| Characters |
Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie |
| Synopsis |
Donald becomes a scientific genius after suffering a crack on the head, and invents "duckmite," an incredibly powerful explosive that he uses to propel a rocket to the moon. |
| Genre |
funny animal; science fiction |
| Script |
Carl Barks |
| Pencils |
Carl Barks |
| Inks |
Carl Barks |
| Colors |
? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters |
Carl Barks |
| Notes |
Art submitted on December 30, 1943. Donald's "scientific" doubletalk includes an unwitting reference to a then-elusive chemical intermediate, carbene. Tongue-in-cheek references to this story were made in at least two scientific publications in the 1960s. The first panel of the second page was reproduced in "Chemical and Engineering News" for June 16, 1969, to accompany an article on carbene chemistry. Notes and synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (M. Lilien, 1982). |
| Reprinted |
in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gold Key, 1962 series) #301 (October 1965); in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #7 (March 1988); in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #15 (September 1989); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, The (Gladstone, 1992 series) #3 (March 1992); in Walt Disney's Donald Duck and Friends (Gemstone, 2003 Series) #329 |