Walt Disney Chip 'n' Dale, #79
Published: [May 1983]
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Issue Contents:
Taking Shelter from Rain Under Mushroom as Umbrella (1)
Characters
- Chip
- Dale
Featuring Whitman Comics; Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks
"They’re looking for you! And you’ll find them in Whitman Comics"
Characters
- Huey
- Dewey
- Louie
Story Notes
Color ad on inside front cover. Reproduces the cover illustration for Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks (1966 series) #54 February 1979. Whitman house ad for Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks.
The Enchanted Forest
"Yoo-hoo! Uncle Chip! Uncle Dale!"
Storyline
Nephews Zip ‘n’ Zap follow a leaping toadstool into “The Enchanted Forestâ€, a place where nature is bewitched. Chip ‘n’ Dale search for them.
Characters
- Chip
- Dale
- Zip
- Zap
- Boyd Bird
- leaping toad stool
- evil trees
- The Babbling Brook (grouchy water that speaks in rhyme)
- trampled grass
Story Notes
This “Enchanted Forest†is an angry, Bizarro-type version of the Enchanted Forest so often seen in Harvey Comics.
Chipmunk Migration
"(Yawn-n!) How come birdies never get ho-hummy an’ bored?"
Storyline
To relive their boredom, Chip ‘n’ Dale take a lesson from the birds and migrate from one home to another. In so doing, they foil the Big Bad Wolf.
Characters
- Chip
- Dale
- Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig
- Fifer Pig
- Fiddler Pig]
- Big Bad Wolf
- Boyd Bird
- Mrs. Boyd Bird
Story Notes
Boyd Bird may or may not be intended as the same character from the previous story. He is colored brown here, and blue in the previous story, suggesting a sparrow and a bluebird respectively.
Counterfeit Conscience
"Wake up!"
Storyline
Bobbie Bug takes over as “Official Conscience†(complete with badge) from Jiminy Cricket. He guilts all the forest creatures into feeding “needy†Brer Bear.
Characters
- Chip
- Dale
- Bobbie Bug
- Jiminy Cricket
- Big Bad Wolf
- Brer Fox
- Brer Bear
- Boyd Bird
- Betsy Bird (Mrs. Boyd Bird)
- Mr. Raccoon
Story Notes
Boyd Bird and Betsy Bird (named here) would appear to be the same characters from the previous story, as they are both colored brown.
Instant Camping
"Huh? Never saw cube-shape nut before!"
Storyline
Gyro Gearloose’s instant camping inventions fail to work as planned, this time with some help from Chip 'n' Dale and Gyro's own Helper.
Characters
- Chip
- Dale
- Gyro Gearloose
- Gyro's Helper
- Robber Crow
- Mrs. Gopher
Story Notes
This is the third story from Western Publishing to be titled “Instant Campingâ€, all of which involve Gyro Gearloose. The others appear in Uncle Scrooge (1963 series) #57 May 1965, and Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks (1966 series) #36 January 1976. Vic Lockman may have written all three stories.
"She’s Mr. Moppet’s little girl."
Characters
- Little Lulu
- Tubby
- Mr. Moppett
Story Notes
Color ad on inside back cover. Whitman house ad for Little Lulu.
Featuring Whitman Comics
"Meet your favorite comic characters and enjoy exciting adventure in... Whitman Comics."
Story Notes
Color ad on back cover. House ad for Whitman Comics.