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Issue: The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[6]
Publication Date: January 2013
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Issues: #[6] of 27 Issues
Title: Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Old Castle's Secret
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/24/2013
Volume: 6
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781606996539
UPC/EAN: 978160699653952899
Price: $28.99 USD
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Content Items: 32 (20 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: This was the fourth volume published. It came after vol. eleven. Synopses by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: 7.5" x 10.25" (19.05 cm x 26.03 cm)
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Binding: hardcover
Publishing Format: ongoing series
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19 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagBoys' and Girls' March of Comics #20 [No Ad] published January 1948 was Darkest Africa [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v8 #4 (88) published January 1948 was Wintertime Wager [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v8 #6 (90) published March 1948 was Wired [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v8 #7 (91) published April 1948 was Going Ape [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v8 #8 (92) published May 1948 was Spoil the Rod [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #189 published June 1948 was A Pair of Old Crows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v8 #9 (93) published June 1948 was Rocket Race to the Moon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #189 published June 1948 was The Old Castle's Secret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #189 published June 1948 was Horseshoe Luck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #189 published June 1948 was Bean Taken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v8 #10 (94) published July 1948 was Donald of the Coast Guard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v8 #11 (95) published August 1948 was Gladstone Returns [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v8 #12 (96) published September 1948 was Links Hijinks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #199 published October 1948 was Sorry to be Safe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v9 #1 (97) published October 1948 was Pearls of Wisdom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #199 published October 1948 was Sheriff of Bullet Valley [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #199 published October 1948 was Best Laid Plans [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #199 published October 1948 was The Genuine Article [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v9 #2 (98) published November 1948 was Foxy Relations [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Walt Disney's Donald Duck- The Old Castle's Secret

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
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Walt Disney's Donald Duck

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Contents

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The Old Castle's Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge (second appearance); Diamond Dick
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge and the ducks go to Scotland to find the treasure hidden in the walls of the old McDuck castle, and there they encounter a "ghost" that is invisible except for the shadow cast by its skeleton. The "ghost" soon steals the treasure and traps the ducks on a balcony a hundred feet above the ground, but the nephews get down safely and find a secret entrance to the castle through an old graveyard.
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Bird Watching

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Bobolink; Chickadee; Nuthatch; Old Crows
Synopsis: Donald takes the nephews birdwatching.
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Horseshoe Luck

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Doctor
Synopsis: Donald refuses to believe that finding a horseshoe brings good luck.
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Wintertime Wager

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Gladstone Gander (intro); Daisy Duck
Synopsis: Donald must go swimming in Frozenbear Lake on Christmas Day or lose his home on a bet with Gladstone Gander.
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Watching the Watchman

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Watchman; Scarpuss; Two-Gun Wolf
Synopsis: Donald takes a job as a night watchman, guarding a million dollars in silk, but the nephews have to prevent him from falling asleep on the job.
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Wired

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Joe the Plumber; Boss; Casaba Cantaloupa; Angina Arthritis; J. Morganbilt Giltwhiskers
Synopsis: Donald and the nephews are rival telegram messengers. Donald sends the nephews out with a phony telegram so that he can get the good jobs and big tips.
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Going Ape

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck; Mr. Van Astorbilt; Mrs. Van Astorbilt; The Mayor; Mrs. Stiff; Owner of the Evening Bugle
Synopsis: Donald stages a high-society garden party with a jungle motif, including nephews who have been hypnotized into thinking they're monkeys.
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Darkest Africa

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Sir Gnatbugg-Mothley; Professor Argus McFiendy; Fuzzy Wuzzy; Rough Savages
Synopsis: Donald, an aggressive butterfly collector, is hired by Sir Gnattbugg-Mothley to go to Africa and bring back an Almostus Extinctus, rarest of butterflies. In Africa, the ducks are sabotaged by Professor Angus McFiendly, who is also after the Almostus Extinctus, and Donald is forced to give him the butterfly when the nephews are captured by cannibals hired by McFiendly.
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Bean Taken

