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Issue Details

Issue #108
Published May 1946
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Alice Nielson Cobb (managing editor); Chase Craig (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director)
Notes Indicia title is "DONALD DUCK in the Terror of the River, No. 108." No code number. Copyright 1946 by Walt Disney Productions. Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994).

Cover Details - "The Terror of the River"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre funny animals; adventure
Pencils Carl Buettner
Inks Carl Buettner
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

28 page Donald Duck story "The Terror of the River!"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Synopsis Donald's sneezes at an auction are mistaken for bids on a houseboat and soon he and the nephews are sailing down the Ohio River. There they encounter a huge serpent, which they later learn is an elaborate submarine whose captain gets his pleasure from scaring people.
Genre funny animals; adventure
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Story begins on the inside front cover in black, red, and white. Art submitted on January 25, 1946. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984); in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #2 (February 1988); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #4 (April 1994); in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1993 series) #26 (June 1994)

13 page Donald Duck story "The Firebug"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Synopsis Donald falls on his head when getting up one morning and turns into a pyromaniac, setting harmless fires but also getting the blame for big fires set by another firebug.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks; Carl Buettner (last two panels only)
Inks Carl Barks; Carl Buettner (last two panels only)
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Carl Barks; ? (last two panels)
Notes Art submitted on July 19, 1945. "Pages have nine to eleven panels each; most have ten panels." "The last two panels of this story are by an artist other than Barks*. In them Donald learns that his adventures as a firebug have been only a bad dream. In Barks' original version, Donald went to jail for accidentally burning down a courthouse." Notes and Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). *- Alberto Becattini identifies the artist of the last two panels as Carl Buettner (May 14, 2007).
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984); in Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald (Gladstone, 1988 series) #3 (July 1988); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #4 (April 1994); in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gemstone, 2003 series) #644

10 page Donald Duck story "Seals Are So Smart"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Synopsis The nephews play ball at the beach with a baby seal, and this sets Donald to dreaming of how much money he could make with a trained seal act.
Genre funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)
Letters Carl Barks
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Art submitted on January 25, 1946. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).
Reprinted in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #1 (July 1984); in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #2 (February 1988); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #4 (April 1994)