COLLECTING ANNETTE
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club Magazine


In the late 1950s, Disney, in association with Western Publishing (Whitman & Golden Press), created the wonderful Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club Magazine. The name was changed to Walt Disney's Magazine toward the end of the run, which included 22 issues in all.

These magazines always featured superb color photography and stories about Walt Disney's Mouseketeers, including Annette Funicello, Darlene Gillespie, Cubby O'Brien, Bobby Burgess, Doreen Tracey, Cheryl Holdridge, Sharon Baird, Jimmie Dodd, as well as Spin and Marty with David Stollery and Tim Considine, Zorro with Guy Williams, and behind-the-scenes articles about the Disneyland theme park in its early years.

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 Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 1956 This issue, Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 1956, was the very first issue! This one and the later issues are generally considered the rarest, given that the magazine took a few issues to build popularity and then fizzled out at the end.

The front cover has a nice shot of 12 Mouseketeers with Jimmie Dodd and Roy Williams, including Annette Funicello, Lonnie Burr, Karen Pendleton, Cubby O'Brien, and Bobby Burgess, all in front of the Dry Gulch ranch set.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • Color photo of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, with a message from Walt about the launch of the new magazine, as well as a photo the Burbank studios
  • A four-page spread entitled, "Meet the Mouseketeers," with color photo and biographies of Mary Sartori, Mark Sutherland, Bronson Scott, Ronnie Steiner, Don Underhill, Sharon Baird, Bobby Burgess, Lonnie Burr, Darlene Gillespie, Mike Smith, Johnny Crawford, Nancy Abate, Karen Pendleton, Mary Espinosa, Doreen Tracey, Judy Harriet, Billie Jean Beanblossom, Nancy Abbate, Mike Smith, Bonni Kern, Bob Amsberry, Lee Johann, Dickie Dodd and Tommy Cole
  • A two-page color spread about "The Littlest Outlaw" movie (recently released to DVD for the first time!)
  • A two-page story spread with 7 photos of Patricia Morrow and Duncan Richardson, the two kids who got to spend a week at TWA Airlines for the "What I Want to Be" segment of the show - this five-part series can be seen on the DVD Treasures MMC boxed set!
  • A story excerpt and photos from the Disney feature, "The Vanishing Prairie"
  • An eight-page Spin and Marty story with still photos of Tim Considine and David Stollery from the TV show!
  • Jiminy Cricket's "I'm No Fool with a Bicycle"
  • How to Draw Mickey Mouse, by animator Les Clark
  • Mousekatune ("Be Sure You're Right" from "Davy Crockett") with photo of Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen
  • Article about nature and the True-Life Adventure films by James Algar
  • Three-page article about Disneyland and the Snow White ride
  • Davy Crockett Almanac story
  • Story and photos about Walt's "People and Places" series
  • Story about Robert Louis Stevenson, with  photo of Bobby Driscoll in "Treasure Island"
  • Full-page story about the Mouseketeers joining the Disneyland Circus, with four different photos!

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 Volume 1, Number 2, Spring 1956
This issue is Volume 1, Number 2, Spring 1956, the second issue!

