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CATALOG RECORD

Four Color #282

Dell · Series began 1942 · July 1950

Dates

Cover date
July 1950
On sale
May 23, 1950
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Carl Barks, Paul Murry, Riley Thomsoninks: Carl Barks, Paul Murrycolors: Western Publishing Production Shopletters: Paul Murry, Carl Barksscript: Carl Barks

Stories

  • Peanut Eaters · 1 pages

    To quiet a night peanut vendor, Donald buys some peanuts for Huey, Dewey, and Louie, but is then kept awake as the three crack the shells to eat the peanuts.

  • The Pixilated Parrot · 22 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.

  • Pig in a Poke · 26 pages

    Huey, Dewey, and Louie go to a farm to get an animal to show at the county fair. They're given a piglet named Hamlet, but the pig gets away and leads them (and Donald) on a cross-country chase.

  • Fresh Milk and Eggs · 1 pages

    Donald is a milkman whose customers complain about not receiving fresh milk and eggs.

  • Tied Straws · 1 pages

    After Donald takes unfair advantage of the nephews' "all you can drink" offer at their lemonade stand; the nephews tie knots in the straws so he won't be able to repeat the offense.

Reprinted in

Walt Disney's Giant Comics (1951), Walt Disney's Donald Duck (1954), Donald Duck (1962), Walt Disney Comics Digest (1968), The Carl Barks Library (1983), Gladstone Comic Album Special (1989), Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (1993), Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color (1994), Uncle Scrooge Bargain Book: Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck in Color (1998), The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (2011)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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