<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Hi all!<BR>
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Here are the Disney comics that will be released in December 2004 as previewed in Previews Volume XIV #10.<BR>
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Donald Duck and Friends #323 --- "Donald Tames His Temper," from WDC&S #64, is the Carl Barks 10-pager for this issue. Also featured is "Gang of the Year," a New Year's tale starring Scrooge, Donald, and Daisy by Gorm Transgaard and Vicar; and the Mickey story, "Go Figure!" written by Sarah Kinney and drawn by Francisco Peinado. 32 pages, FC $2.95<BR>
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Mickey Mouse and Friends #272 --- Dick Moores, of Gasoline Alley fame, and Carl Fallberg, teamed up back in 1953 to produce "The Happener Strikes Again," this issue's lead Mickey story. Also featured is "Hardly Working," a Grandma Duck story by Pat and Shelly Block, and "I Scream, You Scream," by Sarah Kinney and the highly acclaimed Noel Van Horn. 32 pages, FC $2.95<BR>
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Uncle Scrooge #337 --- Gemstone's Eisner Award-winning title sports an all-star line up, wuth stories by Rosa ("Trash and Treasure") and Van Horn ("Same Old Story"), along with "Can I Bring You Anything," a New Year's fable by the great Karl Korhonen, "Action Island" by Hedman and Colomer, and "A Day at the Office" by Jensen, Spencer, and Manrique. 64 pages. FC $6.95<BR>
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Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #652 --- "Duck in Orbit," a New Year's story by Gorm Transgaard and Vicar leads this issue, which features William Van Horn's latest, "Hot Shots," and "Almost a Hero" by John Lustig and Carlos Mota. Mickey by Sarah Kinney and Xavi, Horace by Stefan Petrucha and Jesper Madsen, and vintage Goofy by Murry wrap the book. (No Li'l Bad Wolf? That's it, this issue will go straight to the trash bin. ;) 64 pages, FC $6.95<BR>
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Looks a little bare at first glance as this is the first time in awhile we've only had four issues being released in a single month. Is "Trash and Treasure" new or a reprint? I don't recognize the title, so hopefully it'll be new to me even if it is a reprint.<BR>
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Derek Smith</FONT></HTML>