House ad for The Three Mouseketeers #1 (March-April 1956); printed in Sugar and Spike #1 (April-May 1956)
Ad script, art and lettering by Sheldon Mayer
Yes, Disney gave the world the word "Mouseketeer" first, but not by much—The Mickey Mouse Club premiered November 1955, and The Three Mousekeeters #1 was released January 19, 1956. Given the lead time in production of comics and TV series, it's likely both Disney and Mayer developed the term separately. Talk about your laws of parallel development!
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DC had an earlier version of "The Three Mouseketeers" (a funny animal version of the Dumas characters), appearing in FUNNY STUFF from 1944 to 1947.
I never knew that, Bob! Thanks!
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