A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe

CBL-notes: (R) A change due to the reconstruction of the story, which was cut down by the Western editors to 23 pages instead of 32. On page 1, the caption of panel 2 is shortened. The caption as by Western is not shown, but its text is mentioned in accompanying article.
Colored, except for the one-and-a-half page of new art which is printed apart from the (reconstructed) story, and some individual panels.
In the un-colored reproduction of the original panel 1.1 on page 02C-504, the upper panel border is different from the colored version on page 02C-465.

Reconstructions: In The Carl Barks Library - Set II, the story is reconstructed as a 32 pager, filling in the gap of the missing panel by a 'new' one, using art from other scenes in the comic. One caption was shortened, reconstructing it as it might have been in the original version. (The new one-and-a half page opening sequence with Donald and the nephews, is published in an article accompanying the story.)

Research: In English, "hazel" is the name of both a shrub native to eastern north america and an over-the-counter remedy for bruises and sprains (although not recognized in pharmacy as having much value).

Congruences:

... Student Witch: derby-hatted ogre

Correspondence:

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W DD 26-03 in Hobblin' Goblins

Barrier: MBAC-113
CBL: 02C-515
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck featuring Huey, Louie, and Dewey
Submission: 1952, May 8
Publication date: 1952, November-December
Issue: Donald Duck 26
Pages: 9

Landmark: First appearance of Gyro Gearloose in the "Donald Duck" series.

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W DD 26-04 awful masks

DD 26-04 text box

Barrier: MBAC-113
CBL: 02C-524
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1952, April 10
Publication date: 1952, November-December
Issue: Donald Duck 26
Pages: 1

Changes: Panel 7 was shortened in width by Western to make room for a narrow text box calling attention to a cut-out Halloween mask on the comic's back cover: "Turn the page for your Donald Duck startler." As a result, Daisy's eyes look past Donald.

Status: Original version is lost.

CBL-notes: (R) Panel 7 is stretched in width a little to reconstruct Barks' original layout.

Reconstructions: The Carl Barks Library - Set II has reconstructed the original lay-out by adding more space in between Donald and Daisy.
"The Carl Barks Library of Donald Duck Adventures in Color No. 25" is reported to contain a better reconstruction.

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

CS DD 26 Trick or Treat [surviving cut material]

Barrier: MBAC-112
CBL: 02C-465
Type: story segment
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [mostly by Carl Barks]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1952, March 31 ?
Publication date: 1986, November
Issue: The Carl Barks Library - Set II
Pages: 10 3/8
Intended issue: Donald Duck 26
Intended publication date: 1952, November-December

Additional credits: See in Trick or Treat, for more information.

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CZ DD 26 Trick or Treat [lost cut material]

Barrier: ---
CBL: ---
Type: story segment
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [mostly by Carl Barks]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1952, March 31 ?
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 0 1/8
Intended issue: Donald Duck 26
Intended publication date: 1952, November-December

Additional credits: See in Trick or Treat, for more information.

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W DD 27-00 the flying horse

Barrier: MBAC-113
CBL: 02C-529
Type: cover, illustrating non-Barks story "The Flying Horse"
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1952, July 31
Publication date: 1953, January-February
Issue: Donald Duck 27
Pages: 1

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W DD 28-00 robert the robot

Barrier: MBAC-113
CBL: 02C-530
Type: cover, illustrating non-Barks story "Robert the Robot"
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1952, August 28
Publication date: 1953, March-April
Issue: Donald Duck 28
Pages: 1

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W DD 29-00 creel cat

Barrier: MBAC-113
CBL: 02C-530
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1952, October 9
Publication date: 1953, May-June
Issue: Donald Duck 29
Pages: 1

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W DD 30-00 donkey sidecar

Barrier: MBAC-113
CBL: 02C-530
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1952, October 9
Publication date: 1953, July-August
Issue: Donald Duck 30
Pages: 1

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W DD 35-00 rainpipe boot

Barrier: MBAC-113
CBL: 02C-530
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1953, September 17 (idea); 1953, October 8 (art)
Publication date: 1954, May-June
Issue: Donald Duck 35
Pages: 1

Questions: Printed with a black background, so the outer ink lines are invisible?

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W DD 44-00 blizzard tonight

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-531
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1955, June 23
Publication date: 1955, November-December
Issue: Donald Duck 44
Pages: 1

Layout: Printed with a black background, so the outer ink lines are invisible.

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W DD 45-01 heating pads

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-543
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1954, October 14
Publication date: 1956, January-February
Issue: Donald Duck 45
Pages: 1

Additional credits: Replaced by an advertisement in some copies.

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W DD 45-06 dogcather leaving duckburg

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-537
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1954, October 14
Publication date: 1956, January-February
Issue: Donald Duck 45
Pages: 6

Changes: Written and drawn as an 8 page story "but the editors whittled it down to fit a speciale hole in a rush. In the process they got some panels reversed on the bottom half of page 5, leaving the story a bad jumbled mess." (letter from Barks to a fan) Detailed information

Lost material:

CZ DD 45 dogcather leaving duckburg [lost cut material]

Status: No cut art is known to have surfaced.

