The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library
#[6] - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Old Castle's Secret
(2013)
Fantagraphics,
2011 Series
- Volume
- 6
- Price
- 28.99 USD
- Pages
- 240
- On-sale Date
- 2013-04-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
- ?
- ISBN
-
978-1-60699-653-9
- Barcode
- 9781606996539 52899
- Editing
- Gary Groth (credited) (Editor); Mike Catron (credited as J. Michael Catron) (Associate Editor)
Issue Notes
This was the fourth volume published. It came after vol. eleven. Synopses by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Walt Disney's Donald Duck- The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Reprints
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Walt Disney's Donald Duck
credits, title page / 3 pages
Indexer Notes
title and artist page; production, copyright and publisher credits page; book title and artist page
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck / comic story / 32 pages
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- 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
[Bird Watching]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Bobolink; Chickadee; Nuthatch; Old Crows
- Synopsis
- Donald takes the nephews birdwatching.
- Reprints
[Horseshoe Luck]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Doctor
- Synopsis
- Donald refuses to believe that finding a horseshoe brings good luck.
- Reprints
[Wintertime Wager]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Gladstone Gander (intro); Daisy Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald must go swimming in Frozenbear Lake on Christmas Day or lose his home on a bet with Gladstone Gander.
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v8#4 (88) (January 1948)
-
[Watching the Watchman]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Watchman; Scarpuss; Two-Gun Wolf
- Synopsis
- Donald takes a job as a night watchman, guarding a million dollars in silk, but the nephews have to prevent him from falling asleep on the job.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v8#5 (89) (February 1948)
-
[Wired]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Joe the Plumber; Boss; Casaba Cantaloupa; Angina Arthritis; J. Morganbilt Giltwhiskers
- Synopsis
- Donald and the nephews are rival telegram messengers. Donald sends the nephews out with a phony telegram so that he can get the good jobs and big tips.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v8#6 (90) (March 1948)
-
[Going Ape]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck; Mr. Van Astorbilt; Mrs. Van Astorbilt; The Mayor; Mrs. Stiff; Owner of the Evening Bugle
- Synopsis
- Donald stages a high-society garden party with a jungle motif, including nephews who have been hypnotized into thinking they're monkeys.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v8#7 (91) (April 1948)
-
Darkest Africa
Donald Duck / comic story / 22 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Sir Gnatbugg-Mothley; Professor Argus McFiendy; Fuzzy Wuzzy; Rough Savages
- Synopsis
- Donald, an aggressive butterfly collector, is hired by Sir Gnattbugg-Mothley to go to Africa and bring back an Almostus Extinctus, rarest of butterflies. In Africa, the ducks are sabotaged by Professor Angus McFiendly, who is also after the Almostus Extinctus, and Donald is forced to give him the butterfly when the nephews are captured by cannibals hired by McFiendly.
- Reprints
[Bean Taken]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald devises a system for guessing the number of beans in a jar.
- Reprints
[Sorry to be Safe]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; sports; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald picks out a vacant lot where the nephews can play ball.
- Reprints
[Spoil the Rod]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Professor Pulpheart Clabberhead
- Synopsis
- Professor Pulpheart Clabberhead, a child psychologist, talks Donald into letting the nephews do whatever they want.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v8#8 (92) (May 1948)
-
[Rocket Race to the Moon]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Professor Gamma; Professor Cosmic; Baron de Sleezy; Moonman
- Synopsis
- Donald is the pilot of a round-trip rocketship to the moon, competing against Baron de Sleezy for a prize of a hundred thousand dollars.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v8#9 (93) (June 1948)
-
[Donald of the Coast Guard]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; The Chief; Baron Guffaw; The "Butcher" Boy; Madame XX; Madame X
- Synopsis
- Donald becomes a member of the Coast Guard, on guard against crafty jewel smugglers--who outwit Donald but not the nephews.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v8#10 (94) (July 1948)
-
Indexer Notes
Titled "Donald of the Coast Patrol" in the table of contents.
[Gladstone Returns]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Gladstone Gander; Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald and Gladstone brag about their wealth until Daisy asks them to contribute to her club.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v8#11 (95) (August 1948)
-
Sheriff of Bullet Valley
Donald Duck / comic story / 32 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; western-frontier; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Sheriff; Jed; Jim Diamond; Blacksnake McQuirt; Guard; Donald's Horse
- Synopsis
- Donald becomes a sheriff's deputy in Bullet Valley and is sent out to bring in a gang of rustlers. The rustlers are led by Blacksnake McQuirt, a tough gunman who poses as a legitimate rancher and uses a branding ray to change brands from as far as a mile away.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Barks caricatures himself on a wanted poster on the last page of the story.