The front cover has a great shot of Tim Considine and David Stollery in costume as Spin and Marty, no doubt somewhere on the trail out on the old Triple R Ranch.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • A note from Annette Funicello, with a photo of her and her dog Candy
  • Dick Huemer writes on the earliest cave man attempts at animation
  • A two-page spread with photos illustrating the earlier life and career of Jimmie Dodd prior to the Mouse Club
  • "The Boy Fireman of the Great Locomotive Chase," an interesting article and photos of Doug Bleckley, a young native of Clayton, Georgia, who got a small part in the Civil War Disney film, "The Great Locomotive Chase," starring Fess Parker and Jeffrey Hunter.
  • Joel Chandler Harris, a two-page article and photo spread about the author of "Song of the South." This article was based on a Disneyland TV series episode about young Joel Chandler Harris. There's a few photos of David Stollery playing the role, as well as photos of Oscar winner James Baskette as Uncle Remus, as well as Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Bear and the Tar Baby.
  • A Day in the Life of Donald Duck, with photos of Donald with Walt, Jimmie Dodd, and Clarence "Ducky" Nash, Donald's voice. Another Disneyland TV series episode inspired this article, and the color photos appear to be stills from the episode.
  • A nine-page spread with photos featuring the story of "Corky and White Shadow," the serial starring Darlene Gillespie and Buddy Ebsen.
  • Davy Crocket's Almanac, a story with Mike Fink.
  • A two-page photo spread, "A Trip through Adventureland," with vintage photos of a very early Jungle Cruise ride at Disneyland
  • An article, "Secrets of the Honey Makers," about bees, written by James Algar, writer-director of the True-Life Adventure films, with color photos from the film, "Secrets of Life."
  • A "society-type" page showing the Mouseketeers at parties, including Annette, Mary Sartori, Karen and Cubby, and Billie Jean Beanblossom, among others.
  • An article about the making of Spin and Marty with profiles of the two main leads.
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 Volume 1, Number 3, Summer 1956
This issue, Volume 1, Number 3, Summer 1956, was the third issue. On the cover, a very young Annette Funicello, in her cowgirl outfit, joins Davy Crockett star Fess Parker on the set of "Westward, Ho the Wagons!"

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • "Space Travel and You" story and art from one of the Tomorrowland episodes released onto DVD as part of the Treasures sets.
  • "A Day in the Life of a Mouseketeer," a great story and photo spread, follows Annette Funicello around the Disney studio lot, at school, in wardrobe, make-up, at school, and many other shots
  • "New Frontiers at Disneyland," an article by Bobby Burgess, with great art; Bobby describes his recent visit to Disneyland, including Rainbow Caverns, Tom Sawyer Island, the Rainbow Desert, the Mule Pack Ride, the Indian War Canoes, the Mike Fink Keelboats, Storybookland, the Astrojet, the Skyway and more
  • Jiminy Cricket's "I'm No Fool With Fire"
  • An article about the Cemellia Festival in Temple City, California
  • "How to Draw Jiminy Cricket"
  • An article by Ted Sears, with art by Art Riley, about Antarctica, with some color photo stills from the "People and Places" featurette that was shown on the Sunday night show.
  • Washington Irving, author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," illustrated with Ichabod Crane and Headless Horseman art from the animated film
  • An article and photos about the Mouseketeers filming "Westward, Ho the Wagons!" with photos of David Stollery and Doreen Tracey
  • And more!
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 Volume 1, Number 4, Fall 1956
This issue, Volume 1, Number 4, Fall 1956, was the fourth issue. On the cover, several stars pose on the set of Disney's western film, "Westward, Ho the Wagons!", including Iron Eyes Cody and Mouseketeer Karen Pendleton. (The movie was recently released to DVD for the first time!)

