CREATOR

Name: Western Printing & Lithographic Co. AKA Western Publishing (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1916 by the brothers Edward (1878-1955) and Albert Wadewitz. Publishing of comic books began in 1932. Stopped in 2001.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Western in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation published most of its comic books via subsidiaries, some of which were Dell, Gold Key, and Whitman.
The corporation never used a logo on their comic book front covers.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1947. Stopped the same year after 4x4 issues*.

The series contains independent Disney funny animal stories with focus on Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse.

The booklet strip series was financed by the General Mills corporation and sold as giveaways for its Cheerios breakfast cereals, and is today best known as Cheerios Giveaway.

* The issues were published in 4 series marked W, X, Y, and Z and with 4 issues in each series. A second, similar run of 3 series was made in 1954 marked 1, 2, and 3, and is today possibly best remembered for being attempted 3D versions.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues).

W#1 - 1947
W#4 -1947
X#3 -1947

Y#1 -1947 (see more HERE)
Z#2 -1947
Z#4 -1947

 

 

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