A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe (test)

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" (page 8C-634), the reason probably was to make him look sicker than he must have looked in Barks's original.

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

(Inducks description: The Hammy Camel)

WDC 160-01, gare's gag

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]

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WDC 161 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 161, Vol. 14, No. 5

Inducks: WDC 161
Barrier: MBAC-177
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1954, February
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 161-00 rare stamps olde stamps
W WDC 161-01 fix-it shop

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W WDC 161-00 rare stamps olde stamps

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

(Inducks description: Fix-up Mix-up)

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

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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WDC 162 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 162, Vol. 14, No. 6

Inducks: WDC 162
Barrier: MBAC-177
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1954, March
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 162-00 fence duel
W WDC 162-01 railroad station master

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W WDC 162-00 fence duel

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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WDC 163 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 163, Vol. 14, No. 7

Inducks: WDC 163
Barrier: MBAC-177
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1954, April
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 163-00 musical instruments baseball
W WDC 163-01 antique chair raffle

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W WDC 163-00 musical instruments baseball

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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WDC 164 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 164, Vol. 14, No. 8

Inducks: WDC 164
Barrier: MBAC-177
Publisher:
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1954, May
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 164-00 donald riding golf-bag carrier
W WDC 164-01 flour demonstrator

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

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W WDC 164-00 donald riding golf-bag carrier

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", 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

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: According to an issue of "Der Donaldist", "The Carl Barks Library" 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.) What are the directions in the original comic? Also, which issue of "Der Donaldist" contains this information?

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WDC 165 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 165, Vol. 14, No. 9

Inducks: WDC 165
Barrier: MBAC-177
Publisher:
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1954, June
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 165-00 "kids with tools"
W WDC 165-01 tv station audition ambition

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W WDC 165-00 "kids with tools"

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

(Inducks description: The Price of Fame)

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

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 become a 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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WDC 166 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 166, Vol. 14, No. 10

Inducks: WDC 166
Barrier: MBAC-177
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1954, July
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 166-00 dog under bed cover
W WDC 166-01 midget auto races

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W WDC 166-00 dog under bed cover

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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WDC 167 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 167, Vol. 14, No. 11

Inducks: WDC 167
Barrier: MBAC-177
Publisher:
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1954, August
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 167-00 "fly on beak"
W WDC 167-01 salmon-catching contest

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W WDC 167-00 "fly on beak"

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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WDC 168 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 168, Vol. 14, No. 12

Inducks: WDC 168
Barrier: MBAC-177
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1954, September
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 52
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 168-00 hedge and indian headdresses
W WDC 168-01 chipmunk mascot

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W WDC 168-00 hedge and indian headdresses

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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WDC 169 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 169, Vol. 15, No. 1

Inducks: WDC 169
Barrier: MBAC-177
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1954, October
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 169-00 shaved initials on heads
W WDC 169-03 truant boat adventure

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W WDC 169-00 shaved initials on heads

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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WDC 170 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 170, Vol. 15, No. 2

Inducks: WDC 170
Barrier: MBAC-177
Publisher: ...
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1954, November
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 170-00 electric blanket tepee
W WDC 170-03 ant city aquarium

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W WDC 170-00 electric blanket tepee

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