CBL-notes: (R) On page 5, tier 3 and 4 (panels 7-8 and 5-6) are switched to reconstruct Barks' original intention. Western mixed up these tiers while cutting out two pages of artwork from the story.

Reconstructions: The Carl Barks Library - Set II the panels of the last page are printed in the right order.

Correspondence:

letter from Carl Barks to a fan

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W DD 45-08 first paper route

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-544
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1954, October 17
Publication date: 1956, January-February
Issue: Donald Duck 45
Pages: 1

Additional credits: Replaced by an advertisement in some copies.

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W DD 45-09 snow cleared off of street

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-569
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1954, October 14
Publication date: 1956, January-February
Issue: Donald Duck 45
Pages: 0 7/8
Filled out with: [unknown material]

Additional credits: Replaced by an advertisement in some copies.

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

Questions: What material fills out the comic book page?

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CZ DD 45 dogcather leaving duckburg [lost cut material]

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: ---
Type: story segment
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1954, October 14
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 2
Intended issue: Donald Duck 45
Intended publication date: 1956, January-February

Additional credits: See dogcather leaving duckburg, for more information.

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W DD 46-00 cake blown away

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-531
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1955, September 15
Publication date: 1956, March-April
Issue: Donald Duck 46
Pages: 1

Changes: Nephews faces were redrawn by another artist after submission to Western.

Status: Original version is lost.

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W DD 46-02 in Secret of Hondorica

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-545
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1954, September 30
Publication date: 1956, March-April
Issue: Donald Duck 46
Pages: 24

Changes: On several occasions in this story, as published in The Carl Barks Library - Set II, the word "spirit" looks out of sync with the rest of the dialogue, as if it was drawn by someone else after Barks' writing had been erased, replacing a smaller word. From the story context it looks like that "god" rather than "spirit" was the original word.

Status: If changed, the original version is lost.

Questions: Is the original publication identical to the reprint in The Carl Barks Library - Set II?

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W DD 51-07 comfortable hat

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-570
Type: gag
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1956, May 24
Publication date: 1957, January-February
Issue: Donald Duck 51
Pages: 0 1/2
Filled out with: [unknown material]

Layout: Doesn't end with a full page.

Changes: Barks' list shows a full page "new hat" gag accepted on May 24, 1956, with no issue specified. The gag as published has obviously been cut from a full page.

Lost material:

CZ DD 51 comfortable hat [lost cut material]

Status: If changed, no cut art is known to have surfaced.

Questions: What material fills out the comic book page?

Sources

CZ DD 51 comfortable hat [lost cut material]

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: ---
Type: story segment
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1956, May 24
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 0 1/2
Intended issue: Donald Duck 51
Intended publication date: 1957, January-February

Additional credits: See comfortable hat, for more information.

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W DD 52-00 first aid chair spring

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-532
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1956, September 6
Publication date: 1957, March-April
Issue: Donald Duck 52
Pages: 1

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W DD 52-02 and the Lost Peg Leg Mine

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-571
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1956, June 14
Publication date: 1957, March-April
Issue: Donald Duck 52
Pages: 10
Intended issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 203, Vol. 17;, No. 11
Intended publication date: 1957, August

Correspondence:

June 22, 1956 letter from Chase Craig to Carl Barks

Schedule: Originally scheduled for "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" No. 203, August 1957. In a letter dated June 22, 1956, about a week after the story's submission, Chase Craig informed Barks of the change and asked for another ten-page story for "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories".

Questions: At this time, Barks' stories for "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" were untitled. So, maybe the title "Lost Peg Leg Mine" was both made up and lettered by the editors?

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W DD 54-01 in "Forbidden Valley"

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-581
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1956, December 13
Publication date: 1957, July-August
Issue: Donald Duck 54
Pages: 26

Additional credits: New version of in "Darkest Africa".

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W DD 55-00 bird's nest cap

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-532
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1956, October 18
Publication date: 1957, September-October
Issue: Donald Duck 55
Pages: 1

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W DD 57-00 cook book and mixer

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-532
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1957, July 25
Publication date: 1958, January-February
Issue: Donald Duck 57
Pages: 1

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W DD 60-02 and the Titanic Ants!

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-607
Type: story, three tiers per page
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1957, June 20
Publication date: 1958, July-August
Issue: Donald Duck 60
Pages: 20

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W DD 60-05 in Water Ski Race

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-627
Type: story, three tiers per page
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1957, October 31
Publication date: 1958, July-August
Issue: Donald Duck 60
Pages: 6

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W DD 65-00 dustbin pelican

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-533
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1958, April 20
Publication date: 1959, May-June
Issue: Donald Duck 65
Pages: 1

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W DD 68-04 The Master Glasser

Barrier: MBAC-114
CBL: 02C-633
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1959, May 20
Publication date: 1959, November-December
Issue: Donald Duck 68
Pages: 5

Additional credits: In a June 9, 1968 letter to Michael Barrier, Barks said: "The 'Master Glasser' story was from a script sent to me from the office. As usual, I did lots of rewriting to pull the gags together."

Correspondence: