A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe (test)

Inducks: W WDC 64-02
Barrier: MBAC-169
CBL: 07B-349
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1945, September 19 (Inducks submission: 1945-09-19)
Publication date: 1946, January (Inducks publication date: 1946-01)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 64, Vol. 6, No. 4
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: taming his temper as New Year's resolution; Donald Tames His Temper

Trivia: Donald's address is mentioned as "Oak Street" (10.9).

Backstage: In a 1945 cartoon titled «Cured Duck», Daisy demands that Donald controls his hot temper, but finally reveals herself to be just as volatile. Barks's story builds on the same idea. According to Tom Andrae, in the Carl Barks Library, it may well have been sparked by that cartoon.

Research: The nephews' say that Donald has forty pounds of sugar hidden in the garage. (6.3) This could be a reference to World War II, to rationing and hoarding.

Congruences:

solemn new years resolutions: New year's resolutions
W WDC 185-02 secret new year's resolutions: New year's resolutions

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CS WDC 64 christmas caroling at peoples' doors

Great Scott! Those sounds come from living beings!
-- unnamed person

Inducks: CS WDC 64
Barrier: MBAC-198
CBL: 10C-689
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1945, August 31 (Inducks submission: 1945-08-31)
Publication date: 1976 (Europe); 1981 (USA) (Inducks publication date: 1976)
Issue: Inkt No. 6 (The Netherlands, Europe);; The Fine Art of Walt Disney's Donald Duck (USA)
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 9 h)
Intended issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 64, Vol. 6, No. 4
Intended publication date: 1945, December
Inducks description: Christmas violence

Additional credits: Christmas story intended for WDC 64. It was rejected for being too sacrilegious and un-Disney. Detailed information

Description: Donald is gushing over with the Christmas spirit and he decides to sing the carol "Silent Night" at peoples' doors. After two unsuccessful attempts, Donald starts singing for neighbour Jones and this soon ends up in a not-so-silent night after all.

Surviving material:

Pages 1B to 10. Published in "The Carl Barks Library".: In Europe, the surviving art was first published in The Netherlands in "Inkt" No. 6, 1976.

Lost material: CZ WDC 64 christmas caroling at peoples' doors [lost cut material] Status: Page 1A is lost.

CBL-notes: Colored.

Reconstructions:

christmas caroling at peoples' doors [reconstruction of missing art]: Reconstruction of page 1A. By Robert Klein and Michel Nadorp
christmas caroling at peoples' doors [remake of reconstruction]: Reconstruction of page 1A. By David Gerstein and Daan Jippes

Congruences:

W WDC 248-01 Terrible Tourist: Intentional remake. Tourist Donald plays serenades for señoritas.

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CZ WDC 64 christmas caroling at peoples' doors [lost cut material]

Inducks: CZ WDC 64
Barrier: MBAC-198
Type: story segment
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1945, August 31 (Inducks submission: 1945-08-31)
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 0 1/2 (Inducks pages: 0 h)
Intended issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 64, Vol. 6, No. 4
Intended publication date: 1946, January
Inducks description: Christmas Violence

Additional credits: See christmas caroling at peoples' doors, for more information.

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WDC 65 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 65, Vol. 6, No. 5

Inducks: WDC 65
Barrier: MBAC-169
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1946, February
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 65-02 parrot joe from singapore

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W WDC 65-02 parrot joe from singapore

(Inducks description: Singapore Joe)

Inducks: W WDC 65-02
Barrier: MBAC-169
CBL: 07B-359
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1945, October 4 (Inducks submission: 1945-10-04)
Publication date: 1946, February (Inducks publication date: 1946-02)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 65, Vol. 6, No. 5
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: HDL are given a parrot

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WDC 66 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 66, Vol. 6, No. 6

Inducks: WDC 66
Barrier: MBAC-169
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1946, March
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 66-02 ice fishing

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W WDC 66-02 ice fishing

(Inducks description: Master Ice-Fisher)

Inducks: W WDC 66-02
Barrier: MBAC-169
CBL: 07B-369
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1945, October 27 (Inducks submission: 1945-10-27)
Publication date: 1946, March (Inducks publication date: 1946-03)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 66, Vol. 6, No. 6
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Ice-fishing competition

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WDC 67 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 67, Vol. 6, No. 7

Inducks: WDC 67
Barrier: MBAC-169
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1946, April
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 67-02 jet motors

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W WDC 67-02 jet motors

(Inducks description: Jet Rescue)

Inducks: W WDC 67-02
Barrier: MBAC-169
CBL: 07B-379
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1945, November 23 (Inducks submission: 1945-11-23)
Publication date: 1946, April (Inducks publication date: 1946-04)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 67, Vol. 6, No. 7
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)