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • "The Story of Halloween"
  • Aesop and his stories
  • An article on "Switzerland," with written and photographed by Roy E. Disney, Walt's nephew, and his wife, Patricia
  • Article on camels with photos and an illustration by Disney background artist Walt Peregoy
  • "Johnny Tremain" article; Disney made a movie starring Hal Stalmaster and Luana Patten of "Song of the South" fame; the illustrations were done by the great Herb Ryman 
  • How to Draw Goofy
  • Jiminy Cricket's "The Nature of Things"
  • "Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom," by Dick Huemer, from the classic animated film
  • "Paul Bunyan," by Lance Nolley, with great color animation cel art from the Disney animated featurette that featured the voice of Thurl Ravenscroft 
  • And more!
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 Volume 2, Number 1, December 1956
This issue, Volume 2, Number 1, December 1956, was the fifth issue. On the cover, a large group of the Mouseketeers - Darlene Gillespie, Cubby O'Brian, Karen Pendleton, Lonnie Burr, etc. - join Jimmie and Roy singing Christmas carols in the snow.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • Christmas Around the World, how the holiday is celebrated
  • Disney Imagineer Harriet Burns shows off her homemade Christmas decorations and tells how they're made
  • Pecos Bill, with art from "Melody Time"
  • Roy Williams gives tips on magazine cartooning
  • A story on Alaskan Sled Dogs, with photos from a People and Places featurette
  • The story of "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, illustrated by the great Herb Ryman
  • How to Draw Pluto
  • Music Makers by Dick Huemer
  • 2-page story about the life of Fess Parker, with many photos from "Davy Crockett"
  • And more!
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 Volume 2, Number 2, February 1957
This issue, Volume 2, Number 2, February 1957, was the sixth issue published. There's a nice color shot on the cover of Tim Considine and a young Tommy Kirk as the Hardy Boys.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • An ad for the official Mickey Mouse Club shoes and round-up boots by Trimfoot
  • A two-page color spread and article entitled, "New Young Stars," introducing new Disney actors, including a teen-age Luana Patten, (the little girl in "Song of the South" and "So Dear to My Heart"), Hal Stalmaster, Kevin "Moochie" Corcoran, Carole Ann Campbell, and Mouseketeers Larry Larsen, Eileen Diamond, Sherry Allen, Jay-Jay Solari, Margene Storey, Charley Laney and Cheryl Holdridge.
  • An article on the Eyvind Earle artwork inside Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland
  • A story on railroads written and illustrated by storyman Bill Peet
  • "Memoirs of a Brave Mouse" written by Jaq Souris, the mouse from "Cinderella," with color photos from that film
  • Article on Iron Eyes Cody and Native Americans
  • A nine-page article and photo spread with photos from the Hardy Boys TV serial with Tim Considine and Tommy Kirk, being rediscovered by new fans thanks to the DVD Treasures set
  • How to Draw Chip and Dale
  • An ad for Mickey Mouse rollerskates
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 Volume 2, Number 3
This issue, Volume 2, Number 3, was the seventh issue. The front cover has a great shot of David Stollery and Tim Considine as Spin and Marty, looking adoringly at Annette Funicello astride a saddle.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • Ad for Mouseketeer shoes and boots
  • Animator Bill Peet writes about trains and boats
  • Photos and a story spread from the "Cow Dog" Disney film made by Oscar winner Larry Lansburgh
  • "Butch and Jan Meet the Atomic Atom" story about the atomic age
  • Two-page photo spread of a "Gallery of Ducks," featuring famous portraits of Donald Duck by Carl Barks of Uncle Scrooge comic book fame
  • "Further Adventures of Spin and Marty," a nine-page photo spread and story from the TV show, with a couple photos of Annette
  • "Truth About Mother Goose," story and art from the animated featurette, recently released to the Disney "Rarities" Treasures DVD set 
  • Story and photos of the Mouseketeers after hours, including Doreen, Karen, Tommy, Larry Larsen, Cubby and Annette
  • Story about California's church missions, with photos of Karen and Cubby visiting the Mission San Fernando Rey
  • Two-page story and photos of Kevin "Moochie" Corcoran on the set of "Shaggy Dog" and "Spin and Marty"
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 Volume 2, Number 4
Volume 2, Number 4, was the eighth issue. The front cover has a great shot of Hal Stalmaster and Luana Patten of "Song of the South" fame from the film "Johnny Tremain."

