The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library
#23 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Under the Polar Ice
(January 2021)
Fantagraphics,
2011 Series
- Volume
- 23
- Price
- 29.99 USD
- Pages
- 208
- On-sale Date
- 2020-11-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books
- Brand
-
FB
- ISBN
-
978-1-68396-383-7
- Barcode
- 9781683963837
- Editing
- Mike Catron (credited as J. Michael Catron) (senior editor)
[no title indexed]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Reprints
- from ?
Under the Polar Ice
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Garry Leach (credited)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Junior Woodchucks: Dewey Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
Donald Duck - Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#4 (232) (January 1960)
-
The Watchful Parents
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Donald is a member of the Duckburg Watchful Parents Club!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Donald Duck [Carl Barks Dell Comics Logo with rounded k]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; members of the Watchful Parents Club; natives of the Auca tribe
- Synopsis
- Members of the Duckburg Watchful Parents Club urge Donald to "keep an eye on [his nephews'] safety" while in South America on business for Uncle Scrooge. In Ecuador, the boys fall over a cliff after trying to rescue Donald, who had already climbed partly down the cliff and losing his footing. This results with them all falling down into the river below. Later they find a rubber raft and then spend their time trying to get back to civilization and safety. But, through all this, "who has kept an eye on who"?
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v19#12 (228) (September 1959)
-
- Keywords
- carelessness; crocodiles; Ecuador; exaggerating one’s importance; jungle setting; natives; series of mishaps; South America; Watchful Parents Club
The Good Deeds
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Mr. Pupp
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#1 (229) (October 1959)
-
Black Wednesday
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Garry Leach (credited)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Gyro Gearloose; Little Helper; Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Donald and his nephews try to sell hair potion to bald Indians to stop Duckburg's curse.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#2 (230) (November 1959)
-
The Wax Museum
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Garry Leach (credited)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#3 (231) (December 1959)
-
Mastering the Matterhorn
Donald Duck / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Phooey Duck (fourth nephew); Beagle Boys
- Synopsis
- The ducks climb the Matterhorn, where they find the Beagle Boys and a diamond they've hidden at the top of the mountain.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1025 - Walt Disney's Vacation in Disneyland (August-October 1959)
-
The Master Glasser
Donald Duck / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited); Bob Gregory
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Mrs. Snootmore
- Synopsis
- Donald attempts to repair a clock tower.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Donald Duck (Dell, 1952 series) #68 (November-December 1959)
-
Tight Shoes
Daisy Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck
- Synopsis
- Daisy tries on new shoes but decides her bare feet are more comfortable.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1055 - Walt Disney's Daisy Duck's Diary (November 1959-January 1960)
-
Knights of the Flying Sleds
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Garry Leach (credited)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Gyro Gearloose
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#5 (233) (February 1960)
-
Riding the Pony Express
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald and his nephews volunteer to assist with the replaying of the pony express with Donald delivering the mail. The mail is planned to be fake, but Donald encounters a crashed plane and agrees to urgently deliver real government mail containing secret documents for the pilot. Unfortunately, the others involved in the pony express replay are not aware of Donald carrying real mail and proceed to ambush Donald at the pass as part of the re-enactment.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#6 (234) (March 1960)
-
- Keywords
Want to Buy an Island?
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Garry Leach (credited)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#7 (235) (April 1960)
-
The Christmas Cha Cha
Donald Duck / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited); Bob Gregory (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Garry Leach (credited)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Uncle Scrooge; The Billionaires' Club
- Synopsis
- Donald practices the cha cha so that he can win the first prize in a dance contest, a silver bowl, with Daisy, and give her his half of the bowl as a Christmas gift. But Scrooge is supposed to supply the bowl, and so he enters the contest, too, with a dance teacher as his partner.
- Reprints
- from Dell Giant (Dell, 1959 series) #26 - Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (December 1959)
-
The Librarian
Daisy Duck's Diary / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bob Gregory (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Daisy goes to Scrooge's money bin to collect two cents due on an overdue book on lion taming and finds Scrooge trapped with a lion he was trying to tame for a quick profit.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1055 - Walt Disney's Daisy Duck's Diary (November 1959-January 1960)
-
The Double Date
Daisy Duck's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bob Gregory (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Clara Cluck; Daisy Duck; Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Rockhead Rooster; April, May and June
- Synopsis
- Daisy and Donald double-date with Clara Cluck and Rockhead Rooster, and Rockhead and Donald hit it off too well.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1055 - Walt Disney's Daisy Duck's Diary (November 1959-January 1960)
-
The Framed Mirror
Daisy Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Garry Leach (credited)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck
- Synopsis
- Daisy tries painting a self-portrait, then settles for a mirror.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1055 - Walt Disney's Daisy Duck's Diary (November 1959-January 1960)
-
The TV Babysitter
Daisy Duck's Diary / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bob Gregory (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
- Synopsis
- Daisy baby-sits with the nephews, using the closed-circuit television camera in their room, while Donald goes to a bowling tournament.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1055 - Walt Disney's Daisy Duck's Diary (November 1959-January 1960)
-
The Beauty Queen