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WDC 68 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 68, Vol. 6, No. 8

Inducks: WDC 68
Barrier: MBAC-169
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1946, May
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 68-02 greatest kite maker of all time

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W WDC 68-02 greatest kite maker of all time

(Inducks description: Donald's Monster Kite)

If a small kite will fly two hundred feet up, a big kite should go a mile into the blue!
-- Donald Duck

Inducks: W WDC 68-02
Barrier: MBAC-169
CBL: 07B-389
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1946, January 4 (Inducks submission: 1946-01-04)
Publication date: 1946, May (Inducks publication date: 1946-05)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 68, Vol. 6, No. 8
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Giant kite carries DD's car along with him

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WDC 69 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 69, Vol. 6, No. 9

Inducks: WDC 69
Barrier: MBAC-170
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1946, June
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 69-02 muscle building outfit

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W WDC 69-02 muscle building outfit

(Inducks description: Biceps Blues)

Grunt!
-- Deltoid Biceppa

Inducks: W WDC 69-02
Barrier: MBAC-170
CBL: 07B-339
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1946, February 1 (Inducks submission: 1946-02-01)
Publication date: 1946, June (Inducks publication date: 1946-06)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 69, Vol. 6, No. 9
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: DD wants to gain muscles to impress DA; Biceps Blues

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WDC 70 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 70, Vol. 6, No. 10

Inducks: WDC 70
Barrier: MBAC-170
Publisher:
Label: ...
Publication date: 1946, July
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 70-02 smugsnorkle squatty

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W WDC 70-02 smugsnorkle squatty

(Inducks description: The Smugsnorkle Squattie)

Siwash, show these rude rowdies your education! Spell 'mississippi'!
-- Donald Duck

Inducks: W WDC 70-02
Barrier: MBAC-170
CBL: 07B-409
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1946, February 28 (Inducks submission: 1946-02-28)
Publication date: 1946, July (Inducks publication date: 1946-07)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 70, Vol. 6, No. 10
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: DD's "ingenious" dog vs. HDL's smart one; The Smugsnorkle Squatty

CBL-notes: Panels 9.5, 9.6, 10.1 and 10.2 are redrawn.

Appearances: Herbert (1.2); Tagalong (Herbert's pup, 1.2 and 5.4); "Dogs" (book title, 2.7); gracklehound (2.1); boxhead bleagle (2.2); smugsnorkle squatty (smartest dogs in the world, mentioned on page 88 of "Dogs" book, 2.4); Grand Genius III of Old Siwash (name of Donald's smugsnorkle squatty, has a mile long pedigree and is trained, 3.5 and 8.8); Siwash (nephews' name for Grand Genius III of Old Siwash, 3.6); Super Bite Dog Biskits (3.7); Swankmore Kennels (seller of the smugsnorkle squatty, 8.8); Blitz Stump Removers (mentioned on sign with slogan "We blast with care", 9.8); Herbert's father (mentioned as trainer of "substitutes for setting hens", 10.7).

Details: Panel 2.4 spells "smugsnorkle squatty". Panels 2.5 and 2.7 spell "smugsnorkle squattie". Panels 3.1 and 3.2 spell "squattie"

Questions: Is the reprint in "The Carl Barks Library" (except for the four redrawn panels) identical to the reprint in "Walt Disney's Comics & Stories" No. 305, 1966?
Also, in panel 10.7 the second balloon has an odd shape, as if the balloon was enlarged to fit the word "substitutes" into it. Is this also the case in the original comic?

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WDC 71 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 71, Vol. 6, No. 11

Inducks: WDC 71
Barrier: MBAC-170
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1946, August
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 71-02 swimming race and fishing net

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W WDC 71-02 swimming race and fishing net

(Inducks description: Swimming Swindlers)

Inducks: W WDC 71-02
Barrier: MBAC-170
CBL: 07B-441
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1946, March 26 (Inducks submission: 1946-03-26)
Publication date: 1946, August (Inducks publication date: 1946-08)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 71, Vol. 6, No. 11
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: HDL get advice from boys in cheating DD in a swim race

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WDC 72 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 72, Vol. 6, No. 12

Inducks: WDC 72
Barrier: MBAC-170
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1946, September
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 72-02 hookey players and sandwiches

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W WDC 72-02 hookey players and sandwiches

(Inducks description: Playin' Hookey)

Inducks: W WDC 72-02
Barrier: MBAC-170
CBL: 07B-451
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1946, April 25 (Inducks submission: 1946-04-25)
Publication date: 1946, September (Inducks publication date: 1946-09)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 72, Vol. 6, No. 12
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Truant lesson

