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Issue: Four Color #275
Publication Date: May 1950
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Issues: #275 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Walt Disney's Donald Duck in "Ancient Persia"
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 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 in ANCIENT PERSIA, No. 275." Code number is D.D.O.S. #276-505. (Note that Code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1950 by Walt Disney Productions. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Apparently Donald Duck #11.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Ancient Persia

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ?; Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald sitting on a throne.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLa Dynastie Donald Duck #1 published December 2010
In Issue: FlagWalt Disney's One Shot #21 published ?
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #44 [Gold Key] published December 1973
as Donald Duck in Ancient Persia [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]interior
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #228 published June 1981
as Ancient Persia [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Ancient Persia [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]interior
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album #10 published November 1988
as Ancient Persia [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #12 published June 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover submitted November 10, 1949.
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April Fool Photo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): Tony Strobl
Colorist(s): ?; Western Publishing Production Shop; duotone
Letterer(s): Tony Strobl
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: The nephews play an April Fool joke on Donald while pretending to take his picture.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Donald Duck "in Ancient Persia"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ?; Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Prince Cad Ali Cad; King Nevvawaza
Synopsis: The ducks are kidnapped by a mysterious scientist and flown to Persia, where they dig into an ancient city, Itsa Faka. The inhabitants of the city have been dehydrated while still living and the scientist restores the royal entourage to life by pouring its dust into a special mixture. Donald is mistaken for the prince who jilted King Nevvawaza's daughter and a marriage ceremony is ordered by the king.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLa Dynastie Donald Duck #1 published December 2010
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #44 [Gold Key] published December 1973
as Donald Duck in Ancient Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]revised layout=32 pages; original layout=24 pages
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #228 published June 1981
as In Ancient Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Ancient Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck bøker [Gullbøker] #[1987] published January 1987
as Donald Duck i Det gamle Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album #10 published November 1988
as Ancient Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #15 published March 1995
as In Ancient Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #12 published June 2005
as Pérsia Antiga [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck and Friends #339 published May 2006
as Donald Duck in Ancient Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: Story submitted November 23, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Jet-Job Joes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Murry
Inker(s): Paul Murry
Colorist(s): ?; Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): Paul Murry
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: The nephews want to enter their racer in a race, but Donald doesn't want them to go very fast.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Rules 'n' Regulations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Paul Murry
Inker(s): Paul Murry
Colorist(s): ?; Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): Paul Murry
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Tired of the nephews messing up the house, Donald makes a set of rules that they have to follow. To escape the regulations, the nephews build a houseboat.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
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Donald and Traffic Safety

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): Tony Strobl
Colorist(s): ?; Western Publishing Production Shop; duotone
Letterer(s): Tony Strobl
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald scolds the nephews for not practicing proper safety habits when crossing the street.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Daisy's Umbrella Hat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony Strobl
Inker(s): Tony Strobl
Colorist(s): ?; Western Publishing Production Shop
Letterer(s): Tony Strobl
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
Synopsis: Donald makes fun of Daisy's new umbrella hat--until it rains.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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