Four Color
#189 - Donald Duck in The Old Castle's Secret
(June 1948)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1948-04-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Comic
- Printer
- Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.; Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Eleanor Packer (editor); Alice Nielsen Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director); Helen Meyer (credited) (vice-president); George Delacorte (credited as George T. Delacorte Jr.) (president); Margarita Delacorte (credited) (secretary)
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK IN THE OLD CASTLE'S SECRET, No. 189." Code number is D.D.O.S. #189-486. Copyright 1948 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).
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Donald and his nephews explore an old castle, where they are menaced by a ghostly skeletal arm with a sword.
- Reprints
-
in Walt Disney's One Shot (W. G. Publications; Wogan Publications, 1951 ? series) #11 -
in Cuentos de Walt Disney (Editorial Novaro, 1949 series) #2 (1 de noviembre de 1949) -
in Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Egmont Ehapa, 1965 series) #1 ([Juli] 1965) -
in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #6 ([1983]) [art-work only] -
in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984) - in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #32 ([1985])
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #20 (April 1990)
-
in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #11 (Maio 2005) -
in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #5 ([desember] 2006), #5 ([desember] 2006) [original, 0.25 page] - in Bilag til Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1997 series) #12/2008 ([17. mars] 2008)
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #[6] - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Old Castle's Secret (2013)
-
in Carl Barks Ankeborg (Egmont, 2014 series) #23 - Den gamla borgens hemlighet och andra historier från 1946-1947 (2019)
-
- Keywords
- castle; fright; ghost; mystery; skeleton; sword; treasure
Indexer Notes
Carl Barks' first front cover for any comic book. Art submitted January 16, 194. New version of cover in The Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1964) #1. http://www.comics.org/issue/18839/
[A Pair of Old Crows]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop (black, white, and red only)
- Letters
- Carl Barks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll take you kids into the woods and teach you about nature!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; bobolink; chickadee; nuthatch; worm; two angry old ladies
- Synopsis
- Donald takes his nephews birdwatching, and provides one description too many.
- Reprints
- in Cuentos de Walt Disney (Editorial Novaro, 1949 series) #2 (1 de noviembre de 1949)
- in Donald Ducks Show (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1957 series) #[6] - Store show [1961] ([1961])
- in Walt Disney the Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964)
-
in De beste verhalen van Donald Duck (Oberon, 1976 series) #3 - Als schipper (1976) which is reprinted - in Paperino d'oro (Mondadori, 1979 series) #3 (Agosto 1979)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #6 ([1983])
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Disney, 1990 series) #38 (July 1993)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #25 (January 1996)
- in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #9 (Abril 2005)
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #5 ([desember] 2006) [2nd translation] which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #52/2011 (uke 52 desember 2011), #38/2014 (uke 38 september 2014)
- in Donald Duck & Co - Ekstraordinær utgave (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2013 series) #[2015] (2015)
- in Klassisk Donald Duck (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2016 series) #1 ([august] 2016)
- in Donald Duck Junior (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2018 series) #5/2019 ([mai] 2019) [ny layout], #5/2021 ([april] 2021) [ny layout]
- in De beste verhalen van Donald Duck (Sanoma Uitgevers, 2001 series) #3 [herdruk] - Als schipper (2013)
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #[6] - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Old Castle's Secret (2013)
-
- Keywords
- best of intentions; birds; birdwatching; forest setting; wrong impression
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Art submitted on January 6, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Barks provides some very detailed and realistic illustrations of the various birds observed by Donald and the boys.
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck / comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Carl Barks
- Job Number
- D.D.O.S. #189-486
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, kids, our rich old uncle Scrooge McDuck wants us to drive over and see him!
- 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. The nephews get down safely, find a secret entrance to the castle through an old graveyard, and expose the ghost as a thief.
