From the pages of WONDER WOMAN #114 (DC Comics, Cover Date: May, 1960) comes this fun little curiosity from famed artist Mort Drucker...
A nice combination of comics, poetry, and traffic safety tips.
But take a closer look at two of the "guest stars" on this first page (of two)...
Why, it's JERRY LEWIS (whose DC Comics title Mort Drucker *did* work on)...
...Though he's clearly not BILLED as "Jerry Lewis", perhaps for royalty reasons?
...And DICK TRACY! Perhaps that might even be LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD honking at everyone's favorite square-jawed detective!
I guess that, by 1960, she simply drove her convertible coupe to Grandma's house!
Maybe Drucker should have included DONALD DUCK in this character-composite (...Disney lawyers were not nearly as tough in 1960, and he may have gotten away with it!)
And I'd say Donald could use a few good safety tips, don'tcha think?
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According to GCD this is a reprint from LEAVE IT TI BINKY # 45.
Scott Lovrine
Scott:
Always happy to be corrected or supplemented by data from GCD!
Those DC fillers had so many reprints I could never keep track of them, if not for GCD! So thanks for calling that to my attention.
LEAVE IT TO BINKY #45 had a cover date of February, 1955 - back when Jerry Lewis was still sharing his title with Dean Martin... and Bob Oksner was drawing it, rather than Mort Drucker!
I can't say it enough to anyone reading my Blog, GCD is simply the BEST source of information on all comics, and I'm proud to contribute to it!
To be fair, while he is often a careless driver, Donald clearly has been tied up by someone not shown on the covers for “The Prehistoric Treasure Trail”, as not even Donald is careless enough to purposely drive while tied up, especially with his nephews in the car. I had the red cover version of that book.
Dick Tracy was a busy guy in 1960! Earlier that year, he appeared in "Two Spy Guys", a story in "Ruff and Ruddy" #4 (Dell, January-March 1960). The Tracy doppelgänger, named "Dad Brown," is one of the main characters in that story. You can read the story, and the rest of the issue, here: https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=39257
And while Disney lawyers may be stricter today than in 1960, Pumbaa from "The Lion King" reportedly made a cameo appearance in "Tiny Toons Looniversity," the new reboot of "Tiny Toon Adventures." You can see a screenshot of this unlikely appearance in one of the comments on this thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13910202650A59955900&page=4
Sorry for the long delay in getting to these comments! Just know that I appreciate them far more than my occasional (…all together now) Horrific Business might show!
Deb:
Perhaps I wasn’t being completely fair to Donald over the covers for “The Prehistoric Treasure Trail”.
Seatbelts were just beginning to come into common use at the time the original cover first appeared… and maybe this was some sort of early test version that simply went awry.
BTW, to things to notice about the reprint cover:
ONE: It has been SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED TO ACCOMMODATE AN INTRUSIVE UPC CODE BOX, though Donald’s car is still heading in the SAME DIRECTION!
TWO: For reasons unknown, the cover was not merely altered to fit the (now less) available space, but Tony Strobl’s original cover was COMPLETELY REDRAWN by Larry Mayer! In contrast with the TOM AND JERRY cover (see the link above) which was flipped but remained as Harvey Eisenberg’s original art in all three of its USA printings.
However, like the TOM AND JERRY cover, the DONALD DUCK cover shared a similar (though slightly less extreme) garish coloring which seemed to be almost de rigueur for Western at the time.
Sergio:
I’ll have to pull out my copy of RUFF AND REDDY #4 and check it out. I always prefer the REAL experience than reading something online – but for those who do HERE is Sergio’s link for it.
And, for Sergio’s Pumbaa link, HERE it is! You’ll just have to page down a little bit. …But, there he is, more or less… more “more” than “less”!
"WHAT, ma? More GOODIES ta take ta GRAN'MA'S HOUSE? Gee! I don't wanna meet that no-good RABBIT an' WOLF again—I wanna CONVERTIBLE... TA HAVE, SEE?"
David:
HA! My thoughts were leaning in the same direction!
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