Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #1 [25] for Sale - First Appearance of Chip - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series)
Issue: #1 [25]
Publication date: October 1942
Key date: 1942-10-00
On-sale date: 1942-09-15
Indicia publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Chip - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Dale - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Apples for Teacher	cover	1	pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt Kelly	Donald Duck
1	United States Mosquito Fleet	illustration	1	letters: typeset
2	Spidery Cleverness	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
3	Classy Working Outfit	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
4	On the Rebound!	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
5	Too Annoying Service	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
6	Gets Stuck Inside Mailbox	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
7	The Good Samaritan!	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
8	Biking in the Boxing Ring	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
9	Car Demonstration	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
10	A Drink on the House	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
11	Get the Paint or the Money	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
12	Flat Tire When Driving Out into Street	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
13	The Tide Turns!	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
14	Not a Thought for Goofy	comic story	1
15	Double Trouble	comic story	1
16	The Vanishing Recruit	text story	3	letters: typeset	Donald Duck; Sgt. Pete [Black Pete]
17	War with the Flies	comic story	12.25	script: Earl Duvall, Ted Osborne; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
18	The Old Folks' New Home	comic story	6.75	script: Ted Osborne; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
19	One Man Patrol	comic story	1	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
20	Gets Street Car Token Stolen	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
21	Hitching on One Way Street	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
22	Success---!	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
23	Goofy's Addled Auto	text story	3
24	Mickey Mouse at the Bar None Ranch	comic story	14	script: Merrill De Maris; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Ted Thwaites, Bill Wright; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; editing: Floyd Gottfredson	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow; Goofy; Black Pete [Peg-leg Pete]
25	Hollywood Chatter	text article	2	letters: typeset
26	Storing Tires in Bomb Shelter	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
27	Dresses Like Indian to Buy Tires	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
28	A Tire-Some Situation	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
29	Trades Gas for Hay	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
30	Starts Horse Shoeing Business	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
31	Something New Afoot	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
32	Start Hibernating	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
33	Pot for Helmet	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
34	Arms for the Army	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
35	Prepared to Take Care of Bombs	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
36	Stealing Cake During Light-Out	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
37	First Line of Defense	comic story	0.33	script: Bob Karp; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro	Donald Duck
38	Law-Abiding Goofy	comic story	1
39	Private Pluto	text story	4	letters: typeset	Chip First, Dale First, Pluto
40	Mickey Mouse Movies	activity	1
41	A New Idea	comic story	1	script: Hubie Karp; pencils: Bob Grant; inks: Bob Grant
42	Such Restraint	comic story	1
43	$50 in War Savings Stamps	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
44	October Puzzle	activity	1	letters: typeset
45	-	table of contents	1	letters: typeset
46	War Insignia	illustration	1	letters: typeset
47	Free	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #11 (47)	1944	On eBay ›
Walt Disney Comics Digest #40	1973	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
Confirm the indicia matches this plate; many golden-age titles changed names mid-run.

Series context

‹ #12 (24)26 of 264#2 [26] ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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