A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe (test)

Inducks: W CP 1-01
Barrier: MBAC-101
CBL: 06C-633
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1949, June 1 (Inducks submission: 1949-06-01)
Publication date: 1949, (November) (Inducks publication date: 1949-11)
Issue: Christmas Parade 1 [Dell]
Pages: 24 (Inducks pages: 24)
Inducks description: Donald fails to follow through on his promised delivery of a letter to Santa; HDL wants a steam digger as Christmas present

Layout:

Full page splash panel.
Contains freeform shaped panels.

Backstage: Donald and Scrooge were not the only hotheads to scrap with steam shovels. In 1926, Liberty magazine ran a cartoon by James Montgomery Flagg showing a similar battle of monster machines on a construction site in New York. Flagg was by this time a prominent illustrator and regular contributor to Judge, a magazine to which Barks himself would shortly submit cartoons.

When shown this drawing in 1985, Barks expressed surprise: "I had no idea Flagg ever stooped to such slapstick. No, I had never seen his cartoon, nor had I ever read Liberty magazine except in dentists' waiting rooms. The idea of steam shovels fighting is another of those 'naturals' that anybody should be able to think up."

Details: Donald's boot shown on page 21 to 24, travels from his right-foot to his left-foot and back.

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W CP 1-13 chance to read new book

Inducks: W CP 1-13
Barrier: MBAC-101
CBL: 06C-658
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1949, August 4 (Inducks submission: 1949-08-04)
Publication date: 1949, (November) (Inducks publication date: 1949-11)
Issue: Christmas Parade 1 [Dell]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Read paper in snow; DD trying to find a quiet place to read; The nephews drive Donald from the house

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CP 2 - Christmas Parade 2 [Dell]

Inducks: CP 2
Barrier: MBAC-101
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1950
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 132 (Inducks pages: 132)
Cover price: 25c

New material:

W CP 2-01 in "You Can't Guess!"

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W CP 2-01 in "You Can't Guess!"

(Inducks: You Can't Guess)

Inducks: W CP 2-01
Barrier: MBAC-101
CBL: 06C-659
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1950, May 24 (Inducks submission: 1950-05-24)
Publication date: 1950 (Inducks publication date: 1950-11)
Issue: Christmas Parade 2 [Dell]
Pages: 25 (Inducks pages: 25)
Inducks description: Everybody gives construction kits as present to HDL; The nephews attempt to guess what Donald wants for Christmas

Layout:

Full page splash panel.
Contains freeform shaped panels.

Updates: In panel 25.5, the nephews sing "Jingle Bells", which is an existant Christmas song.

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CP 8 - Christmas Parade No. 8 [Dell]

Inducks: CP 8
Barrier: MBAC-103
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1956, (December)
Country: USA
Cover type:
Issue title: Walt Disney's Christmas Parade - Giant Comics
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 100 (Inducks pages: 100)
Cover price: 25c

New material:

W CP 8-06 in Grandma's Present

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W CP 8-06 in Grandma's Present

(Inducks: Grandma's Present)

Inducks: W CP 8-06
Barrier: MBAC-101
CBL: 06C-685
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Gyro Gearloose (Inducks hero: Gyro Gearloose)
Submission: 1956, March 1 (Inducks submission: 1956-03-01)
Publication date: 1956, (December) (Inducks publication date: 1956-12)
Issue: Christmas Parade No. 8 [Dell]
Pages: 8 (Inducks pages: 8)
Inducks description: GY's build for GD a machine that produces everything to the farm; Gyro's vacation becomes an invetor's holiday!

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CP 9 - Christmas Parade No. 9 [Dell]

Inducks: CP 9
Barrier: MBAC-103
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1958, (December)
Country: USA
Cover type:
Issue title: Walt Disney's Christmas Parade - A Giant Comic
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 100 (Inducks pages: 100)
Cover price: 35c

New material:

W CP 9-01 in Christmas in Duckburg

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W CP 9-01 in Christmas in Duckburg

(Inducks: Christmas In Duckburg)

Inducks: W CP 9-01
Barrier: MBAC-103
CBL: 06C-693
Type: story, three tiers per page
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: Bob Gregory)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1958, April 6 (Inducks submission: 1958-04-06)
Publication date: 1958, (December) (Inducks publication date: 1958-12)
Issue: Christmas Parade No. 9 [Dell]
Pages: 20 (Inducks pages: 20)
Inducks description: DD and HDL must transport huge Christmas tree from Canada to Duckburg; Donald and the nephews battle the Beagle Boys to bring a 100-foot Christmas tree from Canada to Duckburg

Backstage: Garé Barks' name appears on a storefront in panel 1.2.

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DG 26 - Christmas Parade No. 26 [Dell]

(Inducks: Christmas Parade)

Inducks: DG 26
Barrier: MBAC-103
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1959, (December)
Country: USA
Cover type:
Issue title: Walt Disney's Christmas Parade - Dell Giant
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 84 (Inducks pages: 84)
Cover price: 25c

New material:

W DG 26-01 in The Christmas Cha Cha

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

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W DG 26-01 in The Christmas Cha Cha

(Inducks: The Christmas Cha Cha)

I guess most folks are still pretty relaxed at 6:30 A.M.!
-- Donald Duck, as peddler

Inducks: W DG 26-01
Barrier: MBAC-103
CBL: 06C-713
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: Bob Gregory)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1959, May 26 (Inducks submission: 1959-05-26)
Publication date: 1959, (December) (Inducks publication date: 1959-12)
Issue: Christmas Parade No. 26 [Dell]
Pages: 16 (Inducks pages: 16)
Inducks description: DD sells Christmas cards, decorates club, dances for a contest; Donald and Daisy enter a Christmas dance cha cha contest

Additional credits: In a June 9, 1968 letter to Michael Barrier, Barks has said about this story: "The 'Christmas Cha Cha' story in D.D. Christmas Parade #26 was not my story. I did the drawings and did a great deal of rewriting and polishing on the dialogue of the script, which was sent to me by the office." The writer of the script is unknown.

Backstage: Barks caricatured himself on a wanted poster on panel 13.5 ("WANTED for being BAD!").

Congruences: