Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse #1 (2011) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (Fantagraphics, 2011 series)
Issue: #1
Issue title: Race to Death Valley
Publication date: 2011
Key date: 2011
On-sale date: 2011-05
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 296
Barcode: 978160699441252999
ISBN: 978-1-60699-441-2

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Why this issue matters

On the record: Eisner Award - Best Archival Collection/Project - Comic Strips (2012).

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	-	cover	1	pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson	Mickey Mouse
1	Dedication	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
2	-	table of contents	2	letters: typeset
3	The Master of Mickey Epics	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Warren Spector; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson
4	Of Mouse & Man	text article	6	script: Thomas Andrae; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson
5	Floyd Gottfredson, the Mickey Strip ...and Me	text article	2	script: Floyd Norman
6	Mickey Mouse in Death Valley	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson
7	An Indebted Valley	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
8	Mickey Mouse in Death Valley	comic story	50	script: Floyd Gottfredson; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson; letters: Floyd Gottfredson	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Terrible Tom; Sylvester Shyster; Clarabelle Cow; Horse Collar; Algernon (mule); Pegleg Pete; Frenchy; Roscoe (dog); The Fox; Rasmus Rat; Sheriff Bull; Hank; Mortimer Mouse; Deputy Hank
9	Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson
10	Sheiks and Lovers	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
11	Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers	comic story	34	script: Floyd Gottfredson; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson; letters: Floyd Gottfredson	Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Mr. Slicker; Horsecollar; Squire Skinflint; Clarabelle; Marcus Mouse; Constable Goat; Squeaky; Butch; Tiny
12	Mickey Mouse vs Kat Nipp	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson
13	Katnippery	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
14	Mickey Mouse vs Kat Nipp	comic story	12	script: Floyd Gottfredson; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson; letters: Floyd Gottfredson	Mickey Mouse; Kat Nipp; Barnacle Bill
15	Mickey Mouse, Boxing Champion and High Society	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson
16	High Society: Reality Show Edition	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
17	Mickey Mouse, Boxing Champion and High Society	comic story	28	script: Floyd Gottfredson; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson; letters: Floyd Gottfredson	Mickey Mouse; Ruffhouse Rat; Minnie Mouse; Creamo Catnera; Graham Kracker; Butch
18	Circus Roustabout and Pluto the Pup	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson
19	Mick Of All Trades	text story	1	script: David Gerstein
20	Circus Roustabout and Pluto the Pup	comic story	14	script: Floyd Gottfredson; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson; letters: Floyd Gottfredson	Mickey Mouse; Butch; Madamoiselle Maltese; Ambrose Bones; Pluto; Horsecollar
21	Mickey Mouse and the Ransom Plot	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson
22	Middle-Euro Mouse	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
23	Mickey Mouse and the Ransom Plot	comic story	32	script: Floyd Gottfredson; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson; letters: Floyd Gottfredson	Mickey Mouse; Clarabelle; Horsecollar; Minnie Mouse; Pluto; Gypsy Queen
24	Fireman Mickey and Clarabelle's Boarding House	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson	Horsecollar; Clarabelle
25	A Mouse (and a Horse and a Cow) Against the World	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
26	Fireman Mickey and Clarabelle's Boarding House	comic story	18	script: Floyd Gottfredson; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson; letters: Floyd Gottfredson	Mickey Mouse; Horsecollar; Clarabelle; Pop Weezil; Minnie Mouse; Pluto; Mr. Snout
27	Essays and Special Features	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	letters: typeset
28	In the Beginning: Ub Iwerks and the Birth of Mickey Mouse	text article	5	script: Thomas Andrae; pencils: Ub Iwerks; inks: Ub Iwerks
29	Starting the Strip	text article	4	script: David Gerstein
30	-	comic story	24	script: Walt Disney; pencils: Ub Iwerks; inks: Ub Iwerks	Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse
31	The Cast: Mickey and Minnie	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
32	Sharing the Spotlight: Walt Disney... ...and Win Smith	text article	2	script: David Gerstein
33	Gottfredson's World: Mickey Mouse in Death Valley	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
34	Uncloaking the Fox	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
35	Behind the Scenes: Pencil Mania	text article	3	script: David Gerstein; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson
36	Gottfredson's World: Mr. Slicker & the Egg Robbers	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
37	Sharing the Spotlight: Roy Nelson	text article	1	script: Alberto Becattini, David Gerstein; pencils: Roy Nelson; inks: Roy Nelson
38	Sharing the Spotlight: Jack King	text article	1	script: Alberto Becattini, David Gerstein; pencils: Jack King; inks: Jack King
39	Sharing the Spotlight: Hardie Gramatky	text article	1	script: Alberto Becattini, David Gerstein; pencils: Hardie Gramatky; inks: Hardie Gramatky
40	The One-Off Gottfredson Spin-Off	text article	1	script: David Gerstein; pencils: Frank Behmak; inks: Frank Behmak
41	The Comics Dept. at Work: Mickey Mouse in Color... and Black & White	text article	3	script: David Gerstein
42	Gottfredson's World: Mickey Mouse vs. Kat Nip	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
43	Gottfredson's World: Mickey Mouse, Boxing Champion	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
44	Sharing the Spotlight: Earl Duvall	text article	1	script: David Gerstein; pencils: Earl Duvall; inks: Earl Duvall
45	The Cast: Butch	text article	1	script: David Gerstein; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson
46	Sharing the Spotlight: Al Taliaferro	text article	1	script: David Gerstein; pencils: Al Taliaferro; inks: Al Taliaferro
47	The Gottfredson Gang in "Their Own" Words	text article	8	script: David Gerstein
48	Gottfredson's World: Strange Tales of Late 1931	text article	2	script: David Gerstein
49	The Cast: Pluto	text article	1	script: David Gerstein
50	-	illustration	1	script: Floyd Gottfredson; pencils: Floyd Gottfredson; inks: Floyd Gottfredson

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