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StoryW US 4-02

The Menehune Mystery

Hawaiian Island

First published
27 October 1953
Created
28 May 1953
Length
32 pages (4 tiers)
Printed
201 times, in 28 countries
Also coded
05974, s.m.o.s.521-5312, us190-p.1-21, us190-p.22-32, w/us190, w/us4a, wus4-02

Credits

Plot
Carl Barks
Script
Carl Barks
Pencils
Carl Barks
Ink
Carl Barks, Garé Barks (uncertain)

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
27 October 1953United StatesUncle Scrooge 4The Menehune Mystery
10 February 1954ItalyTopolino (libretto) 84Paperino e i "buoni compagni"
19 August 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 202L'île des Menumanes (part 1)
19 August 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 202Het eiland der menumanen (part 1)
26 August 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 203L'île des Menumanes (part 2)
26 August 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 203Het eiland der menumanen (part 2)
2 September 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 204L'île des Menumanes (part 3)
2 September 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 204Het eiland der menumanen (part 3)
9 September 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 205L'île des Menumanes (part 4)
9 September 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 205Het eiland der menumanen (part 4)
16 September 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 206L'île des Menumanes (part 5)
16 September 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 206Het eiland der menumanen (part 5)
23 September 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 207L'île des Menumanes (part 6)
23 September 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 207Het eiland der menumanen (part 6)
30 September 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 208L'île des Menumanes (part 7)
30 September 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 208Het eiland der menumanen (part 7)
7 October 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 209L'île des Menumanes (part 8)
7 October 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 209Het eiland der menumanen (part 8)
14 October 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 210L'île des Menumanes (part 9)
14 October 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 210Het eiland der menumanen (part 9)
21 October 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 211L'île des Menumanes (part 10)
21 October 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 211Het eiland der menumanen (part 10)
28 October 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 212L'île des Menumanes (part 11)
28 October 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 212Het eiland der menumanen (part 11)
4 November 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 213L'île des Menumanes (part 12)
4 November 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 213Het eiland der menumanen (part 12)
11 November 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 214L'île des Menumanes (part 13)
11 November 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 214Het eiland der menumanen (part 13)
18 November 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 215L'île des Menumanes (part 14)
18 November 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 215Het eiland der menumanen (part 14)
25 November 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 216L'île des Menumanes (part 15)
25 November 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 216Het eiland der menumanen (part 15)
2 December 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 217L'île des Menumanes (part 16)
2 December 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 217Het eiland der menumanen (part 16)
7 December 1954BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 1611000 Milhõe$ em Perigo (part 1)
7 December 1954BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 1611000 Milhõe$ em Perigo (part 2)
9 December 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 218L'île des Menumanes (part 17)
9 December 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 218Het eiland der menumanen (part 17)
14 December 1954BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 1621000 Milhõe$ em Perigo (part 3)
14 December 1954BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 1621000 Milhõe$ em Perigo (part 4)
1954AustraliaGiant (G Series) 24The Menehune Mystery
January 1955MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 77La isla secreta
