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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Although it is quite true that there was a Mickey
and Donald comic of Gladstone I, which reappeared as Donald and
Mickey, and then Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse of Gladstone II, the "real deal"
as Joe Torcivia indicates, is continuity from the Dell Mickey Mouse comic
and the Donald Duck comic, both of which actually began as Western
Printing Four Color comics.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At least in my neck of the woods, the
Mickey Mouse character has a recognized very high profile
and there is a virtual landslide of apparel on which he appears that
is advertised at the shopping malls -- from childrens</FONT> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>hats to their shoes to men's boxer shorts and even women's
panties! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think a straight forward Mickey Mouse
comic title should be no less of a winner than WDC&S, but also in
the prestige format. I think the prefered solution therefore would
be separate Mickey and Donald prestige comics. It was with about
issue 600 of WDC&S and about issue 300 of Uncle Scrooge, that Bruce Hamilton
decided to take the plunge and convert both of these to prestige
comics.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Using the prestige format, not only would the MM
and DD titles continue, but in effect we would have a combination of the
old format with the take-along format, allowing a mix of reprints and new longer
stories. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>( However even though there has been silence from
the Gemstone staff, I believe that the Garfield and Peanuts type newspaper
reprints would still be the most popular for volume sales-- alas one can
hope.) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marvin
Winitz</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>