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • Ad for Mouseketeer shoes and boots
  • A 4-page story about Uncle Scrooge McDuck, the famous Carl Barks Dell comic book creation, by Disney staffers Al Bertino and Dave Detiege
  • Meet Luana Patten, a two-page article about the former child star and how she's grown up, including a photo of her in a bathing suit; as a child she starred in Song of the South, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time and So Dear to My Heart for Disney.
  • A story, "The Old Man and the Swamp," with illustrations by Disney Legend Herb Ryman
  • School's Out, a two-page story and photo spread about how the Mouseketeers go to school in a little trailer on the Disney Studio lot; photos include Annette Funicello, Cubby, Karen, Darlene, Cheryl, Bobby and Kevin "Moochie" Corcoran
  • Annette and Tommy Kirk host a newsreel about "Samoa," based on Disney's "People and Places" featurette
  • Bobby Burgess shows how to juggle; he's shown astride a unicycle, something he fibbed to the producers about being able to do, but he learned how to do it in time for the show! 
  • Darlene and Lonnie demonstrate how to grow a garden
  • An article and photos about King Arthur's Carousel at Disneyland
  • A story on the Liberty Tree from Johnny Tremain
  • The back cover has full color ads for the very rare WDL Disney records, including Cinderella, Bambi, Pinocchio, Dumbo, and Snow White
  • And more!
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 Volume II, Number 5
Volume II, Number 5, was the ninth issue. There's a nice color shot on the cover of Mouseketeers Darlene Gillespie, Lonnie Burr and Bobby Burgess with a hot rod car.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • A four-page article and color photo spread by Winston Hibler about the making of "Perri," Disney's True-Life Fantasy feature film; the late Disney Vice Chairman Roy E. Disney worked on the film based on a story by "Bambi" and "The Shaggy Dog" author Felix Salten.
  • Article on Johnny Appleseed with Al Dempster art based on the short film from "Melody Time"
  • Bill Peet story on trains, part 4
  • A two-page color photo spread and story on the antique cars and vehicles at use at Disneyland in Anaheim, including the rarely seen Carnation milk delivery truck!
  • Eight-page Hardy Boys serial article and photos of Tommy Kirk and Tim Considine - (I'm listing separate Hardy Boys Disney items if you're a fan) 
  • Jiminy Cricket's "Your Sense of Touch" article
  • A mystery story with art by Herb Ryman
  • Two-page article and photos about Darlene Gillespie recording her first LP record album (Darlene's album included an Elvis song in 1957, long before "Lilo and Stitch" publicity claimed to be the first Disney project to use an Elvis tune!); one photo includes the Mellomen (and Thurl Ravenscroft) providing back-up
  • Back page is a color ad with photos from the new WDL line of Disney LP record albums that could be ordered: Cinderella, Bambi, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Song of the South and Snow White (no wonder the Alice in Wonderland one is the rarest record - it wasn't advertised!)
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10
 Volume II, Number 6 The next issue, Volume II, Number 6, was the tenth issue. There's a nice color shot on the cover of Mouseketeers Cheryl Holdridge, Tommy Cole and a glum Bobby Burgess, later of "Lawrence Welk Show" fame.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
•    An ad for Mouseketeer sweatshirts, modeled by Annette Funicello
•    A two-page color photo and story spread on how to dance with the same Mouseketeers as the cover
•    Photos and story spread with profiles of Mouseketeers Linda Hughes, Bonnie Fields, Don Agrati (aka Don Grady of My Three Sons fame) and Lynn Ready.
•    Great two-page story and photo spread on Mouseketeer Cubby O'Brien and his home life, including a shot of him, his two brothers and his parents at home.
•    A story by Mary Carey, who also wrote the story for the Hayley Mills film, "Summer Magic"
•    Unpolitically correct titled story, "The Wetback Hound," with photos from the Academy Award-winning Disney featurette made by Oscar winner Larry Lansburgh
•    Life on Mars story with art from the Ward Kimball Tomorrowland TV show released to the tin Treasures DVD set
•    Four-page story and photos from the Disney featurette, "Ben and Me" with Amos Mouse.

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 Volume III, Number 1
Volume III, Number 1 was the 11th issue. There's a nice color shot on the cover of Tommy Kirk and Old Yeller.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • A neat mail-in ad/coupon to receive a free Mickey Mouse Club record with subscribing to the magazine
  • Article and art on how Cinderella's mice saved Christmas
  • Two-page article by Tommy Kirk on the making of "Old Yeller"
  • Two-page color spread and article on Mouseketeer Doreen Tracey
  • An adventure story with art by Imagineer Sam McKim
  • Story/photo spread on ballerina Mouseketeers, including Linda Hughes, Cheryl Holdridge, Karen Pendleton and Annette Funicello
  • Disney animator Dick Huemer tells and illustrates the story of Baby Weems, the short film included in "The Reluctant Dragon"
  • Great two-page article and photos of Imagineer Ken Anderson and his crew, including Imagineer Harriet Burns, building the miniature buildings seen in Storybookland at Disneyland
  • Annette Funicello sweatshirt ad
  • Zorro hat ad
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12
 Volume III, Number 2
This issue, Volume III, Number 2 was the 12th issue. There's a famous color photo of Annette Funicello reading her fan mail. The same photo was used on the cover of a few of her Disney records. The cat in the photo wandered into the shot and was allowed to stay! (If you're an Annette fan, I'm also listing her rare "Serials" LP Disney record and many other rare collectibles).

