A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe (test)

Inducks: W WDC 148-01
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-519
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, June 12 (Inducks submission: 1952-06-12)
Publication date: 1953, January (Inducks publication date: 1953-01)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 148, Vol. 13, No. 4
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: tries to fool US as a phony rich duck to get a turkey dinner; DD wants turkey for christmas

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W WDC 149-00 skis and first aid

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Inducks: W WDC 149-00
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-531
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, July 31 (Inducks submission: 1952-07-31)
Publication date: 1953, February (Inducks publication date: 1953-02)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 149, Vol. 13, No. 5
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: First-aid skier

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W WDC 149-01 the philosophy of flipism

(Inducks description: Flip Decision)

Inducks: W WDC 149-01
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-533
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, June 30 (Inducks submission: 1952-06-30)
Publication date: 1953, February (Inducks publication date: 1953-02)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 149, Vol. 13, No. 5
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: DD flips a coin to decide his destiny

Research: The philosophy of the "Flipism" in this story is the subject of a full-length novel by Luke Rhinehart, "The Dice Man" (1971). It is about a man who - as Donald Duck had done twenty years earlier - chooses to live his life by the flip of a coin.

Notes: More information can be found in a "Lost in the Andes" article in The Carl Barks Library (set 1).

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W WDC 150-00 dunce

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Inducks: W WDC 150-00
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-532
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, September 18 (Inducks submission: 1952-09-18)
Publication date: 1953, March (Inducks publication date: 1953-03)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 150, Vol. 13, No. 6
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Teacher and 3 dunces

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W WDC 150-01 valentine mailman

(Inducks description: My Lucky Valentine)

Inducks: W WDC 150-01
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-543
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, June 30 (Inducks submission: 1952-06-30)
Publication date: 1953, March (Inducks publication date: 1953-03)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 150, Vol. 13, No. 6
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Mailman in blizzard to deliver GL's letter to DA

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W WDC 151-00 go stop signals

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Inducks: W WDC 151-00
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-532
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, October 2 (Inducks submission: 1952-10-02)
Publication date: 1953, April (Inducks publication date: 1953-04)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 151, Vol. 13, No. 7
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Traffic regulating

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W WDC 151-01 easter parade

(Inducks description: The Easter Election)

Inducks: W WDC 151-01
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-553
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, October 23 (Inducks submission: 1952-10-23)
Publication date: 1953, April (Inducks publication date: 1953-04)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 151, Vol. 13, No. 7
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: DD vs. GL to be elected "Marshall" of Easter parade; The Easter Election

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W WDC 152-00 happy easter golf balls

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Inducks: W WDC 152-00
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-565
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, August 14 (Inducks submission: 1952-08-14)
Publication date: 1953, May (Inducks publication date: 1953-05)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 152, Vol. 13, No. 8
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Golf balls as easter eggs

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W WDC 152-01 unusual contestant quiz

Times are tough, huh, bud?
-- talking dog

(Inducks description: The Talking Dog)

Inducks: W WDC 152-01
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-567
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, October 30 (Inducks submission: 1952-10-30)
Publication date: 1953, May (Inducks publication date: 1953-05)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 152, Vol. 13, No. 8
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: DD tries to do great feats to appears on a TV show

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W WDC 153-00 don't touch cake

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Inducks: W WDC 153-00
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-566
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, October 2 (Inducks submission: 1952-10-02)
Publication date: 1953, June (Inducks publication date: 1953-06)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 153, Vol. 13, No. 9
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Cake don't touch

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W WDC 153-01 worms make fishing poles obsolete

(Inducks description: Worm Weary)

Inducks: W WDC 153-01
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-577
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, November 27 (Inducks submission: 1952-11-27)
Publication date: 1953, June (Inducks publication date: 1953-06)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 153, Vol. 13, No. 9
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)

Landmark: In a May 17, 1981, letter to Michael Barrier, Barks wrote that this was the first story on which Garé Barks worked: "she inked the scales of the fish."

