Subject Matter
Genres:
anthropomorphic
Character(s):
Donald Duck; Peter Pig; Lucius Linotype; Bart Caterwaul; Sylvanian border guard; Sylvanian Chief of Border Control; Sylvanian prosecutor; Sylvanian defense attorney; Sylvanian judge; Sylvanian prison guard; Sylvanian firing squad
First Line:
It’s a much-requested 1938 Disney classic! Years before Carl Barks’ first Donald Duck tales, this rare earlier Duck adventure was serialized in Italy, one page per week.
Synopsis:
Donald Duck and Peter Pig are wartime correspondents in the thick of the conflict between Sylvania and Sargassia. Their assignment is to get the first ever photograph of Sylvania’s reclusive General Sweet. Bart Caterwaul, an unscrupulous journalist for a competing newspaper, has the same mission and frames Donald and Peter as spies to be sent before a firing squad.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #19; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #20; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #21; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #22; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #23; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #24; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #25; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #26; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #27; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #28; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #29; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #30; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #31; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #32
Miscellaneous
Pages:
14
Notes:
Story appears in 14 individual one-page installments, presumably as it was originally presented in Italy, 1938. The format seems to mirror that of a Sunday newspaper strip reprint, but with strip-to-strip continuity. Part One of Two. Concludes in Donald Duck (Boom! Studios, 2011 Series) #365 April 2011.