| Characters |
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie |
| Synopsis |
While the ducks are running a kelp-gathering boat in the West Indies, they are told of the mystery of an armored man who appears every fifty years to kidnap a small boy. This time, the armored man kidnaps Dewey, and the ducks fight to free him from the armored man's stronghold in a grotto in a coral reef, beneath a rotten old galleon guarded by an enormous octopus. |
| Genre |
Funny animals; Adventure |
| Script |
Carl Barks |
| Pencils |
Carl Barks |
| Inks |
Carl Barks |
| Colors |
? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters |
Carl Barks |
| Notes |
Story title is slightly different than cover title. Story begins on the inside front cover in black, red, and white. Art submitted on April 15, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). |
| Reprinted |
in Best of Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck, The (Gold Key, 1966 series) #1; in Best of Walt Disney Comics, The (Western Publishing, 1974 series) #96173 (1974); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984); in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #9 (November 1988); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #7 (July 1994) |
| Characters |
Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie |
| Synopsis |
Donald is hypnotized into believing he is a kangaroo and buys airplane tickets to Australia for himself and the nephews. In Australia the ducks try to trap Mournful Mary, the "queen of the kangaroos," and this leads to Donald's falling into the hands of savage aborigines. |
| Genre |
funny animals; adventure |
| Script |
Carl Barks |
| Pencils |
Carl Barks |
| Inks |
Carl Barks |
| Colors |
? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters |
Carl Barks |
| Notes |
Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Art submitted on April 4, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). |
| Reprinted |
in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984); in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #11 (February 1989); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #7 (July 1994) |