#217

Cover code: 90027. No cover date appears on cover or in indicia. On-sale date from The Comic Reader #217.

All reprint issue. Cover and comic contents are all reprint. No interior ads in this issue. Ads are limited to inside and back covers.

The issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one reads 90027-206 (...with "206" translating to June, 1982). The previous issue, #216, had a published cover date of April, 1982, meaning that this issue was likely delayed (or on hiatus) for about two years, given the irregular suspensions and restarts of the Whitman line during its final years.

The following issue (#218) had an issue code reading 90027-208 (...with "208" translating to August, 1982). This would indicate that the same situation prevailed for Mickey Mouse #218 - which would be the last issue from Western Publishing.