Daisy Duck's Diary / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bob Gregory (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Gus Goose; Grandma Duck
- Synopsis
- Daisy, depressed because she thinks she hasn't won the city beauty queen contest, goes to Grandma's farm, where two roving judges pick her to be farm queen.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1055 - Walt Disney's Daisy Duck's Diary (November 1959-January 1960)
-
The New Girl
Daisy Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Daisy Duck
- Synopsis
- Daisy cheers up when rain ruins a pretty new girl's hairdo.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1055 - Walt Disney's Daisy Duck's Diary (November 1959-January 1960)
-
Donald's Party
Daisy Duck's Diary / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bob Gregory (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Clarabelle Cow; Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Gladstone Gander; Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Daisy is wearing an evening gown she has just received in the mail when Donald invites her to a come-as-you-are party, but she goes to the party in work clothes.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1055 - Walt Disney's Daisy Duck's Diary (November 1959-January 1960)
-
Daisy's Dazed Days
Daisy Duck / activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Garry Leach (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- A "diary" entry in rebus form.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1055 - Walt Disney's Daisy Duck's Diary (November 1959-January 1960)
-
Trail Tycoon
Grandma Duck; Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Grandma Duck; Uncle Scrooge
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1025 - Walt Disney's Vacation in Disneyland (August-October 1959)
-
Touché Toupeé
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Grandma Duck; Farmer Bumpkin
- Synopsis
- After Grandma's horse eats some of his hay and apples, her neighbor Si Bumpkin accuses her of stealing his eggs.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1073 - Walt Disney's Grandma Duck's Farm Friends (January-March 1960)
-
Free Ski Spree
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Grandma Duck; Uncle Scrooge
- Synopsis
- Scrooge tries winter sports at Grandma's, but has little luck at ice skating, tobogganing, or skiing.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1073 - Walt Disney's Grandma Duck's Farm Friends (January-March 1960)
-
The Snow Chaser
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited as Digikore)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Gyro Gearloose; Grandma Duck; Little Helper
- Synopsis
- Gyro uses a "snow chaser" to vaporize snow on Grandma's farm, but through a series of misadventures, the vaporized snow builds up in storm clouds overhead.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1073 - Walt Disney's Grandma Duck's Farm Friends (January-March 1960)
-
Mopping Up
Grandma Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Garry Leach (credited)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Gus Goose; Grandma Duck
- Synopsis
- Grandma puts down fly paper to keep Gus from tracking up her kitchen floor.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1073 - Walt Disney's Grandma Duck's Farm Friends (January-March 1960)
-
[Fishing from Tree]
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
- Synopsis
- Huey, Dewey and Louie fish from a high branch of a tree above Donald.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v19#12 (228) (September 1959)
-
- Keywords
- doing-something-their-own-way; fishing; one-upping; pond; tree
Story Notes
text article / 12 pages
- Script
- Stefano Priarone (credited); Thad Komorowski (credited); Alberto Becattini (credited); Daniel F. Yezbick (credited); Francesco Stajano (credited); Matthias Wivel (credited); Rich Kreiner (credited); Craig Fischer (credited); Jared Gardner (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Letters
- typeset
[Soda with Many Straws]
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#1 (229) (October 1959)
-
[Dog Refuses to Jump]
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Daisy Duck; Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Grandma Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald attempts to get a dog to jump through a hoop.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#2 (230) (November 1959)
-
[Dish Washing in Bath Tub]
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#3 (231) (December 1959)
-
[Icicle Xylophone]
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#4 (232) (January 1960)
-
[Water Gun Fight]
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#5 (233) (February 1960)
-
[Chicken in Egg]
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Gus Goose; Grandma Duck
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1073 - Walt Disney's Grandma Duck's Farm Friends (January-March 1960)
-
- Keywords
- chicks; cooking; dining; eggs; potbellied stoves; skillets
[Donald Vacuums Huey, Dewey and Louie]
Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v20#7 (235) (April 1960)
-
Carl Barks: Life Among the Ducks
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Donald Ault (credited)
- Pencils
- Alan Light (credited) (photo)
- Inks
- Alan Light (credited) (photo)
- Colors
- Alan Light (credited) (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Donald Duck -
1.
[Title Page and Credits]
-
2.
Contents
-
3.
Under the Polar Ice
Donald Duck -
4.
The Watchful Parents
Donald Duck -
5.
The Good Deeds
Donald Duck -
6.
Black Wednesday
Donald Duck -
7.
The Wax Museum
Donald Duck -
8.
Mastering the Matterhorn
Donald Duck -
9.
The Master Glasser
Donald Duck -
10.
Tight Shoes
Daisy Duck -
11.
Knights of the Flying Sleds
Donald Duck -
12.
Riding the Pony Express
Donald Duck -
13.
Want to Buy an Island?
Donald Duck -
14.
The Christmas Cha Cha
Donald Duck -
15.
The Librarian
Daisy Duck's Diary -
16.
The Double Date
Daisy Duck's Diary -
17.
The Framed Mirror
Daisy Duck -
18.
The TV Babysitter
Daisy Duck's Diary -
19.
The Beauty Queen
Daisy Duck's Diary -
20.
The New Girl
Daisy Duck -
21.
Donald's Party
Daisy Duck's Diary -
22.
Daisy's Dazed Days
Daisy Duck -
23.
Trail Tycoon
Grandma Duck; Uncle Scrooge -
24.
Touché Toupeé
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends -
25.
Free Ski Spree
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends -
26.
The Snow Chaser
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends -
27.
Mopping Up
Grandma Duck -
28.
[Fishing from Tree]
Donald Duck -
29.
Story Notes
-
30.
[Soda with Many Straws]
Donald Duck -
31.
[Dog Refuses to Jump]
Donald Duck -
32.
[Dish Washing in Bath Tub]
Donald Duck -
33.
[Icicle Xylophone]
Donald Duck -
34.
[Water Gun Fight]
Donald Duck -
35.
[Chicken in Egg]
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends -
36.
[Donald Vacuums Huey, Dewey and Louie]
Donald Duck -
37.
Carl Barks: Life Among the Ducks
-
38.
Contributors
-
39.
Where Did These Duck Stories First Appear?
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- Michael Hoskin
- Steven Samuels
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