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Issue: Four Color #268
Publication Date: March 1950
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Issues: #268 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Walt Disney presents Mickey Mouse's Surprise Visitor
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielson Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "Walt Disney presents MICKEY MOUSE'S SURPRISE VISITOR, No. 268." Code number is M.M.O.S. #268-503. Copyright 1940, 1950 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). Apparently Mickey Mouse #12?
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted In8
Disclose Reprinted From3
reprinted 3 times from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Mickey Mouse's Surprise Visitor

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dan Gormley
Inker(s): Dan Gormley
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Thursday
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFour Color #268 published April 1950
as Mickey Mouse's Surprise Visitor [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's serier #[4/1953] published July 1953
as Mikke Mus & negergutten Torsdag [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene #[8] published January 2000
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Pluto the Pointer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hubie Karp
Penciller(s): Bob Grant
Inker(s): Bob Grant
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Silly Symphony featuring Pluto the Pup
Character(s): Pluto; Horace Horsecollar
Synopsis: Horace and Pluto go duck hunting, but the ducks get the best of Pluto.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's serier #[4/1953] published July 1953
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Silly Symphony (King Features Syndicate) 1940.10.06 Sunday newspaper page.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
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Mickey Mouse's Surprise Visitor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Merrill de Maris; Floyd Gottfredson (plot)
Penciller(s): Floyd Gottfredson
Inker(s): Ted Thwaites; Bill Wright
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Thursday; Minnie Mouse; Pluto; Goofy; Clarabelle Cow
Synopsis: Friday, a native Mickey befriended on an adventure in Africa, sends his brother Thursday to Mickey's house in order to have him receive an education. Thursday causes Mickey all sorts of trouble with his lack of understanding of American customs.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's serier #[4/1953] published July 1953
as Mikke Mus og negergutten Torsdag [Story on Interior Page(s)]16 pages removed
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v2 #10 (22) published July 1942
was An Education for Thursday [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v2 #11 (23) published August 1942
was An Education for Thursday [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v2 #12 (24) published September 1942
was An Education for Thursday [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Mickey Mouse (King Features Syndicate) 1940.01.15 - 1940.04.20 daily newspaper strips
Miscellaneous
Pages: 48
Disclose Notes: Redrawn version in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #237-#241.
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Pluto Finds a Cow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hubie Karp
Penciller(s): Bob Grant
Inker(s): Bob Grant
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Silly Symphony featuring Pluto the Pup
Character(s): Pluto; Horace Horsecollar
Synopsis: Horace and Pluto go hunting. Pluto can't handle the rabbits or squirrels, so he brings Horace a cow.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's serier #[4/1953] published July 1953
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #11/1956 published October 1956
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
Reprint Notes: from Silly Symphony (King Features Syndicate) 1940.10.13 Sunday newspaper page
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black, red, and white.
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Spotlight

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dan Gormley
Inker(s): Dan Gormley
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck; Goofy
Synopsis: Mickey, Donald, and Goofy on stage in a spotlight.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's serier #[4/1953] published July 1953
as På scenen [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; full-page illustration.

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