Joe Piper

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Eyes: Black
Hair: None
Race: Bulldog


Occupation: Criminal and plumber
Legal status: U.S. citizen
Identity: Publicly known
Base of operations: Duckburg


Story: Joe Piper is a small time crook in Duckburg.


Continuity: Disney
Publisher(s): Disney
First app.: Comics: Mickey Mouse Newspaper strip (1938)
Creator(s): Floyd Gottfredson
Country of origin: USA


Background notes: Joe Piper first appeared in the Mickey Mouse newspaper strip in 1938 in the story The Plumber's Helper, which ran from July 2nd to December 10th, The story is mostly notable for its first appearance of Detective Casey, and Floyd Gottfredson never used the character again. With the exception of a few covers, on Italian comics, the character was not seen again until 1961 in the Italian Topolino (libretto) #290, and until now he has only been seen in a few stories. So far the Italians have published around 14 stories with Joe Piper, the last one being from 2009.

There are no records of Joe Piper appearing outside the comic books.


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