The Never-Ending Comic Book Quiz 0

[selegue]

 

An intense advertising competition between "Kookie Koola" and a competing beverage broke out in the pages of a long-running comic book. What was the name of the other beverage?

 

 

Let's try a blatant clue from the story.

 

 

 

 

Same question, clip from the cover this time.

 

 

Jack

 

 

[CAP Freak]

:confused:

[bronze_rules]

the comic is donald duck 81 / Dell.

 

Is that gyro gearloose with no hat? no, waita minute, his glasses should hang off his beak.

so, no ... hmm..

 

man, selegue, you sure come up with some tough quesitons.

[BangZoom]

Let's try a blatant clue from the story.

 

 

 

How about Koo-Koo Koola?

[selegue]

the comic is donald duck 81 / Dell.

 

Is that gyro gearloose with no hat? no, waita minute, his glasses should hang off his beak.

so, no ... hmm..

 

man, selegue, you sure come up with some tough quesitons.

 

"I'm going to turn over all the cards, Arlene."

 

 

for identifying the book.

[The cover gave me fits trying to balance the colors, and that sticker shadow (?) under D in Donald is nearly invisible on the actual book.

 

The beverage is Fizzle Swiggles, of course!

 

 

"A Polite Case of Sabotage"

Tough question because it's Bob Gregory, not Barks, so it's never been reprinted as far as I know.

The humanoid duck in glasses is just an unnamed advertising executive.

 

Jack

 

 

[Scrooge]

the comic is donald duck 81 / Dell.

 

It does look like that lobster in the fridge but then if it from that comic, which story is it from. Gyro only appears in the 4-pager Flag Bragger and that's not helping. The longer DD story is with U$: The Golden Rainbow. All this means I am no closer to the answer knowing which comic this is taken from!!

[Scrooge]

Got caught by that not refreshing trick.

 

The most recent reprinting on that story was 1997 in Italy and before that it was 1977 in Germany. You are correct, this has never been reprinted in the US since its first appearance.

[BangZoom]

 

 

"A Polite Case of Sabotage"

Tough question because it's Bob Gregory, not Barks, so it's never been reprinted as far as I know.

 

Maybe not in the US, but elsewhere...

 

Argentina

Disneylandia 233 (1969) El caso del sabotaje fracasado

 

Australia

Donald Duck (D series) 67 (1962) A Polite Case Of Sabotage

Mickey Mouse (M series) 204 (1973) idem

 

Denmark

Anders And & Co. 1963-19 (1963) Reklamens magt

 

Finland

Aku Ankka 1964-19 (1964) Mainos on voimaa

Aku Ankka - puolivuosikerta 1964-1 (1965) idem

Aku Ankka - näköispainos 1964-1 p. 586 (2006) idem

 

France

Le Journal de Mickey 1576 (1982) Donald marque des points ! [3 pg.]

Le Journal de Mickey (Albums) 101 idem [3 pg.]

 

Germany

Micky Maus 1963-19 (1963) Der Werbefeldzug

Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 49 (1977) idem

Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) (Zweitauflage) 49 (1985) idem

Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 3 idem

 

Italy

Topolino (libretto) 339 (1962) Paperino e la campagna pubblicitaria [8 pg.]

Paperino Mese 206 (1997) idem [8 pg.]

Raccolta Paperino Mese / Paperino 20 idem [8 pg.]

 

Netherlands

Donald Duck 1962-26 (1962)

 

Norway

Donald Duck & Co 1963-21 (1963) Reklamens makt

 

Spain

Dumbo 1ª (ERSA) 414 (1962) Guerra publicitaria

 

Sweden

Kalle Anka & C:o 1963-21 (1963) Ett litet stilla sabotage

[selegue]

Got caught by that not refreshing trick.

 

The most recent reprinting on that story was 1997 in Italy and before that it was 1977 in Germany. You are correct, this has never been reprinted in the US since its first appearance.

 

Thanks for the reprint info -- from INDUCKS? I tend to forget about that database.

 

Jack

[Scrooge]

Got caught by that not refreshing trick.