[Best Laid Plans]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald pretends to be sick so that the nephews will have to cook.
- Reprints
[The Genuine Article]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald tests the authenticity of worm holes in an antique.
- Reprints
[Links Hijinks]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; sports; humor
- Characters
- Gladstone Gander; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- When Donald forces the nephews to be his caddies, they trick him into believing he can hit a hole-in-one with every shot and this leads to a bet with Gladstone.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v8#12 (96) (September 1948)
-
[Pearls of Wisdom]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck; Old Salt
- Synopsis
- Donald goes searching for pearls to make Daisy a necklace for her birthday, but he finds ball bearings in a giant clam instead.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v9#1 (97) (October 1948)
-
[Foxy Relations]
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Frank Bucko; Trained Fox; Farmer; Lord Tweeksdale
- Synopsis
- Donald rides to the hounds on Lord Tweeksdale's estate to prove--for Uncle Scrooge's benefit--that the member of the duck family are great sportsmen.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v9#2 (98) (November 1948)
-
Story Notes
text article / 16 pages
- Script
- Rich Kreiner; Matthias Wivel; Craig Fischer; Jared Gardner; Francesco Stajano; Leonardo Gori; Ken Parille; Donald Ault; Robert Fiore; Stefano Priarone; Alberto Becattini
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Carl Barks; typeset
Indexer Notes
Kreiner comments on "The Old Castle's Secret," "Links Hijinks" and "Foxy Relations." Wivel on "Wintertime Wager" and "Sheriff of Bullet Valley." Fischer on "Watching the Watchman" and "Pearls of Wisdom." Gardner on "Wired" and "Gladstone Returns." Stajano and Gori on "Going Ape." Parille on "Darkest Africa." Ault on "Spoil the Rod." Fiore on "Rocket Race to the Moon." Beccatini on "Donald of the Coast Guard / Coast Patrol." Priarone on the one-pagers.
Accompanied by a panel apiece from "The Old Castle's Secret," "Wintertime Wager," "Watching the Watchman," "Wired," "Going Ape," "Darkest Africa," "Spoil the Rod," "Rocket Race to the Moon," "Donald of the Coast Guard / Coast Patrol," "Gladstone Returns," "Pearls of Wisdom" and "Foxy Relations." Also included are the the cover reprints listed below.
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Reprints
- Keywords
- castles; skeletons; swords
Indexer Notes
Like in previous volumes the original publisher name is stripped from these cover reprints.
[on beach with Bolivar]
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Bolivar; Donald Duck
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v8#11 (95) (August 1948)
-
Sheriff of Bullet Valley
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; western-frontier; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cowboy hats; revolvers
[Donald floats out of bath on soap bubbles]
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v8#12 (96) (September 1948)
-
Carl Barks: Life Among the Ducks
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Donald Ault
- Pencils
- Alan Light (photo)
- Inks
- Alan Light (photo)
- Colors
- Alan Light (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Carl Barks (photo)
Indexer Notes
Accompanied by a single photo.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Walt Disney's Donald Duck- The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck -
1.
Walt Disney's Donald Duck
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2.
Contents
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3.
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck -
4.
[Bird Watching]
Donald Duck -
5.
[Horseshoe Luck]
Donald Duck -
6.
[Wintertime Wager]
Donald Duck -
7.
[Watching the Watchman]
Donald Duck -
8.
[Wired]
Donald Duck -
9.
[Going Ape]
Donald Duck -
10.
Darkest Africa
Donald Duck -
11.
[Bean Taken]
Donald Duck -
12.
[Sorry to be Safe]
Donald Duck -
13.
[Spoil the Rod]
Donald Duck -
14.
[Rocket Race to the Moon]
Donald Duck -
15.
[Donald of the Coast Guard]
Donald Duck -
16.
[Gladstone Returns]
Donald Duck -
17.
Sheriff of Bullet Valley
Donald Duck -
18.
[Best Laid Plans]
Donald Duck -
19.
[The Genuine Article]
Donald Duck -
20.
[Links Hijinks]
Donald Duck -
21.
[Pearls of Wisdom]
Donald Duck -
22.
[Foxy Relations]
Donald Duck -
23.
Story Notes
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24.
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck -
25.
[on beach with Bolivar]
Donald Duck -
26.
Sheriff of Bullet Valley
Donald Duck -
27.
[Donald floats out of bath on soap bubbles]
Donald Duck -
28.
Carl Barks: Life Among the Ducks
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29.
Biographies
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30.
Where Did These Duck Stories First Appear?
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31.
["Facing a financial crisis, Uncle Scrooge recruits Donald, Huey, Dewey and Louie for a trip to the McDuck clan's ancient castle..."]
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