Walt Disney's Donald Duck No Such Varmint [Dynabrite Comics] #11352-1

(December 1979)

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Indexer Notes

The inside front cover and inside back cover are blank.

No Such Varmint (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Carl Barks (credited) (sourced)

Pencils

Carl Barks (credited) (sourced)

Inks

Carl Barks (credited) (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Carl Barks (credited) (sourced)

Job Number

OS 318-02

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Dewey Duck (featured); Donald Duck (featured); Huey Duck (featured); Louie Duck (featured); Uncle Scrooge (guest)

Synopsis

An aptitude test says that Donald should be a great detective, so he is hired to investigate the mysterious sinking of one of Uncle Scrooge's gold ships. Donald's true aptitude is that of a snake charmer, though, and his playing so charms a huge sea serpent that he has to keep playing for days.

Reprints

• from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #318 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck in No Such Varmint (March 1951)

Keywords

boats; dragons; music; oceans; snakes; water

[Knightly Rivals] (Table of Contents: 3)

Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Barks (credited) (sourced)

Pencils

Carl Barks (credited) (sourced)

Inks

Carl Barks (credited) (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Carl Barks (credited) (sourced)

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Daisy Duck (supporting); Dewey Duck (featured); Donald Duck (featured); Huey Duck (featured); Louie Duck (featured); Gladstone Gander (antagonist)

Synopsis

Donald and Gladstone are rivals for the lead in a play about knights and dragons, to be staged by Daisy's drama club.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v11#8 (128) (May 1951)

Keywords

auditions; competition; drama; plays; rivals; roles

[Operation St. Bernard] (Table of Contents: 4)

Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Barks (credited) (sourced)

Pencils

Carl Barks (credited) (sourced)

Inks

Carl Barks (credited) (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Carl Barks (credited) (sourced)

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Bolivar (supporting) (as Bornworthy); Dewey Duck (featured); Donald Duck (featured); Huey Duck (featured); Louie Duck (featured); Junior Woodchucks (first appearance); Commander-in-Chief (introduction)

Synopsis

The nephews take their St. Bernard dog into the snow to pass the test that will make them brigadier generals in the Junior Woodchucks.

Reprints

• from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v11#5 (125) (February 1951)

Keywords

blizzards; dogs; merit badges; outdoors; snow; St. Bernards; tests

Indexer Notes

Bolivar is named Bornworthy. It's thought that the editors of the Donald Duck strip thought that the dog being named Bolivar would be seen as a slight against Simon Bolivar, a Venezuelan patriot of the time. For a while, Bolivar's name was changed to "Bornworthy," though later strips reverted his name to Bolivar (with the occasional nickname of "Bernie").

This is a reprint of the official first appearance of the Junior Woodchucks from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) v11 #5 (125), but the origins of the group can be traced back to the shorts, Good Scouts (1938) and Sea Scouts (1939), both written by Carl Barks.

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