A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe (test)

Three tiers per page
Pages 2 to 10 have an identical strip of art at the top, with the story's title, "Snow Fun", lettered into it (as words made of snow).

Landmark: The nephews refer to their scout master (4.3).

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WDC 41 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 41, Vol. 4, No. 5

Inducks: WDC 41
Barrier: MBAC-166
Publisher:
Label: ...
Publication date: 1944, February
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 60
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 41-01 The Duck in the Iron Pants

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W WDC 41-01 The Duck in the Iron Pants

(Inducks: The Duck in the Iron Pants)

Nothing can save you from me! I am invincible! I am doom itself!
-- Donald Duck

Inducks: W WDC 41-01
Barrier: MBAC-166
CBL: 07A-113
Type: story, three tiers per page
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1943, September 22 (Inducks submission: 1943-09-22)
Publication date: 1944, February (Inducks publication date: 1944-02)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 41, Vol. 4, No. 5
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: wears armor for snowball battle against HDL

Layout:

Three tiers per page
Opening panel (1.1) is used as preview of the story.
Pages 2 to 10 have an identical strip of art at the top, with the story's title, "The Duck in the Iron Pants", lettered into it.

Appearances: Mexico (5.6); Gem Stove Co. (6.8).

Congruences:

Donald's Snow Fight: snowfight between Donald and the nephews
suppressed desire party: Donald wearing armor.

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WDC 42 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 42, Vol. 4, No. 6

Inducks: WDC 42
Barrier: MBAC-166
Publisher:
Label: ...
Publication date: 1944, March
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 60
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 42-02 in Kite Weather

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W WDC 42-02 in Kite Weather

(Inducks: Kite Weather)

Oh, goodneth! Ith that all the higher you can fly a kite? Dearie me! You mutht not know much about it!
-- Donald Duck (disguised as a cute litte girl)

Inducks: W WDC 42-02
Barrier: MBAC-166
CBL: 07A-123
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1943, October 20 (Inducks submission: 1943-10-20)
Publication date: 1944, March (Inducks publication date: 1944-03)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 42, Vol. 4, No. 6
Pages: 7 (Inducks pages: 7)
Inducks description: DD disguised as little girl to annoy HDL while flying kites

Layout: Three tiers per page (as originally drawn).

Changes: This story was written and drawn as a ten-page story with three-tier pages, but published as a seven-pager. It was cut up, panels were trimmed or expanded and the panels were pasted up in eight- or ten-panel (four-tier) pages instead of the original six-panel (three-tier) pages. In some panels, drawings not by Barks were added to fill in the empty space caused by the alterations in his panels. Apparently, no panels were omitted. Detailed information

Status: Original version is lost.

CBL-notes: The bottom half of page 6 is redrawn. In "The Carl Barks Library in Color" a reconstruction of the story's original layout is used, unfortunately also with the redrawn art.

Reconstructions: The comic "Mickey and Donald" No. 15 (1989) published an attempt in converting "Kite Weather" into a ten-pager again. Unfortunately, one reconstructed page used redrawn art as a source.

Questions: Could this story also have contained a strip of art on top of pages 2 to 10, before it was changed into a four-tier seven-pager?

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WDC 43 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 43, Vol. 4, No. 7

Inducks: WDC 43
Barrier: MBAC-166
Publisher:
Label: ...
Publication date: 1944, April
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 43-02 Now Showing "Three Dirty Little Ducks"

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W WDC 43-02 Now Showing "Three Dirty Little Ducks"

(Inducks: Three Dirty Little Ducks)

Hunk-uh!
-- Herbert

Inducks: W WDC 43-02
Barrier: MBAC-166
CBL: 07A-131
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1943, November 27 (Inducks submission: 1943-11-27)
Publication date: 1944, April (Inducks publication date: 1944-04)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 43, Vol. 4, No. 7
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)

Layout: Opening panel (1.1) is used as preview of the story.

Landmark:

First Barks Duck story drawn in a four tier layout.
First appearance of Bolivar in a Barks story.
First appearance of Herbert.

Research: Donald holds a box of "pre-war Bon-bons" (3.5, 3.6). This is a reference to World War II.

