A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe (test)

Additional credits: The same idea - but a different drawing - was used for the cover of Walt Disney Comics & Stories 341, Vol. 29, No. 5, 1969, February.

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W WDC 256-01 Northeaster on Cape Quack

(Inducks: Northeaster on Cape Quack)

Inducks: W WDC 256-01
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 10B-293
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1961, May 17 (Inducks submission: 1961-05-17)
Publication date: 1962, January (Inducks publication date: 1962-01)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 256, Vol. 22, No. 4
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: the ducks light up the night!

Backstage: This story - or at least its title - was inspired by Ted Kautsky's dramatic watercolor painting "Northeaster off Cape Anne".

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WDC 257 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 257, Vol. 22, No. 5

Inducks: WDC 257
Barrier: MBAC-185
Publisher:
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1962, February
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 257-02 Movie Mad

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W WDC 257-02 Movie Mad

(Inducks: Movie Mad)

Inducks: W WDC 257-02
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 10B-303
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1961, June 5 (Inducks submission: 1961-06-05)
Publication date: 1962, February (Inducks publication date: 1962-02)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 257, Vol. 22, No. 5
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: DD pursues HDL with his new movie camera; director Donald's film doesn't flatter his nephews!

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WDC 258 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 258, Vol. 22, No. 6

Inducks: WDC 258
Barrier: MBAC-185
Publisher:
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1962, March
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 258-01 Ten-cent Valentine

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W WDC 258-01 Ten-cent Valentine

(Inducks: Ten-Cent Valentine)

Did another missile blow up on the launching pad?
-- Scrooge McDuck

Inducks: W WDC 258-01
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 10B-313
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1961, June 14 (Inducks submission: 1961-06-14)
Publication date: 1962, March (Inducks publication date: 1962-03)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 258, Vol. 22, No. 6
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: MAgica de Spell is after Scrooge's Number One Dime!; MDS sends Valentines' Day card to US

Surviving material: magica de spell [model sheet]

Cross-references: Second appearance of Magica de Spell. The nephews remembers her as "the sorceress who almost melted Unca Scrooge's Old Number One Dime in Mount Vesuvius!" (2.5) This is a cross-reference to what happened during her first appearance, in «The Midas Touch».

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WDC 259 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 259, Vol. 22, No. 7

Inducks: WDC 259
Barrier: MBAC-185
Publisher:
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1962, April
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 259-01 Jungle Bungle

Outtakes:

CX WDC 259 Jungle Bungle [surviving cut material]

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

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W WDC 259-01 Jungle Bungle

(Inducks: Jungle Bungle)

Inducks: W WDC 259-01
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 10B-323
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1961, September 14 (Inducks submission: 1961-09-14)
Publication date: 1962, April (Inducks publication date: 1962-04)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 259, Vol. 22, No. 7
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Donald and the boys head to Africa in search of a rare rhino!; In Africa trying to catch rare rhino using special arrows

Changes: The title panel of this story was revised following office suggestions. In the original splash-panel, one of the nephews is holding a stick with a prune on it and the other two are standing next to him. They call to Donald: "All set, Unca Donald! See if you can shoot the prune off this stick with your arrow!" Donald, in the panel front right, replies: "Ha! A prune! I could shoot a raisin at this easy distance!"

The panel was presumably revised because it is extremely unsafe as originally drawn. The published splash-panel shows the nephews standing next to Donald as he aims at the stick - now stuck in the ground - there is no safety hazard.

A look at the art of the second panel (in comparision with the original first panel) seems to reveal that this panel was also altered. No original version of this panel exists, because - instead of drawing a new one - Barks has most likely revised it by whitening out the nephews and filling in the background.

Surviving material:

CX WDC 259 Jungle Bungle [surviving cut material]: Rejected splash-panel.

Congruences:

"kids at bat": Western Publishing [apparently] objecting to a situation that is dangerous in real life.

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CX WDC 259 Jungle Bungle [surviving cut material]

(Inducks: Jungle Bungle)

Inducks: CX WDC 259
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 10B-272
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: 1961, September 14 ?
Publication date: 1990, August (Inducks publication date: 1990-08)
Issue: The Carl Barks Library - Set X
Pages: 0 1/2 (Inducks pages: 0 h)
Intended issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 259, Vol. 22, No. 7
Intended publication date: 1962, April

Additional credits: See Jungle Bungle, for more information.