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WDC 73 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 73, Vol. 7, No. 1

Inducks: WDC 73
Barrier: MBAC-170
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1946, October
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 73-02 gold-finding machine

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W WDC 73-02 gold-finding machine

(Inducks description: The Gold-Finder)

Inducks: W WDC 73-02
Barrier: MBAC-170
CBL: 07B-461
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1946, May 27 (Inducks submission: 1946-05-27)
Publication date: 1946, October (Inducks publication date: 1946-10)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 73, Vol. 7, No. 1
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: HDL's gold-finder machine breaks DD's watch

Congruences:

Desert Prospectors: A gold-finding machine goes berserk and attacks Donald.

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WDC 74 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 74, Vol. 7, No. 2

Inducks: WDC 74
Barrier: MBAC-170
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1946, November
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 74-01 bill colectors

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W WDC 74-01 bill colectors

(Inducks description: The Tax-Collectors)

Inducks: W WDC 74-01
Barrier: MBAC-170
CBL: 07B-471
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1946, June 14 (Inducks submission: 1946-06-14)
Publication date: 1946, November (Inducks publication date: 1946-11)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 74, Vol. 7, No. 2
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)

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WDC 75 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 75, Vol. 7, No. 3

Inducks: WDC 75
Barrier: MBAC-170
Publisher:
Label: ...
Publication date: 1946, December
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 75-01 raffle turkey pet

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W WDC 75-01 raffle turkey pet

(Inducks description: Turkey Trouble)

Inducks: W WDC 75-01
Barrier: MBAC-170
CBL: 07C-515
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1946, July 8 (Inducks submission: 1946-07-08)
Publication date: 1946, December (Inducks publication date: 1946-12)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 75, Vol. 7, No. 3
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)

Appearances: Thanksgiving [Day] (1.2); Potto Gas (1.3); Finnegan's Hall (A.D. 1906, "Hocus plus pocus", location of raffle at ten o'clock A.M., tickets $1.00, prize is a turkey, 1.6, 2.4 and 2.5); 236037 (number on the raffle ticket, 2.1); Barks Dog Soup (4.2); Raffles (name for the male turkey won by the nephews, 4.3); Oolated Squiggs (4.4); Acme Swofs (4.4); Texas (5.3); Watson (5.3); Southside Park (5.4); Southside Good Joes' Turkey Shoot (turkey shoot in Soutside Park, with a mortgage on the hall, three bullseyes out of five win a bird, 5.5 and 6.6); creek in Southside Park (5.6); San Pedro (5.8); Buffalo Bill (6.1); golf course near Southside Park (6.2).

Backstage: On panel 4.2, a can of "Barks Dog Soup" is shown in Donald's kitchen-cupboard. In a May 17, 1981, letter to Barrier, Barks wrote: "As for the can of dog food with Barks on it..., I probably put the name on it myself just to see if the editors would white it out." This is the only Barks story in which his name appears.

Joseph Cowles wrote in a August 2, 2000 email:

"[Garé] said that Carl was always disappointed that he couldn't sign his art, and from time to time would try to sneak in his signature or some other means of identifying his work, but that the editors at Western usually discovered and removed it.

(Fans certainly didn't have any difficulty identifying "The Good Artist," but it does give one a glimpse of Barks' underlying insecurity in those days. At some level, he really did consider himself to be "a failed chicken farmer." He told me that he was longing for the day when he could retire from the grinding deadline pressures of cartooning, and thought he might be happiest opening up a little cabinet shop where he could work with his hands to create things from wood.)"

Only two issues later, on the cover of "Walt Disney Comics and Stories" No. 78, Barks name was mentioned by Walt Kelly (or Carl Buettner?). On the cover of this issue a box is labeled "Bark's [sic] Jiffy Chicken Dinner" - a reference to Barks' 1940s chicken farm at San Jacinto, California.

Congruences:

Donald's Shooting Gallery: shooting gallery with targets that cannot be knocked down.
Once Upon a Carnival: shooting gallery with targets that cannot be knocked down.

Correspondence:

May 17, 1981 letter from Carl Barks to Michael Barrier

Details: In panel 1.7, one nephew mentions his full name and possibly also the color of his cap: "The blue streak you see next will be Huey Duck on his way to a raffle!"

Updates: In panel 3.7, the nephews sing "Jingle Bells", which is an existant Christmas song.

Questions: In "The Carl Barks Library" a thin line appears on the can with Acme Swofs (3.4), as if one of either words could have been added later. Is this also the case in the original comic?

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