Correspondence:

May 17, 1981 letter from Carl Barks to Michael Barrier

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W WDC 154-00 grapejuice tuba

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Inducks: W WDC 154-00
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-566
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, October 2 (Inducks submission: 1952-10-02)
Publication date: 1953, July (Inducks publication date: 1953-07)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 154, Vol. 13, No. 10
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Lemonade tuba

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W WDC 154-01 quackly hall clubhouse

(Inducks description: Much Ado About Quackly Hall)

Inducks: W WDC 154-01
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-587
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, November 27 (Inducks submission: 1952-11-27)
Publication date: 1953, July (Inducks publication date: 1953-07)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 154, Vol. 13, No. 10
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)

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W WDC 155-00 scout nephews and trumpet

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Inducks: W WDC 155-00
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-566
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Huey Dewey and Louie)
Submission: 1952, December 6 (Inducks submission: 1952-12-06)
Publication date: 1953, August (Inducks publication date: 1953-08)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 155, Vol. 13, No. 11
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: about to wake DD with trumpet; bugle about to sound

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W WDC 155-01 heirs at end of rainbow

(Inducks description: Some Heir Over the Rainbow)

Inducks: W WDC 155-01
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-601
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, December 24 (Inducks submission: 1952-12-24)
Publication date: 1953, August (Inducks publication date: 1953-08)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 155, Vol. 13, No. 11
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Heir test, pot of money under the rainbow; Some Heir Over the Rainbow

Trivia: Scrooge thinks it's time that he picks an heir to inherit his fortune: "My only relatives are my nephew, Donald, and his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and my distant nephew, Gladstone Gander!... What a collection!" (1.7)

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W WDC 156-00 mine and theirs

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Inducks: W WDC 156-00
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-600
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, April 6 (Inducks submission: 1953-04-06)
Publication date: 1953, September (Inducks publication date: 1953-09)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 156, Vol. 13, No. 12
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Dirty towels

Changes: Originally drawn with only the black hand-prints on Donald's dirty towel. Western obviously thought it did not look dirty enough and had a staff artist add the grey fingerprints-type marks.

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W WDC 156-01 master rainmaker

(Inducks description: The Master Rainmaker)

Inducks: W WDC 156-01
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-611
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, December 31 (Inducks submission: 1952-12-31)
Publication date: 1953, September (Inducks publication date: 1953-09)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 156, Vol. 13, No. 12
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Rain master's jealousy

Appearances: Hiram Pumpkindew (farmer, 4.3 & 5.6); Idle Dandies (6.3); green-eyed monster (6.4); Greenwood Canyon (6.8)

Backstage: In 1983 notes for The Carl Barks Library, Barks commented that the inspiration "grew out of the news events of the period. Rainmaking by seeding clouds was getting a lot of publicity, and who could perfect the technique better than Donald Duck - and overdo it more disastrously?"

Congruences:

D 6886 Hang Gliders Be Hanged! [comic book story]: "Mount Demontooth"
W DD 68-04 The Master Glasser: Donald is an expert in his profession.
W WDC 222-01 moving expert: Donald is an expert in his profession.
W WDC 264-01 Master Wrecker: Donald is an expert in his profession.

Correspondence:

1983 notes for The Carl Barks Library

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W WDC 157-00 truant officer and bushes

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Inducks: W WDC 157-00
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-600
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, March 12 (Inducks submission: 1953-03-12)
Publication date: 1953, October1953, October (Inducks publication date: 1953-10)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 157, Vol. 14, No. 1
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: No fishing allowed

Changes: Possibly, Donald's eyes are changed. A theory could be that Donald originally had a frown because of seeing something suspicious, which was changed by the editor who might have felt that Donald's look was too negative for a comic book cover. The cover truant officer and state line also contains Donald having a frowned look, but there the nephews' smiles smooth over Donald's negativity.

Status: If changed, no original version is known to exist.

Congruences:

CB OIL 13 Truant Officer [71-25]: Donald as truant officer
CB OIL 32 Truant Officer [72-17]: Donald as truant officer
XUC BT 1DE The Most Efficient Truant Officer: Donald as truant officer
QMS 1941-011: Donald as truant officer
W WDC 100-02 new truant officer: Donald as truant officer
W WDC 104-00 truant officer and state line: Donald as truant officer

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W WDC 157-01 stairway of money

(Inducks description: The Money Stairs)

Inducks: W WDC 157-01
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-621
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, January 15 (Inducks submission: 1953-01-15)
Publication date: 1953, October1953, October (Inducks publication date: 1953-10)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 157, Vol. 14, No. 1
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Alpinism competition between DD and US; The Money Stairs

Changes: WDC 157, alternate panel In an October 3, 1973 letter (to Kim Weston?), Barks says that this "was quite likely changed to a dream ending by me. I believe I recall looking at the panel of Uncle Scrooge's money ramp and deciding it looked too IMPOSSIBLE to be real".

Surviving material:

CX WDC 157 stairway of money [surviving cut material]

Alternate panel. A gloating Scrooge pursues an irritated Donald.

Caption: "So, from henceforth on -- every day!"

Scrooge: "WELL? When are you going to think of something else you can beat me at?"