- Reprints
- in Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #1 (aprile 1949) [part 1], #2 (maggio 1949) [part 2, new layout], #3 (giugno 1949) [part 3, new layout]
- in Cuentos de Walt Disney (Editorial Novaro, 1949 series) #2 (1 de noviembre de 1949)
-
in Mickey Mouse Weekly (Odhams, 1936 series) #743 (7 August 1954), #744 (14 August 1954), #745 (21 August 1954), #746 (28 August 1954), #747 (4 September 1954), #748 (11 September 1954), #749 (18 September 1954), #750 (25 September 1954), #751 (2 October 1954) - in Walt Disney the Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964)
- in Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Egmont Ehapa, 1965 series) #1 ([Juli] 1965) which is reprinted
- in Barks Library Special - Donald Duck (Egmont Ehapa, 1994 series) #8
- in Die besten Geschichten mit Donald Duck (Egmont Ehapa, 1984 series) #2 - Das Gespenst von Duckenburgh
- in The Walt Disney Best Comics Series (Abbeville Press, 1980 series) #[6] - Uncle Scrooge and the Secret of the Old Castle (October 1980)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #6 ([1983])
- in Walt Disney's Godbiter (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1981 series) #53 (1984) [2. translation] which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck bøker [Gullbøker] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1984 series) #[1995] - Klar, ferdig, gå! (1995)
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #5 ([desember] 2006) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
- in Bilag til Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1997 series) #12/2008 ([17. mars] 2008) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #20 (April 1990)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #8 (August 1994)
- in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #11 (Maio 2005)
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #[6] - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Old Castle's Secret (2013)
-
in Les Trésors de Picsou (Disney Hachette Presse, 1998 series) #37 - La Jeunesse de Picsou 1 (Hiver 2017)
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- Keywords
- castle; early version of a famous character; exploring; frequently reprinted story; fright; ghost; graveyard; mystery; Scotland; secret passage; skeleton; suits of armor; sword; treasure
Indexer Notes
Art submitted on December 3, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
This early version of Scrooge may not yet be "The World's Richest Duck", as he says to Donald: "The McDuck fortune is in bad shape! I must raise several million dollars immediately!"
This story profoundly influences portions of "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" by Don Rosa, particularly so in its first chapter - appearing in the United States in Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1993 Series) #285 (April 1994). https://www.comics.org/issue/54814/
[Horseshoe Luck]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop (black, white, and red only)
- Letters
- Carl Barks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, well, a horseshoe! If some jerk found that, he'd think it was a sign of good luck!
- 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
- in Cuentos de Walt Disney (Editorial Novaro, 1949 series) #2 (1 de noviembre de 1949)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #7/1961 (15. februar 1961) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck & Co De komplette årgangene (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #[43] - 1961 del 1 ([juni] 2006)
- in Walt Disney the Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1964 series) #1 (November 1964)
- in De beste verhalen van Donald Duck (Oberon, 1976 series) #30 - Als toneelspeler (1983)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #6 ([1983])
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Disney, 1990 series) #38 (July 1993)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #25 (January 1996)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #44/1997 (28. oktober 1997) which is reprinted
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #5 ([desember] 2006)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #31/2019 (uke 31 2019)
- in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #12 (Junho 2005)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #26/2009 (uke 26 22. juni 2009)
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #[6] - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Old Castle's Secret (2013)
-
- Keywords
- hard lesson learned; horseshoe; luck
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Art submitted January 6, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
[Bean Taken]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Carl Barks
- Pencils
- Carl Barks
- Inks
- Carl Barks
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Carl Barks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I know how to win that prize!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; crowd of contestants
- Synopsis
- Donald devises a system for guessing the number of beans in a jar.
- Reprints
- in Cuentos de Walt Disney (Editorial Novaro, 1949 series) #2 (1 de noviembre de 1949)
- in De beste verhalen van Donald Duck (Oberon, 1976 series) #3 - Als schipper (1976) which is reprinted
- in Paperino d'oro (Mondadori, 1979 series) #3 (Agosto 1979)
- in The Complete Carl Barks (Luigi Olmeda, 1981 series) #6 ([1983])
- in The Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #24/1991 (11. juni 1991) which is reprinted
- in Carl Barks samlede verk (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2005 series) #5 ([desember] 2006)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #46/2008 ([10. november] 2008) which is reprinted
- in Klassisk Donald Duck (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2016 series) #6 - Mumiens ring ([mai] 2017)
- in Donald Duck & Co 70 år i Norge (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2018 series) #5 - 90-tallet (oktober 2018)
- in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Disney, 1990 series) #37 (June 1993)
- in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #25 (January 1996)
- in O Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks (Editora Abril, 2004 series) #12 (Junho 2005)
- in De beste verhalen van Donald Duck (Sanoma Uitgevers, 2001 series) #3 [herdruk] - Als schipper (2013)
- in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #[6] - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Old Castle's Secret (2013)
-
- Keywords
- beans; contest; jar; unwelcome surprise
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Art submitted on January 6, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck -
1.
[A Pair of Old Crows]
Donald Duck -
2.
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck -
3.
[Horseshoe Luck]
Donald Duck -
4.
[Bean Taken]
Donald Duck
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- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
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