This document is © 1996 David Gerstein.
This group of lists is intended to establish various locations in which Mouse stories have been set, indicate heroes and villains most likely to appear in those places, and give other important information about the locations. The lists arrange the information in alphabetical order. Pieces of information labeled with an asterisk (*) refer to stories not plotted by Floyd Gottfredson: post-1943 newspaper strips (beginning with 1944's "Pluto the Spy Catcher") and Carl Barks and Romano Scarpa comic book stories. Please note: A "place" is a large area such as a city or part of a country, whereas a "site" is a smaller location in a place: for example, Mount Fishflake, a site, is at the outer edges of Mouseton, a place. All newspaper strip-continuity stories referred to in this guide are given titles. The titles I have used are the "official" American titles for the stories, as published in Mickey Mouse in Color (Prescott: Another Rainbow Publishing, 1988). Untitled Sunday gag pages that are not part of larger stories have been noted by date. A very few stories have only been available to me in German editions. As pertaining to those stories, I have given a few characters' names as translated directly from German; those cases are noted as they occur (mainly in 1930-31 stories). The names may or may not be the same as the English ones. The abbreviations of American comic book titles used here (only used for stories that made their first American appearances in comic books) are as follows: MM: Mickey Mouse. MMOS: Mickey Mouse [Four Color] One-Shot. M+D: Mickey and Donald. WDC: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. __________________________________________________________________ (A) MOUSETON AREA (State of Calisota, Webfoot County) PLACES: Codfish Cove (WDC 114)*, Duckburg, Hometown, Horner's Corners ("Tanglefoot Pulls His Weight"), Mouseton, Mouseville ("Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot"), Pickleburg (WDC 72*), Pumpkinburg (WDC 54*), Quackville (WDC 42*), Stickleville ("Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot"). IMPORTANT BUSINESSES AND SITES: Acme Detective Agency ("The Seven Ghosts"), Air-Mail Service ("The Mail Pilot," "The Captive Castaways"), Amos P. Zoup Clothier's ("The Case of the Vanishing Coats"), Ashcan Ave. ("High Society"), Bark Ave. ("Editor-in-Grief"), Bassett Manor ("The Seven Ghosts"), Beagle Broadcasting System ("The ÔLectro Box"), Blaggard Mansion ("Blaggard Castle"), Bowsprit Alley ("The Foreign Legion"), Brick Theatre ("Editor-in-Grief"), Canas Carnival ("Circus Roustabout"), Castle of Dr. Grut ("The ÔLectro Box"), Club Congo (nightclub in "An Education for Thursday"), Daily War-Drum Office ("Editor-in-Grief"), Darkmoor Hall (M+D 6-8*), Disney Film Studio Mouseton Division ("The Brave Little Tailor," "Robinson Crusoe Adventure"), Dryupp University ("Land of Long Ago"), Eagle Theatre ("Bellhop Detective"), Elegant Theatre ("Editor-in-Grief"), Elite Amalgamated Refuse Disposal Co. ("Editor-in-Grief"), Empire Powder Works ("The Black Crow Mystery"), Fire Station #1 ("Fireman Mickey"), Mr. Garrett (FBI agent, "The ÔLectro Box"), Gem Airplane Parts ("The Black Crow Mystery"), Goofy's Bowling Alley ("The ÔLectro Box"), Hidden Valley ("Foray to Mt. Fishflake"), Hogan's Livery Stable ("The Foreign Legion"), Home of Captain Churchmouse (133 Bowsprit Alley in "Mickey Mouse Sails for Treasure Island"), Homes of the Ducks (Duckburg*), Homes of Mickey and his friends, Hot Flash Advertising Agency ("Mickey Mouse Supersalesman"), Kat Nipp's Shack, Katz Grocery Co. ("Tanglefoot Pulls his Weight"), Liberty Belle Hotel ("Bellhop Detective"), Magookus & Co. Camera Supplies ("Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot"), Mammoth Circus ("Goofy and Agnes"), Minnie's Father's Farm ("Lost on a Desert Island," "Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers"), Morpheus Hall ("Hoppy the Kangaroo"), Mount Fishflake, Mousepark Villa ("The Miracle Master"), Mouseton Police Station, Mouseton Prison ("High Society" and "The Great Orphanage Robbery"), Municipal Field ("Oscar the Ostrich"), Old Mortimer Estate (AKA Dandruff on the Knob; "In Death Valley"), Muggins' Department Store ("Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot"), Old Dark Cavern ("The Man of Tomorrow"*), Phantom Blot's Hideout ("Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot"), Phree Air Co. ("Working to Win"), Ritz-Duff Hotel ("An Education for Thursday"), Ritzee Hat Shoppe (MMOS 79*), Romano's Records (MM 254-255*), Sailors' and Merchants' National Bank ("Monarch of Medioka"), Second Hand Shop ("The Miracle Master"), Stickleville General Store ("Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot"), Sylvester Shyster Law Office ("In Death Valley"), Thomas Topper's Hats (M+D 6-8*), Town Square Fairground (Oscar the Ostrich"), U-Drive Horseshoe Nail Co. ("Mickey Mouse Supersalesman"), Underground Plane Factory ("Mickey Mouse on a Secret Mission"), Wahoo Radio and Express Co. ("Hoppy the Kangaroo"), Whoosit Mansion (at 72 Verbena Blvd.; MMOS 