TaleSpin (Disney Comics)

TaleSpin was a short-lived comic book series published by Disney Comics, based on the animated television series of the same name. It ran for a total of eleven issues, starting with a four-issue mini-series adapting the show's multi-part "origin story" episode, "Plunder and Lightning" (or "Take Off", as the comic adaptation titled it).

Following the positive reception of the mini-series, the TaleSpin comic became an ongoing series starting in April 1991. Bobbi J.G. Weiss was the writer for most of the comic, while the fifth issue was a comic adaptation of the episode "The Old Man and the Sea Duck". From issue #4 onward, the letters page at the end of each issue featured the characters answering the fan-mail.

Unfortunately, due to the Disney Comics Implosion in late 1991, the TaleSpin comic was cancelled after only seven issues had been published. As a result of this, several planned stories that were to have revealed previously unseen background information on the characters; for instance, the 13th issue was intended to reveal the origin of the Iron Vulture. Issue #7, the final issue to actually be published, notably explored Kit Cloudkicker's backstory and revealed how he joined up with the Air Pirates prior to the beginning of the series' events.

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Cartoon-based titles

"Core Four" and other titles based on shorts: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories • Mickey Mouse (Adventures/Wizards of Mickey/X-Mickey) • Donald Duck (Adventures/PKNA/Double Duck) • Uncle Scrooge (Adventures) • Goofy Adventures • Donald and Mickey • Walt Disney Giant • Walt Disney Showcase

Based on animated features: Aladdin • Beauty and the Beast (New Adventures) • Big Hero 6 • Cars • Cinestory Comics • Disney Comic Hits! • Disney Fairies • Disney Princess • Disney Villains • Frozen • The Incredibles • The Little Mermaid (Disney Comics/Marvel) • Monsters, Inc.: Laugh Factory • Tangled • Toy Story • Zootopia: Friends to the Rescue
Based on TV cartoons: Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers • Darkwing Duck • The Disney Afternoon • DuckTales (IDW) • Gargoyles (Marvel/SLG/Dynamite) • Star vs. the Forces of Evil: Deep Trouble • TaleSpin

Other Disney-related comic books

Based on live-action films and shows: Dinosaurs • John Carter: World of Mars • The Muppet Show Comic Book (Spin-off mini-series: Muppet Robin Hood/Muppet Peter Pan/Muppet King Arthur/Muppet Snow White/Muppet Sherlock Holmes) • Roger Rabbit (Toontown) • Star Wars (Adventures/Forces of Destiny)

Based on theme park attractions: Disney Kingdoms (Seekers of the Weird/Figment/Big Thunder Mountain Railroad/Figment 2/The Haunted Mansion/Enchanted Tiki Room) • SLG's The Haunted Mansion • Pirates of the Caribbean

Comic magazines
Aku Ankka • Disney Adventures • Disney Junior Magazine • Frozen: The Official Magazine • Mickey's Magazine • Mickey Mouse Magazine • Minnie & Daisy BFF Magazine • Picsou Magazine • Phineas and Ferb • Topolino

Publishers
Dell Comics • Gold Key Comics • Gladstone Publishing • Disney Comics • Marvel Comics • Dark Horse Comics • Gemstone Publishing • Boom! Studios • Fantagraphics • IDW Publishing • Joe Books • Dynamite Entertainment • Egmont Group

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Media
TaleSpin (Videography/Soundtrack) • Reboot • Walt Disney's World on Ice: Double Feature... Live! • Raw Toonage • NES game • Genesis game • Comic book

Characters

Baloo • Kit Cloudkicker • Rebecca Cunningham • Molly Cunningham • Wildcat • Louie Lamount • Airplane Jane • Clementine Clevenger • Katie Dodd • Princess Grace • King Amok • Lotta Lamour • Prince Nevarhas Bin-Broak • Bandar-log • Captain William Stansbury • Joe Magee • Doctor Cooper • Rick Sky • Whistlestop Jackson • Myra Foxworthy • Detective Thursday • Inspector Burrow • Oscar Vandersnoot • Shere Khan • Khan's Pilots • Don Karnage • Air Pirates • Ivanod Spigot • Sergeant Dunder • Jack Case • Daring Dan Dawson • Ace London • Heimlich Menudo • Weazel • General Patton • Trader Moe • Thaddeus E. Klang • Kitten Kaboodle • Ignatius • Dr. Axolotl • Dr. Zibaldo • Buffy and Muffy Vanderschmere • Douglas Benson • Prince Rudolf • Chancellor Trample • Emperor Wan Lo • Professor Martin Torque • Seymour • Covington • MacKnee • Sheriff Gomer Cleghorn and Deputy Wendell • Crazy Edie • Cool Hands Luke • Hans and Helga

Episodes

"I Only Have Ice for You" • "Time Waits for No Bear" • "A Touch of Glass" • "It Came From Beneath the Sea Duck" • "The Bigger They Are, the Louder They Oink" • "The Idol Rich" • "Stormy Weather" • "Plunder and Lightning" • "From Here to Machinery" • "Mommy for a Day" • "Molly Coddled" • "Polly Wants a Treasure" • "Vowel Play" • "Bearly Alive" • "Her Chance to Dream" • "All's Whale That Ends Whale" • "The Golden Sprocket of Friendship" • "For a Fuel Dollars More" • "A Bad Reflection on You" • "On a Wing and a Bear" • "A Star is Torn" • "A Spy in the Ointment" • "The Balooest of the Bluebloods" • "A Baloo Switcheroo" • "Whistlestop Jackson, Legend" • "Double or Nothing" • "Feminine Air" • "Last Horizons" • "Flight of the Snow Duck" • "Save the Tiger" • "The Old Man and the Sea Duck" • "War of the Weirds" • "Captains Outrageous" • "The Time Bandit" • "For Whom the Bell Klangs" • "Citizen Khan" • "Gruel and Unusual Punishment" • "Jolly Molly Christmas" • "My Fair Baloo" • "Waiders of the Wost Tweasure" • "Flight School Confidential" • "Bringing Down Babyface" • "Jumping the Guns" • "In Search of Ancient Blunders" • "Louie's Last Stand" • "Sheepskin Deep" • "Pizza Pie in the Sky" • "Baloo Thunder" • "Bullethead Baloo" • "Destiny Rides Again" • "Mach One for the Gipper" • "Stuck on You" • "The Sound and the Furry" • "The Road to Macadamia" • "The Ransom of Red Chimp" • "Your Baloo's in the Mail" • "Paradise Lost" • "The Incredible Shrinking Molly" • "Bygones" • "Flying Dupes"

Locations
Cape Suzette • Higher for Hire • Louie's Place • Wildcat's Houseboat • Khan Industries • Thembria • Pirate Island • Walla-Walla-Bing-Bang • Macadamia • Tinabula • Panda-La

Songs
Spin It • I'm Gone • Home is Where the Heart Is • Sky Pirates • Monkey In Your Tank • Friends for Life

Objects
Sea Duck • Khan Transport • Iron Vulture • Spruce Moose • Pirate Fighters • Idol of the Spirit-Switcher • The Ruby Wings • The Three Bells of Tinabula

See also
The Jungle Book • The Disney Afternoon