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Issue: Four Color #408
Publication Date: July 1952
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Issues: #408 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Walt Disney's Donald Duck and the Golden Helmet
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/20/1952
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: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Pamphlets, page 710.

Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Indicia title "Walt Disney's Donald Duck and the Golden Helmet, No. 408."
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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 In38
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Golden Helmet

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Synopsis: In Labrador, Donald uncovers the fabled Golden Helmet of Viking Olaf the Blue.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's serier #9/1954 published September 1954
as Donald Duck og Gullhjelmen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney the Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge #1 published November 1964
as The Golden Helmet [Illustration on Cover, Front]backcover
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Klassikere #18 published March 1978
as Donald Duck og Gullhjelmen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as The Golden Helmet [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Beste Historier om Donald Duck & Co [Disney-Album] #31 [unnamed variant] published January 1987
as Gullhjelmen [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album #13 published February 1989
as The Golden Helmet [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #30 published January 2007
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover submitted January 3, 1952. Redrawn version in Donald Duck and the Golden Helmet [Dynabrite Comics] (Whitman, 1978) #11352.
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Full-Service Windows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Synopsis: Donald has trouble getting his store windows shiny enough.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[11] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #8/1956 published August 1956
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Full-Service Windows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #12 published May 1989
as Full-Service Windows [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 Full-Service Windows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #29 published January 2007
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; Art submitted January 3, 1952. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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The Golden Helmet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): butterfly-seeking museum guest; lace and tatting-seeking museum guest; Azure Blue; museum curator; Lawyer Sharky; Azure Blue's ship's captain and crew; curator's helicopter pilot; embroidered lampshade-seeking museum guest
First Line: Donald is the assistant guard in the museum at Duckburg!
Synopsis: The ducks and a museum curator race Azure Blue, a descendant of the Vikings, to the coast of Labrador to find a golden helmet, left by a Viking explorer, that will give Blue title to all of North America. Once the helmet is saved from Blue, the curator, Donald, Lawyer Sharky - and even one of Donald's nephews (!) - have visions of ruling the continent.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[11] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's serier #9/1954 published September 1954
as Donald Duck og Gullhjelmen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney the Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge #1 published November 1964
as The Golden Helmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck Best Comics #[nn] [1st Printing] published January 1978
as The Golden Helmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint layout=14.5 pages, unabridged?; original layout=32 pages
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck and the Golden Helmet [Dynabrite Comics] #11352 published December 1978
as The Golden Helmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Walt Disney Best Comics Series #[2] published October 1980
as The Golden Helmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as The Golden Helmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album #13 published February 1989
as The Golden Helmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #33 published August 1995
as The Golden Helmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCarl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color #20 published August 1995
as The Golden Helmet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #30 published January 2007
as O Capacete de Ouro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on December 3, 1951.
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Rigged-Up Lawn Roller

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Synopsis: Donald is angry because the nephews have lent his lawn roller.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[11] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's serier #9/1954 published September 1954
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #160 [Gold Key] published November 1974
as Rigged-Up Lawn Roller [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Rigged-Up Roller [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 Rigged-Up Roller [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #29 published January 2007
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Art submitted on January 3, 1952. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
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Awash in Success

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Synopsis: The nephews sell towels to the victims of an over-active park fountain.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[11] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's serier #9/1954 published September 1954
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Awash in Success [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #264 [Direct Edition] published July 1988
as Awash in Success [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album #18 published September 1989
as Awash in Success [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 Awash in Success [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #29 published January 2007
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagUncle Scrooge Bargain Book: Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck in Color #1 published ?
as Awash in Success [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Art submitted January 3, 1952. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

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