(May 1950)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- 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 ANCIENT PERSIA, No. 275." Code number is D.D.O.S. #276-505. (Note that Code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1950 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). Apparently Donald Duck #11.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Donald Duck & Co (Egmont Serieforlaget AS, 1997 series) #28/2000 (11. juli 2000)
Ancient Persia
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Barks
- Pencils:
- Carl Barks
- Inks:
- Carl Barks
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals; adventure
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #44 (December 1973) [interior]
- in Donald Duck (Whitman, 1980 series) #228 (June 1981)
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #2 (November 1986) [interior]
- in Gladstone Comic Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #10 (November 1988)
- in La Dynastie Donald Duck (Editions Glénat, 2010 series) #1 (décembre 2010)
- in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #10 (November 1988)
Indexer Notes
Cover submitted November 10, 1949.
[April Fool Photo]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Strobl
- Inks:
- Tony Strobl
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Tony Strobl
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis:
- The nephews play an April Fool joke on Donald while pretending to take his picture.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Donald Duck in Ancient Persia
Donald Duck / comic story / 24 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
- Synopsis:
- The ducks are kidnapped by a mysterious scientist and flown to Persia, where they dig into an ancient city, Itsa Faka. The inhabitants of the city have been dehydrated while still living and the scientist restores the royal entourage to life by pouring its dust into a special mixture. Donald is mistaken for the prince who jilted King Nevvawaza's daughter and a marriage ceremony is ordered by the king.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #44 (December 1973) [revised layout=32 pages; original layout=24 pages]
- in Donald Duck (Whitman, 1980 series) #228 (June 1981)
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #2 (November 1986)
- in Gladstone Comic Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #10 (November 1988)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #15 (March 1995)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck and Friends (Gemstone, 2003 series) #339 (May 2006)
- in La Dynastie Donald Duck (Editions Glénat, 2010 series) #1 (décembre 2010)
- in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #10 (November 1988)
Indexer Notes
Story submitted November 23, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Jet-Job Joes
Donald Duck / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Murry
- Inks:
- Paul Murry
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Paul Murry
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis:
- The nephews want to enter their racer in a race, but Donald doesn't want them to go very fast.
Rules 'n' Regulations
Donald Duck / comic story / 18 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Murry
- Inks:
- Paul Murry
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Paul Murry
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis:
- Tired of the nephews messing up the house, Donald makes a set of rules that they have to follow. To escape the regulations, the nephews build a houseboat.
[Donald and Traffic Safety]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Strobl
- Inks:
- Tony Strobl
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Tony Strobl
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis:
- Donald scolds the nephews for not practicing proper safety habits when crossing the street.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Daisy's Umbrella Hat]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Strobl
- Inks:
- Tony Strobl
- Colors:
- ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
- Letters:
- Tony Strobl
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
- Characters:
- Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
- Synopsis:
- Donald makes fun of Daisy's new umbrella hat--until it rains.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[April Fool Photo]
Donald Duck -
2.
Donald Duck in Ancient Persia
Donald Duck -
3.
Jet-Job Joes
Donald Duck -
4.
Rules 'n' Regulations
Donald Duck -
5.
[Donald and Traffic Safety]
Donald Duck -
6.
[Daisy's Umbrella Hat]
Donald Duck
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- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
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