Publishers / Western / Mickey Mouse Magazine (1935) / #8 [20]
8 [20]May 1937
$0.10

Mickey Mouse Magazine #8 [20]

Western · May 1937

First appearance: Mortimer Mouse
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Identification plate

Series
Mickey Mouse Magazine (Western, 1935 series)
Issue
#8 [20]
Publication date
May 1937
Key date
1937-05-00
Indicia publisher
Kay Kamen Ltd.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mortimer Mouse - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1letters: typesetMickey Mouse, Pluto
3-table of contents0.33letters: typeset
4-in-house column0.67letters: typeset
5Books Enjoyed by Minnie and Mickeytext article0.67letters: typeset
6Mortimer Mousecartoon0.33Mortimer Mouse First
7-cartoon0.33
8Mother Plutotext story1letters: typesetPluto
9A Bit of Baseballcomic story1Donald Duck
10Goofy? Absent!cartoon0.5Goofy
11-cartoon0.5
12Good Knighttext story3letters: typeset
13-comic story1Mickey Mouse
14Elmer Knowstext story1.77letters: typesetElmer Elephant
15-letters page1letters: typeset
16$500 Reward Part IItext story2.2letters: typeset
17-letters page1letters: typeset
18Roy Ranger Aboard a Whalercomic story1
19-illustration0.5letters: typesetMickey Mouse
20The Maypolecartoon1Donald Duck
21Mickey Mouse Comicscomic story1
22-comic story1
23-cartoon1Mickey Mouse
24Another Grand Parade! Mickey Mouse States Contestpromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
25The Adventures of Ted Truecomic story1
26Mickey Mouse Moviesactivity0.5
27-in-house column1letters: typeset
28May Puzzleactivity1letters: typeset
29-comic story1
30Sport-Tickstext article0.5letters: typeset
31Winners in the Mickey Mouse States Contest (Group No. 1)text article0.67letters: typeset
32Round-Up of American Indianstext article0.67letters: typeset
33An Ideal Birthday Gift With Many Happy Returns of the Daypromo (ad from the publisher)0.67letters: typeset

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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Series context

‹ #7 [19]20 of 60#9 [21] ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q1202011 (Mortimer Mouse), first-appearance property (CC0)

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