79*), Will Butt's Music Shop (Jan. 1931 gags), Zoo ("Bobo the Elephant", "Oscar the Ostrich", "Goofy and Agnes"). NATIVE HEROES: A. B. Squeele ("Mickey Mouse Supersalesman"), Abie (seal, "Circus Roustabout"), Adam (giraffe, "Circus Roustabout"), Agnes (lion, "Goofy and Agnes"), Albemarle Mouse ("Mickey's Great-Grandfather"*), Algernon (mule, "In Death Valley"), [Uncle] Amos P. Zoup ("The Case of the Vanishing Coats"), Andy the Janitor ("Bellhop Detective"), [unnamed] Antique Dealer ("The Miracle Master"), Barke and Howell ("The Crazy Crime Wave"), Barnacle Bill the Sailor ("Katt Nipp"), Mr. Barnling (circus manager, "Bobo the Elephant"), [Colonel] Bassett ("The Seven Ghosts"), [Goofy's cousin] Batts (11/22/36), [Major] Beagle (head of the Secret Service, "The Foreign Legion"), [unnamed] Bill Collector ("The Crazy Crime Wave"), Black Brian ("The Ghost of Black Brian"*), Black Lightning (greyhound, "Pluto the Racer"), Bobo the Elephant, Bombo (monkey, "Circus Roustabout"), [Colonel] Boomasnicker ("Bellhop Detective"), [Dr.] B. Rainwasher the Psychiatrist (MM 256*), [Judge] Bull ("Editor-in-Grief"), Buster (bacteria, "The ÔLectro Box"), Butch, Cal Cabway ("An Education for Thursday"), [Inspector] Casey, Charlie Horse ("Circus Roustabout"), Chief O' Hara, [elderly] Chimpanzee (unnamed in German, "Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers"), Mr. Chipper ("Mickey Mouse Supersalesman"), [Captain] Churchmouse, [Prof.] Cicero Webster the Ventriloquist ("The Ventriloquist"), Clarabelle Cow, Congoliers (band, "An Education for Thursday"), Control Seven ("Mickey Mouse on a Secret Mission"), Corporal Gee-Eye (St. Bernard dog, "Pluto the Spy Catcher"*), Crusher Crunch (MM 254-255*), Daily Explosion staff ("Mickey Mouse Boxing Champion"), [unnamed] [Captain] Doberman, Dogcatcher ("Pluto's Rival"), Donald Duck, Douglas Heed-Martin ("Mickey Mouse on a Secret Mission"), [Prof.] Dustibones ("Land of Long Ago"), Eega Beeva*, Ellsworth the Magpie (4/30/50 and many Scarpa stories*), Ermyntrude ("Bellhop Detective"), Ezra Beeble ("Bellhop Detective"), Mrs. Fieldmouse (Mickey's older sister and mother of Morty and Ferdy, first name never given, "Mickey's Nephews"), Mr. Foozle ("Editor-in-Grief"), Mr. Frizzlewhiskers (12/4/32), [Italian] Fruitseller (various stories), Mr. Fussmore ("Hoppy the Kangaroo"), General Schnauzer ("The Mail Pilot"), Genevieve ("Bellhop Detective"), [Farmer] Gideon Goat (11/18/34), Gloomy, Goofy, [Mickey's Uncle] Gudger,* Hermlock Shlomes (German name, "Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers"), [Prof.] Hito (MM 254-55*), Hizzoner the Mayor (no other name given and not Mayor Scott; "Goofy and Agnes"), Hoppy the Kangaroo, Horace Horsecollar, Hortense ("Bellhop Detective"), Mrs. Houndsear ("High Society"), I. Q. McFoozle ("Mickey Mouse Supersalesman"), Ira Bloop ("Mickey Mouse Supersalesman"), [Uncle] Jasper Mouse (never actually shown, "Service with a Smile"), Jasper Snoopbones ("Bellhop Detective"), Jeeves ("The Gleam"), Jiminy Cricket ("Li'l Davy"*), [Dr.] J. M. Redundant M. S. Ph. D. ("The ÔLectro Box"), Joe (taxi driver, "Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot"), Joe Winderpaine ("Mickey Mouse Supersalesman"), Johnny Jitter ("Billy the Mouse"*), Johnny Skye ("The Crazy Crime Wave"), J. P. Grogan ("Love Trouble"), Mr. Klumph ("Bellhop Detective"), [Prof.] Knuckles (referred to only, "Pluto the Pup"), Leavenworth Lee ("The Kid Gang"*), Li'l Davy,* Mac MacCorker ("The Brave Little Tailor" and "Mickey Mouse Meets Robinson Crusoe"), Mac McCrackenpot ("Mickey Mouse Supersalesman"), Madeline Mouse ("Love Trouble"), [Minnie's Aunt] Marissa ("Aunt Marissa"*), [Councilman] McGoober ("Goofy and Agnes"), McSnoop ("Editor-In-Grief"), Mlle. Maltese ("Circus Roustabout"), Manfred Mouse (Minnie's nephew, 11/28/37), Martin Muskrat the Botanist ("Katt Nipp"), [Uncle] Maximilian Mouse ("The House of Mystery"*), Mayne Fondue (MM 254-55*), Mr. McMac (in German, Jan. 1931 gags), Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Minnie's Parents (unnamed in German, "Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers"), Morty and Ferdy Fieldmouse, Mullins (policeman, "The ÔLectro Box"), Ophal Dizzy Esq. (Goofy's uncle, 11/14/37), Mr. Opkay (policeman, "Tanglefoot Pulls His Weight"), O'Rourke ("Editor-in-Grief"), [unnamed feline] Orphan ("The Great Orphanage Robbery"), [Prof.] Orville Schlung ("The Man of Tomorrow"*), Oscar the Ostrich, [unnamed] Patent Attorney ("The ÔLectro Box"), Patricia Pig, [Dr.] Patson (in German, "Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers"), [Jewish] Pawnshop Owner ("Oscar the Ostrich"), Phineas Phinagle ("The House of Mystery"*), Percy Pig, Pflip the Thnuckle-Booh*, Philip Pupp ("High Society"), Pluto, [Lord] Poochfeathers ("High Society"), Pop Weezil ("Fireman Mickey"), Ringmaster ("Circus Roustabout"), Robinson Crusoe (no other name given, "Mickey Mouse Meets Robinson Crusoe"), Ruffhouse Rat ("Mickey Mouse Boxing Champion"), Salamander (goat, "Oscar the Ostrich"), Sam ("Pluto the Racer"), [Mayor] Scott ("The Crazy Crime Wave"), Second-Hand Dan ("The