Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #560
Published May 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Notes Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DUCK ALBUM, featuring 5 Complete Duck Stories, No. 560." Code number is D.A.O.S. #560-545. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

Cover Details - "Ducks and Old Car"

Characters Donald Duck; Gladstone Gander; Uncle Scrooge; Grandma Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre funny animals
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1993 series) #38 (June 1996) [interior]

1 page Duck Album activity "Maze"

Characters Donald Duck
Synopsis First line: "Donald has some new pictures in the Duck album to show you"
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Notes Inside front cover; maze with one illustration.
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1993 series) #38 [edited]

8 page Donald Duck story "The sloop fake"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Synopsis Donald trades his car for a yacht. The yacht turns out to be phony, but he is able to sell it to a movie crew. That sparks a series of sales and trades which eventually end up back where he started.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

6 page Grandma Duck story "Mixed orders"

Characters Grandma Duck; Gus Goose
Synopsis Grandma Duck orders a tractor for the farm, but the company delivers an airplane by mistake.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

6 page Uncle Scrooge story "The poor hobo"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Beagle Boys [1581; 4930]; Daisy Duck (cameo); Donald Duck (cameo); Jeeves
Synopsis In an effort to forget about money for a while, Scrooge trades his clothes with a hobo.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Beagle Boys are numbered 1581 and 4930.

6 page Donald's Nephews story "Foolish inventions"

Characters Huey, Dewey and Louie; Gyro Gearloose
Synopsis Gyro comes up with inventions to try to get himself and Huey, Dewey, and Louie into a baseball game for free.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Dick Moores
Inks Dick Moores
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Dick Moores

6 page Daisy Duck story "The flower show"

Characters Daisy Duck; Gladstone Gander; Clara Cluck
Synopsis Daisy and Clara lock Gladstone in a woodshed so that he won't win the flower show they entered. However, Gladstone is the judge for the show, not a contestant.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Phil de Lara
Inks Phil de Lara
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

1 page Duck Album story "Nap time"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Synopsis Huey, Dewey and Louie decide that naptime is better than doing chores.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Tony Strobl
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page Uncle Scrooge illustration "Balloons for sale"

Characters Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck (cameo); Gladstone Gander (cameo); Daisy Duck (cameo); Grandma Duck (cameo); Gus Goose (cameo); Gyro Gearloose (cameo); Huey (cameo); Dewey (cameo); Louie (cameo)
Synopsis Uncle Scrooge is blowing up balloons which have the characters' faces on them.
Genre funny animals
Pencils Paul Murry
Inks Paul Murry
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Notes Back cover.