Straw-Man Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 One of my favourite Barks ten pagers in that #138 - the Maharaja of Howdoyustan. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I haven't made a point of going after the Barks Four Color issues this year, but I've grabbed them when the price seemed right and have actually picked up quite a few. (But missed the one I really wanted - a #238 ) Anyway, here's another I got at Heritage today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I haven't made a point of going after the Barks Four Color issues this year, but I've grabbed them when the price seemed right and have actually picked up quite a few. (But missed the one I really wanted - a #238 ) Anyway, here's another I got at Heritage today. And I love that WDCS #138 as well... probably my favorite of the 1950s run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Man, that's pretty! Hard to believe its an 8.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I haven't made a point of going after the Barks Four Color issues this year, but I've grabbed them when the price seemed right and have actually picked up quite a few. (But missed the one I really wanted - a #238 ) Anyway, here's another I got at Heritage today. And I love that WDCS #138 as well... probably my favorite of the 1950s run. I thought about bidding on that but I held off. Glad it went to a boardy. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Received this in the mail today! (thumbs u I love the blended covers; more impressive when you think this was done without the help of digital printing. Dell comics are good comics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I haven't made a point of going after the Barks Four Color issues this year, but I've grabbed them when the price seemed right and have actually picked up quite a few. (But missed the one I really wanted - a #238 ) Anyway, here's another I got at Heritage today. A fantastic tale! I picked up a great copy of this a number of years ago at Caltech of all places. One of the young engineering students was selling it and it was a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I love the blended covers; more impressive when you think this was done without the help of digital printing. Dell comics are good comics! Yes, yes they are! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 A fantastic tale! I picked up a great copy of this a number of years ago at Caltech of all places. One of the young engineering students was selling it and it was a beauty! That's hilarious: I can hardly imagine a more fitting story for a Caltech student (except perhaps "The Mad Chemist"). I went to MIT and we always admired the Caltech students as even more geeky than ourselves. Here's a nice Barks cover that I got from a friend recently. PS: the geotag on this photo corresponds to the address of the Copenhagen Marriott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 A fantastic tale! I picked up a great copy of this a number of years ago at Caltech of all places. One of the young engineering students was selling it and it was a beauty! That's hilarious: I can hardly imagine a more fitting story for a Caltech student (except perhaps "The Mad Chemist"). I went to MIT and we always admired the Caltech students as even more geeky than ourselves. Here's a nice Barks cover that I got from a friend recently. PS: the geotag on this photo corresponds to the address of the Copenhagen Marriott. Great copy and another fun Barks cover. Kind of interesting, though, that he didn't draw a Christmas cover for this December issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Great books everyone! Duffmann, I love the subscription copies, and… the older the better! Even if the subscriber is not a known person, they always have a story documented. As I had to force myself to (more or less) stop collecting comic books for now, I went to a convention here in Italy and found and bought a full year run (about 50 issues) for the year 1945 of "Il Vittorioso", an italian journal sized comic publication which was one of the few not to stop publishing during 1944-45. As Italy was gradually freed by the allies' intervention, in Rome they continued to publish the magazine, and all the 1945 issues were received by subscription by two people (father and son, or maybe brothers?). But the coolest thing is that they noted in pencil the exact arrival date of each issue, and one has the arrival date of April 25, 1945. This means a young boy woke up on the day Italy was freed, on "Liberation Day", and found his copy of the magazine delivered to his doorstep. It’s off-topic here, but if you like, I’ll take a photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Great copy and another fun Barks cover. Kind of interesting, though, that he didn't draw a Christmas cover for this December issue. December copies would be pulled before Christmas. The January cover date would still be on the stand. Sure enough the following issue has the nephews singing Christmas Carols outside Donald's window, prompting a hound to start howling. WDCS 148 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizzer Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Hi guys, I hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread for a second, but it didn't seem worth starting a new one just to ask a quick question. As a Barks/Ducks neophyte, I was wondering if you could recommend some good reprint collections, best stories etc. I see some reprint volumes on Amazon but would welcome some guidance on what the best reads are. Many thanks and Merry Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Its all excellent but his peak period is 1948 to 1958. Stories from those years are the best, generally speaking so reprints of that time period are what I enjoy most. For reprints, your mileage may