by AL
TALIAFERRO
1943 TO
1945
750 CONSECUTIVE COMIC STRIPS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE! PLUS A SPECIAL FEATURE — “A DUCK IN THE MID-FORTIES’” $39.99 • IDWPUBLISHING.COM • LIBRARYOFAMERICANCOMICS.COM
AL TALIAFERRO SCRIPTS BOB KARP ART
THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN COMICS EDITOR /CO-DESIGNER
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ART DIRECTOR /CO-DESIGNER INTRODUCTION
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ALBERTO BECATTINI
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Distributed by Diamond Book Distributors 1-410-560-7100 A NOTE ON SOURCE MATERIAL: The comic strips reproduced in this book were scanned from the Disney Licensed Publishing collection. Special thanks to: Curt Baker, Ken Shue, Iliana Lopez, Julie Dorris, and Danielle Digrado at Disney Licensed Publishing. Additional thanks to Susan Liberator and Marilyn Scott at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at the Ohio State University for filling in several missing strips; Germund von Wowern, Sarah Gaydos; Justin Eisinger; and Alonzo Simon. All contents, unless otherwise specified, copyright © 2016 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. The Library of American Comics is a trademark of Library of American Comics, LLC. All rights reserved. Text to the essay “A Duck in the Mid-Forties” © 2016 Alberto Becattini. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the comic strips in this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Disney Enterprises, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Disney Enterprises, Inc. Printed in Korea.
ABOVE: Al Taliaferro’s cover for Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #107 (August, 1949). Note that Donald’s address reads, “Hollywood, Calif.”
10 • January 4-6, 1943
January 7-9, 1943 • 11
12 • January 11-13, 1943
January 14-16, 1943 • 13
14 • January 18-20, 1943