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Issue: Four Color #422
Publication Date: September 1952
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Issues: #422 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Walt Disney's Donald Duck and The Gilded Man
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/09/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Pamphlets, page 709. Final Four Color issue of Donald Duck. Title continues as "Donald Duck" #26 (November-December 1952), even though Four Color #422 is the 30th Donald Duck issue.
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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.
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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
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Donald Duck and The Gilded Man

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): El Dorado the Gilded Man
Synopsis: Clutching a coveted mailsack, Donald and the boys flee from the towering figure of El Dorado the Gilded Man.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Godbiter #52 published January 1984
as Donald Duck og det magentarøde frimerket [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #246 [Direct Edition] published October 1986
as Donald Duck and The Gilded Man [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Donald Duck and The Gilded Man [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]interior
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #5 published May 1990
as Donald Duck and The Gilded Man [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]interior
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 February 21, 1952. Cover illustrates the issue's lead story.
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Stable Prices

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: I need exercise, nephew! I want to rent a horse!
Synopsis: Scrooge complains about the price at Donald's riding stable.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[11] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #14/1959 published April 1959
as Rabatt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Stable Prices [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #5 published May 1990
as Stable Prices [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 Stable Prices [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #30 published January 2007
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside front cover. Art submitted on January 3, 1952. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

Title becomes official with its printing in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 Series) #11 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: A Christmas for Shacktown (2012).
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Donald Duck and The Gilded Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic
Character(s): Philo T. Ellic (rich stamp collector); various stamp collectors; old man in canoe; El Dorado the Gilded Man
First Line: British Guiana, rich in lore of buccaneer days, is famous for its steaming jungles and mighty rivers; its man-eating fish and savage voodoo cults, but it is more famous because of a stamp!
Synopsis: The ducks go to British Guiana in search of the world's rarest stamp, a one-cent magenta of 1856, and find it on a letter in the possession of El Dorado, a giant golden Indian. After they retrieve the letter, the ducks learn that it is addressed to a deceased Duckburg resident who named Gladstone her only heir.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[11] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #43/1972 published October 1972
as På frimerkejakt i Corombia [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 3
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #42/1972 published October 1972
as På frimerkejakt i Corombia [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2, edited reprint
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #41/1972 published October 1972
as På frimerkejakt i Corombia [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1, edited reprint
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck Best Comics #[nn] [1st Printing] published January 1978
as The Gilded Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprint layout=14.5 pages, abridged?; original layout=32 pages
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Godbiter #52 published January 1984
as Donald Duck og det magentarøde frimerket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #246 [Direct Edition] published October 1986
as Donald Duck and The Gilded Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Donald Duck and The Gilded Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #5 published May 1990
as Donald Duck and The Gilded Man [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 Gilded Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks #30 published January 2007
as O Cacique Dourado [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Art submitted on January 31, 1952. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

Mickey Mouse (Dell, 1952 Series) #74 (October-November 1960) offered "The Rare Stamp Search", a 15-page remake of the 32-page Duck adventure "The Gilded Man" starring the Mouse and his nephews Morty and Ferdie, copied in many places panel-for-panel and word-for-word, though omitting any business with "El Dorado, the Gilded Man" in favor of a different ending. https://www.comics.org/issue/15893/#126599

In the remake, Mickey describes the sought-after mail sack from the year 1856 as being "96 years old." (Page 11, panel 5) 1856 plus 96 adds up to 1952, publication year for "The Gilded Man" - not 1960, publication year for "The Rare Stamp Search".

This error was further forwarded in a 1975 reprint of "The Rare Stamp Search" in Mickey Mouse (Western, 1962 Series) #156 (June 1975) https://www.comics.org/issue/28714/ where the dialogue was left unchanged.

The Mickey Mouse remake was itself further remade as "The Rare Reward" for Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series) #1151 Mickey Mouse Album (November 1960-January 1961) https://www.comics.org/issue/15968/ with a length of only eight pages and a more condensed ending.
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Armored Rescue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Daisy's cat
First Line: What's the long underwear for, Unca Donald?
Synopsis: Donald puts on sturdy clothing to bring Daisy's cat down from a telephone pole.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[11] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #13/1959 published March 1959
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Armored Rescue [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #5 published May 1990
as Armored Rescue [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 Armored Cat Rescue [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 Armored Cat Rescue [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Black and white on inside back cover. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

Title becomes official with its printing in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 Series) #11 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: A Christmas for Shacktown (2012).
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Crafty Corner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: Unca Donald! You've painted yourself into a corner!
Synopsis: Donald literally paints himself into a corner.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #[11] published January 2012
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #11/1959 published March 1959
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #135 published January 1971
as Crafty Corner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDonald Duck & Co #14/1977 published April 1977
as Donald har malt seg inne i en krok [Story on Interior Page(s)]2. translation
In Content Item: FlagThe Carl Barks Library #2 published November 1986
as Crafty Corner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGladstone Comic Album Special #5 published May 1990
as Crafty Corner [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 Crafty Corner [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 Crafty Corner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color on back cover. Art submitted on January 31, 1952. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

Title becomes official with its printing in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics, 2011 Series) #11 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: A Christmas for Shacktown (2012).

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