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StoryW MM 31-04

Happy Birthday

An exchange of packages featuring Mickey with a cold, Goofy as a courier, and Minnie having a birthday party.

First published
June 1953
Length
9 pages (4 tiers)
Printed
19 times, in 8 countries
Also coded
wmm31-04

Credits

Pencils
unknown / mickey 2b possibly Dick Hall with an unknown inker
Ink
Carl Buettner (uncertain)

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
June 1953United StatesMickey Mouse 31Happy Birthday
26 July 1953ItalyAlbi d'oro 53030Topolino e il compleanno di Minni
1 September 1953MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 48Feliz cumpleaños
26 September 1953TurkeyMiki Mavs 6Minni (part 1)
6 October 1953TurkeyMiki Mavs 7Minni (part 2)
1953AustraliaMickey Mouse (MM series) 1Happy Birthday
4 April 1954FranceLe Journal de Mickey 97Joyeux anniversaire, Minnie !
March 1956FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 4Joyeux anniversaire, Minnie !
21 April 1956NetherlandsDonald Duck 1956-16Happy Birthday
8 September 1957ItalyAlbi della rosa 148Topolino e il compleanno di Minni
1 November 1958FranceLes Belles Histoires Walt Disney (nouvelle série) 58Bonne fête Minnie
11 October 1963ChileDisneylandia 55Feliz cumpleaños
1963AustraliaDonald Duck (D series) 75Happy Birthday
1978ChileTribilín 301Feliz cumpleaños
November 1979FranceSpécial Mickey Géant 1430Joyeux anniversaire, Minnie !
13 August 1980MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 779Feliz cumpleaños
1 September 2005NetherlandsDonald Duck Facsimile-albums 1956 1Happy Birthday
FranceLes Belles Histoires de Walt Disney (Albums) C 1Bonne fête Minnie
FranceCollection Bibliothèque M1430Joyeux anniversaire, Minnie !

Other versions

Redrawn, cut, recoloured or relettered for a later printing.

  • cl/TB 301c Story, 8 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/JM 97f Story, 4 p., 6 tiers
  • it/AO 53030c Story, 12 p., 3 tiers
  • tr/MMVY 6c Story, 11 p., 3 tiers
  • tr/MMVY 7b Story, 1 p., 3 tiers

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