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Issue: Walt Disney Comics Digest #44
Publication Date: December 1973
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Issues: #44 of 57 Issues (62 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Gold Key
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Del Connell ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 92301-312
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: 4.75" x 6.5"
Paper Stock: Glossy Cardstock Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
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Nice-looking Donald

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is a redrawn version of Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1182.
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Donald Duck and The Mummy's Ring

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Carl Buettner
Inker(s): Carl Buettner
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #29 published September 1943
was Donald Duck and the Mummy's Ring [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Donald Duck and the Mummy's Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Black Pete [Peg-leg Pete]
Synopsis: Huey is trapped inside a mummy case and taken to Egypt by emissaries of the Bey El Dagga, who is restoring life in his province to the way it was in ancient times. Donald and the other two nephews follow Huey by getting jobs on the ship carrying the mummy case, and late sailing a felucca up the Nile to the Bey's domain.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #29 published September 1943
was Donald Duck and the Mummy's Ring [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on May 10, 1943. "Chris Couch, who worked with Barks as a story man at the Disney studio, is caricatured on a wanted poster on the seventh page of this story." Notes and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Luck of the North

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #256 published December 1949
was Luck of the North [Illustration on Cover, Front]interior
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Luck of the North

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks; Dana Coty (story idea)
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Gladstone Gander
Synopsis: Donald, exasperated by Gladstone Gander's good luck, sends him on a wild goose chase to Alaska in search of a uranium mine, then is overcome by remorse and fears for Gladstone's safety. He and the nephews follow Gladstone to a desolate iceberg that just happens to contain a Viking ship decked out in gold trim.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #256 published December 1949
was Luck of the North [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Story submitted June 29, 1949. First appearance of Gladstone Gander in the Donald Duck series. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Donald Duck in Ancient Persia

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #275 published May 1950
was Ancient Persia [Illustration on Cover, Front]interior
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Donald Duck in Ancient Persia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Synopsis: The ducks are kidnapped by a mysterious scientist and flown to Persia, where they dig into an ancient city, Itsa Faka. The inhabitants of the city have been dehydrated while still living and the scientist restores the royal entourage to life by pouring its dust into a special mixture. Donald is mistaken for the prince who jilted King Nevvawaza's daughter and a marriage ceremony is ordered by the king.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #275 published May 1950
was Donald Duck "in Ancient Persia" [Story on Interior Page(s)]revised layout=32 pages; original layout=24 pages
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Story submitted November 23, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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The Pixilated Parrot

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #282 published July 1950
was Donald Duck and The Pixilated Parrot [Illustration on Cover, Front]interior
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Pixilated Parrot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letterer(s): Carl Barks
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Synopsis: Donald gives Uncle Scrooge a parrot that only counts, instead of talking, and Scrooge has the parrot memorize the combination to his safe; which Scrooge has been forgetting. However the parrot first gives the combination to two burglars and then flies away to a boat bound for Latin America.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #282 published July 1950
was Donald Duck and "The Pixilated Parrot" [Story on Interior Page(s)]revised layout=31 pages
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 31
Disclose Notes: Story submitted February 23, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

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