Yeah, as far as I can tell the comics were more of a German thing than an American thing. I've never been able to find them in the US but they're all over the place in Germany. That's why I wasn't sure how American cultural osmosis compared to the German variety despite having lived in America for the past 16 years now. Mickey and Donald don't seem to show up in much of anything as distinct characters around here as far as I can tell, so I'd no idea what a kid growing up without those comic books would think of them.