A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe

Changes: Panel 1 and 2 on page 7 of Barks's script were deleted. The splash panel is enlarged and the panels on page 1 to 7 are shifted one tier. The cut two panels follow after panel 1 and 2 of published page 7, showing the nephews shortly following the path of Scrooge's giant boring machine to Blackwall Canyon.

Surviving material: The Day the Mountain Shook [pencil script]

Reconstructions: H 92051 The Day the Mountain Shook [remake]

Remakes: See "reconstructions" field.

Sources

W JW 13-02 Gold of the '49ers [Western's version]

Barrier: MBAC-123
CBL: ---
Type: story
Art: Kay Wright
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Huey, Dewey and Louie The Junior Woodchucks
Submission: 1971, May 25; [1971? 1972?]
Publication date: 1972, March
Issue: Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks 13
Pages: 12
Based on: Gold of the '49ers [pencil script]

Surviving material: Gold of the '49ers [pencil script]

Remakes: H 92107 Gold of the '49ers [remake]

Sources

W JW 14-01 Duckmade Disaster [Western's version]

Barrier: MBAC-123
CBL: ---
Type: story
Art: Larry Mayer
Pencil: Kay Wright
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Huey, Dewey and Louie The Junior Woodchucks
Submission: 1971, July 30; [1971? 1972?]
Publication date: 1972, May
Issue: Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks 14
Pages: 13
Based on: Duckmade Disaster [pencil script]

Changes: Barks' script was expanded from 12 pages to 13 pages by enlarging a number of panels.

Surviving material: Duckmade Disaster [pencil script]

Reconstructions: H 92001 Duckmade Disaster [remake]

Remakes: See "reconstructions" field.

Sources

W JW 15-01 Wailing Whalers [Western's version]

Barrier: MBAC-123
CBL: ---
Type: story
Art: Kay Wright
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Huey, Dewey and Louie The Junior Woodchucks
Submission: 1971, September 30; [1971? 1972?]
Publication date: 1972, July
Issue: Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks 15
Pages: 18
Based on: Wailing Whalers [pencil script]

Surviving material:

wailing whalers [brief outline]
Wailing Whalers [pencil script]

Remakes: H 98239 Wailing whalers [remake]

Sources

W JW 16-01 Where There's Smoke

Barrier: MBAC-123
CBL: ---
Type: story
Art: Larry Mayer
Pencil: Kay Wright
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Huey, Dewey and Louie The Junior Woodchucks
Submission: 1972, January 3; [1972]
Publication date: 1972, September
Issue: Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks 16
Pages: 16
Based on: Where There's Smoke [pencil script]

Surviving material: Where There's Smoke [pencil script]

Sources

W JW 17-01 Be Leery of Lake Eerie [Western's version]

Barrier: MBAC-123
CBL: ---
Type: story
Art: Kay Wright
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Huey, Dewey and Louie The Junior Woodchucks
Submission: [1972, January 27] ?; [1972]
Publication date: 1972, November
Issue: Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks 17
Pages: 16
Based on: Be Leery of Lake Eerie [pencil script]; be leery of lake eerie [alternate sequence]

Changes: In Barks' retirement script-only Junior Woodchuck stories on pollution, ecological disasters only hinted at in earlier stories are now suddenly the focus. Editor Chase Craig must have objected to the cautionary tone on this story's last page, because he requested an alternate one.

Surviving material:

Be Leery of Lake Eerie [pencil script]
be leery of lake eerie [alternate sequence]

Reconstructions:

D D 2002-023 Be Leery of Lake Eerie [Danish version]
I WDP 2-B Be Leery of Lake Eerie [Italian version]

Remakes: See "reconstructions" field.

Sources

W JW 19-01 Teahouse of the Waggin' Dragon

Barrier: MBAC-123
CBL: ---
Type: story
Art: Larry Mayer
Pencil: Kay Wright
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Huey, Dewey and Louie The Junior Woodchucks
Submission: 1972, May 31; [1972? 1973?]
Publication date: 1973, (March)
Issue: Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks 19
Pages: 17
Based on: Teahouse of the Waggin' Dragon [pencil script]

Changes: Barks' script was expanded from 16 pages to 17 pages by enlarging a number of panels and adding panel 4 on published page 7. The sketch for this panel is attached to the script.

Surviving material:

teahouse of the waggin' dragon [rough story notes]
teahouse of the waggin' dragon [shooting script]
Teahouse of the Waggin' Dragon [pencil script]

Questions: Does someone have xeroxes or scans of the changed pages as published in Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks 19?

Sources

W JW 20-01 New Zoo Brews Ado [Western's version]

Barrier: MBAC-123
CBL: ---
Type: story
Art: Kay Wright
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Huey, Dewey and Louie The Junior Woodchucks
Submission: 1972, June 5; [1972? 1973?]
Publication date: 1973, May
Issue: Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks 20
Pages: 17
Based on: New Zoo Brews Ado [pencil script]

Surviving material: New Zoo Brews Ado [pencil script]

Remakes: D D 2002-001 New Zoo Brews Ado [remake]

Sources

W JW 21-01 Music Hath Charms [Western's version]

Barrier: MBAC-124
CBL: ---
Type: story
Art: Kay Wright
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Huey, Dewey and Louie The Junior Woodchucks
Submission: 1972, September 18; [1972? 1973?]
Publication date: 1973, July
Issue: Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks 21
Pages: 16
Based on: Music Hath Charms [pencil script]

Surviving material: Music Hath Charms [pencil script]

Remakes: H 92020 Music Hath Charms [remake Mau Heymans]

Congruences:

W WDC 52-02 trade rat: Reference to "The Pied Piper of Hameln" (record title).
W US 19-02 in The Mines of King Solomon: The nephews use animal-calling whistles to call animals.
W US 28-02 And The Inventors' Contest: The tempting cheese and a short similar rat chase.
W OS 318-02 in "No Such Varmint": Pied Piper theme.
W OS 1095-02 Cave of the Winds: Scrooge needs Gyro's help, who answers his question by using a liquid mixture which immediately provides the answer.
W US 61-02 So Far and No Safari: The nephews use animal-speech whistles to call animals. They unknowingly help Scrooge getting rid of the gophers in his money bin. In panel 3.1, Scrooge says: "I wonder if there's a pied piper outside!"
CX OS '59 in "The Pied Piper of Duckburg" [unfinished]: Pied Piper theme.

Sources

W JW 22-01 The Phantom Joker [Western's version]

Barrier: MBAC-124
CBL: ---
Type: story
Art: Larry Mayer
Pencil: Kay Wright
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: Huey, Dewey and Louie The Junior Woodchucks
Submission: 1972, December 9; [1972? 1973?]
Publication date: 1973, September
Issue: Huey, Dewey and Louie Junior Woodchucks 22
Pages: 15
Based on: High Wire Heroes [pencil script]

Changes: Barks's title for this story was "High Wire Heroes." It was originally scripted as a 16-page story, but cut down to 15 pages as published by combining and eliminating a page's worth of panels. Detailed information

Surviving material: High Wire Heroes [pencil script]

Reconstructions: H 98254 Highwire heroes [remake]

Remakes: See "reconstructions" field.

Questions: Does anyone have xeroxes or scans of the changed pages as published in Junior Woodchuck 22, 1973?

Sources