Disney Comic Books February 2016 Solicitations

IDW Publishing have released details on all the new Disney themed comic books and tradebooks that will be coming in February 2016 including new stories featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge and many more.

Here are all the details:

Silly Symphonies, Vol. 1: The Complete Disney Classics—SPOTLIGHT

Earl Duvall, Al Taliaferro, Ted Osborne, and Merrill DeMaris (w & a) • Al Taliaferro (c)
After more than 80 years—the complete Silly Symphony newspaper strips are collected in English for the first time ever! The artwork for these rare strips has come straight from the Disney vaults. Each page has been meticulously colored using as a guide the original bound file copies that belonged to Walt Disney himself! This first of four volumes includes all the strips featuring Bucky Bug, the first Disney character to be originated in newspaper comics. The book also includes the very first Donald Duck newspaper strip—an adaptation of The Wise Little Hen. Other classic adaptations are Birds of a Feather, Penguin Isle, The Boarding School Mystery, The Robber Kitten, and Cookieland. Plus, the “Mickey Mouse Movies” bonus toppers!
HC • FC • $49.99 • 192 pages • 12” x 8.5” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-558-7

Bullet points:

• Advance Solicited for March release!

Uncle Scrooge: Peril of Pandora’s Box
Romano Scarpa, Joe Torcivia, Arno Buitink, Daan Jippes, Tito Faraci, Gary Leach (w) • Romano Scarpa, Bas Heymans, Daan Jippes, Giorgio Cavazzano (a) • Michel Nadorp (c)
She’s mystical! She’s maniacal! She’s Magica De Spell, the saucy sorceress–and she’s after Scrooge McDuck’s Number One Dime, with mythology’s oldest surprise package to help her! Enjoy two new Magica vs. McDuck tales… then stick around for epics pitting Scrooge against deep-woods danger, a menacing mummy… and super spendthrift John D. Rockerduck, foe of all penny-pinchers! Collects issues #7–9.
TPB • FC • $12.99 • 112 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-525-9

Bullet points:

• “There’s not many comics I can read and have as much fun with than a Disney Duck book.” –FlickeringMyth.com

Donald and Mickey: The Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 75th Anniversary Collection
Carl Barks, Daan Jippes, Paul Murry, Fred Milton, William Van Horn, Gil Turner, Walt Kelly (w & a) • Daan Jippes (c)
75 years ago, Disney’s flagship funnybook–Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories–first landed in the shops. Now dive into its history and heritage with this thrilling collection of tales. Donald Duck, Mickey, Goofy, and even Big Bad Wolf, Scamp and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit make appearances in this landmark collection! Reprints segments of IDW issues #721–726 plus IDW’s WDCS 75th Anniversary Special.
TPB • FC • $12.99 • 120 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-541-9

Bullet points:

• “Every reader should find a story that’s perfect for them—from diehard Disney fans to newcomers meeting these beloved characters for the first time.” –KidsComics.com

Donald Duck #10
Pat and Carol McGreal (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano (a) • Giorgio Cavazzano (c)
“Bad Day at Black Water!” Why do torch-wielding mobs want Donald and Uncle Scrooge out of their remote mountain town? Is it something in the springwater? Or scarier?
FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Donald Duck #10—Subscription Variant
Pat and Carol McGreal (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano (a) • Patrick Block (c)
FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:

• Fan favorite writers Pat and Carol McGreal make their grand return in the IDW Disney Comics lineup—with classic Duck artist Giorgio Cavazzano at their side!
• Continues this beloved series’ legacy numbering at #377!
• 40 action-packed pages for only $3.99!
• Check out the California Screamin’ variant cover!

Mickey Mouse #9
Romano Scarpa (w/a) • Henrieke Goorhuis (c)
“The Chirikawa Necklace,” Part 2 of 2! Pegleg Pete’s new partner, Trudy Van Tubb, is running a brutal gangster-training school—and Mickey must turn mobster to take it down!
FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Mickey Mouse #9— Subscription Variant
Romano Scarpa (w/a) • Alessandro Perina (c)
FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:

• It’s finally here! Mickey legend Romano Scarpa brings us his most-demanded story in its US comics debut!
• Continues this beloved series’ legacy numbering at #317!
• 40 action-packed pages for only $3.99!
• Check out the California Screamin’ variant cover!

Uncle Scrooge #11
Giovan Battista Carpi, Joe Torcivia (w) • Giovan Battista Carpi (a) • Mark De Jonge (c)
“Scrooge’s Ark!” Is Duckburg about to drown in the mother of all floods? Will Scrooge McDuck build a giant boat to rescue his money? Only the Beagle Boys know for sure!
FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Uncle Scrooge #11—— Subscription Variant
Giovan Battista Carpi, Joe Torcivia (w) • Giovan Battista Carpi (a) • Massimo Fecchi (c)
FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:

• European Duck maestro Giovan Battista Carpi presents one of his most beloved tales!
• Continues this beloved series’ legacy numbering at #415!
• 40 action-packed pages for only $3.99!
• Check out the California Screamin’ variant cover!

Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories #728
William Van Horn, Jonathan Gray (w) • William Van Horn, Massimo De Vita (a) • Jonathan Gray (c)
What’s scarier than mad sorceress Magica De Spell? Magica De Spell with amnesia—becoming Uncle Scrooge’s ally in William Van Horn’s new “Woe Is He!” Then Donald dons his Duck Avenger cape and cowl in “The Search For the Zodiac Stone: Chapter 8!”
FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories #728—— Subscription Variant
William Van Horn, Jonathan Gray (w) • William Van Horn, Massimo De Vita (a) • Marco Gervasio (c)
FC • 40 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:

• For the first time in IDW’s Disney Comics—a wild new Duck tale by much-demanded modern master William Van Horn!
• Plus! More of Donald as that antiheroic hero… Duck Avenger!
• 40 action-packed pages for only $3.99!
• Check out the California Screamin’ variant cover!