Crazy Crime Wave"), [egotistical] Sergeant ("The Seven Ghosts"), Silas Perkins ("Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot"), Mr. Slicker, Slippery Sam Snicklefritz ("Bellhop Detective"), Snookums (valuable dog, "Society Dog Show"), Snoopnose (bloodhound, "The Foreign Legion"), Mr. Snuvvly ("Bellhop Detective"), Squeakie Squirrel ("Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers"), Tanglefoot, Terry (puppy, "Pluto's Rival"), Thomas Topper (M+D 6-8*), Mrs. Tickett ("The ÔLectro Box"), Timothy Shoebuckle and his wife ("Pluto the Racer"), Tiny (Minnie's huge dog in Jan. 1931 gags), Umbrage (gorilla, "Mickey Takes Umbrage"*), Mr and Mrs. Uppakrust ("Editor-in-Grief", "The Gleam"), Mrs. Van Buzem ("Editor-in-Grief"), Mrs. Van Snoot ("The Gleam"), Mrs. Van Astorocks ("Love Trouble"), Mr. and Mrs. Van Swank ("The Gleam"), Wienie (dachshund, "Lost on a Desert Island" and "Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers"), Will Butt (Jan. 1931 gags), [unnamed] Winemaker ("Kat Nipp"), [Goofy's] Uncle Wombat ("Uncle Wombat's Tick-Tock Time Machine"*), Zowie (greyhound, "Pluto the Racer"). NATIVE VILLAINS OR ANTAGONISTS: Aberzombies ("The ÔLectro Box"), [unnamed female] Accomplice (MMOS 79*), Ambrose Bones ("Circus Roustabout"), Angel-Face (crook, "Editor-in-Grief"), Auctioneer ("Bobo the Elephant"), Mr. Beever the Philanthropist ("Goofy and Agnes"), [Creamo Catnera's] Boxing Manager ("Mickey Mouse Boxing Champion"), Mr. Brindle ("Pluto the Racer"), Bull (crook, "Editor-in-Grief"), [Councilman] Cattfur ("Editor-in-Grief"), Communist revolutionaries ("Tanglefoot Pulls His Weight"), Counterfeiters ("The Crazy Crime Wave"), Creamo Catnera and his midget brother ("Mickey Mouse Boxing Champion"), Mr. Crooks (attorney, "Race for Riches"), Dan the Dogcatcher, [unnamed] Dogcatcher ("Bobo the Elephant"), Dudley Mousegomery (secretly the Gleam), Dutch (crook, "Editor-In-Grief"), [Profs.] Ecks, Doublex and Triplex ("Blaggard Castle"), Drusilla ("The House of Mystery"*), Eli Squinch, Flubb the Dogcatcher ("Goofy and Agnes"), Gazopp Liniment salesmen ("Foray to Mt. Fishflake"), Growlio (gorilla, "Hoppy the Kangaroo"), [Dr.] Grut ("The ÔLectro Box"), Harvey Whoosit (MMOS 79*), [Mr. Slicker's] Henchmen ("Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers"), [Commissioner] Hogg ("Editor-in-Grief"), Jamni (phony circus wildman in "An Education for Thursday"), Jeremiah Jemson ("The House of Mystery"*), Joe Piper ("The Plumbers' Helper"), [unnamed] Judge ("An Education for Thursday"), Kat Nipp, Mr. Lamb ("The Syndicate of Crime"), [unnamed] Landlord ("Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers"), Martha Mousegomery ("The Gleam"), Mr. McKatz ("The Plumbers' Helper"), Mr. Millionbucks ("The Case of the Vanishing Coats"), Montmorency Rodent ("Love Trouble"), Mortimer Mouse ("Mickey's Rival"), O. D. Bodkins the Sheriff ("Oscar the Ostrich"), Old Man Dedbeet ("Service with a Smile"), Pete, The Phantom Blot, Mr. Pinscher (landlord, "Pluto the Racer"), Pug and his partner ("Pluto the Racer"), Racetrack Gamblers ("Mickey Mouse and his Horse Tanglefoot"), The Rhyming Man ("The Atombrella and the Rhyming Man"), Rich Hogg (wealthy spy, MM 254-55*), [Colonel] Rolf Rolfe ("Mickey Mouse and his Horse Tanglefoot"), Ropscopchek (policeman, 12/27/36), The Seven Ghosts (actually disguised smugglers), Shadow (in German, rabid ape, "Mickey Mouse Boxing Champion"), Spike Banta ("Gangland"*), Swifty (MM 256*), Sylvester Shyster, Tony Dinero ("Oscar the Ostrich"), "Trigger" Hawkes ("The Foreign Legion"), [Prof.] Zippo ("Circus Roustabout"). IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The Mouseton area is the center of the Mouse universe as originally developed by Floyd Gottfredson. The name "Mouseton" was apparently originated by Disney Comics for new stories in 1990, but has been used in "recap" panels for serialized Gottfredson stories reprinted since then. Gottfredson referred to the town as simply "Hometown" in early strips, then briefly used "Mouseville"; however, that name has been used extensively for the home town of Paul Terry's Mighty Mouse in recent years, so it isn't used by Disney today. Mousepark Villa no longer exists; after being created through magical means at the site of the city dump, it was magically demolished as well. The division of the Disney Studio in Mouseton is treated as a live-action studio at which Mickey occasionally works with an acting troupe, thus Ôexplaining' his appearances in films. But just because the films in which Mickey acts portray fabricated stories, that doesn't mean that the actors aren't like the personalities they play. For example, Friday, an authentic bushman from an island near Africa, came to act at the studio in "Mickey Mouse Meets Robinson Crusoe." Despite the fact that the Crusoe story that was shown in the strip didn't "really" occur, Friday's friendship with Mickey was, naturally, referred to as fact in the later story, "An Education for Thursday". (Strangely, the real "offscreen" identity of Robinson Crusoe himself in "Mickey Mouse Meets Robinson Crusoe" is