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Issue: Four Color #300
Publication Date: November 1950
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Issues: #300 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Walt Disney's Donald Duck in Big-Top Bedlam
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/19/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Part of "Animated Cover" series. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1950 Pamphlets, page 462.
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted In16
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
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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Big-Top Bedlam

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Synopsis: Donald hanging from a tightrope.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLa Dynastie Donald Duck #1 published December 2010
In Content Item: FlagFour Color #300 published December 1950
as Big-Top Bedlam [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: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Firecracker Light

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: Oh, boy! This is th' most exciting book I've read in a long time!
Synopsis: Donald uses a firecracker as a candle.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #1/1959 published January 1959
as Kjempestjernelys [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
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Big-Top Bedlam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: Oh, boy! The circus is coming to town!
Synopsis: Donald loses Daisy's heirloom brooch on the way to hock it for enough money to buy circus tickets for himself and the nephews. The brooch turns up mysteriously in the hands of a quick-change artist at the circus, and Donald gets a job as a clown so that he can try to get the brooch back.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLa Dynastie Donald Duck #1 published December 2010
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #10/1959 published March 1959
as Arvesmykket [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-10
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #11/1959 published March 1959
as Arvesmykket [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 11-19
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #12/1959 published March 1959
as Arvesmykket [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 20-28
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Big-Top Bedlam [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #261 [Direct Edition] published January 1988
as Big-Top Bedlam [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #16 published April 1995
as Big-Top Bedlam [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #12 published June 2005
as O Circo e o Palhaço [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 28
Job Number: D.D.O.S #300-5011
Disclose Notes: Story submitted on April 20, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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The Firebugs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: Aah... There's nothing like th' home and hearth on a cold winter day!
Synopsis: Donald's nephews get into mischief with a movie projector by projecting images of a fire on various neighboring houses and causing firefighters Donald and Goofy continuous confusion when they attend the areas in their fire engine in an attempt to put out the fires.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #22/1959 published May 1959
as Brannmannen [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 14-20
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #21/1959 published May 1959
as Brannmannen [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 4-13
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #20/1959 published May 1959
as Brannmannen [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1-3
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck Comics Digest #3 published March 1987
as The Firebugs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
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Good Deed Nephews

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: (Sigh) I'm tired tonight, boys, an' I'll appreciate your being good!
Synopsis: The nephews drive Donald crazy with their good deeds.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Story title and inks credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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How to make the front cover move

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Directions on making the front cover move.

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