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Newspaper stripZM 36-12-27

One Good Turn Deserves Another

Pickpocket helps MM out by stealing policeman's notebook after he gave him a ticket

First published
27 December 1936
Length
1 page
Printed
44 times, in 14 countries
Also coded
zm36-12-27

Credits

Plot
Ted Osborne
Script
Ted Osborne
Pencils
Floyd Gottfredson
Ink
Al Taliaferro

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Notes

same story will be in Bennett Cerf's "Try and Stop Me" (1944) as a popular anecdote (Lewis Miller story on pages #182-83): where did the gag come from first?

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
27 December 1936United StatesThe Milwaukee Sentinel 361227untitled
1936United StatesNewspapers 1936untitled
13 March 1937United KingdomMickey Mouse Weekly 58untitled
14 March 1937FinlandHelsingin Sanomat 19370314untitled
March 1937SwitzerlandMicky Maus Zeitung 5Wie du mir - so ich dir!
29 April 1937ItalyTopolino (giornale) 227Topolino e un borsaiolo di buon cuore
21 May 1937SwedenHemmets veckotidning 1937-21En ficktjuv.
8 August 1937FranceLe Journal de Mickey avant-guerre 147Mickey trouve l'amende amère
25 August 1937ItalyNel regno di Topolino 43Topolino e il borsaiolo
10 October 1937CanadaLe Petit Journal 371010Mickey trouve l'amende amère
1938FranceLe Journal de Mickey avant-guerre (Albums) B 3Mickey trouve l'amende amère
December 1940United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 3One Good Turn Deserves Another
August 1967ItalyLe grandi storie 9Topolino e il borsaiolo
April 1973ItalyTopolino d'oro 23striscia domenicale
December 1976NetherlandsMickey Maandblad 1976-07-
October 1977ItalyCartonatoni Disney 6untitled
1978, third quarterFranceGrands albums cartonnés Le Livre de Paris/Hachette 10untitled
1979DenmarkDen store … 1979untitled
1979NorwayKjempebok 06untitled
1979Sweden365 dagar med Musse Pigg 1979untitled
1982FinlandJättikirjat 1982untitled
May 1984ItalyTopogag 1Una multa senza conseguenze
March 1985ItalyCollana Special Mongo 13untitled
7 April 1987United StatesMickey Mouse 228untitled
1987ItalyGertie Daily 161untitled
3 November 1988GermanyMicky Maus Mini-Comic 15untitled
1990NetherlandsWalt Disney Mickey Mouse (Loeb/Foodboek) 7untitled
1990NetherlandsWalt Disney's Mickey Mouse (Loeb/Foodboek) 3untitled
December 1991ItalyOmaggio Abbonati 1991Una multa senza conseguenze
19 November 1993NetherlandsDonald Duck 1993-46untitled
30 September 1998GermanyMicky Maus Reprint Kassette 5Wie du mir - so ich dir!
October 1999ItalyTopogag 2Una multa senza conseguenze
29 November 2010ItalyGli anni d'oro di Topolino 37untitled
October 2013United StatesFloyd Gottfredson Library S 2One Good Turn Deserves Another
1 August 2016China迪士尼米奇经典漫画 4One Good Turn Deserves Another 礼尚往来
September 2016China米老鼠爆笑园 1善有善报 (part 1)
1 October 2016China米老鼠爆笑园 2善有善报 (part 2)
July 2017BrazilOs Anos de Ouro de Mickey 7untitled
2019China米老鼠彩色漫画典藏 2焉知非福
8 May 2023GermanyFloyd Gottfredson Library Spezial (Die Sonntagsseiten in Farbe) 2Gute Taten lohnen immer
9 April 2026ItalyDisney Classic 22untitled
ItalyNel Regno di Topolino (ristampa Comic Art) 43Topolino e il borsaiolo
ItalyTopolino (giornale) (ristampa Comic Art) 4Topolino e un borsaiolo di buon cuore
ItalyTopolino (giornale) (ristampa Comic Art numeri sfusi) 227Topolino e un borsaiolo di buon cuore

Other versions

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

  • br/AOMK 7p157 Story, 1 p., 3 tiers
  • ca/PJ 371010a Story, ½ p., 3 tiers
  • ch/MMZ 5p5 Text story, ½ p., 1 tiers
  • cn/DMJM 4p032 Story, 2 p., 3 tiers
  • dk/DS 1979gf Story, ½ p., 6 tiers
  • it/ABB1991be Story, 1 p., 4 tiers
  • it/BIG 6gf Story, -1 p., 4 tiers
  • it/CGD 161cf Story, 3/6 p., 6 tiers
  • it/CSM 13i Story, 1 p., -1 tiers
  • it/TG 227b Story, 3/5 p., 5 tiers
  • nl/DD1993-46ee Story, 5 tiers
  • nl/MM1976-07ce Story, 1 p., 4 tiers

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