The shape of this panel implies that it originally was on the place of published panel 10.7.

Status: No other cut art is known to exist. As published panels 10.6 and 10.8 also show Donald being awoken, these must have replaced alternate panels as well.

Appearances: Old Demon Tooth (mountain, 3.2).

Correspondence:

October 3, 1973 letter from Carl Barks (to Kim Weston?): Contains information on changes in this story and in W OS 203-02 in "The Golden Christmas Tree".

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CX WDC 157 stairway of money [surviving cut material]

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Inducks: CX WDC 157
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-631
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: [none or unknown]
Publication date: 1983, August (Inducks publication date: 1983-08)
Issue: The Carl Barks Library - Set VIII
Pages: 0 1/8 (Inducks pages: 0 1/8)
Intended issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 157, Vol. 14, No. 1
Intended publication date: 1953, October
Inducks description: Old Demontooth

Additional credits: See stairway of money, for more information.

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W WDC 158-00 halloween apple

(Inducks:

Inducks: W WDC 158-00
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-634
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1952, December 6 (Inducks submission: 1952-12-06)
Publication date: 1953, November (Inducks publication date: 1953-11)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 158, Vol. 14, No. 2
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Worm in apple

Description: Donald and Daisy attempt to 'capture' a low-hanging apple. Daisy's eyes are closed; she wears red high-heeled shoes. Donald's eyes are open in surprise, as he has the view on the side of the apple from which a worm is emerging.

Changes: Reportedly the same scene as on worm in apple [inked cover preliminary], but with the nephews included.

Surviving material:

CR WDC 158 worm in apple [inked cover preliminary]

Appearances: Donald; Daisy; nephews

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W WDC 158-01 hive of bees in yard

Parents worthy of being parents want their children to learn about nature!
Are you going to be different?
-- supreme instructor of the Junior Woodchucks

(Inducks description: Bee Bumbles)

Inducks: W WDC 158-01
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-635
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, May 26 (Inducks submission: 1953-03-26)
Publication date: 1953, November (Inducks publication date: 1953-11)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 158, Vol. 14, No. 2
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Troubles with HDL's apiary; Bee Bumbles

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W WDC 159-00 candy cane photographer

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Inducks: W WDC 159-00
Barrier: MBAC-176
CBL: 08C-633
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, April 9 (Inducks submission: 1953-04-09)
Publication date: 1953, December (Inducks publication date: 1953-12)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 159, Vol. 14, No. 3
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Holds up candy canes for photo

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W WDC 159-01 fair price for house

(Inducks description: Wispy Willie)

Inducks: W WDC 159-01
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-645
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, April 6 (Inducks submission: 1953-04-06)
Publication date: 1953, December (Inducks publication date: 1953-12)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 159, Vol. 14, No. 3
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: US uses swamp gas monster to make DD sell his house

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W WDC 160-00 foot bath and toy-ships

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Inducks: W WDC 160-00
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-634
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, June 8 (Inducks submission: 1953-06-08)
Publication date: 1954, January1954, January (Inducks publication date: 1954-01)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 160, Vol. 14, No. 4
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Toy ships in foot bath

Changes: Western had a staff artist alter the art on Donald's face. According to "The Carl Barks Library - Set VIII" (page 8C-634), the reason probably was to make him look sicker than he must have looked in Barks's original. (See the "questions"-field, for some comments on this.)

Status: Original version is lost.

Questions: Maybe Donald's face was changed too make him look LESS sick? Reason for this could be that Barks changed Donald's face too much by making him look sick, which made him less recognizable as cover character. As his sailor suit and cap are not shown, Donald's face is the only way to identify him as being Donald.

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W WDC 160-01 christmas camel

WDC 160-01, gare's gag

(Inducks description: The Hammy Camel)

Inducks: W WDC 160-01
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-655
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, April 23 (Inducks submission: 1953-04-23)
Publication date: 1954, January1954, January (Inducks publication date: 1954-01)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 160, Vol. 14, No. 4
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)

Additional credits: In a January 8, 1983 interview, Garé Barks recalled that she came up with her "one gag" for a Donald Duck story while her husband was scripting this "ten pager". The nephews have just astonished Donald with a live camel they bought from a defunct circus for him as a gift. Donald hesitatingly asks if it didn't cost them a lot of money. Garé's gag is the nephews' answer in the next panel, saying: "Only FIFTY CENTS! If we'd had two dollars, we could have bought an ELEPHANT!" (2.4).

Garé Barks also was an artist and she helped with the lettering of the duck stories from the early 1950s, did extensive gagwriting for Dahl Mikkelsen's syndicated pantomime comic strip Ferd'nand.

