Mickey Mouse on Spook's Island

Mickey Mouse on Spook's Island is a 1947 Mickey Mouse comic book story, originally published in Four Color Comics #170. It was reprinted in 1965, appearing in Mickey Mouse #103.
==Synopsis==
One morning, Mickey catches his nephews, Morty and Ferdie, try to show up a tough kid by making up stories about him constantly being arrested. As he scolds them, a policeman shows up and tells him that Chief O'Hara wants to see him at once. The Chief tells him that ten sailors have mysteriously vanished; each time the merchant ship Lucy Belle sets sail, the two newest crewmen always seem to disappear, and all of them had criminal records. Mickey takes up the task of solving the mystery, and he goes down to the docks disguised as a common thug.
At the docks, Mickey finds Goofy, wearing Donald Duck's sailor shirt, looking for a sailing job. Mickey decides to take him along as his partner in solving the mystery, and they head to a waterfront dive called The Red Lobster to look for Captain Hazzard, the skipper of the Lucy Belle. The two enter the tavern, pretending to be wanted felons named "Butch O'Mouse" and "Trigger", and are immediately hired by Hazzard. Unfortunately, Hazzard's chief bosun is none other than Black Pete, who recognizes "Butch" has his nemesis, and two immediately hatch a plan to get rid of Mickey and Goofy.
As our heroes go aboard the ship, Hazzard introduces them to Pete, who he claims has amnesia and doesn't remember a thing about his past. Pete acts friendly toward the two, but reminds him that when Captain Hazzard gives an order, they must obey. At that moment, Hazzard orders them to climb up to the crow's nest, and then to jump all the way back down. Mickey refuses to oblige, since doing so could kill them, resulting in them getting thrown into the brig. As Mickey and Goofy try to think of a way off the ship, Pete shows up to give them their bread and water, and he "accidentally" drops the keys to their cell. The two decide to escape in the dead of night in a lifeboat and row toward a distant island... just as Pete and the Captain had planned. 
Mickey and Goofy arrive on the island, where they encounter a various animals that seem to be talking to them. While running in fright, the two meet Professor Pip, who was pulling a ventriloquism trick on them. He welcomes them to Spook's Island, which he named for his trained gorilla, and invites them into his home for dinner. Pip reveals that made a deal with Pete to have Hazzard "deliver" criminals to him for $200 each; he explains that he began taking the law into his own hands when the police failed to find the man who murdered Spook's mate, who he remembers as having a butterfly tattoo on the palm of his hand. Suddenly, Mickey and Goofy get sleepy and pass out on the dinner table.
The next morning, Mickey and Goofy wake up and realize that Pip had drugged their food. They find themselves, along with the other disappeared sailors, in a private zoo for Spook to look and laugh at, but Mickey soon gets an idea to get them out of their predicament. A little later, Pete and Hazzard arrive on the island to collect their back payments. When Hazzard extends his hand, Pip sees it has a butterfly tattoo on it, and he immediately pulls a gun on them. Just then, Chief O'Hara and his force arrive to arrest the villains and free Mickey and Goofy. Back home, Morty and Fredie ask their uncle how he managed to let the police know where he was, and Mickey reveals that his duffle bag happened to have a carrier pigeon in it.
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Category:Mickey Mouse comic stories