dale to the cloud land where Willy the Giant lives, so they can harvest some giant acorns.
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FlagWalt Disney's Mickey Mouse in Fantasyland #1 [25¢ Cover Price] published May 1957
was Giant Acorns [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The Gluttonous Sea Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Strobl
Steve Steere?
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Moby Duck
Moby Duck; Goofy
Moby and Goofy blow up a mechanical sea monster.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Buettner
Roger Armstrong
Roger Armstrong; Carl Buettner (touch-ups)
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Roger Armstrong
Subject Matter
The Seven Dwarfs and Thumper
Thumper; Seven Dwarfs
Let's quit early today...
Reprinting
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v4 #9 (45) published June 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
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The Curious Box

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Phil de Lara
Phil de Lara
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Brer Rabbit
Brer Rabbit; Brer Bear; Brer Fox
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #53/1972 published December 1972
as Skrinet med det rare i [Story on Interior Page(s)]new layout
 
Miscellaneous
7
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Think-Box Developer

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
?
Vic Lockman
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Gyro Gearloose
Gyro Gearloose
Reader has to determine which direction the last gear in a complex series of gears is turning.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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For Braves Only

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
?
Vic Lockman
Subject Matter
Little Hiawatha
Little Hiawatha
How to make a medicine man's mask from a paper bag.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Wild Burro of the West

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dorothy Childs Hogner (original story); ? (adaptation)
Nat Edson
Nat Edson
?
typeset
Subject Matter
nature
Andy Andrews; Dusty (burro); Blackjack (burro)
Adventures of a prospector and a burro.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Based on the book "Dusty's Return" by Dorothy Childs Hogner (1950). Text story with six illustrations.
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Windblown Fashion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Strobl
Steve Steere?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Daisy Duck TV Tickler
Daisy Duck
Daisy's hat gets run over by a car, but the result is the height of fashion.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Pantomime story.
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Back to Nature...and Back

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Huemer
George Wheeler
George Wheeler
?
George Wheeler
Subject Matter
nature
Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
Domestic dogs escaped in the Galapagos Islands and reverted back to feral state, but their puppies can be easily domesticated.
Reprinting
from Walt Disney True-Life Adventures daily from 1963
Miscellaneous
1
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Running Water

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Tony Strobl
Steve Steere
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Jiminy Cricket
Jiminy Cricket
Jiminy rigs up a pipe to get water to his house.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
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The First Americans, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jesse Marsh
Jesse Marsh
?
Jesse Marsh
Subject Matter
Early history of Indians in the Americas.
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FlagFour Color #843 [10¢ Cover Price] published September 1957
was Walt Disney's The First Americans [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Continued in next issue.
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Hide 'n' Seek

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Hubbard
Al Hubbard
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Scamp
Scamp; Scamp's three sisters; Pedro; Chiquita (Pedro's sister); Trusty (cameo); Jock (cameo)
Scamp wants to do boy things, but the girls keep getting in the way.
Reprinting
FlagWalt Disney's Scamp #6 [unnamed variant] published June 1958
was Hide 'n' Seek [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
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Rainy Day Fun

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
?
Vic Lockman
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Morty and Ferdie
Morty; Ferdie
Morty and Ferdie show how to make drawings out of words.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Secret Cipher

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
?
Vic Lockman
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Big Bad Wolf
Big Bad Wolf
Reader has to switch spaces between groups of letters in order to read Big Bad Wolf's word balloon.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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Tricky Mickey

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Vic Lockman
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse
Drawing puzzles where the reader has to figure out the order in which lines were drawn.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
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The Torture Test at Rough Rock

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Mighty Matchbox; Fred Bonner Corp.
A matchbox car tests a course that includes a dog as an obstacle.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Ad in comic form for Matchbox miniature cars.

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