Before the friendly
Before was a friendly, he was a mischievous, adventurous rascal to help promote the public. He later got his own comic strip with the first volume being the Race to Death Valley. the comic started a little rough but as soon as it took off into a wild adventure where he must deal with a nefarious suitor, a feline moonshiner. He's attempt to become a boxer, a kidnapper, and a stint on a desert island. After Mickey Mouse had become a marvelous figure for the American public during WWII, he was used to promote Uncle Sam's idea to the publicize the war effort. Mickey was used as propagranda figure, such as Uncle Sam, to promote and publicize American aviators.
(Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. One: 'Race to Death Valley.,<http://web.ebscohost.com/>)
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