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Today everyone knows Mickey Mouse as the cheerful ambassador ofall things Disney. But back in the 1930s, Mickey gained fame as a rough-and-tumble, two-fisted epic hero #xE2;#xAC;#x1D; an adventurousscrapper matching wits with mobsters, kidnappers, spies, and even (gulp!) city slickers! And Mickey#xE2;#xAC;"s greatestfeats of derring-do took place in his daily comic strip, written and drawn by one of the greatest cartoonists of the 20thcentury #xE2;#xAC;#x1D; Floyd Gottfredson. For its first quarter-century, Gottfredson#xE2;#xAC;"s Mickey Mouse was a rip-roaring serial: the most popular cartoon-basedcomic of its time, a trendsetting adventure continuity aimed at both kids and grown-ups, and the foundation on whichall later Disney comics grew #xE2;#xAC;#x1D; including the adventures of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge by Gottfredson#xE2;#xAC;"s Disneycolleague Carl Barks. Glimpses of Floyd Gottfredson#xE2;#xAC;"s masterpiece have been reprinted over the years, most famously in Bill Blackbeard#xE2;#xAC;"sclassic Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics. But the whole strip has never been comprehensively collected inEnglish #xE2;#xAC;#x1D; until now! Fantagraphics Books is proud to bring this classic Disney creation to a 21st century audience inits entirety, starting from the strip#xE2;#xAC;"s 1930 launch. Relive Mickey#xE2;#xAC;"s race to a gold mine with Pegleg Pete hot on his heels;Mickey#xE2;#xAC;"s life on the lam after being framed for bank robbery; even Mickey#xE2;#xAC;"s ringside battle with a hulking heavyweightchamp! The premiere volume features a dozen different adventures starring Mickey, his gal Minnie and her uncle Mortimer,his pals Horace Horsecollar and Butch, the villainous Pegleg Pete, and the mysterious and shrouded Fox. Gottfredson#xE2;#xAC;"s vibrant visual storytelling has never been more beautifully reproduced; we promise the best reprintingthe strip has ever seen, with each daily lovingly restored from Disney#xE2;#xAC;"s original negatives and proof sheets. #xE2;#xAC;SDeathValley#xE2;#xAC; also includes more than 50 pages of fascinating supplementary features, including rare behind-the-scenes art andvintage publicity material from the first two years of the strip. Critics, scholars, seasoned Disney archivists, and fellowcartoonists provide commentary and historical essays on the strip#xE2;#xAC;"s creation and execution. Walt Disney often said that his studio#xE2;#xAC;"s success #xE2;#xAC;Sall started with a Mouse#xE2;#xAC; #xE2;#xAC;#x1D; Walt himself wrote the Mickey Mousestrip before turning it over to the able hands of Gottfredson #xE2;#xAC;#x1D; and today Mickey is among the world#xE2;#xAC;"s most recognizableicons. Now it#xE2;#xAC;"s time to rediscover the wild, unforgettable personality behind the icon: Floyd Gottfredson#xE2;#xAC;"s MickeyMouse.