(December 1949)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- 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 "LUCK OF THE NORTH," No. 256." Code number is W.D.O.S. #257-4912 (Note that code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1949 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 Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #25 (January 1996)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #52/1998 (December 22, 1998)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #41/2001 (9. oktober 2001) [original title: [Burning Nephews Toys]
"Luck of the North"
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2 (1967)
- in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #44 (December 1973) [interior]
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #2 (November 1986)
- in Gladstone Comics Album Special Giant (Gladstone, 1989 series) #2 (January 1990)
Indexer Notes
Cover submitted July 21, 1949.
[Toasty Toys]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Carl Barks
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
- Synopsis:
- Donald burns the nephews' toys when firewood runs low.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #2 (November 1986)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #25 (January 1996)
- in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gemstone, 2003 series) #4 (November 2006)
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Story submitted July 21, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
"Luck of the North"
Donald Duck / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Barks; Dana Coty (story idea)
- 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 and Louie; Gladstone Gander
- Synopsis:
- Donald, exasperated by Gladstone Gander's good luck, sends him on a wild goose chase to Alaska in search of a uranium mine, then is overcome by remorse and fears for Gladstone's safety. He and the nephews follow Gladstone to a desolate iceberg that just happens to contain a Viking ship decked out in gold trim.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration (migrated reprint links need inspection)
- in The Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1964 series) #2 (1967)
- in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #44 (December 1973)
- in Donald Duck Best Comics (Abbeville Press, 1978 series) #[nn] (1978) [original layout=32 pages, abridged?; reprint layout=14 pages, abridged?]
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #2 (November 1986)
- in Gladstone Comics Album Special Giant (Gladstone, 1989 series) #2 (January 1990)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #12 (December 1994)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Classics: Quack Up (Boom! Studios, 2010 series) #[nn] (January 2010)
Indexer Notes
Story submitted June 29, 1949. First appearance of Gladstone Gander in the Donald Duck series. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
[No Place to Hide]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Carl Barks
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
- Synopsis:
- Donald has trouble hiding the nephews' Christmas presents.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #2 (November 1986)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #25 (January 1996)
- in Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (Gemstone, 2003 series) #2 ([November] 2004)
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Story submitted July 21, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
[Tied-Down Tools]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Carl Barks
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
- Synopsis:
- The nephews receive a box of tools for Christmas.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #2 (November 1986)
- in Gladstone Comic Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #25 ([April] 1990)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #25 (January 1996)
- in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #25 (April 1990)
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Story submitted July 21, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
[Toasty Toys]
Donald Duck -
2.
"Luck of the North"
Donald Duck -
3.
[No Place to Hide]
Donald Duck -
4.
[Tied-Down Tools]
Donald Duck
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- David Porta
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