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Issue Details

Issue #140
Published May 1952
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb ?; Chase Craig ?
Notes Indicia number is Vol. 12, No.8.

Cover Details - "Flubbity Dubbity Duffer"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge
Genre funny animals; sports
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Barks later did this cover as an oil painting (CB OIL #34).
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #8 (August 1983); in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #271 (June 1989); in Walt Disney Comics First Appearance (Gladstone, 1991 series) #1 (June 1997)); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comic and Stories in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #26 (February 1994) [.025 pages]

1 page Donald Duck story "Garden Hose Tricks"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Editing Frank Reilly
Reprinted from Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1949.05.01

10 page Donald Duck story "Gladstone's Terrible Secret"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Gladstone Gander; Gyro Gearloose (intro)
Synopsis Donald, the nephews, and Scrooge spy on Gladstone, and eventually break into his safe, to learn the secret of his luck.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Art submitted on August 23, 1951. First appearance of Gyro Gearloose. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #346 (July 1969); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #8 (August 1983); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #21 (September 1993); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Disney, 1990 series) #585 (July 1993)

6 page Li'l Bad Wolf story "Angry Chickens Attack Zeke"

Characters Big Bad Wolf; Li'l Bad Wolf
Genre funny animals
Pencils Gil Turner
Inks ? artist / ambrose (Becattini)
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

5 page Grandma Duck story "in the Swiss Alps"

Characters Grandma Duck; Gus Goose; Gus and Jaq
Genre funny animals
Script Don Christensen
Pencils Frank McSavage
Inks Frank McSavage
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

2 page Dumbo text story "The Smoke Signal"

Characters Dumbo; Snow White; The Seven Dwarfs [Doc; Sneezy; Sleepy; Grumpy; Dopey; Bashful; Happy]
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Letters typeset

1 page Mickey Mouse story "Pluto Chased by Lucifer Cat"

Characters Pluto; Lucifer Cat
Genre funny animals
Script Bill Walsh
Pencils Manuel Gonzales
Inks Dick Moores
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Editing Frank Reilly
Reprinted from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1949.05.29

Half page Donald Duck story "Huey Mistakes Girl for Boy"

Characters Huey
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Editing Frank Reilly
Reprinted from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1949.12.14

Half page Donald Duck story "New Room Just for Comic Books"

Characters Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Editing Frank Reilly
Reprinted from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1949.10.18

Half page Donald Duck story "Party Punch in Water Gun"

Characters Donald Duck; Daisy Duck; Huey
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Editing Frank Reilly
Reprinted from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1949.11.19

Half page Donald Duck story "Cooks Toast with Room Heater"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Editing Frank Reilly
Reprinted from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1949.03.12

6 page Mickey Mouse story "The Shattered-Glass Mystery"

Characters Mickey Mouse
Genre funny animals
Pencils Riley Thompson ?
Inks Riley Thompson ?
Notes Part 4 of 4.

1 page Donald Duck story "Tabs to Find Things in Purse"

Characters Donald Duck; Daisy duck
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Editing Frank Reilly
Reprinted from Donald Duck Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1949.10.09