HIGHDUCKS

StoryI TL 135-A

Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen

DD mistakenly buys a whaling boat for $ 6,000. The only way to earn and pay the debt is to explore Antarctica and bring its topographic maps to the Geographic Society, which will give them the $ 6,000. The ducks leave with the whaler along with an amulet of the explorer Amundsen, with the appearance of a two-horned penguin, given to them by Scrooge who had it among his various amulets. The ducks face all the Antarctic dangers, but their helicopter, to return to the whaling ship, is destroyed and only at the last moment Scrooge intervenes to save them. In fact the uncle had fitted Amundsen's amulet with some radio wave sensors, so the grandchildren would have unknowingly taken him around the Pole where he would find uranium deposits and warn Archimedes to Duckburg. So Scrooge had rushed there and saved his grandchildren by promising them a few hundred dollars in return, in addition to the Company's money for his work.

First published
25 March 1956
Length
33 pages (3 tiers)
Printed
40 times, in 11 countries
Also coded
i/t135, itl135-a, k.180, rs-2

Credits

Plot
Romano Scarpa
Script
Romano Scarpa
Pencils
Romano Scarpa
Ink
Romano Scarpa

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Notes

l'accento è nel titolo originale... ma è sbagliato! (Si dice Àmundsen) siglata RS-2 nella prima e nell'ultima vignetta

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
25 March 1956ItalyTopolino (libretto) 135"Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen"
19 June 1960ItalyAlbi della rosa 293"Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen"
20 February 1990United StatesDonald Duck 279Amundsen's Talisman
21 January 1992NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1992B04Amundsens talisman
November 1994ItalyPaperino Mese 173"Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen"
January 1995GreeceΚόμιξ 79Το Φυλαχτό του Αμούνδσεν
January 1996ItalyCapolavori Disney 33"Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen"
March 1999ItalyI Maestri Disney 14"Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen"
22 December 1999FranceMickey Parade (Géant) 241L'amulette d'Amundsen
May 2001ItalyPaperino Mese 251"Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen"
16 September 2003FinlandAnkantekijät 2Amundsenin amuletti
August 2004GermanyTock Tock - Kundenmagazin des Egmont Ehapa Verlages 32Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen
November 2004GermanyDisneys Hall of Fame 3Amundsens Talisman
4 January 2005GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch 333Amundsens Talisman
August 2006ItalyZio Paperone 203"Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen"
8 February 2007DenmarkAnders And & Co. 2007B06Amundsens talisman
19 February 2007NorwayDonald Duck & Co 2007B08Amundsens talisman
14 October 2008NetherlandsDonald Duck Extra 2008-11De talisman van Amundsen
December 2009FrancePicsou Magazine 455L'amulette d'Amundsen
October 2013ItalyI Grandi Classici Disney 323Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen
27 January 2014ItalyLe grandi storie Disney - L'opera omnia di Romano Scarpa 2Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen
7 December 2016PortugalDisney Hiper 44O Amuleto de Amundsen
5 June 2017ItalyTopostorie Disney 38Paperino e l'amuleto di Amundsen
30 July 2017GreeceΜεγάλες Ιστορίες Disney: Τα Άπαντα του Ρομάνο Σκάρπα 1Το φυλαχτό του Αμούνδσεν
22 January 2018NorwayKlassisk Donald Duck 10Amundsens talisman
28 February 2018FranceLes grandes aventures Disney - Intégrale Romano Scarpa 2L'amulette d'Amundsen
15 February 2020ItalyI Grandi Classici Disney (Seconda Serie) 50Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen
15 February 2020ItalyI Grandi Classici Disney (Seconda Serie) 50BPaperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen
2021SwedenKalle Anka Klassiker 2021-03Kalle Anka och Amundsens amulett
5 October 2022NetherlandsDe spannendste avonturen van Donald Duck 35De talisman van Amundsen
27 October 2022ItalyDisney Special Books Panini 15Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen
1 March 2023FinlandAku Ankka 2023-09Amundsenin amuletti
21 November 2024GermanyWalt Disney's Donald Duck - Die Ultimative Chronik 1Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen in English
2024NorwayNorsk Donald 11Amundsens talisman
28 March 2025NorwayNorge rundt med Donald 2025-02Amundsens talisman
14 April 2025GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch Abenteuer 14Amundsens Talisman
10 November 2025ItalySuper Disney 117Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen
21 May 2026ItalyTopolino Gold 22Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen
FranceMickey Parade (Albums) C 45L'amulette d'Amundsen
ItalyRaccolta Paperino Mese / Paperino 19"Paperino e l'amuleto di Amùndsen"

Other versions

Redrawn, cut, recoloured or relettered for a later printing.

  • de/DDUC 1p424 Story, ⅓ p., 4 tiers
  • de/HOF 3p089 Story, 33 p., 3 tiers
  • de/TOCK 32p021 Story, 3 p., 3 tiers
  • fr/MP 241h Story, 33 p., 3 tiers
  • fr/PM 455p073 Story, 16 ½ p., 4 tiers
  • it/AR 293c Story, 33 p., 3 tiers
  • nl/DDSA 35g Story, 17 p., 4 tiers
  • nl/DE2008-11b Story, 16 ½ p., 4 tiers
  • se/KAKL2021-03g Story, 33 p., 4 tiers

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