(May 1951)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
A Dell Comic
Editing:
Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (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

Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Donald Duck #17? Designated "D.D. 2" on the cover.


Donald Duck in Old California (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Carl Buettner ?
Inks:
Carl Buettner
Colors:
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals; western
Characters:
Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie

[Love trouble] (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Moore
Inks:
Bob Moore
Colors:
black/white/red (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals

Donald Duck in Old California! (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck / comic story / 28 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 animals; western
Characters:
Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Synopsis:
The ducks, injured in a car wreck in Southern California, are transported by means of a mysterious dream to the California of 1848. While there they stay at the home of a wealthy Spanish rancher, take part in the gold rush, and help a young vaquero win the hand of a rancher's daughter.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Story submitted November 2, 1950. Comment: "The story is set in that section of Southern California which Barks himself lived at the time. However, few of the settings were taken from real life." Comment and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).


[Grandma's Visit] (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Don Christensen
Pencils:
Bob Moore
Inks:
Bob Moore
Colors:
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Grandma Duck
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

[The new boat] (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Moore
Inks:
Bob Moore
Colors:
black/white/red (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals

[Banknote forgery] (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Moore
Inks:
Bob Moore
Colors:
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [Love trouble]
    Donald Duck
  2. 2. Donald Duck in Old California!
    Donald Duck
  3. 3. [Grandma's Visit]
    Donald Duck
  4. 4. [The new boat]
    Donald Duck
  5. 5. [Banknote forgery]
    Donald Duck
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