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Issue: Four Color #282
Publication Date: July 1950
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Issues: #282 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Walt Disney's Donald Duck and The Pixilated Parrot
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/23/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK and the PIXILATED PARROT, No. 282." Code number is D.D.O.S. #282-507. Copyright 1950 by Walt Disney Productions, Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1950 Pamphlets, page 100. Apparently Donald Duck #12. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

This Four Color issue was originally intended to feature LASSIE, but a subsequent decision was made to give the canine heroine her own series beginning with #1 instead.

No ads in this issue. All 52 pages are comics or comics-related text material.
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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 In25
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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
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Disclose Content Items (6 total)
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Donald Duck and The Pixilated Parrot

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Polly the Parrot
Synopsis: Donald and the boys find Polly the Parrot inside Uncle Scrooge's vault, tallying on an adding machine.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagLa Dynastie Donald Duck #1 published December 2010
In Issue: FlagWalt Disney's One Shot #22 published ?
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #26/1958 published October 1958
as Den rare papegøyen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #44 [Gold Key] published December 1973
as The Pixilated Parrot [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]interior
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #229 published July 1981
as Donald Duck and the Pixilated Parrot [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as The Pixilated Parrot [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]interior
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Beste Historier om Donald Duck & Co [Disney-Album] #37 [unnamed variant] published September 1989
as Den rare papegøyen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #5 published May 1990
as Donald Duck and The Pixilated Parrot [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]interior
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #22 [Direct] published October 1993
as The Pixilated Parrot [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)]
In Content Item: FlagUncle Scrooge Bargain Book: Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck in Color #1 published ?
as Donald Duck and the Pixilated Parrot [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover submitted February 23, 1950.
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Peanut Eaters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; peanut vendor
First Line: Ppwweeeeeeeeeeeee!
Synopsis: To quiet a night peanut vendor, Donald buys some peanuts for Huey, Dewey, and Louie, but is then kept awake as the three crack the shells to eat the peanuts.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Black and white on inside front cover.
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The Pixilated Parrot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Polly the Parrot; sailor (Polly's owner); two black-masked burglars (proto Beagle Boys?); angry old lady; ship's mate; female parrot; kid parrots; hamburger joint owner
First Line: Oh boy! Ships from! The seven seas!
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
In Issue: FlagLa Dynastie Donald Duck #1 published December 2010
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #27/1958 published October 1958
as Den rare papegøyen [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 12-22
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #26/1958 published October 1958
as Den rare papegøyen [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-11
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #43/1973 published October 1973
as Telle-papegøyen [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 8-14, 2. translation
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #44/1973 published October 1973
as Telle-papegøyen [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 15-22, 2. translation
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #42/1973 published October 1973
as Telle-papegøyen [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-7, 2. translation
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney Comics Digest #44 [Gold Key] published December 1973
as The Pixilated Parrot [Story on Interior Page(s)]revised layout=31 pages
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #229 published July 1981
as Donald Duck and "The Pixilated Parrot" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as The Pixilated Parrot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #5 published May 1990
as The Pixilated Parrot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #22 [Direct] published October 1993
as The Pixilated Parrot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #15 published March 1995
as The Pixilated Parrot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #11 published May 2005
as O Papagaio Contador [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncle Scrooge Bargain Book: Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck in Color #1 published ?
as Donald Duck and the Pixilated Parrot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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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Pig in a Poke

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Hamlet (pig); farmer; chicken; baby chicks; contest judge
First Line: County Fair Cash Prizes!
Synopsis: Huey, Dewey, and Louie go to a farm to get an animal to show at the county fair. They're given a piglet named Hamlet, but the pig gets away and leads them (and Donald) on a cross-country chase.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 26
Disclose Notes: This backup story is four pages longer than the lead adventure story.
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Fresh Milk and Eggs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Mrs. Clacker; angry customer #2; angry customer #3
First Line: Oh, oh, Mrs. Clacker's mad again...
Synopsis: Donald is a milkman whose customers complain about not receiving fresh milk and eggs.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside back cover.
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Tied Straws

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
First Line: Lemonade all you can drink 1¢
Synopsis: After Donald takes unfair advantage of the nephews' "all you can drink" offer at their lemonade stand; the nephews tie knots in the straws so he won't be able to repeat the offense.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Color on back cover.

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