Walt Disney Giant

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Publisher Gladstone Publishing
ScheduleBimonthly
Formatongoing
Publication dateSeptember 1995 - September 1996
No. of issues7
Main character(s) Scrooge McDuck; Mickey Mouse

Walt Disney Giant was a forty-eight page, bimonthly Disney comic book published by Gladstone Publishing from September 1995 to September 1996. It featured the adventures of Scrooge McDuck, his nephews, Mickey Mouse, and other Disney characters.

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Issue NumberStoryPages
1Hearts of the Yukon featuring Scrooge McDuck, by Don Rosa 24
2The Mines of King Solomon featuring Scrooge McDuck, by Carl Barks 27
3Super Snooper featuring Donald Duck, by Carl Barks10
4The Mysterious Stranger featuring Goofy, by Greg Crosby, Hector Adolfo de Urtiága and Horacio Saavedra44
5Fantasy Island featuring Mickey Mouse, by Byron Erickson, Cesar Feroli, et al23
6The Day the Mountain Shook featuring The Junior Woodchucks, by Carl Barks and Daan Jippes13
7Micro-Ducks From Outer Space featuring Scrooge McDuck, by Carl Barks24

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