Fan Boy Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I was asked that request by my mother to go look for the comic book that contains the best story about the three nephews as Jr Woodchucks. She wants me to find one from the 1950s Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories series. The problem is which issue number? And that it has to be a raw copy. It is for her husband’s Christmas present as a surprise. Not really my true father, more as like second “father” something that. Mom told me how he always remember as a boy (he is 71 age), read comics about the triplets was so good as Jr Woodchucks to solve problems with their manual. I knew it had to be by Carl Barks as he was good at that. Other artists after he retired weren’t that good. Until Don Rosa come by. One issue - Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories #125 come to my mind as a good story. What others can you recommend? It is meant to be read. I was thinking of a HC volume but I think the original comic book would be nice. ComicConnoisseur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 @lizards2 is the foremost authority on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I like "The Chickadee Challenge" from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #181 (October 1955). Linky Not too much Donald and a whole lot of Junior Woodchuck goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicConnoisseur Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Looking at sales figures the Barks duck books were the best selling comics of the 1950s. A whole generation grew up with them. That's pretty cool. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senormac Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 I know it's not the woodchucks, but here is Huey, Louie and Dewey's first encounter with Donald. From The Life of Donald Duck book - Random House. Just thought I'd share some perhaps unknown to many story/artwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 On 10/29/2017 at 10:54 AM, oakman29 said: @lizards2 is the foremost authority on this one. I actually don't remember much of them, other than I read them a lot. So I can't really verify which were good stories, or if any of them were. I do have a spare #1 in 9.0ish, and a bunch of other undercopies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Boy Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 On 2017-10-29 at 6:25 PM, ComicConnoisseur said: Looking at sales figures the Barks duck books were the best selling comics of the 1950s. A whole generation grew up with them. That's pretty cool. Yes, that is when my mother’s husband was a boy during that generation. He had read some of the best Disney Comics by Carl Barks. I have found one book yesterday at a local con for a good price. It will serve as a good reader for him. Hope he have fun on Christmas Day. ComicConnoisseur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senormac Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 WDCS #125 was the first appearance....... so, you only have around 75 issues to read to narrow it down. I always loved the story from # 228. It doesn't really focus on HDL being woodchucks, but it makes mention of it. Plus they save Donald like 10 times on an adventure gone haywire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poka Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 If he is an environmentalist you could go with #142. Barks often incorporated real life issues into his stories. In this case a badly polluted lake. the story is houseboat vacation aardvark88 and Senormac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domo Arigato Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 On 10/29/2017 at 12:54 AM, Fan Boy said: Which is the best Huey Dewey Louie comic story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 I would find out if he also liked the NY Yankees and baseball cards in the 50s. The 1953 WDCS #152 back cover featured player Phil Rizzuto. For general Barks goodness at a low retail price, I recommend the Gold Key Giant with paper stock covers, no ads: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 I picked this up from Rupp awhile back - thought this was a good thread to post it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
