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Kamen the following year recruited Western Publishing to handle production and publication. By mid- 1936, Horne turned over the magazine to Kay Kamen who oversaw merchandising for Disney. Initially published by Hal Horne, it had artwork by John Stanley and text pieces by Irving Brecher.

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Publishing Mickey comic book stories in the United States was pioneered by the third Mickey Mouse Magazine series ( 1935– 1940).

In the mid-1930s, original Mickey comic book stories were being produced in Italy and the United Kingdom for local consumption. Two major artistic influences on the appearance of Mickey in comics are Floyd Gottfredson, who drew the Mickey Mouse daily newspaper strip from 1930 to 1975, and comic book artist Paul Murry, who drew Mickey stories from 1950 to 1984. Other adversaries have included Emil Eagle, Eli Squinch, Sylvester Shyster, the team of Dangerous Dan McBoo and Idjit the Midget, and the Phantom Blot. Mickey's perpetual rival is the criminal Peg-Leg Pete (sometimes 'Black Pete', 'Sneaky Pete' or 'Big Bad Pete'). The book emphasizes stories with Mickey and his supporting cast: Goofy, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and Mickey's nephews Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse. It received its own numbering system with issue #28 in 1953, and is currently being published by IDW Publishing. Mickey Mouse (titled Mickey Mouse and Friends from issues #257-303) is a long-running comic book series starring Mickey Mouse, first appearing in 1941 as part of the Four Color one-shot series.

For the comic based on the 2013 Mickey Mouse TV series, see Mickey Mouse (2013 comic book). This article is about the original Mickey Mouse comic book.

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