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • An ad for Zorro polo shirt and mask
  • Two-page article on the young stars of Disney's new film, "The Light in the Forest," Carol Lynley and James MacArthur, including photos of them on the grass in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland and one of him shirtless and her in a swimsuit at the pool.
  • Two-page article and photo spread taken at Kevin "Moochie" Corcoran's swimming party, including a photo of him and his three siblings (they all looked alike!), Darlene Gillespie and Doreen Tracey eating, a shirtless Johnny Tremain star Hal Stalmaster, and Annette Funicello in the buffet line
  • Story about old Los Angeles, with photos from the Disney set of "Zorro" including a photo of Guy Williams in costume astride his horse (I'm listing two separate magazines in this series with Zorro covers).
  • Great four-page story and color photo spread of "Annette," part 1, adapted from the serial of the same name, including photos of Annette Funicello, Tim Considine and David Stollery in color, unusual since the TV show, released to DVD as part of the tin Treasures set, was seen in b&w!
  • A full-page story and coupon to enter to win a phone call from Annette; photo of her on the phone.
  • The late Disney Vice Chairman Roy E. Disney writes an article about the marten, the villainous weasel-type animal in the Disney True-Life Fantasy film, "Perri"
  • Zorro hat ad
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13
 Volume III, Number 3
This issue, Volume III, Number 3 was the 13th issue. There's a cover of Guy Williams as Zorro.
Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • An ad for Annette Funicello advertising clothing.
  • Chip and Dale cartoon art
  • Article and photo spread about Spin and Marty star Tim Considine and his love of sports cars
  • Bill Peet illustrates a Christmas mouse story that was also featured in Disney records
  • Four page article about Zorro with color photos from the TV show
  • Article and photos about Mouseketeer Karen Pendleton
  • Four page article and color photos, part II of the Annette TV serial story
  • Article about the Dogs of Lady and the Tramp
  • Zorro TV show ad
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14
 Volume III, Number 4
This issue, Volume III, Number 4 was the 14th issue. There's great art of Annette Funicello and David Stollery flirting with each other.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:

