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- I'll take you kids into the woods and teach you about nature!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; bobolink; chickadee; nuthatch; worm; two angry old ladies
- Synopsis
- Donald takes his nephews birdwatching and provides one description too many.
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- Keywords
- best of intentions; birds; birdwatching; forest setting; nature; wrong impression
Carl Barks provides some very detailed and realistic illustrations of the various birds observed by Donald and the boys.
Black and white on inside front cover.
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- Hey, kids, our rich old uncle Scrooge McDuck wants us to drive over and see him!
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge (second appearance); Diamond Dick
- Synopsis
- Uncle Scrooge and the ducks go to Scotland to find the treasure hidden in the walls of the old McDuck castle, and there they encounter a "ghost" that is invisible except for the shadow cast by its skeleton. The "ghost" soon steals the treasure and traps the ducks on a balcony a hundred feet above the ground. The nephews get down safely, find a secret entrance to the castle through an old graveyard, and expose the ghost as a thief.
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- Keywords
- castle; early version of a famous character; exploring; frequently reprinted story; fright; ghost; graveyard; mystery; Scotland; secret passage; skeleton; suits of armor; sword; treasure
This early version of Scrooge may not yet be "The World's Richest Duck", as he says to Donald: "The McDuck fortune is in bad shape! I must raise several million dollars immediately!"
This story profoundly influences portions of "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" by Don Rosa, particularly so in its first chapter - appearing in the United States in Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1993 Series) #285 (April 1994). https://www.comics.org/issue/54814/
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- Donald is the assistant guard in the museum at Duckburg!
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; butterfly-seeking museum guest; lace and tatting-seeking museum guest; Azure Blue; museum curator; Lawyer Sharky; Azure Blue's ship's captain and crew; curator's helicopter pilot; embroidered lampshade-seeking museum guest
- Synopsis
- The ducks and a museum curator race Azure Blue, a descendant of the Vikings, to the coast of Labrador to find a golden helmet, left by a Viking explorer, that will give Blue title to all of North America. Once the helmet is saved from Blue, the curator, Donald, Lawyer Sharky - and even one of Donald's nephews (!) - have visions of ruling the continent.
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- Keywords
- desperate search; frequently reprinted story; golden helmet; museum; ruler of North America; sea or island setting; Vikings
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- Well, well, a horseshoe! If some jerk found that, he'd think it was a sign of good luck!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; doctor
- Synopsis
- Donald refuses to believe that finding a horseshoe brings good luck.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- hard lesson learned; horseshoe; luck
"Unca'" is lettered with an ending apostrophe. Black and white on inside back cover.
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- Two famous Disney Classics
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- In Labrador, Donald uncovers the fabled Golden Helmet of Viking Olaf the Blue.
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- Keywords
- golden helmet; Labrador; map; Vikings
The front cover image of Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series) #408 (July-August 1952) is reprinted on the back cover of this issue, sans logo and all original cover copy. Color on back cover.
xrefd: CB OIL 5; CB OIL 18; CB OIL 35