October 1958BrazilMickey (Abril) 731000 Milhões em Perigo
6 November 1959FranceELLE 590724Picsou aux îles Hawaii (part 3?)
1961AustraliaGiant (G Series) 233The Menehune Mystery
27 June 1965ItalyAlbi della rosa 555Paperino e i buoni compagni
1966ArgentinaTío Rico 4The Menehune Mystery
1966ChileTío Rico 7La isla secreta
1966SpainDumbo 2ª (ERSA) 9El rey de las espinacas
1967MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 391Rico Mac Pato
24 May 1968GreeceΜίκυ Μάους 100Οι αόρατοι πολεμισταί
1970ArgentinaTío Rico 126The Menehune Mystery
1971AustraliaGiant (G Series) 504Scrooge's Private Island
1972ColombiaTío Rico 149La isla secreta
1975SpainDumbo (Edición de lujo) 3El rey de las espinacas
25 February 1977NetherlandsDonald Duck 1977-08Het eiland der Menumanen (part 1)
4 March 1977NetherlandsDonald Duck 1977-09Het eiland der Menumanen (part 2)
11 March 1977NetherlandsDonald Duck 1977-10Het eiland der Menumanen (part 3)
October 1978ItalyCartonatoni Disney 7Paperino e i buoni compagni
1978NetherlandsStripturf 1Het eiland der Menumanen
2 February 1979GreeceΜίκυ Μάους 657Οι αόρατοι πολεμιστές!
1979FinlandJättikirjat 1979Hyvässä seurassa
1980DenmarkDen store … 1980De usynlige venner
1980ItalyComplete Carl Barks 13The Menehune Mystery
1980NorwayKjempebok 07Den mystiske øya
1980SwedenVi, Knatte, Fnatte, Tjatte 1980Kalle, Knattarna och de goda kamraterna
January 1981NetherlandsOom Dagobert 11Het eiland der Menumanen
18 September 1981United StatesUncle Scrooge 190The Menehune Mystery
12 September 1983YugoslaviaМикијев Забавник 466Превара (part 1)
12 September 1983YugoslaviaMikijev Zabavnik v slovenščini 466Prevara (part 1)
19 September 1983YugoslaviaМикијев Забавник 467Превара (part 2)
19 September 1983YugoslaviaMikijev Zabavnik v slovenščini 467Prevara (part 2)
November 1983BrazilTio Patinhas Especial 1Mil Milhões em Perigo
1983United StatesBest Comics (Hardcover) 6The Menehune Mystery
11 March 1984FranceLe Journal de Mickey 1654Le mystère des Menus êtres (part 1)
16 March 1984FranceDonald Magazine 84-11Le mystère des Menus êtres (part 1)
18 March 1984FranceLe Journal de Mickey 1655Le mystère des Menus êtres (part 2)
23 March 1984FranceDonald Magazine 84-12Le mystère des Menus êtres (part 2)
December 1984United StatesCarl Barks Library (Another Rainbow) 3The Menehune Mystery
August 1985GermanyDisney Comic Bücher 4Unternehmen Inselfrieden
September 1985ItalyPaperino di Barks collezione ANAF 17-0Zio Paperone e i buoni compagni
23 June 1987GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 91Unternehmen Inselfrieden
August 1987United StatesUncle Scrooge Digest 5Hawaiian Hideaway
January 1988ItalyZio Paperone 2Zio Paperone nell'isola dei Menehunes
January 1988United StatesWalt Disney's Comics in Color 1st album series 2Hawaiian Hideaway
July 1988United StatesGladstone Comic Album 11Hawaiian Hideaway
1989United StatesGladstone Leather Bound Hardcover Comic Albums 3Hawaiian Hideaway
August 1990GreeceΚόμιξ 26Κρησφύγετο στη Χαβάη
1991GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 10Unternehmen Inselfrieden
1991DenmarkGuldbog 8De usynlige venner
1991NorwayGullbok 8Menehunenes øy
1991SwedenKalle Anka Guldbok 8och Hawaiis hemliga hjälpare
1992NetherlandsAlle klassieke verhalen 7Het eiland der Menumanen
1992PortugalDisney Aventura 35Mil Milhões em Perigo
April 1993GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) (Zweitauflage) 91Unternehmen Inselfrieden
October 1993GermanyDie großen Klassiker 5Unternehmen Inselfrieden
1993PortugalSuper Disney Aventura 10Mil Milhões em Perigo
2 April 1995FrancePicsou Magazine 279Le mystère des Menehunes
1995GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 22AUnternehmen Inselfrieden
7 May 1996United StatesThe Adventures of Uncle Scrooge McDuck in Color 4The Menehune Mystery
June 1997United StatesUncle Scrooge Adventures 47The Menehune Mystery
April 1998GermanyBarks Library Special Onkel Dagobert 5Unternehmen Inselfrieden
May 1998ItalyZio Paperone 104Zio Paperone nell'isola dei menehunes
18 June 1998GermanyDonald Classics - Das Beste aus Entenhausen 1Unternehmen Inselfrieden
March 1999NetherlandsDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck 98Het eiland der Menumanen
8 September 1999FinlandAku Ankan Juhlasarjat 9Menehunien saari
March 2001ItalyZio Paperone (ristampa) 2Zio Paperone nell'isola dei Menehunes
March 2003FrancePicsou Magazine 374L'île aux Menehunes
May 2003NetherlandsDonald Duck Collectie 26Het eiland der Menumanen
27 June 2003SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 2003-27Farbror Joakim och Hawaiis hemliga hjälpare
