The Musical Farmer (1932) (6:58)
Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto perform their barnyard chores amidst spurts of song and dance. However, everyone’s attention is drawn when one of the resident hens lays a humungous egg.

Trader Mickey (1932) (7:12)
When Mickey and Pluto venture deep into the mysterious jungle, they meet some very goofy natives (so goofy, in fact, that they all possess the signature Goofy laugh). At first, they’re only interested in cooking the two adventurers, until Mickey wins them over with his musical abilities.

The Wayward Canary (1932) (7:21)
Mickey buys Minnie a canary and a group of baby canaries as a gift. The pets are plenty of fun, except when the babies get into some ink and begin showering the mouse’s pad with black markings.

Mickey’s Pal Pluto (1933) (7:37)
There’s a new addition to the Mouse household – a litter of kittens! Pluto doesn’t take too kindly to the bunch of fur balls, though, and faces an internal struggle with his good side and bad side. When the batch of felines gets stuck in a well, will Pluto be able to overcome his dislike to save them? Let’s hope!

Mickey’s Mechanical Man (1933) (6:51)
Our old Mick proves to be quite the mechanic, as he constructs a boxing robot to go up against the giant Killer Kong in the ring. The Mech Man isn’t the sturdiest machine, but Mickey and Minnie discover that he goes ballistic when he hears the sound of a horn.

This section contains several cartoons that haven’t been shown in their unedited form in years. Maltin makes another intro for this section (1:20), putting the racial stereotypes in the following cartoons into context.

The Haunted House (1929) (6:48)
Mickey finds himself trapped in a creepy mansion with a group of live skeletons, who happen to love music. They put him to work on the piano as they sing and dance, reminiscent of the well-known Silly Symphony short, “The Skeleton Dance.”

The Moose Hunt (1931) (7:23)
Mickey and Pluto go hunting together, encountering all sorts of forest creatures. After some goofy gags and Pluto faking his death, the duo runs into a very large and hostile moose.

The Delivery Boy (1931) (8:12)
While on his delivery route, Mickey stops by Minnie’s backyard to do some flirting. The two play a duet on the piano while Pluto gets in trouble with some dynamite.

The Grocery Boy (1932) (7:09) (7:05)
Minnie calls Mickey & Pluto up to deliver the groceries she needs to make dinner. When they arrive, Mickey helps his beau prepare turkey and cake, beside Pluto’s antics.

Mickey in Arabia (1932) (6:56)
The two mice lovers take a vacation to Arabia to soak up the sun and take in the sights. Their tour is interrupted when Pete kidnaps Minnie, forcing Mickey to come to rescue on a drunken camel.

First up are the rather large thumbnail Galleries. Art from the various cartoons on this set includes “Background Paintings” (25 stills) and “Animation Drawings” (152), which contains storyboards. “Mickey’s Poster Archive” (19) has advertisements for nearly every short in this volume, and “Mickey Mouse Fully Covered” (43) holds covers for books, magazines and records.

Next, the Mickey’s Sunday Funnies comic strips can be viewed in two different ways. One can watch a video (15:19), which includes an introductory biography on comics artist Floyd Gottfredson, before linking the various comics together in a single presentation. Or, there is a stills gallery that allows the viewer to flip through each strip individually. In this gallery, the 90 stills are sectioned under the 8 dates that they premiered at.

Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume 2 is a solid presentation of the shorts from Mickey’s early career, and very much on par with previous releases of the mouse’s cartoons. This particular batch isn’t my personal favorite from Mickey’s career, but the shorts remain noteworthy and full of history and nostalgia. For Disney fans and animation buffs, this set is a must-have, especially if one already owns the previous Mickey volumes.