Mickey Mouse Weekly
''Mickey Mouse Weekly'' is a 1936–1957 weekly British tabloid Disney comics magazine, the first British comic with full colour photogravure printing. It was launched by Willbank Publications and later continued by Odhams Press. The comics were said to be "drawn in a slick, smooth style which was clearly influenced by American comics." ''Mickey Mouse Weekly'' featured American reprints as well as original British Disney comics material, including the first Donald Duck comic book serial. The magazine also featured reprints of Floyd Gottfredson's ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip continuities in full colour on the back cover. 920 issues of ''Mickey Mouse Weekly'' were published between 8 February 1936 and 28 December 1957. Publication history ''Mickey Mouse Weekly'' was inspired by the 1935 launch of '' Mickey Mouse Magazine'', the first American Disney newsstand publication. It began as a 12-page tabloid, with four pages in colour — the cover pages and the centrefold. The ear ...
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