dikran Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Oh wow 90k (!!!) for the 9.6 and 11.4k for the 9.2, very strong results! 40.8K for FC 9 9.4 nothing to sneeze at either! tth2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kromak Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 5:55 AM, AJD said: Always a favourite. Here's the 1971 Australian reprint edition in which I first read that story, aged 8. Australian books were 32 pages including the covers so one page had to be cut. It was many years later that I first got to see the guy with the bird wings who got in Donald's way. Nice. Do you have the Donald Duck D Series n° 30 or the Walt Disney Giant Comics 7 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 On 6/19/2021 at 8:44 AM, Yellow Kid said: Somewhere out there is a duck collector with very deep pockets who really wanted the FC 178, CGC 9.6, in yesterday's Heritage auction. It made me take a look at mine which sadly reminded me that the cover had experienced a production error and wasn't cut straight. Obviously not a CGC 9.6 but I have always been happy with it. Beautiful copy Rich; these are tough to find nice copies with the non gloss covers.Certainly one of the best of the Four Color run! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Hopefully one of the things that the sale of the 9.6 copy on Heritage does is put more of a spotlight on it. It's been criminally underrated, in my opinion. It's the first appearance of one of the great comic book characters, and someone who was created solely in the comic books for comic books and not simply the comic book version of an existing Disney character. He was also the greatest creation of Carl Barks and the main character in many of Barks' best stories. Jeffro., Yellow Kid, OtherEric and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 29 minutes ago, tth2 said: Hopefully one of the things that the sale of the 9.6 copy on Heritage does is put more of a spotlight on it. It's been criminally underrated, in my opinion. It's the first appearance of one of the great comic book characters, and someone who was created solely in the comic books for comic books and not simply the comic book version of an existing Disney character. He was also the greatest creation of Carl Barks and the main character in many of Barks' best stories. This won’t hurt 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Must be the first ever Disney book on a YouTube top 10 spec list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 16 hours ago, tth2 said: Hopefully one of the things that the sale of the 9.6 copy on Heritage does is put more of a spotlight on it. It's been criminally underrated, in my opinion. It's the first appearance of one of the great comic book characters, and someone who was created solely in the comic books for comic books and not simply the comic book version of an existing Disney character. He was also the greatest creation of Carl Barks and the main character in many of Barks' best stories. Agreed. The fact that this is the only a-list Disney character I'm aware of who was created specifically for comics has been overlooked for a long time. Everybody else, you can get their first comic book appearance... Scrooge, you get his first appearance full stop. I've had my copy since the 90's, I was happy to get it then and I'm still happy to have it now: tth2 and Jasonmorris1000000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Are there any other Disney characters who were created in print prior to appearing on screen? Don’t think Gyro was ever used outside of Duck Tales… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 4 hours ago, dikran1 said: Are there any other Disney characters who were created in print prior to appearing on screen? Don’t think Gyro was ever used outside of Duck Tales… Beagle boys? And I’m not positive where Ludwig von Drake first appeared, comics or animation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) Gladstone Gander - WDC&S #88 Linky Oh, and Magica De Spell, US #36 Edited June 22, 2021 by Duffman_Comics More info tth2, Transplant and OtherEric 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kromak Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 4 hours ago, dikran1 said: Are there any other Disney characters who were created in print prior to appearing on screen? Don’t think Gyro was ever used outside of Duck Tales… There is 11210 registered Disney characters, so the answer is a soundly yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kromak Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 8 hours ago, OtherEric said: Agreed. The fact that this is the only a-list Disney character I'm aware of who was created specifically for comics Huey, Dewey and Louie were comics creations, although in comics strips. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 On 6/21/2021 at 10:28 AM, tth2 said: Hopefully one of the things that the sale of the 9.6 copy on Heritage does is put more of a spotlight on it. It's been criminally underrated, in my opinion. It's the first appearance of one of the great comic book characters, and someone who was created solely in the comic books for comic books and not simply the comic book version of an existing Disney character. He was also the greatest creation of Carl Barks and the main character in many of Barks' best stories. Unfortunately it has a terrible cover. These days that matters a lot. A Scrooge appearance on the cover would be a different matter. That said, I rather like mine. OtherEric, Jasonmorris1000000, Badger and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 12 hours ago, OtherEric said: The fact that this is the only a-list Disney character I'm aware of who was created specifically for comics has been overlooked for a long time. Everybody else, you can get their first comic book appearance... Scrooge, you get his first appearance full stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 3 hours ago, AJD said: A Scrooge appearance on the cover would be a different matter. But that's kind of the point, he was a throwaway character, who could have just as easily vanished into the annals of Duck trivia. There would've been no reason for him to be on the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 4 hours ago, AJD said: Unfortunately it has a terrible cover. These days that matters a lot. A Scrooge appearance on the cover would be a different matter. That said, I rather like mine. I disagree. I think this is a great cover and, once the story is read, it becomes even better. It also is the first cover appearance of Uncle Scrooge; He's just in a bear suit. tth2, OtherEric and Transplant 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot70 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Here is my USA and 2 Nd edition Aussie glad I have these With that last auction seems folks are more proud of these and prices to match tth2, Badger, AJD and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterOldMan Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 On 6/21/2021 at 1:00 PM, dikran1 said: Are there any other Disney characters who were created in print prior to appearing on screen? Don’t think Gyro was ever used outside of Duck Tales… Gyro’s first appeared with a single line in the Sport Goofy Soccermania. The nephews ask Uncle Scrooge to purchase a trophy. Being the tightwad, he gives them an old trophy not realizing it is worth one million dollars. Here is a paused frame with Gyro and his helper. dikran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan78 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 First Phooey Duck I’ve heard-a Barks error retconned Badger, BitterOldMan and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikran Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 14 hours ago, Jonathan78 said: First Phooey Duck I’ve heard-a Barks error retconned Oh boy this took me down a very deep rabbit hole… 😳😳 Had no idea this was a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