Questions: Could this story be the first one in which Donald and the nephews have an adult-kid rivalry? In this story the nephews intentionally annoy "parent" Donald by not following his order to go bathing. In earlier stories like W OS 29-02 in "The Hard Loser", W WDC 40-01 in Snow Fun, and W WDC 41-01 The Duck in the Iron Pants, there's also rivalry between Donald and the nephews, but in these stories Donald acts more like a "fourth nephew" than an adult. Even more because Donald is the cause of the rivalry in these stories. (The nephews only react to the tricks Donald has played on them.)

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WDC 44 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 44, Vol. 4, No. 8

Inducks: WDC 44
Barrier: MBAC-168
Publisher:
Label: ...
Publication date: 1944, May
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 44-?1 This Month The Mad Chemist

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W WDC 44-?1 This Month The Mad Chemist

(Inducks: The Mad Chemist)

Will you children stop talking? I must have quiet if I am to use my vast mental powers!
-- Donald Duck

Inducks: W WDC 44-?1
Barrier: MBAC-168
CBL: 07A-141
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1943, December 30 (Inducks submission: 1943-12-30)
Publication date: 1944, May (Inducks publication date: 1944-05)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 44, Vol. 4, No. 8
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: DD becomes a mad chemist and invents a powerful explosive

Landmark: Barks' first story showing a close-up of the moon. Donald's rocket ship travels around the moon. In panel 9.6, Donald says: "If people could see this view of the moon, they wouldn't sing songs about it!"

In comparison with real life, Donald's mid-1940s view of the moon is far ahead of its time. In 1959, the Soviet Union's Luna 3 spacecraft returned the first images of the far side of the Earth's moon. After six failed attempts, the Americans finally got their first close-up images of the moon five years later with the successful flight of Ranger 7.

Research: The formulae floating above Donald's head, in panel 1.7, mentions "OPA". This refers to World War II. "OPA" stands for the Office of Price Administration, the temporary federal agency charged with controlling prices and running the rationing system.
Donald decides: "I'm going to test Duckmite as a substitute for gasoline!" (5.4) Gasoline was among the materials rationed by OPA.
Before Donald goes to the moon, he says to the nephews: "Save my ration points so I can have a steak when I come back!" (7.10) Research: It seems Donald's reference to CH₂, in panel 2.1, was years ahead of its time: the existence of this elusive chemical intermediate had not been proven in 1944. Detailed information

Congruences:

rabbit's foot test: Reference to the Office of Price Administration (OPA)

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WDC 45 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 45, Vol. 4, No. 9

Inducks: WDC 45
Barrier: MBAC-168
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1944, June
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 45-02 This Month's Thriller - Rival Boatmen

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W WDC 45-02 This Month's Thriller - Rival Boatmen

(Inducks: Rival Boatmen)

Inducks: W WDC 45-02
Barrier: MBAC-168
CBL: 07A-153
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 194, (Inducks submission: 1944-01-19)
Publication date: 1944, June (Inducks publication date: 1944-06)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 45, Vol. 4, No. 9
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Renting boat competition

CBL-notes: Possibly, the text "This Month's Thriller" has been removed. (See questions.)

Appearances: J.P. Daimondtubs, the millionaire (1.6, identical to Black Pete)

Questions: The Carl Barks Library only shows "Rival Boatmen" in the opening panel. What does the original publication contain?

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WDC 46 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 46, Vol. 4, No. 10

Inducks: WDC 46
Barrier: MBAC-168
Publisher:
Label: ...
Publication date: 1944, July
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 46-02 in "Camera Crazy"

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W WDC 46-02 in "Camera Crazy"

(Inducks: Camera Crazy)

This picture'll be titled - "How the safety net looks to a person jumping!
-- Donald Duck

Inducks: W WDC 46-02
Barrier: MBAC-168
CBL: 07A-163
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1944, February 29 (Inducks submission: 1944-02-29)
Publication date: 1944, July (Inducks publication date: 1944-07)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 46, Vol. 4, No. 10
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: To get a good photo for the news DD frees a bear; DD releases zoo's bear to take sensationalistic photos

Description: Donald and the nephews compete at taking pictures to sell to the newspaper.

Landmark: Up to "The Good Deeds" (WDC 229), this is Barks' last Walt Disney Comics and Stories ten-pager with a title included.