never given!) The Liberty Belle Hotel is not in Mouseton; it is a short trip away. The town it is actually in is never mentioned, but is presumably not too far from Webfoot County. (Mickey's train trip there in the story "Bellhop Detective" appeared to be only a brief journey from Mouseton.) Blaggard Mansion was partly blown up at the conclusion of "Blaggard Castle," leaving some of it wrecked. Professors Ecks, Doublex, and Triplex were hypnotically brainwashed and reformed, but according to recent stories produced by the Disney Studio, they eventually turned back to crime. Silas Perkins is referred to as Silas "Haymow" in one panel of "Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot" (in the 7/29/39 strip). The name was obviously relettered between original writing and publication, but whoever did it didn't change the character's name anywhere else. The name Perkins stands. In several of the earliest stories Mickey lives and works at Minnie's father's farm. The farm -- and Minnie's family -- didn't appear again after the first year of the strip. Madeline Mouse in 1941's "Love Trouble" (who briefly calls herself Millicent Van Giltmouse) is identified as being Mickey's "cousin from the city." Exactly which city is meant is never identified, but it presumably isn't too far from Mouseton as she takes a train, not a flight, to return there. For practical purposes, she is listed among Mouseton area residents here. Buster the bacteria was enlarged, using a special device, from invisible size to four feet in height. However, he was later shrunken back to normal size. The Mammoth Circus and the Canas Carnival are presumably stationed only occasionally in Mouseton, but for practical purposes are listed here. IMPORTANT STORIES OCCURRING HERE: Nearly all Floyd Gottfredson Mickey Mouse stories are set at least partly in the Mouseton area; in this way, they differ from the Barks Duck stories, many of which begin and end in other countries or areas. At the present time, I will refrain from listing all the newspaper strip stories with Mouseton settings; the list would contain nearly every Gottfredson story. The comic book stories referred to in section (A) are: MM 254-55 ("Kali's Nail") and M+D 6-8 ("The Blot's Double Mystery") by Romano Scarpa, and MMOS 79 ("The Riddle of the Red Hat") by Carl Barks. (B) ECOLOGY, WILDERNESS AND "NATURE"-THEME AREAS PLACES: [unidentified] Campground ("Mickey Mouse and the Gypsies"), Camp Phooey ("Unhappy Campers"), Midwest (exact location unspecified, "The Black Crow Mystery"), Sloppy Hollow ("Dr. Oofgay's Secret Serum"). IMPORTANT SITES: Blimp Farm ("The Black Crow Mystery"), Dusty Lake ("Dr. Oofgay's Secret Serum"), Gypsy Campground ("Mickey Mouse and the Gypsies"), [unnamed] Lake ("Mickey Mouse and the Gypsies"). NATIVE HEROES: Mr. and Mrs. Blimp ("The Black Crow Mystery"), Farmer Reutabaga ("The Black Crow Mystery"), [various] Farmers ("The Black Crow Mystery"), Kitty Reutabaga ("The Black Crow Mystery"), Dr. Oofgay ("Dr. Oofgay's Secret Serum"). NATIVE VILLAINS OR ANTAGONISTS: [Trained] Bear ("Mickey Mouse and the Gypsies"), The Crow (actually a disguised madman, "The Black Crow Mystery"), Fish Warden ("Dr. Oofgay's Secret Serum"), [unnamed] Gypsies ("Mickey Mouse and the Gypsies"), Gypsy Queen ("Mickey Mouse and the Gypsies"), Zingo ("Mickey Mouse and the Gypsies"). IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Dr. Oofgay, who experiments with medicine, often tests it on the animals of Dusty Lake. Where he has his home and laboratory is unknown, but presumably not far away from Dusty Lake. (He has a German accent, but a scientist still owning a home in Europe would hardly travel all the way to this country just for the resources of rural Sloppy Hollow!) The lake at which Mickey, Minnie, Clarabelle, and Horace met the Gypsies in the 1931 adventure "Mickey Mouse and the Gypsies" is never named, but it could also be Dusty Lake. Some of the Gypsies are not individually hostile to Mickey and his friends; however, I have classed all the Gypsies as villains because, under orders from their Queen, they do all fight against Mickey (some of them unwillingly). The Queen and her accomplice Zingo can be considered far more evil than the others. At one point during World War II Mickey worked on the Blimp Farm, which was not located near Mouseton but in a rural area never identified. The local villain, the Black Crow, was actually a disguised person who, due to a psychotic hatred for farmers, dressed as a huge corn-eating bird and made arson attacks on farms. He was eventually captured. IMPORTANT STORIES OCCURRING HERE: "The Black Crow Mystery", "Dr. Oofgay's Secret Serum", "Mickey Mouse and the Gypsies", "Unhappy Campers". (C) OUTER SPACE AND STRATOSPHERIC AREAS PLACES: Be-Junior ("Be-Junior and the Aints"*), Plunderville ("The Mail Pilot"), Sky Island ("Island in the Sky"), Unnlax ("Hoosat from Another Planet"*). IMPORTANT SITES: The Admiral's Throne Room (in Plunderville), [Dr. Einmug's] Avi-Auto, [Dr. Einmug's] Laboratory. NATIVE HEROES: Aints ("Be-Junior and the Aints"*), Dr. Einmug, Faceless People ("Be-Junior and the Aints"*), Ohm-Eye ("Hoosat from Another Planet"*). NATIVE VILLAINS OR ANTAGONISTS: Air Pirates ("The Mail Pilot"). IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Plunderville was a miniature village inside a huge pirate dirigible run by Sylvester Shyster. In the story "The Mail Pilot" Mickey captured Shyster, Pete, and the entire crew of pirates and brought the dirigible to earth, at which point Plunderville presumably ceased to exist. (Note: A single strip in "The Mail Pilot" accidentally refers to the village as ÔPlunderland,' but this is the letterer's error.) IMPORTANT STORIES OCCURING HERE: "Be-Junior and the Aints"*, "Hoosat from Another Planet"*, "Island in the Sky", "The Mail Pilot". (D) TIME-TRAVEL DESTINATIONS and AREAS IN THE CHARACTERS' ANCESTRY PLACES: [Revolutionary] America ("Uncle Wombat's Tick-Tock Time Machine"), Dead Man's Isle ("The Pirate Ghostship"*), Flower Kingdom ("Uncle Wombat's Tick-Tock Time Machine"), The Haunted Latitudes ("The Pirate Ghostship"*), Mekkakia ("The World of Tomorrow"*), Midwest (specific place not given, "Race for Riches"), [Future version of] Mouseton ("The World of Tomorrow"*), [Ancient] Rome ("Uncle Wombat's Tick-Tock Time Machine"), Worcester MA ("The ÔLectro Box"). IMPORTANT SITES: Mekkakia War College ("The World of Tomorrow"*). NATIVE HEROES: Birdie the Raven ("The Pirate Ghostship"*), [Inspector] Clew Gluesome ("The World of Tomorrow"*), Durham Cow (Clarabelle's grandfather, "Race for Riches"), [Talking] Flowers ("Uncle Wombat's Tick-Tock Time Machine"), Howan Dawg (Goofy's deceased uncle, "The Crazy Crime Wave"), Jackleg Jenkins ("The Pirate Ghostship"*), Jonathan Tobias Mouse (Mickey's ancestor, "The ÔLectro Box"), Josh (Goofy's great-great-great-grandfather, "The ÔLectro Box"), Mimi the Mekka Girl ("The World of Tomorrow"*), [Professor] Numbspiegel ("The World of Tomorrow"*), [Island] Princess ("The Pirate Ghostship"*). NATIVE VILLAINS OR ANTAGONISTS: [Dr.] A. Boneyard Gripper ("The House of Mystery"*), Black John ("The Pirate Ghostship"*), Bluebeard Brown ("The House of Mystery"*), Buzzard Squinch ("Race for Riches"), Deadhead Dan ("The Pirate Ghostship"*), Greatbeard (ancestor of Pete, "The Pirate Ghostship"*), Indians ("The ÔLectro Box"), Mickey Jr. (robot, "The World of Tomorrow"*), Monster of M'hunga ("The Pirate Ghostship"), Natives ("The Pirate Ghostship"*), Royal Crocodile ("The Pirate Ghostship"*), Sashweight Sal ("The House of Mystery"*), Silverfish ("The Pirate Ghostship"*), Whale ("The Pirate Ghostship"*). IMPORTANT INFORMATION: "Buzzard" Squinch, a disreputable frontier character and ancestor of modern villain Eli Squinch, was a member of a wagon train also containing Clarabelle Cow's pioneer ancestor Durham Cow. During the comic story "Race for Riches," Clarabelle reveals that Durham carried the Cow name to the American West Coast, where he later passed away (leaving a treasure that Mickey and Horace would later dig up). Mickey, transported back in time in the supernatural Haunted Latitudes, met Greatbeard the Pirate (an ancestor of Pete) in the story, "The Pirate Ghostship". Greatbeard died at the conclusion of this story: absconding with a treasure chest, he was buried under lava. IMPORTANT STORIES OCCURRING HERE: "The Crazy Crime Wave", "The House of Mystery"*, "The ÔLectro Box", "The Pirate Ghostship"*, "Race for Riches", "Uncle Wombat's Tick-Tock Time Machine"*, "The World of Tomorrow"*. (E) MYTHICAL SITES AND LOST KINGDOMS PLACES: Concavia ("A Fatal Occupation"*), Genieland ("The Miracle Master"), Kingdom of the Little People ("The Magic Shoe"*), Mousepotamia.* IMPORTANT SITES: Genie's home ("The Miracle Master"), Miracle Master's Palace ("The Miracle Master"). NATIVE HEROES: Genie and relatives ("The Miracle Master"), Gus and Jaq ("Mousepotamia"*). NATIVE VILLAINS OR ANTAGONISTS: Iron Mask ("Mousepotamia"*), King of the Leprechauns ("The Magic Shoe"*). IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Gus and Jaq, mice more frequently seen on Grandma Duck's farm, appeared in the lost medieval country of Mousepotamia in a 1950 strip sequence. Their appearance here contradicts all their other comic appearances. It is not known if Moook the Tibetan genie (see category J) was once a resident of Genieland. IMPORTANT STORIES OCCURRING HERE: "A Fatal Occupation"*, "The Magic Shoe"*, "The Miracle Master", "Mousepotamia"*. (F) BY THE SEA (PIRATES, CANNIBALS AND JUNGLE ISLANDS) PLACES: Cannibal Island ("Lost on a Desert Island"), Cave-Man Island ("The Land of Long Ago"), [Dr. Vulter's uncharted] Island ("The Pirate Submarine"), Moola-La ("The Isle of Moola-La"*), Takooli Island ("The Captive Castaways"), Treasure Island ("Mickey Mouse Sails for Treasure Island"). IMPORTANT SITES: Lady Daffodil (ship, "Mighty Whale-Hunter"), Orca (ship, "Mighty Whale-Hunter"), [Dr. Vulter's] Pirate Submarine, Pot Luck (ship, "Mickey Mouse Sails for Treasure Island"), Ruthie R. (ship, "The Pirate Ghostship"*), S. S. Borzow (ship, "The Pirate Submarine"). NATIVE HEROES: Amalgamated Cannery Representatives ("Mighty Whale-Hunter"), [unnamed] Captain of