  • Annette Funicello sweatshirt ad
  • The True Story of Annette Funicello, a fantastic six-page color spread giving details of Annette's behind-the-scenes story, her home life, her filming at Disney, illustrated by more than a dozen rarely seen photos, including the future "Teenage Wedding" singer at home on the telephone, in the kitchen with her mother, with friend Judy Nugent, in her bedroom and with her brothers, Mike and Joey.
  • Spin and Marty: The Curse of Dark Mountain, a six-page story and photo spread from the TV show, with photos of David Stollery and Tim Considine
  • Ships in Miniature, a story about Disney Imagineer Yale Gracey and his hobby of building miniature ships; Yale Gracey's work and name would later be immortalized at the Haunted Mansion before his untimely murder in the 1980s;
  • Photo of a smiling Guy Williams out of costume
  • Full-page ad for the Zorro TV show
  • Zorro hat ad
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 Volume III, Number 5
This issue, Volume III, Number 5 was the 15th issue. The cover has art of Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie sitting upon a stool in the recording studio.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • Annette Funicello sweatshirt ad
  • Darlene Gillespie, a great color spread giving details of her behind-the-scenes story, her home life, illustrated by rarely seen photos, including her with her mother and her three younger siblings.
  • Story on polar bears from White Wilderness, by James Algar
  • Zorro in Zorro's Merry Chase, a four-page story and photo spread from the TV show, with photos of Guy Williams
  • Anything Can Happen, two-page article by Kevin "Moochie" Corcoran with photos of him dressed up
  • An adventure story illustrated by Herb Ryman
  • Off-stage - a two-page photo spread of the Mouseketeers visiting the Zorro jail set, including Cubby, Bobby, Darlene, Tommy and Karen
  • A four-page Peter Pan story 
  • Zorro hat ad
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 Volume III, Number 6
This issue, Volume III, Number 6 was the 16th issue. There's a famous color photo of Guy Williams in his Diego outfit admiring his reflection - as Zorro - on the cover.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • Annette Funicello sweatshirt ad
  • A message from Walt
  • A nice two-page color photo spread and story about Tim Considine, including photos of him with Tommy Kirk as the Hardy Boys, with Annette Funicello, Darlene Gillespie and David Stollery from Spin and Marty, and with Roberta Shore
  • A four-page article about Cinderella's mice solving a mystery
  • A four-page article and color photo spread with an Annette Funicello serial mystery; it's a sequel to the famous "Annette" serial released to DVD as part of the Treasures set; in this story, Annette, Jet Maypen, Steady Ware, and all the gang are back for a new story! It's illustrated by color photos of Annette, David Stollery, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore and more
  • Karen Pendleton and Cubby O'Brien give cooking lessons; if you're fans of these Mouseketeers, I'm also separately listing records by these artists.
  • A four-page Zorro photo and story spread with Guy Williams
  • An article about The Chordettes singing group that recorded a popular version of the Zorro theme
  • A two-page spread about the models of Disney's animated heroines: Helene Stanley as Briar Rose/Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, Kathryn Beaumont as Alice in Wonderland and Wendy, Marge Champion as Snow White
  • Zorro hat ad
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 Volume 4, Number 1
This issue, Volume 4, Number 1, was the 17th issue. The front cover has a great shot of Darlene Gillespie, Bobby Burgess, Annette Funicello and David Stollery (from Spin and Marty), each holding a placard representing the four seasons.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • Christmas Eve at Mickey's story and art
  • Two-page story and photos about Elfego Baca, with pictures of star Robert Loggia from the ABC-TV TV series, Walt Disney Presents; some of the episodes were released on the Treasures DVD set
  • Four-page story and photo spread of Guy Williams in a Zorro story
  • Annette Funicello photo album of photos of her at school, work and play
  • Article and photo on the Everly Brothers
  • An ad for Disneyland records, showing several of the 45 rpm DBR line-up releases
  • And more!
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 Volume IV, Number 2
This issue, Volume IV, Number 2 was the 18th issue. There's a great color photo of Walt Disney and Albert Sharpe meeting the King of the Leprechauns from Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • A message from Walt Disney himself about Sleeping Beauty and Darby O'Gill.
  • Four-page article and photo spread written by Walt, "How I Met the King of the Leprechauns" about the making of "Darby O'Gill," Disney's newest film. It's very similar in nature to the TV show along the same name that was recently included as a bonus feature on the special edition DVD with Sean Connery.
  • There's a two-page photo spread about the work involved in recording an Annette Funicello album with photos of her recording her hit records, i.e., "Hawaiiannette, "Italiannette," "Teenage Wedding," "Escapade in Florence," etc.
  • A two-page photo and story spread with Tom Tryon as Texas John Slaughter
  • Four-page color photo spread about "Sleeping Beauty"
