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There is little I can say about the legendary Carl Barks that has not been said before. His career as a creator has inspired many books and websites (I found Duck Comics Review and Cbarks.dk useful in researching this post). His job is to continue to find new fans with each successive generation. And as evidenced by the results yesterday in 2021 on June 17 – 19 this week at the Comics and Comics Art Signature Auction from Heritage Auctions, collectors continue to pay big bucks to get comic books that featuring the work of Bark. There’s another shot at getting one later today using the Four Color # 147 Donald Duck (Dell, 1947) CGC NM 9.4 White on white pages.
Four Colors # 147 Donald Duck (Dell, 1947)
As the story unfolds, Donald Duck tries to buy a model airplane for Huey, Dewey and Louie. But instead of getting a small model, he accidentally took an actual Air Force military over -bombing for a frivolous $ 2.50 amount – and quickly discovered it cost $ 1200 to burn. Happenstance also finds Donald Duck and the nephews flying on a plane to the fictional country of Volcanovia of Central or South America, located in a valley of volcanoes.
It seems that the setting of the story was inspired by part of South America’s actual Volcano Valley, Peru’s Andagua volcanic field. As indicated in this Donald Duck story, the region is filled with a number of volcanic domes and cones both large and small, and is surrounded by larger volcanoes. The area also includes the town of Andagua, located between two canyons.
There is even a historical inspiration for the idea of ridiculously cheap surplus military bombs from the time in which this comic book was created and published. Judging by the newspaper headlines from 1946 and 1947, the U.S. government was really eager to get rid of extra bombers for nothing, quite speaking, and the news often played up the idea to amuse. For example, in 1946, an Air Force rescue officer suggested that extra fire extinguishers could be turned into homes. A fraudulent Milwaukee gas station bought a B-17 bomber to use as an attraction on top of their building. A Hollywood stunt pilot who also ran a “charter airplane service for elopement-minded actors and actresses” bought 475 surplus bombers and fighters (including Flying Fortresses and Liberator bombers) for use in his business and in movies. And a story in 1947 was touching on the high fuel costs Donald Duck faced in Four Colors # 147, when a Michigan businessman bought a surprising 5000+ excess bombs, to find out they contained of approximately $ 600,000 worth of aviation fuel. The Air Force returned it.
As the Duck Comics Revue noted, this story certainly no longer has its problems, and I agree with the author when he notes that “Our intent is to show the master in all his dimensions, including both its glory and its absence. ” That’s a worthy approach to general history, and Bark comics have a really fascinating history. There is a good example in Four Colors # 147 Donald Duck (Dell, 1947) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. on the 2021 block this June 17 – 19 this week’s Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction from Heritage Auctions.
Four Colors # 147 Donald Duck (Dell, 1947)
Four Colors # 147 Donald Duck (Dell, 1947) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages. Donald Duck in “Volcano Valley”. The looks of Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Cover by Carl Buettner. Story and art by Carl Bark. Jack Hannah art. Overstreet 2020 NM- 9.2 value = $ 2,900. CGC census 6/21: 7 to 9.4, 2 higher.
View certification for CGC Certification ID 188486001 and purchase grader records if available.
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