HIGHDUCKS

StoryW DD 31-04

Pilot

Cousin Botcho

First published
September 1953
Length
7 pages (4 tiers)
Printed
45 times, in 18 countries
Also coded
wdd31-04

Credits

Plot
Carl Fallberg
Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Ink
Jack Bradbury

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
September 1953United StatesDonald Duck 31untitled
10 November 1953ItalyTopolino (libretto) 78Paperino e l'elicottero
21 May 1954YugoslaviaMiki strip 20Pilot (part 1)
28 May 1954YugoslaviaMiki strip 21Pilot (part 2)
4 June 1954YugoslaviaMiki strip 22Pilot (part 3)
11 June 1954YugoslaviaMiki strip 23Pilot (part 4)
18 June 1954YugoslaviaMiki strip 24Pilot (part 5)
15 July 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 197La touche-à-tout puni
15 July 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 197untitled
15 July 1954MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 65untitled
1954AustraliaDonald Duck (DD series) 1untitled
September 1955BrazilMickey (Abril) 36Helicòpterrado
17 March 1956NetherlandsDonald Duck 1956-11untitled
July 1956TurkeyÇocuk Alemi (pocket-size series) 01Unutkanın Helikopteri
22 September 1957ItalyAlbi della rosa 150Paperino e l'elicottero
1957SpainDumbo 1ª (ERSA) 253Piloto a la fuerza
1 April 1959NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1959-14untitled
7 April 1959DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1959-14untitled
11 April 1959GermanyMicky Maus 1959-15untitled
7 July 1959SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1959-14untitled
25 October 1959FranceLe Journal de Mickey 387Une situation élevée !
April 1960FinlandAku Ankka 1960-07untitled
1960AustraliaGiant (G Series) 201untitled
March 1961FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 17Une situation élevée !
1961FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1960untitled
7 June 1963ChileDisneylandia 37Como siempre... en el aire
30 July 1974GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 38Die liebe Verwandschaft
1976AustraliaDonald Duck (D series) 232untitled
March 1981BrazilDisney Especial (1ª Série) 56Helicopterrado
4 December 1995ItalyCapolavori Disney 30Donald Duck
2001ItalyTopolino (ristampa Nerbini) 2 78Paperino e l'elicottero
March 2002FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1960untitled
April 2002ItalyZio Paperone 151Paperino e l'elicottero del cugino
11 June 2004NetherlandsDonald Duck 2004-24untitled
November 2004NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 30untitled
2004SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1959-02untitled
27 January 2005DenmarkAnders And & Co. – Den komplette årgang 1959-2untitled
1 September 2005NetherlandsDonald Duck Facsimile-albums 1956 1untitled
April 2009GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sonderedition 4Die liebe Verwandschaft
13 March 2010ItalyDisney Story 32Paperino e l'elicottero del cugino
BelgiumAlbum du Journal de Mickey 17Une situation élevée ! in French
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 8La touche-à-tout puni
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 8untitled
United KingdomWorld Distributors 6untitled
United KingdomWorld Distributors 28untitled

Other versions

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

  • be/MM 197p15 Story, 4 p., 6 tiers
  • br/DE 56n Story, 5 p., 4 tiers
  • de/MM1959-15b Story, 7 p., 4 tiers
  • de/TGDD 38c Story, 7 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/JM 387c Story, 3 p., 6 tiers
  • it/AR 150c Story, 9 p., 3 tiers
  • it/CCD 30u Story, 7 p., 4 tiers
  • it/DSTO 32h Story, 5 p., 4 tiers
  • it/TL 78e Story, 9 p., 3 tiers
  • yu/MS 20b Story, 1 p., 4 tiers

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