  • Mickey on Tom Sawyer's Island at Disneyland story
  • Two-page photo spread and map of Tom Sawyer's Island - vintage photos at Disneyland!
  • An article about Dixieland, with a photo of Cubby O'Brien playing the drums, accompanied by animator Ward Kimball and composer George Bruns
  • Cruise of the Eagle, story and color photo spread about the Coast Guard, taken from the People and Places featurette of the same name
  • Chip and Dale meet Scrooge McDuck story
  • A photo of Karen Pendleton with a leopard from the Disneyland Circus
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 Volume IV, Number 3
This issue, Volume IV, Number 3 was the 19th issue. There's a great color photo of Roberta Shore and the Shaggy Dog in chairs with their names on them on the set of the hit movie that also starred Annette Funicello, Tommy Kirk and Tim Considine.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • An ad for three new Sleeping Beauty LP record albums.
  • Four-page article and photo spread Roberta Shore, her life and work. (She appears to talk about her work on the "Shaggy Dog" DVD released by Disney and she's one of the nicest people if you ever meet her in person). 
  • A story by Dick Huemer on silhouettes, with silhouettes of Annette and Tommy Cole illustrating the piece, along with Kevin "Moochie" Corcoran posing for Tommy Kirk, trying his hand at drawing one, and then more silhouettes of Karen Pendleton, Jimmie Dodd, and Darlene Gillespie.
  • There's an article about silhouettes, demonstrated by Tommy Kirk and Kevin "Moochie" Corcoran.
  • A two-page photo and story spread about the dog who plays the Shaggy Dog in the then new Disney film
  • Four-page color photo spread and story from Zorro, this being the episode that guest starred Annette Funicello; she's pictured in three different photos, as well as Guy Williams
  • Two-page photo spread and story about the different modes of transportation at Disneyland, including the old Conestoga wagon and the stage coach ride through the Painted Desert - vintage color photos at Disneyland!
  • An article on The Four Preps, the Kingston Trio, and Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, with photos of all
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20
 Volume 4, Number 4
This issue, Volume 4, Number 4, was the 20th issue. The front cover has a great shot of Annette Funicello wearing a scarf; the same photo was used on one of her early LP record albums.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • "Annette Funicello Answers Your Questions," a two-page spread in which Annette answers readers' questions about dating, going steady, singing, friendships with the Mouseketeers, acting on "Zorro," blind dates, favorite foods, Danny Thomas, Ricky Nelson, driving, etc.
  • "Unexpected Holiday," a five-page "Spin and Marty" serial story
  • Stories about the "Shaggy Dog"
  • Mesa Verde: Castle in the Cliff
  • "About Tommy Kirk," an interesting two-page article with many photos from Kirk's life and career, including at home, cutting his birthday cake with Annette, on the "Hardy Boys" with Tim Considine, and more
  • A fantastic, four-page Disneyland article "written" by Walt himself, entitled: "How We Selected the New Attractions in Disneyland"; there's a great photo of Walt with a model of the Matterhorn; Walt writes about how "Third Man on the Mountain" inspired this attraction, as well as writing about the new Monorail Train and the Submarine Voyage that all opened in 1959
  • "Zorro and the Missing Father," Part 2 of a Zorro story, illustrated with color photos of guest star Annette Funicello and Guy Williams
  • An article with photos about recording artists Molly Bee and Tommy Sands
  • And more!
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 Volume 4, Number 5
This issue, Volume 4, Number 5, was the 21st issue, the next-to-last one printed. The front cover has a great shot of Annette Funicello, Tommy Kirk, Tim Considine and Roberta Shore on a double date, throwing coins into a fountain.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • Two-page photo spread and story about Kevin "Moochie" Corcoran learning to ride horses for the circus Disney film, "Toby Tyler."
  • Fantastic photo spread of Annette Funicello, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore and Tommy Kirk on a double date in downtown old Los Angeles at Olvera Street, shopping, eating and sampling Mexican food and merchandise. 
  • Article on singer Dodie Stevens
  • A story about the mice from Cinderella
  • A two-page photo spread of Annette Funicello and Roberta Shore visiting the set of "Toby Tyler"
  • A six-page story, continued from the previous issue, about a mystery involving Spin and Marty, the first season of which was released on DVD as part of the Disney Treasures boxed set 
  • A four-page story about John Wesley Powell and the first explorers of the Grand Canyon, the basis of which later became the 1960 Disney film, "Ten Who Dared," starring Brian Keith, R.G. Armstrong, David Stollery, John Beal and David Frankham
  • A full-page ad for Annette's Buena Vista LP record
  • And more!
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 Volume 4, Number 6
This issue, Volume 4, Number 6, was the 22nd issue, the very last one printed in the series as it came to a close when "The Mickey Mouse Club" went off the air. It's fairly rare, as the series' circulation dwindled toward the end of its run. The front cover has a great shot of a young lady who hoped to be the first girl in space.

