East bloc/MM Annuals

[Rob Klein]

East Bloc Disney comics: I traveled in Hungary in 1986 and 1988. I remember 
seeing Disney comics there.  I can't remember which year, but suspect it was 
the latter, as the publisher was an "Egmont Franchise".  David, can you find 
out for us what year the Egmont-related Hungarian publishing started.  If it 
was 1988 or before, it was BEFORE the Eastern Bloc final collapse. I did NOT 
see any Disney comics in Czechoslovakia during those years.

Regarding Mickey Mouse Annual: I haven't seen any listings on their value. But, 
Ican see that they must be British publications (OR Australian?), due to the 
spelling of "favourites". The inclusion of the letter "u" proves that the 
publication is not from USA. It is not likely to be Canadian, as I don't 
remember ever seeing any comics produced only for the canadian market. We DID 
get some "different comics", in that comics that contained adverts for USA 
market were sent to Canada with the adverts removed and extra one-page gags in 
their place. When I moved to USA and picked up better condition copies of many 
of my old "Canadian vended comics", I found advertising in place of some of the 
gag pages.  Was this "Mickey Mouse Annual" published by the same publisher as a 
weekly British Mickey Mouse comic book?

Rob Klein



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