the Lady Daffodil ("Mighty Whale-Hunter"), Cannibal King ("Mickey Mouse Sails for Treasure Island"), Cannibals ("Mickey Mouse Sails for Treasure Island"), Cygnets ("Lost on a Desert Island"), [unnamed] Female Whale ("Mighty Whale-Hunter"), Hi See (cook, "Mighty Whale-Hunter"), Khan Dhoo ("The Isle of Moola-La"*), Nesting Mother Bird ("Lost on a Desert Island"), Oompa (caveman, "The Land of Long Ago"), Pedro ("Mighty whale-Hunter"), [unnamed practical joking] Sailor ("Mighty Whale-Hunter"). NATIVE VILLAINS OR ANTAGONISTS: Barney the Whale ("Mighty Whale-Hunter"), Bear ("Lost on a Desert Island"), Cannibals ("Lost on a Desert Island"), Cavemen ("Land of Long Ago"), Dinosaurs ("Land of Long Ago"), Hickup ("The Captive Castaways"), Lion ("Lost on a Desert Island"), Saber-toothed Tiger ("Land of Long Ago"), Smugglers ("The Captive Castaways"), Storks ("Lost on a Desert Island"), Tiger ("Lost on a Desert Island"), Dr. Vulter ("The Pirate Submarine"). IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Captain Churchmouse was a castaway on Treasure Island for many years. He had amnesia during this time, going under the name of Bill Shakespeare and becoming the priest to a tribe of local cannibals. The cannibals themselves later became friends of Mickey, abandoning their original plans to devour him. The Cannibal King was given the name "King Kokonut" in some merchandise items in the mid-1930s which featured him; however, this name never appeared in comics. NOTE: For characters relating to the stories "Mickey Mouse Meets Robinson Crusoe" and "An Education for Thursday", see the AFRICA category, as the islands in those stories were specifically mentioned as being located near there. IMPORTANT STORIES OCCURRING HERE: "The Captive Castaways", "The Isle of Moola-La"*, "The Land of Long Ago", "Lost on a Desert Island", "Mickey Mouse Sails for Treasure Island", "Mighty Whale-Hunter", "The Pirate Submarine". (G) OLD WEST LOCALES PLACES: Cayuse Junction ("Lair of Wolf Barker"), Death Valley ("Mickey Mouse in Death Valley"), Inferno Gulch ("Lair of Wolf Barker", "The Bat Bandit of Inferno Gulch"), Itching Gulch ("Itching Gulch"*), Lost Hope ("Billy the Mouse"*), Nugget Gulch ("The Sheriff of Nugget Gulch"), Poison Wells ("Mickey Mouse in Death Valley"), Prickly Heat (in the state of Wyozona, "The Bar-None Ranch"), Squeaky Springs ("Race for Riches"). SITES: Golden Comet Ltd. (train, "The Bar-None Ranch"), Dead-End Canyon (in Prickly Heat, "The Bar-None Ranch"), Fountain of Youth ("Itching Gulch"*), Gory Gorge ("Billy the Mouse"*), Inferno Gulch Bank ("The Bat Bandit of Inferno Gulch"), Lazy Daisy Ranch ("Billy the Mouse"*), Poison Wells Café ("Mickey Mouse in Death Valley"), Pyramid Rock ("Race for Riches"), Rattler's Rest Soft Drink Emporium ("Billy the Mouse"*), The Red Nose Saloon ("Sheriff of Nugget Gulch"), Uncle Mortimer's Ranch (in Inferno Gulch), Zoot Sioux Indian Reservation ("Billy the Mouse"*). NATIVE HEROES: Bob Harrier ("Lair of Wolf Barker"), Capistrano (cow, "Billy the Mouse"*), [Cousin] Carrie ("Billy the Mouse"*), Mr. Chinky (Chin in reprints, "The Bat Bandit of Inferno Gulch"), Chow Mein ("Lair of Wolf Barker"), Frenchy (chef, "Mickey Mouse in Death Valley"), Deputy Hank ("Mickey Mouse in Death Valley"), Don Poocho ("Lair of Wolf Barker"), [Sheriff] Fuddlewitz ("Race for Riches"), Handlebar Hank Hawkins ("The Bar-None Ranch"), [unnamed] Indian ("Race for Riches"), [unnamed] Indians ("Mickey Mouse in Death Valley"), Sheriff Joe Dumbrow ("The Bat Bandit of Inferno Gulch"), King Silver (horse, "Billy the Mouse"*), Knothead (horse, "Billy the Mouse"*), [Aunt] Matilda Mouse ("Sheriff of Nugget Gulch"), [Uncle] Mortimer Mouse, Old Man Laramie ("Billy the Mouse"*), Steamboat (horse), Tapioca (horse, "The Bar-None Ranch"), Warpaint (horse, "The Bar-None Ranch"), Yoyo ("Billy the Mouse"*). NATIVE VILLAINS OR ANTAGONISTS: [Lawyer] Beamish ("Billy the Mouse"), Brakeman ("Mickey Mouse in Death Valley"), Butch and partner ("Mickey Mouse in Death Valley"), Don Jollio (the Bat Bandit), Grizzly Gus ("The Bar-None Ranch"), Pauncho Malarky ("Sheriff of Nugget Gulch"), Poison Wells Sheriff ("Mickey Mouse in Death Valley"), Pug ("Mickey Mouse in Death Valley"), Red Mike ("The Bat Bandit of Inferno Gulch"), [unnamed German] Professor ("The Bar-None Ranch"), Two-Finger Frank ("Billy the Mouse"), Vigilante Leader ("Sheriff of Nugget Gulch"), Wolf Barker ("Lair of Wolf Barker"). IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Minnie's Uncle Mortimer Mouse, a cattle mogul, owns several ranches; one in this country (in Inferno Gulch) and one in Sydney, Australia. Uncle Mortimer's Australian connections have never been described or used as the focus for a story in newspaper strips or comic books. It is unknown whether Minnie's Aunt Matilda Mouse in Nugget Gulch is any relation to Minnie's Uncle Mortimer in Inferno Gulch. Minnie's uncle in Nugget Gulch is frequently mentioned in "The Sheriff of Nugget Gulch," but never seen or called by name. The bibliography at the end of Mickey Mouse in Color (Another Rainbow Publishing: Prescott, 1988) erroneously