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WDC 260 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 260, Vol. 22, No. 8

Inducks: WDC 260
Barrier: MBAC-185
Publisher:
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1962, May
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 260-00 scout knot in hose
W WDC 260-02 Merry Ferry

Outtakes:

"kids at bat" ?
CR WDC 260 scout knot in hose [alternate version]

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

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W WDC 260-00 scout knot in hose

Inducks: W WDC 260-00
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 10B-272
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1961, September 7 (Inducks submission: 1961-09-07)
Publication date: 1962, May (Inducks publication date: 1962-05)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 260, Vol. 22, No. 8
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Knot in garden hose

Surviving material:

CR WDC 260 scout knot in hose [alternate version]

CBL-notes: Blurry reproduction.

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W WDC 260-02 Merry Ferry

(Inducks: Merry Ferry)

Inducks: W WDC 260-02
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 10B-333
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1961, September 19 (Inducks submission: 1961-09-19)
Publication date: 1962, May (Inducks publication date: 1962-05)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 260, Vol. 22, No. 8
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: HDL look for passengers for DD's humble ferry

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"kids at bat"

Barrier: MBAC-202, 212
CBL: ---
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: [none]
Submission: 1961, October 5
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1
Intended issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 260, Vol. 22, No. 8 ?
Intended publication date: 1962, May ?

Additional credits: Art-only front cover for Walt Disney's Comics, listed as "kids at bat". According to The Carl Barks Library - Set IX, Barks intended the cover for Walt Disney Comics & Stories 260, Vol. 22, No. 8, 1962, May

Surviving material:

CR CU 4 kids at bat [layout #1]

Status: No inked art has ever surfaced.

Remakes: ARC BL 9 kids at bat [remake]

Backstage: Surviving pencil drawings for this cover show the nephews standing three in row, with bats over their shoulders, as Donald prepares to pitch. The nephews would severely injure one another's head if they swung their bats. Western probably rejected the design for that reason, believing that children might be encouraged to imitate the nephews' three-bat trick.

Congruences:

W WDC 259-01 Jungle Bungle: Western Publishing objecting to a situation that is dangerous in real life.

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WDC 261 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 261, Vol. 22, No. 9

Inducks: WDC 261
Barrier: MBAC-185
Publisher:
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1962, June
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 261-00 picnic in log
W WDC 261-01 Medaling Around

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W WDC 261-00 picnic in log

Inducks: W WDC 261-00
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 10B-271
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: [unknown] (Inducks writer: ?)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1961, April 21 (Inducks submission: 1961-04-21)
Publication date: 1962, June (Inducks publication date: 1962-06)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 261, Vol. 22, No. 9
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Inducks description: Hollow tree; Hollow log

Additional credits: The cover idea for this art-only cover was already used in Italy, before Barks' version was published in the USA. This Italian version was inked by Italian artist Perego and published as the cover of Topolino #302, 1961-09-10.

Questions: It is obviously impossible that Perego had seen a published American version before. So, maybe this cover was distributed to various publishers just as an idea, possibly a rough sketch, which was then independently worked on by the various artists, including Barks? Also, who's the writer of this "international" cover?

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W WDC 261-01 Medaling Around

(Inducks: Medaling Around)

Inducks: W WDC 261-01
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 10B-343
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1961, November 16 (Inducks submission: 1961-11-16)
Publication date: 1962, June (Inducks publication date: 1962-06)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 261, Vol. 22, No. 9
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: JW Hound spoils DD's animal photos

CBL-notes: Splash panel is lengthened at the lower border. Changed from a Donald Duck-story into a Junior Woodchuck-story. Apparently, the reason for this is that the reprint of Junior Woodchuck comic No. 23 of November 1973 was used. Since it wasn't the opening-story of the comic, the room which was left open for the indicia of WDC 261 wasn't nescessary anymore and therefore filled in that reprint.

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WDC 262 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 262, Vol. 22, No. 10

Inducks: WDC 262
Barrier: MBAC-185
Publisher:
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1962, July
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 262-02 Way Out Yonder
W WDC 262-08 Rags to Riches

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W WDC 262-02 Way Out Yonder

(Inducks: Way Out Yonder)

Inducks: W WDC 262-02
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 10B-355
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1961, December 5 (Inducks submission: 1961-12-05)
Publication date: 1962, July (Inducks publication date: 1962-07)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 262, Vol. 22, No. 10
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Saving money on desert vacation, mini moto race

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W WDC 262-08 Rags to Riches

(Inducks description: Rags To Riches)

Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob! Sob!
-- Scrooge McDuck

Inducks: W WDC 262-08
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 04C-552
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Uncle Scrooge (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: 1961, November 1 (Inducks submission: 1961-11-01)
Publication date: 1962, July (Inducks publication date: 1962-07)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 262, Vol. 22, No. 10
Pages: 0 1/2 (Inducks pages: 0 h)
Filled out with: [unknown material]
Inducks description: gives money to crying beggar; Rags to riches

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

Questions: What material fills out the comic book page?

