Characters |
Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie |
Synopsis |
Donald's sneezes at an auction are mistaken for bids on a houseboat and soon he and the nephews are sailing down the Ohio River. There they encounter a huge serpent, which they later learn is an elaborate submarine whose captain gets his pleasure from scaring people. |
Genre |
funny animals; adventure |
Script |
Carl Barks |
Pencils |
Carl Barks |
Inks |
Carl Barks |
Colors |
? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Letters |
Carl Barks |
Notes |
Story begins on the inside front cover in black, red, and white. Art submitted on January 25, 1946. 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 Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #2 (February 1988); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #4 (April 1994); in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1993 series) #26 (June 1994) |
Characters |
Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie |
Synopsis |
Donald falls on his head when getting up one morning and turns into a pyromaniac, setting harmless fires but also getting the blame for big fires set by another firebug. |
Genre |
funny animals |
Script |
Carl Barks |
Pencils |
Carl Barks; Carl Buettner (last two panels only) |
Inks |
Carl Barks; Carl Buettner (last two panels only) |
Colors |
? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
Letters |
Carl Barks; ? (last two panels) |
Notes |
Art submitted on July 19, 1945. "Pages have nine to eleven panels each; most have ten panels." "The last two panels of this story are by an artist other than Barks*. In them Donald learns that his adventures as a firebug have been only a bad dream. In Barks' original version, Donald went to jail for accidentally burning down a courthouse." Notes and Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). *- Alberto Becattini identifies the artist of the last two panels as Carl Buettner (May 14, 2007). |
Reprinted |
in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984); in Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald (Gladstone, 1988 series) #3 (July 1988); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #4 (April 1994); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gemstone, 2003 series) #644 |
Characters |
Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie |
Synopsis |
The nephews play ball at the beach with a baby seal, and this sets Donald to dreaming of how much money he could make with a trained seal act. |
Genre |
funny animals |
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 January 25, 1946. 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 Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #2 (February 1988); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #4 (April 1994) |