Subject Matter
Genres:
anthropomorphic
Character(s):
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; third assistant museum janitor; a gaggle of puzzled scientists; egg dealers; egg farmers; Professor Artefact McArchives; Tombsbury the First Assistant; Wormsley the Second Assistant; Ship's Captain; Ship's Doctor; Donald's llama; backgammon-playing bright-looking Peruvian; "Goofiest Guy in [the] Andes" (with bird wings); guy carrying straw; villagers selling cement square eggs; old vicuna hunter; various Plain Awfultonians; square chickens; The President (Plain Awfultonian); fry cook; two police officers in squad car
First Line:
It is morning of a day destined to live long in history!
Synopsis:
Donald, a museum janitor, discovers that some "blocks" from Inca ruins are actually square eggs. When the other members of a scientific expedition fall ill, Donald and the nephews press on alone deep into the Andes. They find the hidden land of "Plain Awful", inhabited by a strange race of short, block-like people who speak with American southern accents, live on the square eggs, and are obsessed with all things square.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
32
Notes:
Often regarded as Carl Barks' best work. "Unca'" is lettered with an ending apostrophe.