| Issue | #291 |
| Published | September 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 "THE MAGIC HOURGLASS", No. 291." Code number is D.D.O.S #291-509 (Code number appears to be altered.) 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). Donald Duck #13? |
| Characters | Donald Duck |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Carl Buettner ? |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Notes | Part of the "Animated Covers" series. |
| Characters | Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie |
| Synopsis | Donald wants to take a nap at the beach, but the nephews keep bothering him. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Paul Murry |
| Inks | Paul Murry |
| Letters | Paul Murry |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. |
| Characters | Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie |
| Synopsis | Scrooge gives his nephews an hourglass that he later discovers is the source of his great wealth. Carrying a billion dollars to buy the hourglass back, he follows the ducks to Africa, where they have gone to fill the hourglass with fresh sand from the oasis of No Issa--the only kind of sand that will keep perfect time in the hourglass and so make its owner richer by the hour. |
| Genre | funny animals; adventure |
| Script | Carl Barks |
| Pencils | Carl Barks |
| Inks | Carl Barks |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Letters | Carl Barks |
| Notes | Story submitted on March 16, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982). |
| Reprinted | in Donald Duck Best Comics (Abbeville Press, 1978 series) #nn (1978) [reprint layout=13 pages, abridged?]; in Carl Barks Library (Another Rainbow, 1983 series) #2 (November 1986); in Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #16 (October 1989); in Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1994 series) #16 (April 1995); in Best Comics (Abbeville Press, 1980 series) #[4] (October 1980); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone, 2003 series) #341 |
| Characters | Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie |
| Synopsis | The nephews decide to put on a play about the American Revolution. Donald takes charge and decides that the family should live like their forefathers in order to get the feel for their parts. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Riley Thompson |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Characters | Donald Duck |
| Synopsis | A pelican ruins Donald's fishing. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Paul Murry |
| Inks | Paul Murry |
| Letters | Paul Murry |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. |
| Characters | Huey; Dewey; Louie |
| Synopsis | The nephews make an excuse for being late to school. |
| Genre | funny animals |
| Pencils | Carl Buettner ? |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Notes | Bottom half of the back cover. |
| Colors | ? (Western Publishing Production Shop) |
| Notes | Top half of back cover. Directions on how to make the front cover move. |