Interviews:

January 8, 1983 interview

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

W WDC 161-00 rare stamps olde stamps

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Inducks: W WDC 161-00
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-667
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, June 1953 (Inducks submission: 1953-06-08)
Publication date: 1954, February (Inducks publication date: 1954-02)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 161, Vol. 14, No. 5
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Stamps blown away

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W WDC 161-01 fix-it shop

Here's Mrs. Beaver's power mixer! Her little boy was mixing concrete, and it hardened!
-- nephew

(Inducks description: Fix-up Mix-up)

Inducks: W WDC 161-01
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-669
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, April 30 (Inducks submission: 1953-04-30)
Publication date: 1954, February (Inducks publication date: 1954-02)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 161, Vol. 14, No. 5
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Fix-it-all DD tries to fix DA's vacuum cleaner

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W WDC 162-00 fence duel

(Inducks:

Inducks: W WDC 162-00
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-668
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, July 9 (Inducks submission: 1953-07-09)
Publication date: 1954, March (Inducks publication date: 1954-03)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 162, Vol. 14, No. 6
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Fence swords

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W WDC 162-01 railroad station master

(Inducks description: Turkey Trot at One Whistle)

Inducks: W WDC 162-01
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-679
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, June 25 (Inducks submission: 1953-06-25)
Publication date: 1954, March (Inducks publication date: 1954-03)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 162, Vol. 14, No. 6
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)

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W WDC 163-00 musical instruments baseball

(Inducks:

Inducks: W WDC 163-00
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-668
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, November 6 (Inducks submission: 1953-11-06)
Publication date: 1954, April (Inducks publication date: 1954-04)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 163, Vol. 14, No. 7
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Base ball with music instruments

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W WDC 163-01 antique chair raffle

(Inducks description: Raffle Reversal)

Inducks: W WDC 163-01
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-689
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, July 2 (Inducks submission: 1953-07-02)
Publication date: 1954, April (Inducks publication date: 1954-04)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 163, Vol. 14, No. 7
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)

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W WDC 164-00 donald riding golf-bag carrier

(Inducks:

Inducks: W WDC 164-00
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-701
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks [Garé Barks ?] (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, April 9 (Inducks submission: 1953-04-09)
Publication date: 1954, May (Inducks publication date: 1954-05)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 164, Vol. 14, No. 8
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: hauled up golf slope by HDL

Details: One of the rare instances where Barks neglected to give the Ducks pie-cut eyes. The pie cuts were classically the last thing Barks did to his originals, so it appears that in this case he simply forgot to do this final step before mailing the cover off to Western. Barks later re-did his cover as an oil painting entitled as "The Compleat Golfer" (with pie-cut eyes). It is reproduced in "The Fine Art of Walt Disney's Donald Duck".

Questions: Did Barks really ink this cover? Judging from the reprint in "The Carl Barks Library - Set VIII", the ink style seems to be different. Maybe Barks only made pencils for this cover, inked by another artist? (His wife Garé Barks, for example?)

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W WDC 164-01 flour demonstrator

(Inducks description: Flour Follies)

Inducks: W WDC 164-01
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-701
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, August 27 (Inducks submission: 1953-08-27)
Publication date: 1954, May1954, May (Inducks publication date: 1954-05)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 164, Vol. 14, No. 8
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: DD is a flour salesman for US; Flour Follies

CBL-notes: According to an issue of "Der Donaldist", the editors of "The Carl Barks Library - Set VIII" have changed the Sowbuggian directions in the dialogue of panel 3.2 while retouching the story. (In The Carl Barks Library, the directions are "UMLX CYZK BCOUFSK GOO". It seems that the "U" in the "BCOUFSK" is in error.)

Research: The term or phrase "Penny Wise" dates back, perhaps to Ben Franklin's "Poor Man's Almanac"? (i.e., "Penny wise and pound foolish.").

Questions: What are the exact Sowbuggian directions in the original publication? Also, which issue of "Der Donaldist" contains this information?

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W WDC 165-00 "kids with tools"

(Inducks:

Inducks: W WDC 165-00
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-702
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, December 31 (Inducks submission: 1953-12-31)
Publication date: 1954, June (Inducks publication date: 1954-06)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 165, Vol. 14, No. 9
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: HDL carry tools

Additional credits: Barks's list includes two entries for the front cover of Walt Disney Comics & Stories 165, Vol. 14, No. 9 - one for November 6, 1953, for "art", and one for December 31, 1953, also for "art". Barrier says the second listing is unquestionably the correct one, since it is identified as "kids with tools". Barrier concludes that the earlier listing is thus for another cover, possibly that of Walt Disney Comics & Stories No. 168, which is the only cover published at this time for which there is no entry on Barks's list.

