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Issue: Four Color #189
Publication Date: June 1948
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Issues: #189 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Donald Duck in The Old Castle's Secret
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/30/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK IN THE OLD CASTLE'S SECRET, No. 189." Code number is D.D.O.S. #189-486. Copyright 1948 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).

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1948 Pamphlets, page 409.
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Disclose Format
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 In34
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
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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
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The Old Castle's Secret

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: Donald and his nephews explore an old castle, where they are menaced by a ghostly skeletal arm with a sword.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWalt Disney's One Shot #11 published ?
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as The Old Castle's Secret [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #20 published April 1990
as The Old Castle's Secret [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #11 published May 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Carl Barks' first front cover for any comic book. Art submitted January 16, 194. New version of cover in The Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge (Gold Key, 1964) #1. http://www.comics.org/issue/18839/
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A Pair of Old Crows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; bobolink; chickadee; nuthatch; worm; two angry old ladies
First Line: I'll take you kids into the woods and teach you about nature!
Synopsis: Donald takes his nephews birdwatching, and provides one description too many.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[6] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney the Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge #1 published November 1964
as A Pair of Old Crows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as Bird Watching [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #38 [Direct] published July 1993
as Bird Watching [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #25 published January 1996
as Bird Watching [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #9 published April 2005
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck #3 [herdruk] published January 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Art submitted on January 6, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

Barks provides some very detailed and realistic illustrations of the various birds observed by Donald and the boys.
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The Old Castle's Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge (second appearance); Diamond Dick
First Line: Hey, kids, our rich old uncle Scrooge McDuck wants us to drive over and see him!
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge and the ducks go to Scotland to find the treasure hidden in the walls of the old McDuck castle, and there they encounter a "ghost" that is invisible except for the shadow cast by its skeleton. The "ghost" soon steals the treasure and traps the ducks on a balcony a hundred feet above the ground. The nephews get down safely, find a secret entrance to the castle through an old graveyard, and expose the ghost as a thief.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[6] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney the Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge #1 published November 1964
as The Old Castle's Secret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Walt Disney Best Comics Series #[6] published October 1980
as The Old Castle's Secret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Godbiter #53 published January 1984
as Det gamle slottets hemmelighet [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as The Old Castle's Secret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #20 published April 1990
as The Old Castle's Secret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #8 published August 1994
as The Old Castle's Secret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #11 published May 2005
as O Segredo do Castelo [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Job Number: D.D.O.S. #189-486
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on December 3, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

This early version of Scrooge may not yet be "The World's Richest Duck", as he says to Donald: "The McDuck fortune is in bad shape! I must raise several million dollars immediately!"

This story profoundly influences portions of "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" by Don Rosa, particularly so in its first chapter - appearing in the United States in Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1993 Series) #285 (April 1994). https://www.comics.org/issue/54814/
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Horseshoe Luck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; doctor
First Line: Well, well, a horseshoe! If some jerk found that, he'd think it was a sign of good luck!
Synopsis: Donald refuses to believe that finding a horseshoe brings good luck.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[6] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #7/1961 published February 1961
as Hesteskoen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney the Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge #1 published November 1964
as Horseshoe Luck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as Horseshoe Luck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #38 [Direct] published July 1993
as Horseshoe Luck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #25 published January 1996
as Horseshoe Luck [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #12 published June 2005
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Art submitted January 6, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Bean Taken

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; crowd of contestants
First Line: I know how to win that prize!
Synopsis: Donald devises a system for guessing the number of beans in a jar.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[6] published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #1 published July 1984
as Bean Taken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #37 published June 1993
as Bean Taken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #25 published January 1996
as Bean Taken [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #12 published June 2005
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck #3 [herdruk] published January 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Art submitted on January 6, 1948. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

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