Four Color
#108 - Donald Duck in the Terror of the River
(May 1946)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1946-04-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Magazine [circle]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "DONALD DUCK in the Terror of the River, No. 108." No code number. Copyright 1946 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).
On-sale date is publication date in Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946 Pamphlets, page 245.
On-sale date is publication date in Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946 Pamphlets, page 245.
The Terror of the River
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
- Reprints
The Terror of the River!!
Donald Duck / comic story / 28 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- Carl Barks
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald's sneezes at an auction are mistaken for bids on a houseboat and soon he and the nephews are sailing down the Ohio River. There they encounter a huge serpent, which they later learn is an elaborate submarine whose captain gets his pleasure from scaring people.
- Reprints
-
in Walt Disney's Donald Duck (W. G. Publications; Wogan Publications, 1954 series) #170 (1971) -
in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #3 ([1982]) -
in Donald Duck and His Nephews Best Comics (Abbeville Press, 1983 series) (1983) -
in De beste verhalen van Donald Duck (Oberon, 1976 series) #36 - Als roerganger (1984) - in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984)
- in Gladstone Comic Album (Gladstone, 1988 series) #2 ([February 1988]) which is reprinted
-
in Donald Duck bøker [Gullbøker] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1984 series) #[1992] - En sikker vinner (1992) which is reprinted - in Bilag til Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1997 series) #13/1999 ([mars] 1999)
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #3 ([april] 2006)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #31/2017 (uke 31 juli 2017)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #4 (April 1994)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1993 series) #26 (June 1994)
-
in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #10 (Abril 2005) - in Walt Disney's Vacation Parade (Gemstone, 2004 series) #3 (June 2006)
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #4 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck "Maharajah Donald" by Carl Barks (October 2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Story begins on the inside front cover in black, red, and white. Art submitted on January 25, 1946. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
The Firebug
Donald Duck / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks; Carl Buettner (last two panels only)
- Inks
- Carl Barks; Carl Buettner (last two panels only)
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- Carl Barks; ? (last two panels)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald falls on his head when getting up one morning and turns into a pyromaniac, setting harmless fires but also getting the blame for big fires set by another firebug.
- Reprints
- in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #11 (Febbraio 1950)
- in De beste verhalen van Donald Duck (Oberon, 1976 series) #12 - Als klusjesman (1979)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #3 ([1982])
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984)
- in Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald (Gladstone, 1988 series) #3 (July 1988)
- in Donald Duck bøker [Gullbøker] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1984 series) #[1988] - Gullegg ([september] 1988) which is reprinted
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #3 ([april] 2006) [ny siste rute]
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #4 (April 1994)
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gemstone, 2003 series) #644 (May 2004)
- in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #10 (Abril 2005)
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Indexer Notes
Art submitted on July 19, 1945. "Pages have nine to eleven panels each; most have ten panels." "The last two panels of this story are by an artist other than Barks*. In them Donald learns that his adventures as a firebug have been only a bad dream. In Barks' original version, Donald went to jail for accidentally burning down a courthouse." Notes and Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). *- Alberto Becattini identifies the artist of the last two panels as Carl Buettner (May 14, 2007).
Seals Are So Smart
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop; ?
- Letters
- Carl Barks
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
- Synopsis
- The nephews play ball at the beach with a baby seal, and this sets Donald to dreaming of how much money he could make with a trained seal act.
- Reprints
- in Gli Albi Tascabili di Topolino (Mondadori, 1948 series) #48 - Paperino e la Foca (5 giugno 1949)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #34/1975 (19. august 1975) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck bøker [Gullbøker] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1984 series) #[1991] - Klassiske bobler ([september] 1991)
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #3 ([april] 2006)
- in De beste verhalen van Donald Duck (Oberon, 1976 series) #12 - Als klusjesman (1979)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #3 ([1982])
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984)
-
in Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #1785 (9 septembre 1986) - in Gladstone Comic Album (Gladstone, 1988 series) #2 ([February 1988]) which is reprinted
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #4 (April 1994)
- in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #10 (Abril 2005)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #34/2008 ([18. august] 2008) [2nd translation]
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #4 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck "Maharajah Donald" by Carl Barks (October 2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Art submitted on January 25, 1946. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Table of Contents
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0.
The Terror of the River
Donald Duck -
1.
The Terror of the River!!
Donald Duck -
2.
The Firebug
Donald Duck -
3.
Seals Are So Smart
Donald Duck
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Pat Conolly
- Robert Copeman
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Darrel McCann
- Keith Alan Morgan
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