HIGHDUCKS

StoryW DD 58-05

Getting The Bird

Mechanical bird

First published
March 1958
Length
7 ¾ pages (4 tiers)
Printed
44 times, in 21 countries
Also coded
1-ΝΤ077, dd206-p.19, wdd58-05

Credits

Pencils
Tony Strobl
Ink
John Liggera

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
March 1958United StatesDonald Duck 58Getting The Bird
11 September 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 414Tout cela pour une tondeuse !
11 September 1958BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 414Grasscheerder gevraagd!
4 November 1958BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 365O Pássaro Mecânico
25 November 1958ItalyTopolino (libretto) 199Paperino e la tosatrice
1958AustraliaDonald Duck (D series) 23Getting The Bird
15 February 1959MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 183El pájaro mecánico
10 May 1959FranceLe Journal de Mickey 363Une bonne affaire malgré tout !
1959SpainDumbo 1ª (ERSA) 302No hay mal que por bien no venga
November 1960BelgiumAlbum du Journal de Mickey 16Une bonne affaire malgré tout ! in French
November 1960FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 16Une bonne affaire malgré tout !
17 February 1963ItalyAlbi della rosa 432Paperino e la tosatrice
1967AustraliaGiant (G Series) 400Getting The Bird
March 1968ChileDisneylandia 283Feliz equivocación
3 April 1969SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1969-14Medan gräset gror
8 April 1969DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1969-14En pakke med ukendt indhold
9 April 1969NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1969-15Høy innsats
14 June 1969GermanyMicky Maus 1969-24Ein tolles Geschäft
8 April 1970FinlandAku Ankka 1970-14Salaperäinen paketti
1971FinlandAku Ankka -neljännesvuosikerta 1970-2Salaperäinen paketti
1971FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1970-1Salaperäinen paketti
2 June 1972GreeceΜίκυ Μάους 310Η δημοπρασία
April 1979United StatesDonald Duck 206Getting The Bird
17 December 1979YugoslaviaМикијев Забавник 271Птицу за шишалицу
17 December 1979YugoslaviaMikijev Zabavnik v slovenščini 271Zamenjava
March 1980BrazilDisney Especial (1ª Série) 49O Pássaro Mecânico
September 1980South AfricaDonald Duck (Supercomix) 3Getting The Bird
10 June 1983GreeceΜίκυ Μάους 882Η δημοπρασία!
December 1983CanadaLe monde merveilleux de Disney 24Attrape l'oiseau !
December 1983FranceMickey Poche 116Une bonne affaire malgré tout !
1984SpainSonrisa Disney 4Un negocio imprevisto
March 1985Egyptميكى جيب (Mickey Guaib) 104Getting The Bird
February 1988BrazilDisney Especial Reedição 44O Pássaro Mecânico
28 October 1988PortugalDisney Especial 46O Pássaro Mecânico
1988BrazilDisney Especialíssimo 4O Pássaro Mecânico
6 December 1994ColombiaDisney Especial 45El Pájaro Mecánico
24 September 1999GreeceΜίκυ Μάους 1732Η δημοπρασία
27 January 2012FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1970-1Salaperäinen paketti
November 2012NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 100Høy innsats
2013SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1969-02Medan gräset gror
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 16Tout cela pour une tondeuse !
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 16Grasscheerder gevraagd!
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) AC16Une bonne affaire malgré tout !
PortugalDisney Especialíssimo 27O Pássaro Mecânico

Other versions

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

  • be/MM 414p15 Story, 4 p., 5 tiers
  • br/DE 49p191 Story, 8 p., 4 tiers
  • eg/MG 104p026 Story, 14 p., 2 tiers
  • fr/JM 363c Story, 4 p., 5 tiers
  • gr/MM 310p36 Story, 9 ⅔ p., 3 tiers
  • it/TL 199d Story, 10 p., 3 tiers

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