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Truant Officer Donald (comics)

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"Truant Officer Donald"
Story codeW WDC 100-02
StoryCarl Barks
InkCarl Barks
DateJanuary 1949
HeroDonald Duck
Pages10
Layout4 rows per page
AppearancesHuey, Dewey and Louie
First publicationWalt Disney's Comics & Stories #100

"Truant Officer Donald" is a 10-page Disney comics story written, drawn, and lettered by Carl Barks. Characters in the story include Donald Duck, his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, and the boys' schoolmates Butch and Finnegan. The story was first published in Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #100 (January 1949). The story has been reprinted several times since.[1]

Truant Officer Donald tries to catch his school-skipping nephews using radar, a periscope, and other surveillance devices. The story was based on an animated short of the same name released in August 1941. Barks worked on the short with others. In the animated short, the boys elude their uncle and win. In the comic book story, the moral right is asserted: Donald catches the boys and takes them to school to write 'Crime does not pay' on the classroom blackboard.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #100 (January 1949)". Grand Comics Database. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  2. ^ Barks, Carl (2013). Walt Disney's Donald Duck in "Lost in the Andes" (2nd ed.). Fantagraphics Books. pp. 127–136, also unpaged 'Story Notes'. ISBN 978-1-60699-474-0.