vary but I enjoy the large format albums put out by gladstone in the late 80s/ early 90s. Picking up a run of the WDCS (walt disney's comics and stories) albums might be a good way to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Its all excellent but his peak period is 1948 to 1958. Stories from those years are the best, generally speaking so reprints of that time period are what I enjoy most. For reprints, your mileage may vary but I enjoy the large format albums put out by gladstone in the late 80s/ early 90s. Picking up a run of the WDCS (walt disney's comics and stories) albums might be a good way to start. I'd agree with all of that. Here are a few suggestions, in no particular order. These stories have all been reprinted multiple times. Come back and ask if you need help finding any of them. The Uncle Scrooge stories from Four Color #386, 456 and 495, then Uncle Scrooge #4 - 20 are as good a run of stories as you'll find anywhere. In my opinion they are a bit hit and miss after that, but there are still some beauties (#25 Flying Dutchman and #26 Prize of Pizarro especially). Some of the Donald Duck one shots are priceless. My favourites are: #108 Terror of the River #159 Ghost of the Grotto #189 Old Castle's Secret #199 Sheriiff of Bullet Valley #256 Luck of the North #267 A Christmas for Shacktown #408 The Golden Helmet #422 The Gilded Man You can't go far wrong with the WDC&S ten pagers from about #80 (when he started to hit his stride) to #180 or so - a phenomenal run of quality. Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Andrew, what do you consider the best WDCS stories in that run? We've kicked it around here, but it's been a long time... Curious which of the essentials I am still missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 To save someone the time from typing, from my Barks spreadsheets. Plenty of good stories I see therein just from the titles: Big Bin on Killmotor Hill, Fireman Donald, Gladstone's Luck, Statuesque Spendthrift, ... W WDC 80-02 Donald's Posy Patch W WDC 81-02 Donald Mines His Own Business W WDC 82-02 Magical Misery W WDC 83-02 Vacation Time W WDC 84-02 The Waltz King W WDC 85-02 The Masters of Melody W WDC 86-02 Fireman Donald W WDC 87-02 The Terrible Turkey W WDC 88-02 Wintertime Wager W WDC 89-02 Watching the Watchman W WDC 90-02 Wired W WDC 91-02 Going Ape W WDC 92-02 Spoil the Rod W WDC 93-02 Rocket Race to the Moon W WDC 94-02 Donald of the Coast Guard W WDC 95-02 Gladstone Returns W WDC 96-02 Links Hijinks W WDC 97-02 Pearls of Wisdom W WDC 98-02 Foxy Relations W WDC 99-02 The Crazy Quiz Show W WDC 100-02 Truant Officer Donald W WDC 101-02 DD's Worst Nightmare W WDC 102-02 Pizen Spring Dude Ranch W WDC 103-02 Rival Beachcombers W WDC 104-02 The Sunken Yacht W WDC 105-02 Managing the Echo System W WDC 106-02 Plenty of Pets W WDC 107-02 Super Snooper W WDC 108-02 The Great Duckburg Frog-Jumping Contest W WDC 109-02 Dowsing Ducks W WDC 110-02 The Goldilocks Gambit W WDC 111-02 Donald's Love Letters W WDC 112-02 Rip Van Donald W WDC 114-02 Serum to Codfish Cove W WDC 117-02 Wild About Flowers W WDC 124-02 Billions to Sneeze At W WDC 125-02 Operation St. Bernard W WDC 126-02 A Financial Fable W WDC 127-02 The April Foolers W WDC 128-02 Knightly Rivals W WDC 129-02 Pool Sharks W WDC 130-02 The Trouble With Dimes W WDC 131-02 Gladstone's Luck W WDC 132-02 Ten-Star Generals W WDC 132-04 (Attic Antics; vacuum cleaner performance) W WDC 133-02 The Truant Nephews W WDC 134-02 Terror of the Beagle Boys W WDC 135-02 The Big Bin on Killmotor Hill W WDC 136-02 Gladstone's Usual Very Good Year W WDC 137-02 The Screaming Cowboy W WDC 138-02 Statuesque Spendthrifts W WDC 139-02 Rocket Wing Saves the Day W WDC 140-02 Gladstone's Terrible Secret W WDC 141-02 The Think Box Bollix W WDC 142-02 Houseboat Holiday W WDC 143-01 Gemstone Hunters W WDC 144-01 Spending Money W WDC 145-01 The Hypno-Gun W WDC 146-01 Omelet W WDC 147-01 A Charitable Chore W WDC 148-01 Turkey with All the Schemings W WDC 149-01 Flip Decision W WDC 150-01 My Lucky Valentine W WDC 151-01 The Easter Election W WDC 152-01 The Talking Dog W WDC 153-01 Worm Weary W WDC 154-01 Much Ado About Quackly Hall W WDC 155-01 Some Heir Over the Rainbow W WDC 156-01 The Master Rainmaker W WDC 157-01 The Money Stairs W WDC 158-01 Bee Bumbles W WDC 159-01 Wispy Willie W WDC 160-01 The Hammy Camel W WDC 161-01 Fix-up Mix-up W WDC 162-01 Turkey Trot at One Whistle W WDC 163-01 Raffle Reversal W WDC 164-01 Flour Follies W WDC 165-01 The Price of Fame W WDC 166-01 Midgets Madness W WDC 167-01 Salmon Derby W WDC 168-01 Cheltenham's Choice W WDC 169-03 Travelling Truants W WDC 170-03 DD Rants About Ants W WDC 171-03 Too Safe Safe W WDC 172-01 Search for the Cuspidora W WDC 173-02 New Year's Revolutions W WDC 174-02 Ice Boat to Beaver Island (a.k.a. Worst Class Mail) W WDC 175-01 The Daffy Taffy Pull W WDC 176-02 The Ghost Sheriff of Last Gasp W WDC 177-01 A Descent Interval W WDC 178-02 Donald's Raucous Role W WDC 179-02 Good Canoes and Bad Canoes W WDC 180-01 Trouble Indemnity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) W WDC 166-01 Midgets Madness I am probably the only one but I think that issue about Donald and midget race cars was a favorite. WDCS 125 and 140 have the first Woodchucks and Gyro stories, respectively. And WDCS 146 has the Omelet story which was a favorite of many. Edited December 19, 2012 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterOldMan Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 In addition to the previously listed stories, I love: March of Comics 4 Maharajah Donald March of Comics 20 Darkest Africa - newer printings are censored Donald Duck's Atom Bomb (Cherrios giveway) I spoke like Professor Sleazy from Atom Bomb for months, "Verr-ry Beculiar, Brovessors!" I finally got a copy of MOC 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
