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Issue: Four Color #9
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #9 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold!
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/14/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1942 Pamphlets, page 566.

The indicia title, which is also the title reported to the Copyright Office, is "DONALD DUCK FINDS PIRATE GOLD, No. 9."

Copyright 1942 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). Per Anthony Durant (April 27, 2006): "This is essentially an adaptation of a Donald Duck short that was never filmed."
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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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Yellow Beak
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #250 [Direct Edition] published February 1987
as Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]interior, 0.25 pages
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #1 published January 1989
as Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks 100 år - jubileumshefte #[nn] published April 2001
as Sjørøvergull [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck #50 [herdruk] published January 2002
as Als jubilaris [Illustration on Cover, Front]gespiegeld
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #9 published April 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Introduction

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Yellow Beak; Black Pete; Red Eye
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #1 published January 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Two illustrations with brief word balloons.
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Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Yellow Beak; Black Pete; Red Eye
Synopsis: Bearing a map found in Donald's seafood restaurant, the ducks and a parrot named Old Yellow Beak set sail for an island where the pirate Henry Morgan's treasure is buried. Unknown to them, the crew of the ship is made up of Black Pete, disguised as an old woman, and two of his rat-faced henchmen. Peter takes over the ship, but the ducks and the parrot reach the treasure island on a raft. They dig up the treasure while Pete lies in wait.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck bøker [Gullbøker] #[1984] [unnamed variant] published January 1984
as Sjørøvergull [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as Finds Pirate Gold [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #250 [Direct Edition] published February 1987
as Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #1 published January 1989
as Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #1 published January 1994
as Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge - The Best and Firsts #[nn] published April 1996
as Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck #50 [herdruk] published January 2002
as Het goud van piraat Morgan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #9 published April 2005
as O Tesouro do Pirata [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 64
Disclose Notes: This is Carl Barks' first comic-book work. "The story adaptation was written by Bob Karp, and was taken from storyboards by Homer Brightman for "Morgan's Ghost," a Disney feature cartoon that was never produced." Notes and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). There is a follow-up to the story by Jack Hannah in Walt Disney's Comics- Cheerios Set W (Dell, 1947 series) #1 and a later one in 1962 in Italy.
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Donald and Nephews Counting Gold

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
Synopsis: Donald divides the treasure by giving himself one coin for every one he give each of the nephews (so he'll have three times as many.)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #1 published January 1989
as Donald and Nephews [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge - The Best and Firsts #[nn] published April 1996
as Donald and Nephews Counting Gold [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black, red, and white. One large illustration with a word balloon.
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Treasure Map

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Synopsis: Map of the island on which the treasure is buried.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #250 [Direct Edition] published February 1987
as Treasure map [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]0.25 pages
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #1 published January 1989
as Treasure Map [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge - The Best and Firsts #[nn] published April 1996
as Treasure Map [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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