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Issue: Four Color #178
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Title: Walt Disney's Donald Duck
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/14/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielson Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK, No. 178". Code number is W.D.O.S. #178-4712. Copyright 1947 by Walt Disney Productions. Last Four Color to have "A Dell Magazine" emblem. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Donald Duck regular series #3?

On sale date (date of publication) per Copyright Entries 1947.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Christmas on Bear Mountain

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Dan Gormley
Dan Gormley
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Reprinting
FlagDonald Duck & Co #35/1960 published August 1960
as Hjertelig til lykke på fødselsdagen [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #10 published April 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Fashion in Flight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Carl Barks
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck
Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
Those big visors are really classy!
Donald buys a huge visor for his tiny car.
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[5] published October 2013
FlagWalt Disney's Christmas Parade #3 published January 1965
as Fashion in Flight [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as Fashion in Flight [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #25 published January 1996
as Fashion in Flight [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #9 published April 2005
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #374 published February 2008
as Fashion in Flight [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Art submitted on July 22, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Christmas on Bear Mountain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Carl Barks
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck
Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge (intro); Huey; Dewey; Louie; Edgerton; James
Woe is me!
Donald's stingy old Uncle Scrooge McDuck lets the ducks use his mountain cabin for the Christmas holidays, planning to test Donald's bravery by coming to the cabin disguised as a bear. However, two real bears--a mother and her cub--turn up at the cabin soon after the ducks' arrival.
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[5] published October 2013
FlagDonald Duck & Co #26/1957 published December 1957
as Jul på Bjørnefjell [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-10
FlagDonald Duck & Co #1/1958 published January 1958
as Jul på Bjørnefjell. [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 11-20
FlagWalt Disney's Christmas Parade #3 published January 1965
as Christmas on Bear Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDonald Duck & Co #51/1965 published December 1965
as Jul på Bjørnefjell [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
FlagDonald Duck & Co #48/1973 published November 1973
as Jul på Bjørnefjell [Story on Interior Page(s)]3. translation, pages 1-10
FlagDonald Duck & Co #49/1973 published December 1973
as Jul på Bjørnefjell [Story on Interior Page(s)]3. translation, pages 11-20
FlagThe Best of Walt Disney Comics #96173 published January 1974
as Christmas on Bear Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as Christmas On Bear Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #9 published February 1991
as Christmas on Bear Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #8 published August 1994
as Christmas on Bear Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories #608 published February 1997
as T:Christmas On Bear Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck #97 published January 1998
as Kerstvakantie op de Berenberg [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #10 published April 2005
as Natal nas Montanhas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #372 published December 2007
as Christmas on Bear Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
20
Art submitted on July 22, 1947. First appearance of Uncle Scrooge. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Santa Claus Land

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Don Gunn
Don Gunn
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Don Gunn
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse; Goofy; The Seven Dwarfs [Doc; Grumpy]; Santa Claus; Prancer; Dumbo; Willie the Giant
'Tis the day before Christmas!
Mickey and Goofy are working at Santa's Workshop at the North Pole. Doc and Grumpy of the Seven Dwarfs and Dumbo are also working there. Goofy is made custodian of Santa's reindeer, where he discovers that Prancer has been stolen by Willie the Giant.
Reprinting
FlagWalt Disney's Christmas Parade #3 published January 1965
as Santa Claus Land [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDonald Duck & Co #51/1965 published December 1965
as Julenisseland [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
Letters credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Turn for the Worse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Carl Barks
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck
Donald Duck
I'm looking for Donald Duck!
Donald plays a joke by giving some misleading directions.
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[5] published October 2013
FlagDonald Duck & Co #14/1959 published April 1959
as Spøkefuglen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Christmas Parade #3 published January 1965
as Turn for the Worse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as Turn for the Worse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGladstone Comic Album #13 published February 1989
as Turn for the Worse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #25 published January 1996
as Turn for the Worse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #9 published April 2005
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover; black, white, and red. Art submitted on July 22, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Machine Mix-Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
Carl Barks
? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Carl Barks
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck
Donald Duck
I must try out my new modern kitchen!
Donald tries out his new modern kitchen, with unhappy results.
Reprinting
FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[5] published October 2013
FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as Machine Mix-Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #2 published January 1990
as Machine Mix-Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #25 published January 1996
as Machine Mix-Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #9 published April 2005
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover. Art submitted on July 22, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

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