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald devises a system for guessing the number of beans in a jar.
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Sorry to be Safe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic, sports
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald picks out a vacant lot where the nephews can play ball.
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Spoil the Rod

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Professor Pulpheart Clabberhead
Synopsis: Professor Pulpheart Clabberhead, a child psychologist, talks Donald into letting the nephews do whatever they want.
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Rocket Race to the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic, science fiction
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Professor Gamma; Professor Cosmic; Baron de Sleezy; Moonman
Synopsis: Donald is the pilot of a round-trip rocketship to the moon, competing against Baron de Sleezy for a prize of a hundred thousand dollars.
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Donald of the Coast Guard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; The Chief; Baron Guffaw; The "Butcher" Boy; Madame XX; Madame X
Synopsis: Donald becomes a member of the Coast Guard, on guard against crafty jewel smugglers--who outwit Donald but not the nephews.
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Gladstone Returns

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Gladstone Gander; Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald and Gladstone brag about their wealth until Daisy asks them to contribute to her club.
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Sheriff of Bullet Valley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic, western
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Sheriff; Jed; Jim Diamond; Blacksnake McQuirt; Guard; Donald's Horse
Synopsis: Donald becomes a sheriff's deputy in Bullet Valley and is sent out to bring in a gang of rustlers. The rustlers are led by Blacksnake McQuirt, a tough gunman who poses as a legitimate rancher and uses a branding ray to change brands from as far as a mile away.
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Best Laid Plans

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald pretends to be sick so that the nephews will have to cook.
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The Genuine Article

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald tests the authenticity of worm holes in an antique.
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Links Hijinks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic, sports
Character(s): Gladstone Gander; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: When Donald forces the nephews to be his caddies, they trick him into believing he can hit a hole-in-one with every shot and this leads to a bet with Gladstone.
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Pearls of Wisdom

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck; Old Salt
Synopsis: Donald goes searching for pearls to make Daisy a necklace for her birthday, but he finds ball bearings in a giant clam instead.
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Foxy Relations

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Frank Bucko; Trained Fox; Farmer; Lord Tweeksdale
Synopsis: Donald rides to the hounds on Lord Tweeksdale's estate to prove--for Uncle Scrooge's benefit--that the member of the duck family are great sportsmen.
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Story Notes

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Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Kreiner comments on "The Old Castle's Secret," "Links Hijinks" and "Foxy Relations." Wivel on "Wintertime Wager" and "Sheriff of Bullet Valley." Fischer on "Watching the Watchman" and "Pearls of Wisdom." Gardner on "Wired" and "Gladstone Returns." Stajano and Gori on "Going Ape." Parille on "Darkest Africa." Ault on "Spoil the Rod." Fiore on "Rocket Race to the Moon." Beccatini on "Donald of the Coast Guard / Coast Patrol." Priarone on the one-pagers.

Accompanied by a panel apiece from "The Old Castle's Secret," "Wintertime Wager," "Watching the Watchman," "Wired," "Going Ape," "Darkest Africa," "Spoil the Rod," "Rocket Race to the Moon," "Donald of the Coast Guard / Coast Patrol," "Gladstone Returns," "Pearls of Wisdom" and "Foxy Relations." Also included are the the cover reprints listed below.
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The Old Castle's Secret

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Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
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on beach with Bolivar

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Character(s): Bolivar; Donald Duck
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Sheriff of Bullet Valley

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Genres: anthropomorphic, western
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
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Donald floats out of bath on soap bubbles

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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey
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Carl Barks: Life Among the Ducks

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Character(s): Carl Barks (photo)
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Biographies

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Where Did These Duck Stories First Appear?

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[untitled]

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Character(s): Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Carl Barks (photo)
First Line: Facing a financial crisis, Uncle Scrooge recruits Donald, Huey, Dewey and Louie for a trip to the McDuck clan's ancient castle...
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