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Issue: Four Color #279
Publication Date: June 1950
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Issues: #279 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants
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: 6 (5 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's MICKEY MOUSE and PLUTO BATTLE THE GIANT ANTS, No. 279." Code number is M.M.O.S. #280-506. (Note code number is different than indicia number.) Copyright 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).
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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 In19
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bill Wright
Inker(s): Bill Wright
Colorist(s): ?; Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Pluto
Synopsis: Mickey is shocked by a giant ant.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFour Color #279 published July 1950
as Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMickey Mouse #102 published August 1965
as Goofy, Mickey and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMickey Mouse #245 [Direct Edition] published March 1989
as Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giants Ants [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Flock Together

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Hubbard
Inker(s): Al Hubbard
Letterer(s): Melvin Millar [Tubby Millar]
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie
Synopsis: Mickey wants to buy Morty and Ferdie a canary, but finds a parrot and dog are also part of the deal.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's serier #5/1955 published May 1955
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #44/1960 published October 1960
as Kjæledyr [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's månedshefte #11/1970 published January 1970
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]3. translation
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald and Mickey #24 [Direct] published July 1994
as Flock Together [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Story title and lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Wright
Penciller(s): Bill Wright
Inker(s): Bill Wright
Colorist(s): ?; Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): Bill Wright
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse and Pluto
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Goofy
Synopsis: While on a plane trip over the uncharted Amazon jungle, Mickey and Goofy discover a city of giant ants who speak in Morse Code signals through their antennas.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #4/1962 published January 1962
as Kjempemaurene [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 5-11
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #5/1962 published January 1962
as Kjempemaurene [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 12-17
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #3/1962 published January 1962
as Kjempemaurene [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1-4
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #6/1962 published February 1962
as Kjempemaurene [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 18-25
In Content Item: FlagMickey Mouse #102 published August 1965
as Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants [Story on Interior Page(s)]-1 page
In Content Item: FlagMickey Mouse #245 [Direct Edition] published March 1989
as Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 25
Disclose Notes: Script and lettering credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Monkey Business

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): Tony Strobl
Colorist(s): ?; Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): Tony Strobl
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow
Synopsis: Morty and Ferdie adopt two monkeys, who cause general havoc for Mickey and the rest of the town.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #18/1963 published April 1963
as Apestreker [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1-7
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #20/1963 published May 1963
as Apestreker [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 16-23
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #19/1963 published May 1963
as Apestreker [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 8-15
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Disclose Notes: Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Popular Pastime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Hubbard
Inker(s): Al Hubbard
Letterer(s): Melvin Millar [Tubby Millar]
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
Synopsis: Mickey and Minnie have to share their new TV set with the neighbors.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #20/1968 published May 1968
as Fjernsynsapparatet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald and Mickey #24 [Direct] published July 1994
as Popular Pastime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Story title and lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Morty and Ferdie at Camp Ruffit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Hubbard
Inker(s): Al Hubbard
Colorist(s): ?; Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): Melvin Millar [Tubby Millar]
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Mickey Mouse
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie
Synopsis: Morty and Ferdie are off to Camp Ruffit.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's serier #5/1955 published May 1955
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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