Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #v4#8 [44]

(May 1944)

This Month "The Mad Chemist" (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Barks

Pencils:

Carl Barks

Inks:

Carl Barks

Colors:

? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Letters:

Carl Barks

Content Information

Genre:

funny animal; science fiction

Characters:

Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Synopsis:

Donald becomes a scientific genius after suffering a crack on the head, and invents "duckmite," an incredibly powerful explosive that he uses to propel a rocket to the moon.

Reprinted:

• in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #301 (October 1965)
• in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #7 (March 1988)
• in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #15 (September 1989)
• in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #3 (March 1992)
• in Walt Disney's Donald Duck and Friends (Gemstone, 2003 Series) #329

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on December 30, 1943. Donald's "scientific" doubletalk includes an unwitting reference to a then-elusive chemical intermediate, carbene. Tongue-in-cheek references to this story were made in at least two scientific publications in the 1960s. The first panel of the second page was reproduced in "Chemical and Engineering News" for June 16, 1969, to accompany an article on carbene chemistry. Notes and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).

The Land of Long Ago (Table of Contents)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Merrill De Maris

Pencils:

Floyd Gottfredson

Inks:

Bill Wright

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Professor Dustibones (introduction)

Reprinted:

• from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1940.12.23 - 1941.04.12

Indexer Notes

part 5

[The Ambassador] (Table of Contents)

Bucky Bug / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Vivie Risto

Inks:

Vivie Risto

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

[Trapped Trappers] (Table of Contents)

Little Minnehaha / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roger Armstrong

Pencils:

Roger Armstrong

Inks:

Roger Armstrong

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Donald Duck's Contest (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

A one-page contest ad with illustrations. Donald is planting his Victory Garden, and has a dream where he can't remember the names of his vegetables. The contest has illustrations of, for example, an egg and a plant (eggplant, get it?). Contestants guess the 6 vegetables. Winning boy and girl each get a $25 War Bond. Runners-up get war stamps.

Indexer Notes

Synopsis from Terry via the Error List (December 2006).