states that "Sheriff of Nugget Gulch" takes place on Uncle Mortimer's ranch; it does not, and Aunt Matilda's (and the unknown uncle's) home does not seem to be adjoining a ranch at all in that story. Handlebar Hank Hawkins is occasionally referred to as Handlebar Harry during the story "The Bar-None Ranch". This is obviously the letterer's mistake; for the majority of the story, the character is called Hank. IMPORTANT STORIES OCCURRING HERE: "The Bar-None Ranch", "The Bat Bandit of Inferno Gulch", "Billy the Mouse"*, "Itching Gulch"*, "Lair of Wolf Barker", "Mickey Mouse in Death Valley", "Race for Riches". (H) ASIA, THE ORIENT AND THE MIDDLE EAST PLACES: Dassis Ali ("The Foreign Legion"), Egypt ("The Moook Treasure"*), Kooshmirh (11/11/34), Raghbagh ("The Sacred Jewel", Tibet ("The Moook Treasure"*), Umbrellastan ("The Sacred Jewel"). SITES: Caferel ("The Sacred Jewel"), Foreign Legion Outpost (in Dassis Ali, "The Foreign Legion"), Sikh Abed Oasis (in Dassis Ali, "The Foreign Legion"), Stumbool (in Umbrellastan, "The Sacred Jewel"). NATIVE HEROES: Caliph Houv-Ya-Ben of Umbrellastan ("The Sacred Jewel"), Corporal Hank ("The Foreign Legion"), [unnamed] Foreign Legion Colonel ("The Foreign Legion"), Moook (genie, "The Moook Treasure"), Old Soakh (camel, "The Sacred Jewel"), Peikh Abou ("The Foreign Legion"). NATIVE VILLAINS OR ANTAGONISTS: All-Whet (policeman, "The Sacred Jewel"), Grand High Emissaries #1 and #2 ("The Sacred Jewel"), Mhildhu Tribe (never actually seen, "The Foreign Legion"), Prince Kashdown ("The Sacred Jewel"), Yussuf Aiper ("The Foreign Legion"), IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Bandit chief Yussuf Aiper joined up with Foreign Legion sergeant Pete and "Trigger" Hawkes when they planned to ambush their own privates, but when Mickey defeated the scheme (in "Mickey Mouse in the Foreign Legion") Pete escaped, leaving Aiper to be captured and imprisoned. Aiper vowed that his band would one day do away with Pete in revenge, but this never occured. IMPORTANT STORIES OCCURRING HERE: "Mickey Mouse in the Foreign Legion", "The Moook Treasure"*, "The Sacred Jewel". (I) ARCTIC AND NORTHERN SETTINGS PLACES: Canadian Forests ("The Great Orphanage Robbery"), Hidden River ("The Mystery at Hidden River"), Rock Ledge ("The Captive Castaways"). SITES: Hidden River Logging Company ("The Mystery at Hidden River"), Palumawalsy Indian Village ("The Mystery at Hidden River"), Mounted Police Prison ("The Great Orphanage Robbery"), Rock Ledge Mining Co. ("The Captive Castaways"), [Shyster's] Cabin ("The Great Orphanage Robbery"), Tavern ("The Great Orphanage Robbery"). NATIVE HEROES: Bear ("The Great Orphanage Robbery"), [unnamed] G-Man ("The Mystery at Hidden River"), [Dutch] Logger ("The Mystery at Hidden River"), Palumawalsy Indian Tribe ("The Mystery at Hidden River"), Rising Full Moon ("The Mystery at Hidden River"), [unnamed] Rock Ledge Townspeople ("The Captive Castaways"), [Chief] Snooze-on-the-Job (not actually seen, "The Mystery at Hidden River"). NATIVE VILLAINS OR ANTAGONISTS: [Pig] Bartender ("The Great Orphanage Robbery"), Crooked Miners (never actually seen, "The Captive Castaways"), Indians ("The Great Orphanage Robbery"), Moose ("The Great Orphanage Robbery"), Mounties ("The Great Orphanage Robbery"). IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Minnie Mouse has American Indian friends on the Palumawalsy Indian reservation. She boarded there while Mickey was a logger at the Hidden River Logging Company. Minnie disguised herself as an Indian for some of that time, and tribe members played along with her ruse to keep Mickey from finding out she had followed him to Hidden River. Minnie gave herself the name "Little Star" during that time. The Mounted Police spent a great deal of time trailing Mickey during the story "The Great Orphanage Robbery," but this was not corrupt behavior on their part; Mickey had been framed for a theft by Sylvester Shyster, so was taken for a criminal by the Mounties. IMPORTANT STORIES OCCURRING HERE: "The Captive Castaways", "The Great Orphanage Robbery", "The Mystery at Hidden River". (J) EUROPEAN PLACES PLACES: England ("The Moook Treasure"*), Ireland ("The Magic Shoe"* and "The Moook Treasure"*), Mazumia (MM 256*), Medioka ("Monarch of Medioka"), Nazi Germany ("The War Orphans"* and "Mickey Mouse on a Secret Mission"), Truffleberg (capital of Medioka, "Monarch of Medioka"), Turkey ("The Moook Treasure"*). SITES: Medioka Customs Office ("Monarch of Medioka"), [King Michael's] Palace ("Monarch of Medioka"). NATIVE HEROES: [Count] Bullfiddle ("High Society"), [Count] De Sheckels ("Monarch of Medioka"), [Duke] De la Puche ("Monarch of Medioka"), [Duke] Feline (MM 256*), [Count] Gryphon ("Monarch of Medioka"), [King] Michael XIV ("Monarch of Medioka"), [Princess] Phylline ("Monarch of Medioka"), Royal Chef ("Monarch of Medioka"), Sentry ("Monarch of Medioka"), [King] Tapiocus VI (MM 256*), Truffle Farmer ("Monarch of Medioka"). NATIVE VILLAINS OR ANTAGONISTS: [Sub Commander] Bercht ("Pluto the Spy Catcher"*), [Duke Varlott's] Henchman ("Monarch of Medioka"), Nazis, [Duke] Varlott ("Monarch of Medioka"). IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Count Bullfiddle, a famous British millionaire, was referred to several times in the early story "High Society," although he was never actually shown. Mickey Mouse travelled to Nazi Germany in several World War II stories as a member of the Secret Service, and while there he combatted various Nazis. Nazi subcommander Bercht was captured on an American battleship docked in Mouseton, although it was made clear that he had escaped from Germany. IMPORTANT STORIES OCCURRING HERE: "High Society", "The Magic Shoe"*, "Mickey Mouse on a Secret Mission", MM 256 ("The Mystery of Tapiocus VI"*), "Monarch of Medioka", "Pluto the Spy Catcher"*, "The War Orphans"*. (K) AFRICA PLACES: Aita Klah Kurfu ("The Foreign Legion"), Island Some Place By Africa (off the West African coast in "An Education for Thursday"), Mombasa (in Kenya, "In Search of Jungle Treasure"), Nairobi (in Kenya, "In Search of Jungle Treasure"), Robinson Crusoe's Island ("Mickey Mouse and Robinson Crusoe"). SITES: Condor Lines Shipyard ("In Search of Jungle Treasure"), Foreign Legion Headquarters (in Aita Klah Kurfu, "The Foreign Legion"), Jujubwa Jungle (in Kenya, "In Search of Jungle Treasure"), Tefir Touh Hotel (in Aita Klah Kurfu, "The Foreign Legion"). NATIVE HEROES: Abdomah ("In Search of Jungle Treasure"), Friday ("Mickey Mouse Meets Robinson Crusoe" and "An Education for Thursday"), Gorillas ("In Search of Jungle Treasure"), M'jumjo (elephant, "An Education for Thursday"), Spooks the Gorilla, Thursday ("An Education for Thursday"), Tom Tibbins ("In Search of Jungle Treasure"). NATIVE VILLAINS OR ANTAGONISTS: Jujubwa Cannibals ("In Search of Jungle Treasure"), Policemen ("The Foreign Legion"). IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Spooks the Gorilla was once owned by an African sailor, "Cap" Hazzard, who buried a vast hoard of treasure in the Jujubwa jungle. Later, the tame ape became the pet and confidante of Mickey's friend Captain Churchmouse. Gifted with an understanding of human speech (although unable to speak himself), Spooks sometimes lives at home in the jungle (where Mickey left him) and sometimes returns to Tom Timmins' home in Nairobi (near the jungle) where he can join the Churchmouse family in their travels. The story "In Search of Jungle Treasure" describes how Spooks led Mickey to the treasure that "Cap" Hazzard had buried. IMPORTANT STORIES OCCURRING HERE: "An Education for Thursday", "In Search of Jungle Treasure", "Mickey Mouse in the Foreign Legion", "Mickey Mouse Meets Robinson Crusoe". __________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX 1: VILLAINOUS PLACES. Indexed alphabetically and cross-referenced by place-category. Cannibal Island (F), Cave-Man Island (F), Dead Man's Isle (D), [Dr. Vulter's uncharted] Island (F), Jujubwa Jungle (K), Lost Hope (G), Mekkakia (D), Nazi Germany (J), Plunderville (C), [Communist] Tibet (H). APPENDIX 2: MAJOR NON-HUMANIZED ANIMAL CHARACTERS IN MOUSE STORIES. (From the earlier lists, but here all grouped together.) Abie (seal, "Circus Roustabout"), Adam (giraffe, "Circus Roustabout"), Agnes (lion, "Goofy and Agnes"), Algernon (mule, "Mickey Mouse in Death Valley"), Barney the Whale ("Mighty Whale-Hunter"), [Ferocious] Bear ("Lost on a Desert Island"), [Friendly] Bear ("The Great Orphanage Robbery"), [Trained] Bear ("Mickey Mouse and the Gypsies"), Black Lightning (greyhound, "Pluto the Racer"), Bobo the Elephant, Bombo (monkey, "Circus Roustabout"), Capistrano (cow, "Billy the Mouse"), Charlie Horse ("Circus Roustabout"), Corporal Gee-Eye ("Pluto the Spy Catcher"*), Cygnets ("Lost on a Desert Island"), Dinosaurs ("Land of Long Ago"), Ellsworth the Magpie (4/30/50 and many Scarpa stories*), Fifi (in German, Minnie's huge dog in Jan. 1931 gags), [Friendly] Gorillas ("In Search of Jungle Treasure"), Growlio (gorilla, "Hoppy the Kangaroo"), Hoppy the Kangaroo, King Silver (horse, "Billy the Mouse"), Knothead (horse, "Billy the Mouse"), Lion ("Lost on a Desert Island"), M'jumjo (elephant, "An Education for Thursday"), Moose ("The Great Orphanage Robbery"), Nesting Mother Bird ("Lost on a Desert Island"), Old Soakh (camel, "The Sacred Jewel"), Oscar the Ostrich, Pflip the Thnuckle-Booh*, Pluto, Royal Crocodile ("The Pirate Ghostship"*), Saber-Toothed Tiger ("The Land of Long Ago", Salamander (goat, "Oscar the Ostrich"), Shadow (in German, rabid ape, "Mickey Mouse Boxing Champion"), Snookums (valuable dog, "Society Dog Show"), Snoopnose (bloodhound, "The Foreign Legion"), Spooks the Gorilla, [unnamed] Squirrel ("Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers"), Steamboat (horse), Storks ("Lost on a Desert Island"), Tanglefoot, Tapioca (horse, "The Bar-None Ranch"), Terry (puppy, "Pluto's Rival"), Tiger ("Lost on a Desert Island"), Umbrage (gorilla, "Mickey Takes Umbrage"*), Warpaint (horse, "The Bar-None Ranch"), Whale ("The Pirate Ghostship"), Wienie (dachshund, "Lost on a Desert Island" and "Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers"), Zowie (greyhound, "Pluto the Racer").