 

The most recent reprinting on that story was 1997 in Italy and before that it was 1977 in Germany. You are correct, this has never been reprinted in the US since its first appearance.

 

Thanks for the reprint info -- from INDUCKS? I tend to forget about that database.

 

Jack

 

Yes. See BZ's post above for the full listings.

[selegue]

Speaking of the not refreshing trick (certainly not as refreshing as Kooba Cola -- I mean, Kookie Koola), thanks for yet more reprint info. Is yours also from INDUCKS? Them furriners sure love duck stories!

 

Jack

 

 

"A Polite Case of Sabotage"

Tough question because it's Bob Gregory, not Barks, so it's never been reprinted as far as I know.

 

Maybe not in the US, but elsewhere...

 

Argentina

Disneylandia 233 (1969) El caso del sabotaje fracasado

 

Australia

Donald Duck (D series) 67 (1962) A Polite Case Of Sabotage

Mickey Mouse (M series) 204 (1973) idem

 

Denmark

Anders And & Co. 1963-19 (1963) Reklamens magt

 

Finland

Aku Ankka 1964-19 (1964) Mainos on voimaa

Aku Ankka - puolivuosikerta 1964-1 (1965) idem

Aku Ankka - näköispainos 1964-1 p. 586 (2006) idem

 

France

Le Journal de Mickey 1576 (1982) Donald marque des points ! [3 pg.]

Le Journal de Mickey (Albums) 101 idem [3 pg.]

 

Germany

Micky Maus 1963-19 (1963) Der Werbefeldzug

Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 49 (1977) idem

Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) (Zweitauflage) 49 (1985) idem

Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 3 idem

 

Italy

Topolino (libretto) 339 (1962) Paperino e la campagna pubblicitaria [8 pg.]

Paperino Mese 206 (1997) idem [8 pg.]

Raccolta Paperino Mese / Paperino 20 idem [8 pg.]

 

Netherlands

Donald Duck 1962-26 (1962)

 

Norway

Donald Duck & Co 1963-21 (1963) Reklamens makt

 

Spain

Dumbo 1ª (ERSA) 414 (1962) Guerra publicitaria

 

Sweden

Kalle Anka & C:o 1963-21 (1963) Ett litet stilla sabotage

[BangZoom]

thanks for yet more reprint info. Is yours also from INDUCKS?

 

Yes.

 

http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=W+DD+++81-07

[BangZoom]

The beverage is Fizzle Swiggles, of course!

 

Jack, if you had held off revealing the answer a little longer, I would have gotten it.

 

I wrote to someone selling the book on eBay and asked them to check it for me.

 

I just now received the answer.

[selegue]

The beverage is Fizzle Swiggles, of course!

 

Jack, if you had held off revealing the answer a little longer, I would have gotten it.

 

I wrote to someone selling the book on eBay and asked them to check it for me.

 

I just now received the answer.

 

Oh me of little faith. BZ has a world-wide network of fact-checking minions!

 

Jack

 

 

[CAP Freak]

Next Question!

[bronze_rules]

I was out all night, but I had thought about bangzoom's idea also. You can't stop a comic guru from hitting all the bases to get an answer.

 

Well, I posted this on another thread and didn't quite get the exact answer.

Anyone know the origin of this cover? (including the artist)

 

 

Requires some detective work, but it's out there.

 

 

[BangZoom]

Anyone know the origin of this cover? (including the artist)

 

 

This artwork is a rejected cover proposal by Alex Toth intended for WITCHING HOUR #1.

 

It was ultimately used as the back cover for AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #6.

 

 

[CAP Freak]

[bronze_rules]

Anyone know the origin of this cover? (including the artist)

 

 

This artwork is a rejected cover proposal by Alex Toth intended for WITCHING HOUR #1.

 

It was ultimately used as the back cover for AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #6.

 

 

 

Good enough. Although this is the rejected cover used on the back of amazing world of dc comics.

 

 

The quiz photo was one of the other two rejected proposals submitted by Toth.

I hand colored it and assembled a faux mock up, to get an idea of what it would look like.

[BangZoom]

 

Name three adventure heroes who began life as comic strip characters and were also featured in their own pulp magazines.