Disney IDW December 2016 Solicitations
IDW Publishing have revealed what Disney comic books will be coming to comic book stores in December, as you might expect, there are plenty of Christmas themed issues coming out that month, which will make great reading for the holidays. Check out the list below:
Silly Symphonies, Vol. 2: The Complete Disney Classics
Ted Osborne and Merrill DeMaris (w) • Al Taliaferro, Hank Porter, and Bob Grant (a) • Al Taliaferro (c)
This second of four volumes presents the spectacular Sunday pages from 1935 to 1939, featuring the first comic strip adaptation of a feature-length film—Snow White… the original Donald Duck series, plus the Three Little Pigs (and the Big Bad Wolf, of course), Elmer the Elephant, Pluto, Goofy, and the Three Little Kittens. The artwork for these rare strips has come straight from the Disney vaults, each page meticulously colored using as a guide the original file copies that belonged to Walt Disney himself!
HC • FC • $49.99 • 192 pages • 12” x 8.5” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-804-5
The Disney films you love, adapted to newspaper comics, and now collected and restored to their full glory!
Mickey and Donald Christmas Parade #2
Byron Erickson (w) • Massimo Fecchi (a) • Ulrich Schroeder (c)
“’Tis No Season!” Mickey and Donald meet up one winter day to find that Christmas suddenly doesn’t exist… and hasn’t been celebrated for sixty years! It’s the start of a time-travel saga full of wacky wormholes, kleptomaniac robot Santas—and a perilous Phantom Blot plot!
FC • 64 pages • $5.99
Donald Quest #2 (of 5)
Stefano Ambrosio, Pat McGreal (w) • Paolo De Lorenzi (a) • Andrea Freccero (c)
“The Shark’s Maw!” Our wild steampunk miniseries roars on! Hiding out deep in the Moon of the Dragon, the Phantom Blot’s sinister lieutenant Portis yearns to conquer all Feudarnia… and Donald Duck is the lone hero standing in the way—or is he?
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Mickey Mouse: Timeless Tales, Vol. 2
Romano Scarpa, Andrea “Casty” Castellan, Giorgio Cavazzano, Jonathan Gray, David Gerstein, Joe Torcivia (w & a) • Andrea “Casty” Castellan (c)
“Omigosh!” IDW’s Mickey Mouse issues #7–12 land in a luxurious, limited collectors’ volume… with epic tales by Romano Scarpa and Andrea “Casty” Castellan, featuring the return of Atomo Bleep-Bleep, the quest for “The Chirikawa Necklace,” and the debut of Pegleg Pete’s sinister main squeeze, Trudy Van Tubb! Including archival extras for true Disney Comics aficionados, this extra-thick Mickey tome brings hours of thrills and comics history!
HC • FC • $29.99 • 256 pages • 7.25” x 10” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-801-4
“A collection of different MICKEY MOUSE comics across various eras of the character that tell you absolutely why he and his comics have stood the test of time.” –Comicsverse
Duck Avenger #2
Alessandro Sisti, Ezio Sisto, Jonathan Gray (w) • Stefano Intini (a) • Max Monteduro, Stefano Intini (c)
Dragged back into battle with the deadly Evronians, Donald meets “Xadhoom”… genius alien warrior from planet Xerba. The Evronians have destroyed Xadhoom’s world and enslaved her people—and it’s up to Duck Avenger to save them before it’s too late! Wak!
FC • 64 pages • $4.99
Mickey Mouse #15
Romano Scarpa, Thad Komorowski (w) • Romano Scarpa (a) • Patrice Croci (c)
“The Weregoof’s Curse!” Pegleg Pete’s genius cousin Portis has a brand-new shapeshifting machine… and a Cruella De Vil-like plan to turn cats into coats. But when he transforms Goofy into a werewolf, Mickey decides it’s a big bad bridge too far!
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Donald and Mickey: The Magic Kingdom Collection
Carl Barks, Giorgio Cavazzano, Victor “Vicar” Arriagada Rios (w & a) • Massimo Fecchi (c)
Sixty years of Disney Parks—who knew? Now IDW is celebrating with decades of Disney’s classic Park-themed adventure comics! Carl Barks’ Scrooge McDuck and Donald travel from the Mark Twain Riverboat to the top of the Matterhorn… then Mickey investigates the strange disappearance of the Country Bear Jamboree. And is that the real Pegleg Pete standing in for the Cast Member who plays him? “Oh, for gosh sakes!”
TPB • FC • $12.99 • 124 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-796-3
There’s a Carl Barks story, so it’s worth it just for that.” – Multiversity Comics
Uncle Scrooge #21
Knut Nærum, Tormod Løkling, Byron Erickson (w) • Arild Midthun, Al Taliaferro (a) • Andrea Freccero (c)
“The Substitute Santa of Scotstounhill!” Jump back to long-ago Scotland for a new tale from Scrooge McDuck’s Life and Times! Did you know Christmas parties were banned in long-ago Scotland? It’s true… and it was just another roadblock in the way when Young Scrooge tried to rescue an orphan buddy from a sinister sweatshop!
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
What comic book would you like to add to your collection from this list?