I'm a big fan of the Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge stories by Carl Barks but I like plenty of other Disney artists too. I enjoyed the Paul Murry's Mickey Mouse 3 part serials from Walt Disney Comics And Stories when I was a kid and I've been a fan of his since. Between 1953 and 1962 Paul had a story in each monthly issue, from 1963 to 1972 he produced occasional stories, after that he continued to produce single stories through 1984 when he retired. He died 5 years later at age 77.
The first 21 stories appear in the first three Disney Masters books from Paul Murry. The art is reproduced extremely well, nice solid blacks and crisp clean lines, and coloring that's like the original comics but better reproduced.he nice white pages make the art nearly pop off the page.
Here's a copy of the title page from a story in the 3rd volume and a copy of the title page from WDC&S 205 to compare. I've gotten spoiled by the wealth of comic book reprints and the quality of their reproduction that I often prefer reading them over the original comics that I have.
Paul Murry is the only artist to have 4 volumes in the series. So far. Lucky for some of us, there are plenty more stories to reprint. His 4th book in the Disney Masters series is The New Adventures of The Phantom Blot. It reprints all seven issues of the Gold Key comic The Phantom Blot from 1962 to 1964. Plenty more Mickey and Goofy adventures.
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