| Issue | #275 |
| Published | May 1950 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Eleanor Packer (managing editor); Alice Nielson Cobb (story editor); Tom McKimson (art director) |
| Notes | Indicia title is "Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK in ANCIENT PERSIA, No. 275." Code number is D.D.O.S. #276-505. (Note that Code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1950 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). Apparently Donald Duck #11. |
| Characters | Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie |
| Genre | funny animals; adventure |
| Script | Carl Barks |
| Pencils | Carl Barks |
| Inks | Carl Barks |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Notes | Credits for this issue based upon Alberto Becattini's "Disney Index - Dell Comic Books" Vols. 1 and 2 (Italy, 1992 and 1994). Apparently Donald Duck #11; cover submitted November 10, 1949. |
| Reprinted | in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #44 (December 1973) [interior]; in Donald Duck (Whitman, 1980 series) #228 (June 1981); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #2 (November 1986) [interior]; in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #10 (November 1988) |
| Characters | Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie |
| Synopsis | The nephews play an April Fool joke on Donald while pretending to take his picture. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Tony Strobl |
| Inks | Tony Strobl |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters | Tony Strobl |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie |
| Synopsis | The ducks are kidnapped by a mysterious scientist and flown to Persia, where they dig into an ancient city, Itsa Faka. The inhabitants of the city have been dehydrated while still living and the scientist restores the royal entourage to life by pouring its dust into a special mixture. Donald is mistaken for the prince who jilted King Nevvawaza's daughter and a marriage ceremony is ordered by the king. |
| Genre | funny animals; adventure |
| Script | Carl Barks |
| Pencils | Carl Barks |
| Inks | Carl Barks |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters | Carl Barks |
| Notes | Story submitted November 23, 1949. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). |
| Reprinted | in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #44 (December 1973) [revised layout=32 pages]; in Donald Duck (Whitman, 1980 series) #228 (June 1981); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #2 (November 1986); in Gladstone Comics Album (Gladstone, 1987 series) #10 (November 1988); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #15 (March 1995); in Walt Disney's Donald Duck and Friends (Gemstone, 2003 series) #339 (May 2006) |
| Characters | Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie |
| Synopsis | The nephews want to enter their racer in a race, but Donald doesn't want them to go very fast. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Paul Murry |
| Inks | Paul Murry |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters | Paul Murry |
| Characters | Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie |
| Synopsis | Tired of the nephews messing up the house, Donald makes a set of rules that they have to follow. To escape the regulations, the nephews build a houseboat. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Paul Murry |
| Inks | Paul Murry |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters | Paul Murry |
| Characters | Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie |
| Synopsis | Donald scolds the nephews for not practicing proper safety habits when crossing the street. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Tony Strobl |
| Inks | Tony Strobl |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters | Tony Strobl |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
| Characters | Donald Duck; Daisy Duck |
| Synopsis | Donald makes fun of Daisy's new umbrella hat--until it rains. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Tony Strobl |
| Inks | Tony Strobl |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters | Tony Strobl |
| Notes | Back cover. Lettering credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |