Four Color Friday: Mickey Mouse Birthday Party

1953 marked the 25th Anniversary of the creation of Mickey Mouse and Dell Comics celebrated with the publication of Mickey Mouse Birthday Party, a whopping 100-page comic book chocked full of Disney four color fun.  While the actual content was not exceptionally remarkable, the inside front cover of the comic featured a message from Walt Disney, as displayed above.  Mickey is currently approaching his 83rd birthday, but let's face it--he doesn't look a day over 25!