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CATALOG RECORD

Walt Disney Comics Digest #44

Western · Series began 1968 · December 1973

Dates

Cover date
December 1973
Pages
132

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #44 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

colors: Western Publishing Production Shoppencils: Carl Buettner, Carl Barksinks: Carl Buettner, Carl Barksediting: Eleanor Packer, Alice Nielsen Cobb, Carl Buettnerscript: Carl Barks, Dana Cotyletters: Carl Barks

Stories

  • Donald Duck and the Mummy's Ring · 28 pages

    Huey is trapped inside a mummy case and taken to Egypt by emissaries of the Bey El Dagga, who is restoring life in his province to the way it was in ancient times. Donald and the other two nephews follow Huey by getting jobs on the ship carrying the mummy case, and later sailing a felucca up the Nile to the Bey's domain.

  • Luck of the North · 32 pages

    Donald, exasperated by Gladstone Gander's good luck, sends him on a wild goose chase to Alaska in search of a uranium mine, then is overcome by remorse and fears for Gladstone's safety. He and the nephews follow Gladstone to a desolate iceberg that just happens to contain a Viking ship decked out in gold trim.

  • Donald Duck in Ancient Persia · 32 pages

    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.

  • The Pixilated Parrot · 31 pages

    Donald gives Uncle Scrooge a parrot that only counts, instead of talking, and Scrooge has the parrot memorize the combination to his safe; which Scrooge has been forgetting. However the parrot first gives the combination to two burglars and then flies away to a boat bound for Latin America.

Characters

Donald Duck

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