A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe

Changes: Possibly, this half page gag has been cut from a full page. As published in The Carl Barks Library - Set II, the borders of the panels look interrupted. At least, it seems that the bottom of the first tier, and the top of the second tier have been added.

Status: If changed, no cut art is known to have surfaced.

Questions: What material fills out the comic book page?
Could this gag originally have been one of three unidentified /disappeared Uncle Scrooge gags submitted on October 1, 1958?

Sources

W DD 72-00 big corncob and small corncob

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-534
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1959, October 22
Publication date: 1960, July-August
Issue: Donald Duck 72
Pages: 1

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W DD 73-00 cooking eggs and pancakes

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-534
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1959, November 27
Publication date: 1960, September-October
Issue: Donald Duck 73
Pages: 1

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W DD 77-00 space helmet bee

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-534
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1960, September 19
Publication date: 1961, May-June
Issue: Donald Duck 77
Pages: 1

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W DD 78-00 lawn mower and lawn sprinkler

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-535
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1960, August 8
Publication date: 1961, July-August
Issue: Donald Duck 78
Pages: 1

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W DD 79-07 Poor Loser

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-638
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, September 9
Publication date: 1961, September-October
Issue: Donald Duck 79
Pages: 1

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W DD 80-00 bird joins flute

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-535
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1961, March 4
Publication date: 1961, November-December
Issue: Donald Duck 80
Pages: 1

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W DD 81-09 The Sleepies

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-639
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Uncle Scrooge
Submission: 1958, February 17
Publication date: 1962, January-February
Issue: Donald Duck 81
Pages: 1

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W DD 83-00 bass drum carriers

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-536
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1961, November 6
Publication date: 1962, June-August
Issue: Donald Duck 83
Pages: 1

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W DD 101-00 the incredible golden iceberg

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-536
Type: cover, illustrating non-Barks story "The Incredible Golden Iceberg"
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1964, October 23
Publication date: 1965, May
Issue: Donald Duck 101
Pages: 1

Sources

W DD 103-00 treasure of aztec-land [inked version]

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-536
Type: cover, illustrating non-Barks story "Treasure of Aztecland"
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1965, February 18
Publication date: 1965, September
Issue: Donald Duck 103
Pages: 1
Based on: treasure of aztec-land [pencil sketch]

Additional credits: Identification of illustrated non-Barks story is taken from Inducks. (Title on the cover is "Treasure of Aztec-land", the title on the story itself is "Treasure of Aztecland".)

Barrier erroneously attributes the cover art to non-Barks story "The Golden Galleon".

Surviving material:

treasure of aztec-land [pencil sketch]

Sources

W DD 105-00 the great rainbow race

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-536
Type: cover, illustrating non-Barks story "The Great Rainbow Race"
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1965, July 23
Publication date: 1966, January
Issue: Donald Duck 105
Pages: 1

Sources

W DD 106-00 ambush at thunder mountain

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-641
Type: cover, illustrating non-Barks story "Ambush at Thunder Mountain"
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1965, July 22
Publication date: 1966, March
Issue: Donald Duck 106
Pages: 1

Additional credits: "Ambush at Thunder Mountain" is a 14-page Donald Duck story written by Vic Lockman, penciled by Tony Strobl, and inked by an unknown artist. (Inducks: W DD 106-02)

Changes: In Barks's original drawing for this cover (a pencil layout still exists), the nephew in the foreground appeared to be bouncing up and down on the drum with his bottom, instead of his feet. In the cover as published, a drawing of the nephew by another artist has been substituted for Barks's drawing. The nephew appears to be bouncing on the drum with his feet in the substituted drawing.

Surviving material:

CR DD 106 ambush at thunder mountain [cover layout]

Sources

W DD 111-00 the giant of duckburg

Barrier: MBAC-115
CBL: 02C-641
Type: cover, illustrating non-Barks story "The Giant of Duckburg"
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1966, June 9
Publication date: 1967, January
Issue: Donald Duck 111
Pages: 1

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W DD 117-00 werewolf and shaking tree

Barrier: ---
CBL: 02C-668 (pencil sketch); 02C-669 (published art)
Type: cover
Pencil: Tony Strobl
Ink: [unknown]
Script: [Carl Barks]
Script rewriting: [Tony Strobl?]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: [unknown]
Publication date: 1968, January
Issue: Donald Duck 117
Pages: 1

Changes: Barks's layout hasn't been followed very faithfully. In Barks's design, there's more movement and vitality. An obvious difference is that in Strobl's version, the tree has come loose off the ground.

Surviving material: