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Skull and Cross-Duck

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Synopsis: Donald becomes the Jolly Roger of the boys' pirate flag.

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Pages: 1

Sitting High

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Brigitte Van Doran; Gasmore Gravytrain; Jane Girlsfield; Snarlin Grando; Tallin De Saddle; trash-burning woman; local news photographer; Tripe Magazine photographer; celebrity-obsessed stampeding crowds

First Line: Among the many winter visitors in glamorous Palm Sands are Donald Duck and his nephews!

Synopsis: Donald tries various ways to achieve fame.

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Pages: 10

Notes: Celebrity parody names abound: "Snarlin Grando" = method actor Marlin Brando. "Jayne Girlsfield" = full and shapely actress Jayne Mansfield (with hair tresses drawn by Barks to mitigate or deemphasize her upper figure, perhaps in consideration of the Dell Comics Code). "Prince Raindeer and Princess Lace" = Monaco monarchs Prince Rainier and Princess Grace. "Brigitte Van Doren" = an amalgam of glamorous actress Brigitte Bardot and busty actress Mamie Van Doren.

Made up joke and pun names are liberally mixed in with the celebrity parody names, giving pause to modern readers less familiar with the celebrity culture of the late-1950s and early-1960s: "Tallin De Saddle", "Cuddles Marrymore", "Rocky Stonejaw", and a famous politician named "Gasmore Gravytrain".

Among the media focused on Donald on pages 3 and 4 is "Bathé News", a sendup of Pathé News, once a supplier of newsreels to movie theatres.

The Bone Mix-Up

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Scamp; bigger brown dog; department store customers; department store manager

First Line: Well doggone! I still can't find where I buried that bone last week!

Synopsis: Scamp and a bigger dog vie for a bone, leading to a competitive romp through a department store.

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Pages: 6

The Caught Copycat

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Chip; Dale; flying squirrel; Brer Owl; Hank Hawk; rabbit; squirrel; mouse

First Line: Oh, boy! There goes that flying squirrel again!

Synopsis: Dale copies the behavior of anyone he sees, and so tries to become a "big thinker" like Brer Owl.

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Pages: 6

The Dude Ranch Visit

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Morty; Ferdie; Mickey Mouse; Grandma Duck; Horace Horsecollar

First Line: "I wonder how Morty and Ferdie are getting along. Maybe they are lonesome," said Mickey Mouse.

Synopsis: Playing with their cap guns, Morty and Ferdie panic the animals at Horace Horsecollar's dude ranch.

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Pages: 1

Mickey's Strange Mission [Chapter Three]

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Goofy; little bearded miner; Clementine (mule); Black Pete [Peg-leg Pete]; Slowdraw; two other members of Pete's gang; Blackstone P. Percival; kids waiting for a school bus; Feisty Fenwick (shady automotive dealer)

First Line: Mickey is asked to find Black Pete, who is unaware of a waiting family inheritance. Because Pete must reform for all time to get the money, Mickey is most anxious that he have it.

Synopsis: Mickey finally catches up with Pete and prevents him from holding up the miner for his gold, thus preserving Pete's inheritance which would be forfeit unless he reforms for at least a year - and stays reformed to continue getting the money in yearly installments. Once the situation is explained to him, Pete kinda-sorta tries his hand at honest work, but can he walk the straight-and-narrow for the next 366 days? (1960 was a leap year!)

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Pages: 7.5

Notes: Part 3 of 3.

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912

Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): H. L. Anderson (credited) (business manager)

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1960. No circulation figures appear as part of this report. Lower half of page.

Sky High

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

First Line: Boy, oh boy! Won't Daisy be surprised at my beachcomber's getup at the big costume ball tonight!

Synopsis: Huey, Dewey, and Louie find an alternative use for Donald's Hawaiian shirt and leis.

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Pages: 1

The Big Blaze

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge

First Line: We've got the birthday cake for Unca Scrooge!

Synopsis: The boys help Donald set up Uncle Scrooge's birthday cake.

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Pages: 1