(June 1948)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielson Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK IN THE OLD CASTLE'S SECRET, No. 189." Code number is D.D.O.S. #189-486. Copyright 1948 by Walt Disney Productions. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #44/1997 (28. October 1997) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #44/1997 (28. October 1997) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #44/1997 (28. October 1997) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #44/1997 (28. October 1997) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #44/1997 (28. October 1997) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #44/1997 (28. October 1997)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #24/1991 (11. juni 1991)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #44/1997 (28. October 1997) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #44/1997 (28. October 1997) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #44/1997 (28. October 1997) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #44/1997 (28. October 1997) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #44/1997 (28. October 1997) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #44/1997 (28. October 1997) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961)
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals; adventure
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #20 (April 1990)
Indexer Notes
Carl Barks' first front cover for any comic book. Art submitted January 16, 194. New version of cover in The Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1964) #1.
[Bird Watching]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Barks
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Carl Barks
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis:
- Donald takes the nephews birdwatching.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (1964)
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Disney, 1990 series) #38 (July 1993)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #25 (January 1996)
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Art submitted on January 6, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
"The Old Castle's Secret"
Donald Duck / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Barks
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Carl Barks
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals; adventure
- 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, but the nephews get down safely and find a secret entrance to the castle through an old graveyard.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (1964)
- in The Walt Disney Best Comics Series (Abbeville Press, 1980 series) #[6] (October 1980)
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #20 (April 1990)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #8 (August 1994)
Indexer Notes
Art submitted on December 3, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
[Horseshoe Luck]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Barks
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Carl Barks
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis:
- Donald refuses to believe that finding a horseshoe brings good luck.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1964 series) #1 (1964)
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Disney, 1990 series) #38 (July 1993)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #25 (January 1996)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Art submitted January 6, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
[Bean Taken]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Barks
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Carl Barks
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis:
- Donald devises a system for guessing the number of beans in a jar.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Art submitted on January 6, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Bird Watching]
Donald Duck -
2.
"The Old Castle's Secret"
Donald Duck -
3.
[Horseshoe Luck]
Donald Duck -
4.
[Bean Taken]
Donald Duck
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Gary L. Watson
- Merlin Haas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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