Mickey Mouse Magazine #8 [20] - First Appearance of Mortimer Mouse, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Mickey Mouse Magazine (Western, 1935 series)
Issue: #8 [20]
Publication date: May 1937
Key date: May 1937
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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	letters: typeset	Mickey Mouse, Pluto
3	-	table of contents	0.33	letters: typeset
4	-	in-house column	0.67	letters: typeset
5	Books Enjoyed by Minnie and Mickey	text article	0.67	letters: typeset
6	Mortimer Mouse	cartoon	0.33		Mortimer Mouse First
7	-	cartoon	0.33
8	Mother Pluto	text story	1	letters: typeset	Pluto
9	A Bit of Baseball	comic story	1		Donald Duck
10	Goofy? Absent!	cartoon	0.5		Goofy
11	-	cartoon	0.5
12	Good Knight	text story	3	letters: typeset
13	-	comic story	1		Mickey Mouse
14	Elmer Knows	text story	1.77	letters: typeset	Elmer Elephant
15	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
16	$500 Reward Part II	text story	2.2	letters: typeset
17	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
18	Roy Ranger Aboard a Whaler	comic story	1
19	-	illustration	0.5	letters: typeset	Mickey Mouse
20	The Maypole	cartoon	1		Donald Duck
21	Mickey Mouse Comics	comic story	1
22	-	comic story	1
23	-	cartoon	1		Mickey Mouse
24	Another Grand Parade! Mickey Mouse States Contest	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
25	The Adventures of Ted True	comic story	1
26	Mickey Mouse Movies	activity	0.5
27	-	in-house column	1	letters: typeset
28	May Puzzle	activity	1	letters: typeset
29	-	comic story	1
30	Sport-Ticks	text article	0.5	letters: typeset
31	Winners in the Mickey Mouse States Contest (Group No. 1)	text article	0.67	letters: typeset
32	Round-Up of American Indians	text article	0.67	letters: typeset
33	An Ideal Birthday Gift With Many Happy Returns of the Day	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67	letters: typeset

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

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

‹ #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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