A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe

Questions: This untitled story was submitted after the stories published in WDC 229 and WDC 230, which both have a title in a machine-like font. So, maybe these titles were made up by the editors?

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W WDC 229-00 one straw and multiple straws

Barrier: MBAC-182
CBL: 09C-714
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: [none]
Submission: 1958, November 22
Publication date: 1959, October
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 229, Vol. 20, No. 1
Pages: 1

Sources

W WDC 229-01 The Good Deeds

Barrier: MBAC-182
CBL: 09C-735
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Submission: 1958, October 15
Publication date: 1959, October
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 229, Vol. 20, No. 1
Pages: 10

Layout: Title has a machine-like font. See entry for W WDC 228-01 watchful parents club.

Landmark: After W WDC 46-02 in "Camera Crazy", this is Barks' first Walt Disney Comics and Stories ten-pager with a title included.

Congruences:

W WDC 34-01 good deeds and fire sticks

Sources

W WDC 230-00 dachshund and hoop

Barrier: MBAC-182
CBL: 10A-017
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: [none]
Submission: 1959, January 2
Publication date: 1959, November
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 230, Vol. 20, No. 2
Pages: 1

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W WDC 230-01 Black Wednesday

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-021
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1958, October 30
Publication date: 1959, November
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 230, Vol. 20, No. 2
Pages: 10

Layout: Title has a machine-like font. See entry for W WDC 228-01 watchful parents club.

Sources

W WDC 231-00 dish wash in bathtub

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-018
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: [none]
Submission: 1959, January 2
Publication date: 1959, December
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 231, Vol. 20, No. 3
Pages: 1

CBL-notes: Blurry reproduction.

Sources

W WDC 231-01 The Wax Museum

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-031
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1958, November 17
Publication date: 1959, December
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 231, Vol. 20, No. 3
Pages: 10

Additional credits: In his 1969 list of work for Western, Barks wrote about this story: "Got this story idea from my daughter."

Layout: Title has a machine-like font. See entry for W WDC 228-01 watchful parents club.

Sources

W WDC 232-00 xylophone icicles

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-018
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: [none]
Submission: 1959, June 12
Publication date: 1960, January
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 232, Vol. 20, No. 4
Pages: 1

CBL-notes: Blurry reproduction.

Sources

W WDC 232-01 Under the Polar Ice

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-041
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1959, July 11
Publication date: 1960, January1960, January
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 232, Vol. 20, No. 4
Pages: 10

Additional credits: If the machine-like font titles of the preceding issues WDC 229 to WDC 231 were made up by the editors, then "Under the Polar Ice" may have been the first WDC title made up by Barks himself after W WDC 46-02 in "Camera Crazy". See entry for W WDC 228-01 watchful parents club.

Other reasons for this theory: Apart from the creative lettering, the title "Under the Polar Ice" sounds more exciting than "The Good Deeds", "Black Wednesday", and "The Wax Museum", which only decribe the story's theme.

Sources

W WDC 233-00 umbrellas and water pistols

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-018
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: [none]
Submission: 1959, January 2
Publication date: 1960, February
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 233, Vol. 20, No. 5
Pages: 1
Intended issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 232, Vol. 20, No. 4
Intended publication date: 1960, January

CBL-notes: Blurry reproduction.

Backstage: According to Barrier, this cover was originally scheduled for "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" No. 232, January 1960.

Questions: Two covers intended for WDC 232? (See WDC 243.)

Sources

W WDC 233-01 Knights of the Flying Sleds

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-051
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1959, January 2
Publication date: 1960, February
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 233, Vol. 20, No. 5
Pages: 10

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W WDC 234-01 Riding the Pony Express

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-061
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1959, August 17
Publication date: 1960, March
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 234, Vol. 20, No. 6
Pages: 10

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W WDC 235-00 vacuum cleaner and dirt

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-019
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Submission: 1959, July 31
Publication date: 1960, April
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 235, Vol. 20, No. 7
Pages: 1

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W WDC 235-02 Want to Buy an Island?

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-071
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1959, September 28
Publication date: 1960, April
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 235, Vol. 20, No. 7
Pages: 10

Sources

W WDC 236-00 playhouse with donald inside

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-020
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: [none]
Submission: 1959, April 1
Publication date: 1960, May
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 236, Vol. 20, No. 8
Pages: 1

CBL-notes: Blurry reproduction.

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W WDC 236-01 Froggy Farmer

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-081
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1959, October 14
Publication date: 1960, May
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 236, Vol. 20, No. 8
Pages: 10

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W WDC 237-00 fishing pole versus bread

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-020
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: [none]
Submission: 1959, January 22
Publication date: 1960, June
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 237, Vol. 20, No. 9
Pages: 1

CBL-notes: Blurry reproduction.

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W WDC 237-01 Mystery of the Loch

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-091
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1960, January 15
Publication date: 1960, June
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 237, Vol. 20, No. 9
Pages: 10

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W WDC 238-00 patched swimming-belts

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-102
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown]
Hero: [none]
Submission: 1960, January 7
Publication date: 1960, July
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 238, Vol. 20, No. 10
Pages: 1

CBL-notes: Blurry reproduction.

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W WDC 238-01 The Dog-sitter

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-105
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1960, January 7
Publication date: 1960, July
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 238, Vol. 20, No. 10
Pages: 10

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W WDC 239-01 The Village Blacksmith

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-115
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1960, January 15
Publication date: 1960, August
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 239, Vol. 20, No. 11
Pages: 10

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W WDC 240-00 four ducks under one umbrella

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-102
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: [none]
Submission: 1958, November 22
Publication date: 1960, September
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 240, Vol. 20, No. 12
Pages: 1

CBL-notes: Blurry reproduction.

Sources

W WDC 240-01 The Fraidy Falcon

Barrier: MBAC-183
CBL: 10A-125
Type: story
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Donald Duck
Submission: 1960, January 15
Publication date: 1960, September
Issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 240, Vol. 20, No. 12
Pages: 10

CBL-notes: Page 3 is retouched, most noticeable on the ducks' eyes and beaks.

Congruences:

QMU 1939-?05: Donald with a hot-air balloon

Sources

"hammocks" [original]

Inducks: ...
Barrier: MBAC-202
CBL: ---
Type: cover
Art: Carl Barks
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: [none]
Submission: 1960, March 7
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1
Intended issue: Walt Disney Comics & Stories 240, Vol. 20, No. 12 ?
Intended publication date: 1960, September ?

Changes: Art and idea front cover for "Walt Disney Comics and Stories", listed as "hammocks". It's difficult to say in which issue this cover would have appeared, since the covers which Barks submitted between April 1958 and April 1961 where noticeably printed out of order, but it could have been around issue No. 240.

Surviving material: CU 2 hammocks [cover layout]

Status: No (inked) art is known to exist.

Remakes: