Firestone Giveaways
Seven comic books altogether, given away annually (1943 thru 1949) around Christmas time at Firestone stores. Each comic book had 20 pages, presenting advertisements on inside front covers, inside back covers, and back covers, respectively. Some front covers are presented as thumbnails here, please click on thumbs to get large images.
1943 issue titled Firestone Presents Comics, while subsequent issues had the title Donald and Mickey Merry Christmas from Firestone. The 1943 and 1944 issues were filled with reprints, while following issues presented new material


1943

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Firestone Presents Comics (1943)
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Cover art (unidentified artist)
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Reprint only: Donald Duck (10 pages) from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 32 (written and drawn by Carl Barks)
Reprint only: Four Mickey Mouse Sunday newspaper comic pages (4/27/41 (?), 11/30/41, 5/11/41, 5/4/41; all written by Merrill de Maris, drawn by Manuel Gonzales, inked by Bill Wright)
Reprint only: Two Little Hiawatha Sunday newspaper comic pages (7/27/41, ?/?/41; all written by Hubie Karp, drawn by Bob Grant)
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1944
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Donald and Mickey Merry Christmas from Firestone (1944)
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Cover art (unidentified artist)
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Reprint only: Donald Duck (10 pages) from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 35 (written and drawn by Carl Barks)
Reprint only: Three Mickey Mouse Sunday newspaper comic pages (12/14/41 (?), 9/7/41, 9/14/41; all written by Merrill de Maris, drawn by Manuel Gonzales, inked by Bill Wright)
Reprint only: Two Little Hiawatha Sunday newspaper comic pages (12/14/41, 12/28/41; all written by Hubie Karp, drawn by Bob Grant)

Note: The reprint pages sum up to 15 pages; content of the 16th interior page is currently unknown (advertisement like the covers?)

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1945
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Donald and Mickey Merry Christmas from Firestone (1945)
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Cover art (unidentified artist)
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  • Donald Duck's Best Christmas

    • Written and drawn by Carl Barks. (I.N.D.U.C.K.S.)
  • Mickey's Christmas Mix-up

    • Writer unknown, drawn by Don Gunn. (I.N.D.U.C.K.S.)

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1946
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Donald and Mickey Merry Christmas from Firestone (1946)
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Cover art (by Carl Buettner, found on Ebay)
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  • Donald Duck in Santa's Stormy Visit

    • Complete story available here.
    Written and drawn by Carl Barks. (I.N.D.U.C.K.S.)
  • Mickey Mouse - Mickey's Christmas Trees

    • Complete story available here.
    Writer unknown, drawn by Don Gunn. (I.N.D.U.C.K.S.)

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1947
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Donald and Mickey Merry Christmas from Firestone (1947)
(I.N.D.U.C.K.S.)		 (No image available)
Cover art (by Carl Buettner)
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  • Donald Duck in Three Good Little Ducks

    • Written and drawn by Carl Barks. (I.N.D.U.C.K.S.)
  • Mickey Mouse's Christmas Story

    • Writer unknown, drawn by Gil Turner. (I.N.D.U.C.K.S.)

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1948

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Donald and Mickey Merry Christmas from Firestone (1948)
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Cover art (by Tom McKimson)
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  • Donald Duck in Toyland

    • Rewritten and drawn by Carl Barks. (I.N.D.U.C.K.S.)
  • Mickey Mouse in A Day with Santa

    • Writer unknown, drawn by Harvey Eisenberg. (I.N.D.U.C.K.S.)

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1949
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Donald and Mickey Merry Christmas from Firestone (1949)
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Cover art (possibly by Jim Pabian)
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  • Donald Duck in New Toys

    • Written and drawn by Carl Barks. (I.N.D.U.C.K.S.)
  • Mickey Mouse's Christmas Surprise

    • Writer unknown, drawn by Bill Wright. (I.N.D.U.C.K.S.)

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