''Mickey Mouse Adventures'' was a

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first published by

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from 1990 to 1991. It featured

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as the main character along with other characters from the Mickey Mouse universe. Somewhat similar in style to the

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'', it was based on the continuity of earlier print material starring Mickey, mainly

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's stories in the ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip. These stories usually featured Mickey, with the help of longtime friends

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, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow, having adventures in or out of

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against adversaries such as

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, Big Bad Pete,

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, and even newcomer villains like Wiley Wildbeest, Ms. Vixen, and Prince Penguin. The main feature was written by contemporary writers such as

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, and others. The back-up features were reprints of classic Mickey Mouse comic stories. The comic ran for 18 issues from April 1990 to September 1991. From August 2004 to October 2006,

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published a smaller,

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series of ''Mickey Mouse Adventures'', alongside ''

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''. The bi-monthly book was 128 pages and usually contained three or more longer stories that featured Mickey and various other

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characters. The issue numbering of the original Disney Comics series was ignored, the digests being numbered issue 1 through 12 (issues 13 and 14 were announced, but cancelled). ''Mickey Mouse Adventures'' was the only comic book that was originally published by Disney Comics that was published again by Gemstone but was never published by

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