Disney Comics
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald
Series I - Issues 1-18
Why is there a Series I and a Series II for the Gladstone comic books? When our original license expired (Series I), the Walt Disney Company took over publishing the comics themselves, but after three years -- despite help from Gladstone -- Disney threw in the towel and gave the license back, and Series II was born. This is why, when looking at the comics that Disney published and those that Gladstone published, some titles have numerical gaps, time lags or numbers that were repeated. Despite this minor confusion (all of which had an amazing logic!), we feel the Series II books are far superior in printing, color, paper and often in content! Because of problems in the distribution industry, all the standard-sized monthly titles eventually were incorporated into two monthly 64-page, square-bound comics, Uncle Scrooge and Walt Disney's Comics & Stories. Looking back, we feel these are the comic books that reflect the best of Gladstone.
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #1 (March 1988)
Gladstone's first issue of Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald. Front cover by Daan Jippes; Mickey Mouse in "The Trail to Treasure" by Paul Murry; Donald Duck in "New Toys" by Carl Barks; Mickey Mouse's "Christmas Surprise" by Bill Wright; Donald Duck in "Fir-Tree Fracas" by Don Rosa.
$7.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #2 (May 1988)
Front cover by Walt Kelly; Donald Duck in "The Bus Stops Here" by Homer Brightman and Al Taliaferro; Mickey Mouse in "The Grounded Air Taxi" by Ray Bradbury; Donald Duck in "A sound Deal" by William Van Horn; Mickey Mouse's "Raven Mad" by Daan Jippes; Donald Duck in "Turkey Trot at One Whistle" by Carl Barks. Donald Duck back cover gag by Bob Foster and Frank Smith.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #3 (July 1988)
Front cover by Carl Buettner; Mickey Mouse in "The Man of Tomorrow - part 1" by Bill Walsh and Floyd Gottfredson; Donald Duck in "The Firebug" by Carl Barks; Mickey and Goofy gag by Jack Bradbury; Donald Duck back cover gag by Bob Foster and Daan Jippes
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #4 (August 1988)
Mickey Mouse in "The Man of Tomorrow - part 2" by Bill Walsh and Floyd Gottfredson; Mickey and Donald in "Special Delivery" by Ted Osborne and Floyd Gottfredson; Donald Duck in "Midget Madness" by Carl Barks; Donald Duck back cover gag by Bob Karp and Al Taliaferro.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #5 (September 1988)
Front cover by Walt Kelly; Mickey Mouse and "The Spirited Drizzlepuss" by Bill Wright; Donald Duck in "Airborne Skier" by Carl Barks; various Donald and Mickey gags by Bob Karp and Al Taliaferro, Del Connell and Daan Jippes, Ted Osborne and Floyd Gottfredson, and Bob Foster and Frank Smith.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #6(October 1988)
Front cover by Russell Schroeder; Mickey Mouse in "The Blot's Double Mystery - Part 1" by Guido Martina and Romano Scarpa; Donald Duck in "Musclebound Mania" by Carl Barks; Donald Duck back cover gag by Bob Foster and Frank Smith.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #7 (November 1988)
Front cover by Daan Jippes; Mickey Mouse in "The Blot's Double Mystery - Part 2 " by Guido Martina and Romano Scarpa; Donald Duck in "Sales Resistance" by Carl Barks; Donald Duck back cover gag by Bob Foster and Frank Smith.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #8 (December 1988)
Front cover by Daan Jippes; Mickey Mouse in "The Blot's Double Mystery - Part 3" by Guido Martina and Romano Scarpa; Donald Duck in "Sales Resistance" by Carl Barks; Mickey and Donald centerfold gag by Floyd Gottfredson and Ted Osborne.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #9 (March 1989)
