HIGHDUCKS

StoryW OS 1140-04

Good Try

GY is commissioned to build a road-laying machine to quickly build a new road, but the machine runs amok and builds the road right through the clients' houses.

First published
12 August 1960
Created
24 March 1960 (writ)
Length
7 pages (4 tiers)
Printed
31 times, in 18 countries
Also coded
wos1140-04

Credits

Plot
Bob Gregory
Script
Bob Gregory
Pencils
Tony Strobl
Ink
John Liggera

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Notes

Part of Photo album stories.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
12 August 1960United StatesOne Shots 1140Good Try
April 1961ItalyAlmanacco Topolino 52Avventure a Paperopoli
6 June 1961ArgentinaEl Pato Donald 867La máquina maravillosa
1961AustraliaGiant (G Series) 210Good Try
1961SpainDumbo 1ª (ERSA) 374Ingeniero de caminos
1 February 1962FranceLes Belles Histoires Walt Disney (nouvelle série) 97Un beau résultat
23 February 1962MexicoHistorietas de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 217Buena prueba
10 April 1962BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 544O Dia em Que Patópolis Parou
2 May 1962TurkeyMiki (Pulhan) 18Ördekköy Maceraları
30 October 1962DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1962-44Good Try
6 November 1962SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1962-45på vådliga vägar
7 November 1962NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1962-45Snar-veien
30 October 1963FinlandAku Ankka 1963-44Good Try
16 May 1964NetherlandsDonald Duck 1964-20Good Try
1964FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1963-2Good Try
25 September 1966ItalyAlbi della rosa 620Avventure a Paperopoli
June 1967ChileDisneylandia 242Buena intención
8 July 1967GermanyMicky Maus 1967-27Das Verkehrschaos
1968AustraliaGiant (G Series) 431Good Try
9 February 1969FranceLe Journal de Mickey 869Par routes et... parchemin
16 October 1970GreeceΜίκυ Μάους 225Good Try
1990FinlandPelle Pelottoman mietintämyssy 1990-02Tietöissä
13 March 1997GermanyDie besten Comics aus Micky Maus 3Das Verkehrschaos
27 March 2000SwedenOppfinnar-Jockes Kluriga Magasin 2000-02Oppfinnar-Jocke på vådliga vägar
August 2004ItalyZio Paperone 179Avventure a Paperopoli - La "fabbricastrada" di Archimede Pitagorico
February 2005FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1963-2Good Try
October 2007NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 55Snar-veien
March 2008SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1962-06på vådliga vägar
September 2008DenmarkAnders And & Co. – Den komplette årgang 1962-5Good Try
BelgiumAlbum du Journal de Mickey 44Par routes et... parchemin in French
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 44Par routes et... parchemin

Other versions

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

  • ar/EPD 867e Story, 6 ½ p., 4 tiers
  • de/BCM 3e Story, 7 p., 4 tiers
  • fi/AA1963-44c Story, 6 p., 4 tiers
  • fi/AN1963-2p563 Story, 6 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/JM 869f Story, 3 p., 6 tiers
  • gr/MM 225p14 Story, 9 p., 3 tiers

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