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Issue: Four Color #275
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Title: Walt Disney's Donald Duck in "Ancient Persia"
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/21/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in ANCIENT PERSIA, No. 275." Code number is D.D.O.S. #276-505. (Note that Code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1950 by Walt Disney Productions. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1950 Pamphlets, page 100. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Apparently Donald Duck #11.
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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:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Ancient Persia

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
adventure, anthropomorphic
Donald sitting on a throne.
Reprinting
FlagLa Dynastie Donald Duck #1 published December 2010
FlagWalt Disney's One Shot #21 published ?
FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #44 [Gold Key] published December 1973
as Donald Duck in Ancient Persia [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]interior
FlagDonald Duck #228 published June 1981
as Ancient Persia [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Ancient Persia [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]interior
FlagGladstone Comic Album #10 published November 1988
as Ancient Persia [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #12 published June 2005
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Cover submitted November 10, 1949.
April Fool Photo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Bzzz... Bzzzzz yeah, let's!
The nephews play an April Fool joke on Donald while pretending to take his picture.
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Miscellaneous
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Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Donald Duck in Ancient Persia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adventure, anthropomorphic
Prince Cad Ali Cad; King Nevvawaza
Brrr!
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.
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FlagLa Dynastie Donald Duck #1 published December 2010
FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #44 [Gold Key] published December 1973
as Donald Duck in Ancient Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]revised layout=32 pages; original layout=24 pages
FlagDonald Duck #228 published June 1981
as In Ancient Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Ancient Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDonald Duck bøker [Gullbøker] #[1987] published January 1987
as Donald Duck i Det gamle Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGladstone Comic Album #10 published November 1988
as Ancient Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #15 published March 1995
as In Ancient Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #12 published June 2005
as Pérsia Antiga [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck and Friends #339 published May 2006
as Donald Duck in Ancient Persia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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D.D.O.S. #276-505
Story submitted November 23, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Jet-Job Joes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Yippee!
The nephews want to enter their racer in a race, but Donald doesn't want them to go very fast.
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6
Rules 'n' Regulations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Doggone kids -- I'm tired of cleanin' up after 'em! (Grumble, mumble)
Tired of the nephews messing up the house, Donald makes a set of rules that they have to follow. To escape the regulations, the nephews build a houseboat.
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Miscellaneous
18
Donald and Traffic Safety

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Hey, you... Come back here!
Donald scolds the nephews for not practicing proper safety habits when crossing the street.
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Daisy's Umbrella Hat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Ah-h, Daisy's right! It's a swell day for a walk!
Donald makes fun of Daisy's new umbrella hat--until it rains.
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Back cover. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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