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W WDC 165-01 tv station audition ambition

Say, I do have timbre in my voice! I'm mildly surprised!
-- Donald Duck

(Inducks description: The Price of Fame)

Inducks: W WDC 165-01
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-713
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, August 27 (Inducks submission: 1953-08-27)
Publication date: 1954, June (Inducks publication date: 1954-06)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 165, Vol. 14, No. 9
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: DD tries to get famous as great musician

Research: Both Perry Como and Liberace were very successful musical superstars even as early as the time of this story. Barks has acknowlegded their fame on the very first page of the narrative, in the form of the anthropomorphized "Perry Cougar" and "Lizardace", whose popularity the nephews use to goal Donald into striving for fame of his own.

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W WDC 166-00 dog under bed cover

(Inducks:

Inducks: W WDC 166-00
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-702
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 195, (Inducks submission: 1953-11-06)
Publication date: 1954, July (Inducks publication date: 1954-07)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 166, Vol. 14, No. 10
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: HDL in bed with dog

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W WDC 166-01 midget auto races

(Inducks description: Midgets Madness)

Inducks: W WDC 166-01
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 08C-723
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, September 17 (Inducks submission: 1953-09-17)
Publication date: 1954, July (Inducks publication date: 1954-07)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 166, Vol. 14, No. 10
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)

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W WDC 167-00 "fly on beak"

(Inducks:

Inducks: W WDC 167-00
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 09A-018
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1954, March 18 (Inducks submission: 1954-03-18)
Publication date: 1954, August (Inducks publication date: 1954-08)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 167, Vol. 14, No. 11
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Fly on beak

Additional credits: Barks's list includes two entries for the front cover of Walt Disney Comics & Stories 167, Vol. 14, No. 11 - one for November 6, 1953, for "art", and one for March 18, 1954, for "art and idea". Barrier says the second listing is unquestionably the correct one, since it is identified as "fly on beak". Barrier concludes that the earlier listing is thus for another cover, possibly that of Walt Disney Comics & Stories No. 168, which is the only cover published at this time for which there is no entry on Barks's list.

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W WDC 167-01 salmon-catching contest

(Inducks description: Salmon Derby)

Inducks: W WDC 167-01
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 09A-019
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, October 1 (Inducks submission: 1953-10-01)
Publication date: 1954, August (Inducks publication date: 1954-08)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 167, Vol. 14, No. 11
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Fishing contest; Salmon Derby

Landmark: First WDC story that opens with a "splash panel". (A splash panel is a panel that takes up the top half of the first page).

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W WDC 168-00 hedge and indian headdresses

(Inducks:

Inducks: W WDC 168-00
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 09A-017; 09A front cover
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: Probably 1953, November 6 (Inducks submission: 1953-11-06)
Publication date: 1954, September (Inducks publication date: 1954-09)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 168, Vol. 14, No. 12
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Hedge and indian feathers cut

Additional credits: See additional credits under entries for WDC 165-00 and WDC 167-00.

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W WDC 168-01 chipmunk mascot

(Inducks description: Cheltenham's Choice)

Inducks: W WDC 168-01
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 09A-029
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1953, December 3 (Inducks submission: 1953-12-03)
Publication date: 1954, September (Inducks publication date: 1954-09)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 168, Vol. 14, No. 12
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: troubles with a trading chipmunk and a talkative bird

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W WDC 169-00 shaved initials on heads

(Inducks:

Inducks: W WDC 169-00
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 09A-018
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1954, April 22 (Inducks submission: 1954-04-22)
Publication date: 1954, October (Inducks publication date: 1954-10)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 169, Vol. 15, No. 1
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: cuts HDL's initials in hair

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W WDC 169-03 truant boat adventure

(Inducks description: Travelling Truants)

Inducks: W WDC 169-03
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 09A-039
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1954, January 7 (Inducks submission: 1954-01-07)
Publication date: 1954, October (Inducks publication date: 1954-10)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 169, Vol. 15, No. 1
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Truants' riverboat runaway trip

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W WDC 170-00 electric blanket tepee

(Inducks:

Inducks: W WDC 170-00
Barrier: MBAC-177
CBL: 09A-052
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks) (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1954, April 22 (Inducks submission: 1954-04-22)
Publication date: 1954, November (Inducks publication date: 1954-11)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 170, Vol. 15, No. 2
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Electric-heated wigwam