Appearances: Potts Pottery (2.1); Daily Gripe (2.8); Daredevil Daly, the human depth bomb (4.2); Flimsybilts Apts. (5.5); Prof. Whizo (8.2); Riot Squad (8.7)

Research: In an August 2, 2000 email, Joseph Cowles wrote about Barks' own interest in photography:

"Barks enjoyed photography a great deal, was excellent at it back when it took a great deal more capability to obtain good photographs than it does today. He took copious amounts of 35MM color slides. These he used as reference for many of his drawings, which enabled him to illustrate local haciendas, bridges, mountain ranges, trees, roadways and many other things with accuracy.

Some scenes [my wife] Barb and I have recognized from time to time, on our drives around the southland. I bet you that somewhere Barks has a cache of every photo he ever took - numbered, dated and described. Now that's a whole new area for fans to explore: the relationship to Barks' photos and his cartoon panels. And it would be an historical adventure, too, showing what southern California looked like back in the halcyon days of the 40's and 50's."

In a July 29, 2000 email, Joseph Cowles wrote:

"I do not have photos of me with Carl Barks, although surely there must have been some taken on one of my visits with him and Garé. The one signed photo I have of Barks is accompanied by a letter telling about his new camera and how he took the picture."

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WDC 47 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 47, Vol. 4, No. 11

Inducks: WDC 47
Barrier: MBAC-168
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1944, August
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 47-02 falcon farragut

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W WDC 47-02 falcon farragut

(Inducks description: Farragut the Falcon)

Inducks: W WDC 47-02
Barrier: MBAC-168
CBL: 07A-175
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1944, April 1 (Inducks submission: 1944-04-01)
Publication date: 1944, August (Inducks publication date: 1944-08)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 47, Vol. 4, No. 11
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: trains a falcon; Farragut the Falcon

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WDC 48 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 48, Vol. 4, No. 12

Inducks: WDC 48
Barrier: MBAC-168
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1948, September
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 48-02 borrowed putty

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W WDC 48-02 borrowed putty

(Inducks description: The Purloined Putty)

Inducks: W WDC 48-02
Barrier: MBAC-168
CBL: 07A-185
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1944, April 26 (Inducks submission: 1944-04-26)
Publication date: 1948, September (Inducks publication date: 1944-09)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 48, Vol. 4, No. 12
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Plaster trap

Research: The nephews comment: "The store" / "didn't have any" / "linseed oil!" / "It's hard to get these days," / "and the store won't have anymore" / "till friday!" (10.6 - 10.7) This is a reference to World War II.

Cross-references: Almost certainly, «Fued and Far Between» contains a cross-reference to Donald's wheel-chair trick (8.4).

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WDC 49 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 49, Vol. 5, No. 1

Inducks: WDC 49
Barrier: MBAC-168
Publisher:
Label: ...
Publication date: 1944, October
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 49-02 tight-wire walkers

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W WDC 49-02 tight-wire walkers

(Inducks description: High-wire Daredevils)

The kids'll make fools of themselves! I want to be there to see it!
-- Donald Duck

Inducks: W WDC 49-02
Barrier: MBAC-168
CBL: 07A-195
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1944, May 26 (Inducks submission: 1944-05-26)
Publication date: 1944, October (Inducks publication date: 1944-10)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 49, Vol. 5, No. 1
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: DD walks on the line over waterfall

Landmark: First appearance of the name "Duckburg", mentioned on a sign in panel 10.8 ("Duckburg 2096 miles").

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WDC 50 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 50, Vol. 5, No. 2

Inducks: WDC 50
Barrier: MBAC-168
Publisher:
Label: ...
Publication date: 1944, November
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 50-02 five hundred dollar dime

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W WDC 50-02 five hundred dollar dime

(Inducks description: Ten Cent's Worth of Trouble)

Yippee! I'm rich! I've got my dime back!
-- Donald Duck

Inducks: W WDC 50-02
Barrier: MBAC-168
CBL: 07A-205
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1944, June 22 (Inducks submission: 1944-06-22)
Publication date: 1944, November (Inducks publication date: 1944-11)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 50, Vol. 5, No. 2
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: HDL buy ice-cream with DD's rare coin

Appearances: O.Shurits Safe Co. (1.1); Herbert (1.6); Dr. Peek (2.8); Triple-decker Cone Chateau (3.3); ornery cranky old coot (3.6); Dante's Inferno (booktitle, 5.2); Mister Picklepuss, which is how Donald calls the ornery cranky old coot (6.3); Ge[m] Taxi Co. (8.4, 8.8); Poochley, full of superstitions (8.8)

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