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • A message from Walt Disney himself
  • A story on the first girl in space
  • A Scrooge McDuck mystery featuring the Carl Barks Dell comic book creation
  • Why leaves change color
  • Four pages of story and artwork from Kidnapped, which Disney filmed as a movie starring James MacArthur after Third Man on the Mountain and The Light in the Forest.
  • Photos from Light in the Forest, Elfego Baca, Davy Crockett and the River Pirates, Toby Tyler, Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Spin and Marty
  • Annette Funicello LP record ad
  • And more!
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Title: Walt Disney's Big Book

In the late 1950s, Disney, in association with Western Publishing (Whitman & Golden Press), created the wonderful Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club Magazine. The name was changed to Walt Disney's Magazine toward the end of the run, which included 22 issues in all.

These magazines always featured superb color photography and stories about Walt Disney's Mouseketeers, including Annette Funicello, Darlene Gillespie, Cubby O'Brien, Bobby Burgess, Doreen Tracey, Cheryl Holdridge, Sharon Baird, Jimmie Dodd, as well as Spin and Marty with David Stollery and Tim Considine, Zorro with Guy Williams, and behind-the-scenes articles about the Disneyland theme park in its early years, only natural since the magazines were sold in the park, including at the Art Corner in Tomorrowland.

This hardcover book was published by Whitman Publishing in 1958. It features some of the best articles, stories and color photos from the third year of the magazine, which by then had dropped the "Mickey Mouse Club" name and simply become Walt Disney's Magazine.

Two volumes came before this one, each collectible because they're a little more permanent than the magazines, a little more durable for reading. Because the readership was getting older and moving on around the time the MMC show went off the air, this is usually the rarest of the three books. There are 124 pages in all!

The cover features a photo of Annette Funicello in her western cowgirl outfit, along with Flora, Fauna and Merryweather from "Sleeping Beauty" on the cover. Inside, the first two pages include a beautiful forest rendering of Briar Rose and Prince Phillip - you can tell the studio was gearing up to promote the release of the new movie that starred the voice of Mary Costa as the princess.

Disney artists and writers credited for work in the book include: Frank Armitage, X. Atencio, Bill Bosche, Eyvind Earl, Sam McKim, Walt Peregoy, Art Riley, Roy E. Disney, Alfred and Elma Milotte, James Algar, Les Clark, Winston Hibler, Stan Jones, Lance Nolley, Ted Sears, and many others, a virtual who's who of Disney from this golden era!

Here's a list of the great articles and photos inside:
  • Message from Walt Disney
  • Is There Life On Mars? - a four-page spread taken from one of Ward Kimball's Tomorrowland shows
  • The Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom instruments
  • Two-page color photo and story spread about King Arthur's Carousel at Disneyland
  • Iron Eyes Cody and Indian Lore
  • Great photo spread and story about Ken Anderson and his crew building the miniature houses of Storybook Land at Disneyland
  • Two-page color photo spread about Karen Pendleton
  • Two pages of color candids of the Mousekteers at home and play, including one of Annette and her brothers Mike and Joey
  • Four-page article about the making of the first True-Life Fantasy film, Perri
  • Two-page story about the dogs of Lady and the Tramp
  • Four-page color story about Zorro with Guy Williams!
  • Article about Paul Bunyan, the Disney featurette voiced by Thurl Ravenscroft
  • Four-page story about Sleeping Beauty, the new Disney film
  • Eight-page Lillie Hayward story, "Annette," the same story from Annette's famed TV serial about the farmgirl who comes to the city
  • And more!
Condition: This book is in overall good condition. The inside is in good condition, white pages, clean and bright, with wear to the interior where the spine strained at the staples and was reinforced with tape a the front; there's also a name written inside. It's otherwise a decent copy for enjoying.