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Issue: The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[5]
Publication Date: October 2013
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Issues: #[5] of 27 Issues
Title: Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Christmas on Bear Mountain
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
Brand: FBView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/16/2013
Volume: none
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781606996973
UPC/EAN: 978160699697352899
Price: $28.99 USD
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Content Items: 22 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gary Groth
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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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17 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagDonald and Mickey Merry Christmas #1947 published January 1947 was Three Good Little Ducks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #147 published May 1947 was If the Hat Fits [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #147 published May 1947 was Volcano Valley [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v7 #8 (80) published May 1947 was Donald's Posy Patch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v7 #9 (81) published June 1947 was Donald Mines His Own Business [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v7 #10 (82) published July 1947 was Magical Misery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #159 published August 1947 was Donald Duck and the Ghost of the Grotto [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v7 #11 (83) published August 1947 was Vacation Time [Story on Interior Page(s)] a.k.a. Ring Wrongs
FlagFour Color #159 published August 1947 was Adventure "Down Under" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v7 #12 (84) published September 1947 was The Waltz King [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v8 #1 (85) published October 1947 was The Masters of Melody [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v8 #2 (86) published November 1947 was Fireman Donald [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #178 published December 1947 was Fashion in Flight [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #178 published December 1947 was Christmas on Bear Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v8 #3 (87) published December 1947 was The Terrible Turkey [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #178 published December 1947 was Turn for the Worse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagFour Color #178 published December 1947 was Machine Mix-Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Hewey; Dewey; Louie
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Christmas on Bear Mountain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge (intro); Huey; Dewey; Louie; Edgerton
Synopsis: Donald's stingy old Uncle Scrooge McDuck lets the ducks use his mountain cabin for the Christmas holidays, planning to test Donald's bravery by coming to the cabin disguised as a bear. However, two real bears--a mother and her cub--turn up at the cabin soon after the ducks' arrival.
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on July 22, 1947. First appearance of Uncle Scrooge. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Fashion in Flight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
Synopsis: Donald buys a huge visor for his tiny car.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on July 22, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Turn for the Worse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck
Synopsis: Donald plays a joke by giving some misleading directions.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on July 22, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Donald's Posy Patch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald expels the nephews from his back yard so he can plant a prize-winning flower garden, but the nephews insist on playing in the yard anyway.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on January 10, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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Donald Mines His Own Business

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, western
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald mistakes a play map of a lost gold mine, drawn by the nephews, for the real thing and heads for New Mexico and the "site" of the mine.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on January 28, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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Volcano Valley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald accidentally receives a full-size World War II bomber instead of the model plane he ordered, and sells it to the South American country of Volcanovia. The ducks are flown to Volcanovia, where they learn that they can leave the country only by becoming national heroes. Donald's efforts to become a national hero lead to his being proclaimed a national menace instead.
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Pages: 30
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on December 9, 1946. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Magical Misery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald puts together a magic act after the nephews flabbergast him with card tricks, but the nephews sabotage his efforts to impress Daisy.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on February 19, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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Ring Wrongs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald tries to spend his vacation sleeping, but has to fend off obnoxious door-to-door salesmen.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Alternate title is "Vacation Time". Art submitted on March 19, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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Adventure Down Under

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Mournful Mary
Synopsis: Donald is hypnotized into believing he is a kangaroo and buys airplane tickets to Australia for himself and the nephews. In Australia the ducks try to trap Mournful Mary, the "queen of the kangaroos," and this leads to Donald's falling into the hands of savage aborigines.
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Pages: 25
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on April 4, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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If the Hat Fits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck
Synopsis: Donald tries on many hats and buys a huge sombrero.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art submitted December 30, 1946. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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The Waltz King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Daisy Duck; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald, who dances only "hepcat," crams on Strauss waltzes so that he and Daisy can win a waltz contest.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on May 1, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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The Masters of Melody

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Grandma Duck
Synopsis: Donald buys instruments and tries to transform the nephews into a string trio, with Grandma Duck's assistance.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on May 5, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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Donald Duck and the Ghost of the Grotto

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Armored Man
Synopsis: While the ducks are running a kelp-gathering boat in the West Indies, they are told of the mystery of an armored man who appears every fifty years to kidnap a small boy. This time, the armored man kidnaps Dewey, and the ducks fight to free him from the armored man's stronghold in a grotto in a coral reef, beneath a rotten old galleon guarded by an enormous octopus.
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Pages: 26
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on April 15, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Fireman Donald

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald becomes a volunteer fireman, but is quickly demoted from hoseman to squirt man to wet-sack man.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on June 23, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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The Terrible Turkey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald, irate over the high price of turkey, goes hunting in pilgrim costume, carrying a flintlock loaded with dried peas.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on July 31, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982).
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Three Good Little Ducks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: The nephews, fearful of getting no presents on Christmas, engage in an eleventh-hour charm offensive with Donald, but things don't go according to plan.
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Pages: 8
Job Number: F.S.G. 4712
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Machine Mix-Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck
Synopsis: Donald tries out his new modern kitchen, with unhappy results.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on July 22, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Story Notes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Joseph Robert Cowles
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Brief commentary on each story (see notes). Accompanied by single panels from most stories.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: * Gardner ("Christmas on Bear Mountain", "Masters of Melody")
* Priarone ("Donald's Posy Patch")
* Ault ("Donald Mines His Own Business")
* Cowles ("Volcano Valley", one-pagers)
* Fiore ("Magical Misery")
* Parille ("Ring Wrongs")
* Fischer ("Adventure Down Under")
* Wivel ("The Waltz King", "The Terrible Turkey")
* Kreiner ("Donald Duck and the Ghost of the Grotto", "Fireman Donald")
* Beccatini ("Three Good Little Ducks")
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Carl Barks: Life Among the Ducks

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Synopsis: Biography of Carol Barks.
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Pages: 2
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Synopsis: Biographies of all contributors to Story Notes article.
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Where Did These Stories First Appear?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Bibliography of all stories and covers reprinted in the volume
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