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Mickey Mouse, the most popular mouse in the world is more than a comic character. He is an icon. The origin of Mickey Mouse traces six months before the launch of Walt Disney, in 1923 and since then has been a regular character in animated cartoons and comic strips from the Walt Disney Company.
The Mickey Mouse and Friends comic book series first appeared in 1939 and has an unbroken run till date, with many sub-series featuring related characters like Donald Duck having successfully branched off. The only hiatus was between 1990 and 2003 when the series was not published in the United States. The present publishers are Boom! Studios.
The protagonist of the Mickey Mouse and Friends comic series is Mickey Mouse, with Goofy, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse playing the major supporting cast. Peg-Leg Pete, formerly “Black Pete” is the antagonist and is portrayed as a criminal and Mickey’s rival. Other adversaries include Emil Eagle, Eli Squinch, Sylvester Shyster, Dangerous Dan McBoo and the Phantom Blot, all of who make an appearance at some time or the other.
Mickey Mouse is presented as a hero who makes it his mission to crush the forces of evil. Minnie Mouse, his girlfriend is a bar dancer. Goofy is presented as a clumsy sidekick to Mickey Mouse.