Four Color #223 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck in "Lost in the Andes"
(April 1949)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1949-02-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
A Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielsen Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in "LOST IN THE ANDES", No. 223." Code number is W.D.O.S. #223-494. Copyright 1949 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). Can also be considered as Donald Duck #7
On-sale date is publication date in Library of Congress copyright registration.

No ads in this issue. All 36 pages are comics or comics-related text material.

Lost in the Andes (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Carl Barks

Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; square hen
Synopsis
Donald and the boys discover a nest full of square eggs, as a square hen clucks in the distance.
Reprints
Keywords
Andes; exploring; Plain Awful; South America; square chickens; square eggs; strange land

Indexer Notes

Art submitted on November 24, 1948.

[Too Fit to Fit] (Table of Contents: 1)

Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page (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
Hello, Donald! This is Daisy!
Feature Logo
Donald Duck [Dell/Carl Barks 1940s One-Pager Logo]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
Synopsis
Donald exercises so that he can fit into his tuxedo again.
Reprints
Keywords
best-laid-plans; exercise; tuxedo

Indexer Notes

Black, white, and red on inside front cover. Art submitted on November 24, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

Lost in the Andes (Table of Contents: 2)

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
It is morning of a day destined to live long in history!
Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; third assistant museum janitor; a gaggle of puzzled scientists; egg dealers; egg farmers; Professor Artefact McArchives; Tombsbury the First Assistant; Wormsley the Second Assistant; Ship's Captain; Ship's Doctor; Donald's llama; backgammon-playing bright-looking Peruvian; "Goofiest Guy in [the] Andes" (with bird wings); guy carrying straw; villagers selling cement square eggs; old vicuna hunter; various Plain Awfultonians; square chickens; The President (Plain Awfultonian); fry cook; two police officers in squad car
Synopsis
Donald, a museum janitor, discovers that some "blocks" from Inca ruins are actually square eggs. When the other members of a scientific expedition fall ill, Donald and the nephews press on alone deep into the Andes. There they find a strange race of people who speak with Southern accents and live on the square eggs.
Reprints
Keywords
abounding oddities; Andes; bubble gum; comic obsession; exploring; fog; frequently reprinted story; hidden valley; Peru; Plain Awful; South America; square chickens; square eggs; square shapes; strange land

Indexer Notes

Art submitted October 21, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). Often regarded as Carl Barks' best work.

[Tunnel Vision] (Table of Contents: 3)

Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page (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
Huey, get your head out of my way! I can't see!
Feature Logo
Donald Duck [Dell/Carl Barks 1940s One-Pager Logo]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis
Donald ends the nephews' fighting over the television.
Reprints
Keywords
crowding; making-the-best-of-it; television

Indexer Notes

Black, white, and red on inside back cover. Art submitted on November 24, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

[Sleepy Sitters] (Table of Contents: 4)

Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page (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
We're going to make some money tonight, Unca' Donald!
Feature Logo
Donald Duck [Dell/Carl Barks 1940s One-Pager Logo]
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Mrs. Cackle's baby
Synopsis
Donald helps the nephews to baby-sit by singing a lullaby.
Reprints
Keywords
babysitting; best-laid-plans; bowling; lullaby; sleep problems

Indexer Notes

Color on back cover. Art submitted on November 24, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Lost in the Andes
    Donald Duck
  2. 1. [Too Fit to Fit]
    Donald Duck
  3. 2. Lost in the Andes
    Donald Duck
  4. 3. [Tunnel Vision]
    Donald Duck
  5. 4. [Sleepy Sitters]
    Donald Duck
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  • Chris Boyko
  • Pat Conolly
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  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Darrel McCann
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Steven Samuels
  • Joe Torcivia