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Issue: Four Color #108
Publication Date: May 1946
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Issues: #108 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Donald Duck in the Terror of the River
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell Magazine [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/16/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "DONALD DUCK in the Terror of the River, No. 108." No code number. Copyright 1946 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).
On-sale date is publication date in Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946 Pamphlets, page 245.
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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 In19
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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
Title Page
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The Terror of the River

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #10 published April 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Terror of the River!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
Synopsis: Donald's sneezes at an auction are mistaken for bids on a houseboat and soon he and the nephews are sailing down the Ohio River. There they encounter a huge serpent, which they later learn is an elaborate submarine whose captain gets his pleasure from scaring people.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as Terror of the River [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album #2 published February 1988
as Terror of the River [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #4 published April 1994
as The Terror of the River [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #26 [Direct] published June 1994
as Terror of the River [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #10 published April 2005
as O Terror do Rio [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Vacation Parade #3 published June 2006
as The Terror of the River!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: Story begins on the inside front cover in black, red, and white. Art submitted on January 25, 1946. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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The Firebug

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? (last two panels)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
Synopsis: Donald falls on his head when getting up one morning and turns into a pyromaniac, setting harmless fires but also getting the blame for big fires set by another firebug.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories #644 published May 2004
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as The Firebug [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Mickey and Donald #3 [Direct] published July 1988
as The Firebug [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck bøker [Gullbøker] #[1988] published September 1988
as Brannstifteren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #4 published April 1994
as The Firebug [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #10 published April 2005
as O Incendiário [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on July 19, 1945. "Pages have nine to eleven panels each; most have ten panels." "The last two panels of this story are by an artist other than Barks*. In them Donald learns that his adventures as a firebug have been only a bad dream. In Barks' original version, Donald went to jail for accidentally burning down a courthouse." Notes and Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). *- Alberto Becattini identifies the artist of the last two panels as Carl Buettner (May 14, 2007).
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Seals Are So Smart

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck
Synopsis: The nephews play ball at the beach with a baby seal, and this sets Donald to dreaming of how much money he could make with a trained seal act.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #34/1975 published August 1975
as Sel-som opplevelse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as Seals Are So Smart [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album #2 published February 1988
as Seals Are So Smart [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #4 published April 1994
as Seals are so Smart [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #10 published April 2005
as O Caso das Focas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Art submitted on January 25, 1946. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

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