Front cover by Daan Jippes; Mickey Mouse in "Postman's Puzzle" by Bill Wright; Donald Duck in "Toyland" by Carl Barks; Donald Duck in "Duel Personalities" by William Van Horn; back cover gag by Bob Foster and Frank Smith.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #10 (May 1989)
Front cover by Russell Schroeder ; Mickey Mouse in " On Pirate Key" by Bill Wright; Donald Duck in "Critical Masses" by Gutenberghus; Donald Duck in "Rice to the Occasion" by Bob Karp and Al Taliaferro; Donal Duck in "Rival Messengers" by Carl Barks; Donald and Mickey gags by Ted Osborne and Floyd Gottfredson.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #11 (July 1989)
Front cover by Daan Jippes; Donald Duck in "Fair Exchange" by Bob Karp and Al Taliaferro;Mickey Mouse in "Trouble Cooking" by Jack Bradbury; Donald Duck in "Driving a Hard Bargain" by The Gutenberghus Group; Donald Duck in "Picnic Pests" by Carl Barks; gags by Jack Bradbury and Hubie Karp.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #12 (August 1989)
Front cover by Russell Schroeder; Mickey Mouse in "Crocodile Caper" by Paul Murry; Donald Duck in "Empty Enforcement" by The Gutenberghus Group; Donald Duck in "The Masters of Melody" by Carl Barks; various gags by Jack Bradbury, Ted Osborne, Floyd Gottfredson, Tony Strobl, Bob Foster and Frank Smith.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #13 (September 1989)
Front cover by Walt Kelly; Mickey Mouse in "The Santa Claus Bandit" by Bill Walsh and Floyd Gottfredson; Donald Duck in "Saturated Fathead," "Their Favorite Charity," and "Starry, Starry Fright," by Bob Karp and Al Taliaferro; Mickey Mouse in "Pet Competition" by Jack Bradbury; Donald Duck in Getting the Bees-ness" by Carl Barks; canoe gag by Paul Murry; back cover gag by Bob Foster and Frank Smith.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #14(October 1989) )
Front cover by Walt Kelly; Mickey Mouse and "The Sneezing Burro of Mystery Mesa" by Jack Bradbury; Donald Duck in "Punk Advice" by Carl Barks; Donald Duck gag by Tony Strobl; back cover gag by Bob Foster and Frank Smith.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #15 (November 1989) )
Front cover by Russell Schroeder; Mickey Mouse in "The Phantom Thief" by Bill Wright; Donald Duck in "Kite Weather" by Carl Barks; Donald Duck back cover gag by Bob Foster and Frank Smith.
$3.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #16 (December 1989) )
Giant Issue! Mickey and Donald and "The Beanstalk" by Harvey Eisenberg; Donald Duck in "Something Fishy Here," "Vault Fault," and "Destination Unknown" by Bob Karp and Al Taliaferro; gags by Carl Barks, Ted Osborne, Floyd Gottfredson, Bob Foster and Frank Smith.
$4.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #17 (March 1990) )
Double-Sized Issue! Front cover by Russell Schroeder; Mickey and Goofy in "The Disappearing Boulder Bandits" by Carl Fallberg and Paul Murry; Donald Duck in "The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama" by Carl Barks; Donald Duck in "Call Off the Wild" by John Lustig and William Van Horn; Mickey Mouse in "Riddle of the Red Hat" by Carl Barks; Donald Duck in "Give Unto Others" by Oberon, Jan Kruse, and Don Rosa; gags by Ted Osborne, Floyd Gottfredson, and Paul Murry.
$7.00
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald #18 (May 1990) )
Double-Sized Issue! Front cover by Walt Kelly; Mickey Mouse in "The House of Mystery" by Bill Walsh, Floyd Gottfredson, Paul Murry and Dick Moores; Donald Duck in "Watching the Watchman" by Carl Barks; Mickey Mouse in "Service with a Smile" by Ted Osborne and Floyd Gottfredson; Donald Duck in "Stranger Than Fiction" by Carl Barks; Donald Duck back cover gag by Bob Foster and Frank Smith.
$5.00