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StoryI TL 1743-AP

Il mistero dei candelabri

Parodie du classique "Les Misérables". Picsou raconte à ses neveux Riri, Fifi et Loulou l'histoire de son ancêtre Picsou Valjeanjean (ou Picaljean puis Jean Valsou suivant les éditions), de Donald Pontmercy, des Thénardier (alias Pat et Gertrude), de Cosette (alias Zaza puis Daisy), de Javert (alias Yanez). Le forçat repenti Picsou Valjeanjean reçoit de Myriel 2 chandeliers qui le mèneront à une chasse au trésor dans les égouts de Paris poursuivit par Thénardier et Javert.

First published
23 April 1989
Length
108 pages (3 tiers)
Parts
3
Printed
65 times, in 15 countries
Also coded
i/tl1743, i/tl1744, i/tl1745, itl1743-a, itl1743-a, itl1743-ap, itl1744-a, itl1744-a, itl1745-a, itl1745-a

Credits

Plot
Giovan Battista Carpi
Script
Giovan Battista Carpi
Pencils
Giovan Battista Carpi
Ink
Giovan Battista Carpi

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Notes

parodia;Les misérables (V. Hugo)

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
23 April 1989ItalyTopolino (libretto) 1743Il mistero dei candelabri (part 1)
30 April 1989ItalyTopolino (libretto) 1744Il mistero dei candelabri (part 2)
7 May 1989ItalyTopolino (libretto) 1745Il mistero dei candelabri (part 3)
24 November 1989PortugalHiper Disney 1-09O Mistério dos Candelabros - Inspirado no Célebre Romance "Os Miseráveis" de Victor Hugo (part 1)
24 November 1989PortugalHiper Disney 1-09O Mistério dos Candelabros - Segundo Os Miseráveis de Victor Hugo (part 2)
24 November 1989PortugalHiper Disney 1-09O Mistério dos Candelabros - Segundo Os Miseráveis de Victor Hugo (part 3)
January 1990SpainHiper Disney 5El misterio de los candelabros (part 1)
January 1990SpainHiper Disney 5El misterio de los candelabros (part 2)
January 1990SpainHiper Disney 5El misterio de los candelabros (part 3)
20 February 1990GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch 143Das Geheimnis der Silberleuchter
5 April 1990DenmarkJumbobog 105Kandelabermysteriet
April 1990SwedenKalle Ankas Pocket 117Ljusstakar och ljusskygga typer
8 May 1990NorwayDonald Pocket 104Lysestakemysteriet
March 1991FranceCollection "Disney Aventure" 1Le mystère des chandeliers
September 1991FinlandAku Ankan taskukirja 138Kaarle Suuren aarre
1991SpainFestival Disney 6El misterio de los candelabros (part 1)
1991SpainFestival Disney 6El misterio de los candelabros (part 2)
1991SpainFestival Disney 6El misterio de los candelabros (part 3)
1992PortugalHiper Hiper Disney 3O Mistério dos Candelabros - Inspirado no Célebre Romance "Os Miseráveis" de Victor Hugo (part 1)
1992PortugalHiper Hiper Disney 3O Mistério dos Candelabros - Segundo Os Miseráveis de Victor Hugo (part 2)
1992PortugalHiper Hiper Disney 3O Mistério dos Candelabros - Segundo Os Miseráveis de Victor Hugo (part 3)
1994ArgentinaDisney en Dibujos Animados 26El misterio de los candelabros
December 1994BrazilTio Patinhas Especial 12O Mistério dos Candelabros (part 1)
December 1994BrazilTio Patinhas Especial 12O Mistério dos Candelabros (part 2)
December 1994BrazilTio Patinhas Especial 12O Mistério dos Candelabros (part 3)
1994SpainDisney en Dibujos Animados 26El misterio de los candelabros
1994PortugalDisney em Banda Desenhada 26Il mistero dei candelabri
January 1996ItalyI Classici di Walt Disney (seconda serie) 230Il mistero dei candelabri (part 1)
January 1996ItalyI Classici di Walt Disney (seconda serie) 230Il mistero dei candelabri (part 2)
January 1996ItalyI Classici di Walt Disney (seconda serie) 230Il mistero dei candelabri (part 3)
December 1997ItalyLe grandi parodie (Disney) 59Il mistero dei candelabri
2000GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch (Neuauflagen mit neuen Titeln und Titelbildern ab 1997) 143Das Geheimnis der Silberleuchter
January 2001FranceSuper Picsou Géant 101Le mystère des chandeliers (part 1)
January 2001FranceSuper Picsou Géant 101Le mystère des chandeliers (part 2)
10 August 2004GermanyMammut Comics 67ADas Geheimnis der Silberleuchter
September 2005ItalySuper Miti Mondadori 53Il mistero dei candelabri (part 1)
September 2005ItalySuper Miti Mondadori 53Il mistero dei candelabri (part 2)
September 2005ItalySuper Miti Mondadori 53Il mistero dei candelabri (part 3)
11 September 2006ItalyI Classici della Letteratura 19Il mistero dei candelabri
19 November 2007GermanySuper Lese-Spaß 3Das Geheimnis der Silberleuchter
20 July 2008SpainClásicos de la Literatura 20Tío Gilito y los miserables
December 2009IrelandLiterature Classics 11That Missing Candelabra in Afrikaans
15 September 2010BrazilClássicos da Literatura Disney 18O Mistério dos Candelabros
2010United KingdomLiterature Classics 11That Missing Candelabra
21 February 2013ItalyI Classici della Letteratura (2a edizione) 9Il mistero dei candelabri
14 February 2014FinlandAnkalliskirjallisuuden klassikot 4Kynttilänjalkojen salaisuus
4 February 2015NorwayDonalds litteraturhistorie 4Lysestakemysteriet
27 May 2017ItalySpeciale Disney 77Il mistero dei candelabri
27 October 2017GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch Sonderedition 2017-5Das Geheimnis der Silberleuchter
1 March 2018GermanyEntenhausener Weltbibliothek 2Das Geheimnis der Silberleuchter
2 August 2019NorwayDonalds litteraturhistorie (pocketutgave) 4Lysestakemysteriet
2019SwedenKalle Ankas Klassiker 1Ljusstakat och ljusskygga typer
30 May 2020ItalyCapolavori della Letteratura (3a edizione) 12Il mistero dei candelabri
19 September 2023United StatesUncle Scrooge & Donald Duck in Les Misérables and War and Peace 1The Secret of the Candlesticks
8 November 2023FranceCollection Deluxe 1Le mystère des chandeliers
25 April 2024ItalyClassici della Letteratura 13Il mistero dei candelabri
September 2024ItalyDe Luxe Edition 48Il mistero dei candelabri (part 1)
September 2024ItalyDe Luxe Edition 48Il mistero dei candelabri (part 2)
September 2024ItalyDe Luxe Edition 48Il mistero dei candelabri (part 3)
12 December 2024MexicoClásicos de la Literatura 8Rico McPato y los miserables
21 January 2025SpainClásicos de la Literatura (RBA) 8Tío Gilito y los miserables
11 August 2025ArgentinaClásicos de la Literatura 8Rico McPato y los miserables
ItalyRaccolta Topolino (libretto) 64Il mistero dei candelabri (part 1)
ItalyRaccolta Topolino (libretto) 64Il mistero dei candelabri (part 2)
ItalyRaccolta Topolino (libretto) 64Il mistero dei candelabri (part 3)

Other versions

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

  • ar/CLR 8p015 Story, 106 p., 3 tiers
  • ar/DDA 26b Story, 46 p., 4 tiers
  • br/TPE 12b Story, 37 p., 3 tiers
  • br/TPE 12d Story, 34 p., 3 tiers
  • fr/CDA 1b Story, 53 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/SPG 101p004 Story, 34 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/SPG 101p055 Story, 28 p., 4 tiers
  • it/CD 230ba Story, 37 p., 3 tiers
  • it/CD 230bb Story, 36 p., 3 tiers
  • it/CD 230bc Story, 33 p., 3 tiers
  • it/LGP 59f Story, 62 p., 4 tiers
  • it/TL 1743b Story, 37 p., 3 tiers
  • it/TL 1744b Story, 37 p., 3 tiers
  • it/TL 1745b Story, 34 p., 3 tiers

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