Walt Disney Comics Digest #44 [Gold Key]

(December 1973)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Donald Duck

Donald Duck and The Mummy's Ring (Table of Contents: 2)

Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Carl Buettner

Inks

Carl Buettner

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #29 - Donald Duck and the Mummy's Ring (September 1943)

Donald Duck and the Mummy's Ring (Table of Contents: 3)

Donald Duck / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Barks

Pencils

Carl Barks

Inks

Carl Barks

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Carl Barks

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Read us

Genre

adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Black Pete [Peg-leg Pete]

Synopsis

Huey is trapped inside a mummy case and taken to Egypt by emissaries of the Bey El Dagga, who is restoring life in his province to the way it was in ancient times. Donald and the other two nephews follow Huey by getting jobs on the ship carrying the mummy case, and late sailing a felucca up the Nile to the Bey's domain.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #29 - Donald Duck and the Mummy's Ring (September 1943)

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on May 10, 1943. "Chris Couch, who worked with Barks as a story man at the Disney studio, is caricatured on a wanted poster on the seventh page of this story." Notes and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

Luck of the North (Table of Contents: 4)

Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Carl Barks

Inks

Carl Barks

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #256 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck in "Luck of the North" (December 1949) [interior]

Luck of the North (Table of Contents: 5)

Donald Duck / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Barks; Dana Coty (story idea)

Pencils

Carl Barks

Inks

Carl Barks

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Carl Barks

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, well, cousin Donald Duck! Haven't seen you for ages!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; 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

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #256 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck in "Luck of the North" (December 1949)

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).

Donald Duck in Ancient Persia (Table of Contents: 6)

Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Carl Barks

Inks

Carl Barks

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #275 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck in "Ancient Persia" (May 1950) [interior]

Donald Duck in Ancient Persia (Table of Contents: 7)

Donald Duck / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Barks

Pencils

Carl Barks

Inks

Carl Barks

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Carl Barks

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Brrr!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

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

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #275 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck in "Ancient Persia" (May 1950) [revised layout=32 pages; original layout=24 pages]

Indexer Notes

Story submitted November 23, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

The Pixilated Parrot (Table of Contents: 8)

Donald Duck / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Carl Barks

Inks

Carl Barks

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #282 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck and The Pixilated Parrot (July 1950) [interior]

The Pixilated Parrot (Table of Contents: 9)

Donald Duck / comic story / 31 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Barks

Pencils

Carl Barks

Inks

Carl Barks

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

Carl Barks

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, boy!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Scrooge McDuck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Synopsis

Donald gives Uncle Scrooge a parrot that only counts, instead of talking, and Scrooge has the parrot memorize the combination to his safe; which Scrooge has been forgetting. However the parrot first gives the combination to two burglars and then flies away to a boat bound for Latin America.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #282 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck and The Pixilated Parrot (July 1950) [revised layout=31 pages]

Indexer Notes

Story submitted February 23, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).