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WDC 263 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 263, Vol. 22, No. 11

Inducks: WDC 263
Barrier: MBAC-185
Publisher:
Label: Dell
Publication date: 1962, August
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 263-01 The Candy Kid

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W WDC 263-01 The Candy Kid

(Inducks: The Candy Kid)

Inducks: W WDC 263-01
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 10B-365
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1961, December 13 (Inducks submission: 1961-12-13)
Publication date: 1962, August (Inducks publication date: 1962-08)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 263, Vol. 22, No. 11
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: World fair, exploding popcorn stand

Additional credits: In his 1969 list of work for Western, Barks wrote: "I dreamed up this story to feature Joe Cowles, a fan who was working on a popcorn machine at Disneyland." Detailed information

Correspondence:

March 19, 1961 letter from Carl Barks to Joe Cowles

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WDC 264 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 264, Vol. 22, No. 12

Inducks: WDC 264
Barrier: MBAC-185
Publisher:
Label: Gold Key
Publication date: 1962, September
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 264-01 Master Wrecker

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W WDC 264-01 Master Wrecker

(Inducks: Master Wrecker)

Inducks: W WDC 264-01
Barrier: MBAC-185
CBL: 10B-375
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1962, February 9 (Inducks submission: 1962-02-09)
Publication date: 1962, September (Inducks publication date: 1962-09)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 264, Vol. 22, No. 12
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: The Master Wrecker

Additional credits: Barks credits the idea for this story to Joe Cowles. Detailed information

Research: In panel 4.7, Barks included a few bars of music. Matt Rosenblatt has pointed out that "The first seven notes are 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star': the melody comes from a Haydn symphony. The last three notes are the ones that follow in the symphony, but not in 'Twinkle, twinkle little star.'" Barks, questioned about this, replied in a 22 November 1968 letter to Michael Barrier: "The music from Haydn's symphony must have been lifted from the book 'The art of enjoying music' by Sigmund Spaeth. I used the book for many references to musical forms and titles. Actually, I can't read a note."

Correspondence:

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WDC 265 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 265, Vol. 23, No. 1

Inducks: WDC 265
Barrier: MBAC-186
Publisher:
Label: Gold Key
Publication date: 1962, October
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 265-02 Raven Mad

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W WDC 265-02 Raven Mad

(Inducks: Raven Mad)

Nevermore!
-- Randolph (a raven)

Inducks: W WDC 265-02
Barrier: MBAC-186
CBL: 10B-385
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1962, February 17 (Inducks submission: 1962-02-17)
Publication date: 1962, October (Inducks publication date: 1962-10)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 265, Vol. 23, No. 1
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: MDS hypnotizes HDL's raven to put first dime on top of a solar rocket; the boy's feathered friend becomes Magica's foozled flunky!

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WDC 266 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 266, Vol. 23, No. 2

Inducks: WDC 266
Barrier: MBAC-186
Publisher:
Label: Gold Key
Publication date: 1962, November
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 266-02 Stalwart Ranger

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W WDC 266-02 Stalwart Ranger

(Inducks: Stalwart Ranger)

Inducks: W WDC 266-02
Barrier: MBAC-186
CBL: 10B-395
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1962, March 5 (Inducks submission: 1962-03-05)
Publication date: 1962, November (Inducks publication date: 1962-11)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 266, Vol. 23, No. 2
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: a test for stamina makes Donald sheepish!; as forest ranger, counting mountain goats

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WDC 267 - Walt Disney Comics & Stories 267, Vol. 23, No. 3

Inducks: WDC 267
Barrier: MBAC-186
Publisher:
Label: Gold Key
Publication date: 1962, December
Country: USA
Cover type:
Height: inch
Width: inch
Pages: 36
Cover price:

New material:

W WDC 267-02 Log Jockey

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W WDC 267-02 Log Jockey

(Inducks: Log Jockey)

Inducks: W WDC 267-02
Barrier: MBAC-186
CBL: 10B-405
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: Donald Duck (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: 1962, March 15 (Inducks submission: 1962-03-15)
Publication date: 1962, December (Inducks publication date: 1962-12)
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 267, Vol. 23, No. 3
Pages: 10 (Inducks pages: 10)
Inducks description: Donald's deep-woods cousin gets him in deep trouble!; Surprise visit to lumberjack cousin