Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #4 (304) for Sale - First Appearance of Fethry Duck - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 series)
Issue: #4 (304)
Publication date: January 1966
Key date: 1966-01-00
On-sale date: 1965-11-24
Indicia publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Spitfire - 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	Yo-Yo Whoa!	cover	1	pencils: Carl Barks; inks: Carl Barks; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop	Dewey Duck, Donald Duck, Huey Duck, Louie Duck
1	FREE Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Paul Murry; inks: Paul Murry	Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Donald Duck; Scamp; Chip 'n' Dale; Fairy
2	King Mickey and the Knights of the Hound Table	comic story	10	script: Vic Lockman; pencils: Paul Murry; inks: Paul Murry; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Rome Siemon	King Mickey [Mickey Mouse]; Goofy; Merlin (Disney dog-face version); Sir Gladstone Gander; Nights of the Hound Table; Lady Minnie [Minnie Mouse]; Lady Minnie's servant; Lady of the Lake; The Tri-Color Knights [Blue Knight, Yellow Knight, Red Knight]
3	Daringly Different	comic story	4.5	script: Vic Lockman; pencils: Carl Barks; inks: Carl Barks; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Garé Barks	Daisy Duck, Donald Duck
4	False Flattery	comic story	0.5	pencils: Carl Barks; inks: Carl Barks; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Garé Barks	Daisy Duck
5	Platinum Coins	text article	1	pencils: Tony Strobl; inks: Larry Mayer; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop	Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie
8	Ducky Date	comic story	3	script: Bob Ogle; pencils: Tony Strobl; inks: John Liggera; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Rome Siemon	Donald Duck, Fethry Duck First, Madam Mim First, Spitfire First
9	Ten-Dollar Dither	comic story	10	script: Carl Barks; pencils: Carl Barks; inks: Carl Barks; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Carl Barks	Dewey Duck, Donald Duck, Huey Duck, Louie Duck
10	Goofy Jokes	text story	1	pencils: Paul Murry; inks: Paul Murry; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop	Goofy, Scrooge McDuck
11	Beggars Can't be Trainers	comic story	1	script: Bill Walsh; pencils: Manuel Gonzales; inks: Dick Moores; colors: Western Publishing Production Shop; letters: Manuel Gonzales; editing: Frank Reilly	Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto
12	Goofy Meets a Living "Doll"	comic story	1	script: Bill Walsh; pencils: Manuel Gonzales; inks: Manuel Gonzales; letters: Manuel Gonzales; editing: Frank Reilly	Goofy, Mickey Mouse

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Carl Barks Library #10	1990	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #3 (303)41 of 257#5 (305) ›

Sources

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

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