From the Archive - The Reluctant Dragon

Four Color Comics was started in 1939 with the publication of a Dick Tracy comic.  Issue 4 saw the earliest Disney Four Color comic and featured Donald Duck.  Issue 13 (from 1941) was the next Disney comic in the Four Color series...the Reluctant Dragon.  This is a well written and funny story about a dragon and a knight who were far more interested in reciting poetry than fighting.  The book also features some pictures of Walt Disney and Ward Kimball from the Reluctant Dragon movie from the same era.  And from the cover, you can see that Donald Duck, Goofy and the lesser known Baby Weems also are in the issue.  Included as well...a few pages on Fantasia.  So a fantastic comic all around.

I got this copy about 10 years ago.  Currently the CGC database (www.cgccomics.com) shows only 20 graded copies.  I suspect there aren't more that 50 to 100 of these books still around.