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Issue: Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #[4]
Publication Date: January 1947
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Issues: #[4] of 488 Issues (1633 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Non-Ad
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: K. K. Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 1947
Volume:
Pages: 32
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 2 covers)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: First issue of March of Comics to feature Disney characters. Also, the first of three issues of March of Comics devoted to Donald Duck by Carl Barks. The others would MOC #20 (1948), and MOC #41 (1949). The last issue of March of Comics to feature Donald Duck would be #263 in 1964 and would be the last issue overall devoted to Disney characters.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: early issues standard Golden Age U.S.; 1952-1959 oblong; later half-size
Paper Stock: most glossy cover and newsprint interior. early issues all newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants3
Disclose Reprinted In16
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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One Crazy Photo

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Mickey Mouse; Huey (red shirt)
Synopsis: Donald has his picture taken as Napoleon, while Huey holds a turtle in front of the camera lens.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures - Free Comic Book Day #[nn] [unnamed variant] published May 2003
as One Crazy Photo [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #37 published January 2008
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Fashion Notes: Donald Duck is costumed as Napoleon. Mickey Mouse wears a striped pullover shirt. Huey wears no red cap but wears his "cover-appearance-only" red shirt.
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Maharajah Donald

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Piggy (pig-boy with glasses); kid with kite; Joe (monkey-kid); sailor's kid; jeweler; pearl-buying rich guy; ship's purser; ship's captain; Maharajah of Hoopadoola; maharajah's aide; maharajah's servant; the Mogul Elephant; Bumpay Royal Tax Collector; Bumpay Regal Compiler of the Deficit; various officials of Bumpay; tigers; bearded old man; man with minah bird; British traveler; Bumpay stadium broadcaster
First Line: Come here, kids! I want you to clean out this garage!
Synopsis: Starting with a mere pencil stub, and through an unlikely series of events, Huey, Dewey, and Louie trade-up to a steamship ticket to India, which Donald gloms for himself forcing the boys to stow away on the very same ship. Aboard ship and facing consequences for unknowingly harboring his stowaway nephews, Donald meets the wealthy Maharajah of Hoopadoola, who offers to resolve the Ducks' matters with the steamship line for a favor in return. The favor? Riding an old, gentle, sacred elephant across a narrow river to a neighboring kingdom. What possible harm could there be in such a gesture?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck Best Comics #[nn] [1st Printing] published January 1978
as Maharajah Donald [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint layout=12.5 pages, abridged?; original layout=28 pages
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #6 published May 1990
as Maharajah Donald [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #279 [Direct Edition] published May 1990
as Maharajah Donald [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #6 published June 1994
as Maharajah Donald [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures - Free Comic Book Day #[nn] [unnamed variant] published May 2003
as Maharajah Donald [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures - Free Promotional Comic Book #[nn] published August 2006
as Maharajah Donald [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #37 published January 2008
as Os Tigres Reais [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 28
Disclose Notes: Date: 1946-08-13.

As in some early Barks stories, Donald is portrayed as living in Burbank, California, rather than Duckburg, Calisota.
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The Peaceful Hills

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; bear; eagle
First Line: Unca Donald, will you take us to the movies?
Synopsis: Shunning his nephews' choice of entertainment, loud western movies with "blazing sixguns" and "thundering hooves", Donald opts for a hike in the peaceful hills "peopled only by the quiet, friendly creatures of the wild"... and is sorry he did.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #4 [Direct] published May 1988
as The Peaceful Hills [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #6 published May 1990
as The Peaceful Hills [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #6 published June 1994
as The Peaceful Hills [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKalle Anka & C:o #5/1995 published January 1995
as Bergens stillsamma ro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures - Free Comic Book Day #[nn] [unnamed variant] published May 2003
as The Peaceful Hills [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures - Free Promotional Comic Book #[nn] published August 2006
as The Peaceful Hills [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #37 published January 2008
as Só Quero Sossego [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Date: 1946-10-04.

A rare two-page story by Barks.
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March of Characters

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Mickey Mouse; Morty; Ferdie; Pluto
Synopsis: Full figures of the characters repurposed from sources other than this issue. Illustration appears twice, at the top and the bottom of the page.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover displays red strips across its width. The strips are each about 1.5 inches high and are placed at the very top and the very bottom of the back cover. Within these strips are the full figures of the characters. The remaining back cover space in the center (about 7” wide x 7.25” high) is left blank or contains the name and logo of the business using the comic as a promotional item.

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