30 June 2003NorwayDonald Duck & Co 2003-27Menehunenes øy
3 July 2003DenmarkAnders And & Co. 2003-27De usynlige venner
29 March 2004FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) B 41L'île aux Menehunes
October 2004BrazilO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks 51.000 Milhões em Perigo
2004NorwayEn kvart årgang Donald Duck & Co 15Menehunenes øy
August 2005GermanyCarl Barks Collection 11The Menehune Mystery
August 2005DenmarkCarl Barks' Samlede Værker 11De usynlige venner
August 2005NorwayCarl Barks samlede verk 11The Menehune Mystery
September 2005SwedenCarl Barks samlade verk 11The Menehune Mystery
April 2006PortugalObras-Primas da BD Disney 9Mil Milhões em Perigo
12 December 2006FinlandCarl Barksin kootut 11The Menehune Mystery
10 March 2008ItalyLa grande dinastia dei paperi (Corriere della Sera) 7Zio Paperone nell'isola dei Menehunes
27 August 2008PolandKaczor Donald 2008-35-36Na wyspie Menehune
8 September 2008BulgariaМики Маус 2008-36Остров Менехуне
18 May 2009GermanyBarks Onkel Dagobert 1Unternehmen Inselfrieden
7 April 2010FranceLes trésors de Picsou 10L'île aux Menehunes
April 2011GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη του Καρλ Μπαρκς 7Κρησφύγετο στην Χαβάη
5 October 2011FranceLa dynastie Donald Duck - Intégrale Carl Barks 4L'île des Menehunes
July 2012United StatesThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics) 12The Menehune Mystery
June 2013ItalyCarl Barks Rizzoli Lizard 2Zio Paperone nell'isola dei Menehunes
5 November 2013NorwayCarl Barks' Andeby 2Menehunenes øy
February 2014ItalyI Grandi Classici Disney 327Paperino e i buoni compagni
May 2014ItalyUack! 2Zio Paperone nell'isola dei Menehunes
25 June 2014FrancePicsou Magazine 502Le mystère des Menehunes
27 July 2014GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη Disney 7Κρησφύγετο στην Χαβάη
2014SwedenCarl Barks Ankeborg 2The Menehune Mystery
2 January 2015FinlandAku Ankka 2015-01Menehunien saari
3 June 2015FranceLes trésors de Picsou 31Le mystère des Menehunes
25 August 2015FinlandCarl Barks in English 2015The Menehune Mystery
5 October 2015NorwayJubileumspocket 2015-3Menehunenes øy
13 October 2016FranceLes trésors des Rapetou 1Le mystère des Menehunes
2017RussiaБиблиотека Карла Баркса 12Загадка менехунов
23 February 2018FinlandCarl Barksin parhaat sarjat 9Menehunien saari
28 November 2018PolandKaczogród. Carl Barks 2Na wyspie Menehune
10 December 2018NorwayKlassisk Donald Duck 15Menehunenes øy
14 December 2018SpainLa Gran Dinastía del Pato Donald 18El misterio de los menehunes
March 2020BrazilColeção Carl Barks Definitiva 121.000 Milhões em Perigo
22 October 2020GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch Classic Edition 9Unternehmen Inselfrieden
31 August 2021ItalyLa Grande Dinastia dei Paperi (2a edizione) 7Zio Paperone nell'isola dei Menehunes
February 2023BulgariaДъкбург. Carl Barks 2На остров Менехуне
21 April 2023GermanyEntenhausen-Edition Donald von Carl Barks 79Unternehmen Inselfrieden
11 July 2023FinlandAku Ankan parhaat 1953Menehunien saari
8 March 2024NorwayDonald Duck av Carl Barks 24Menehunenes øy
23 May 2024CroatiaPatkograd. Carl Barks 2Na otoku Menehune
25 July 2024ItalySpeciale Disney 104Zio Paperone nell'isola del Menehunes
7 October 2024NetherlandsDonald Duck app 2024-41Het eiland van de Menumanen (part 1)
14 October 2024NetherlandsDonald Duck app 2024-42Het eiland van de Menumanen (part 2)
19 November 2024SerbiaПатковград. Carl Barks 2На острву Менехуне
2024SwedenKalle Anka Klassiker 2024-03Hawaiis hemliga hjälpare
9 May 2025SloveniaRacigrad. Carl Barks 2Na otoku Menehune
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 8L'île des Menumanes (part 1)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 8L'île des Menumanes (part 2)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 8L'île des Menumanes (part 3)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 8L'île des Menumanes (part 4)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 8L'île des Menumanes (part 5)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 8L'île des Menumanes (part 6)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 8L'île des Menumanes (part 7)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 9L'île des Menumanes (part 8)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 9L'île des Menumanes (part 9)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 9L'île des Menumanes (part 10)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 9L'île des Menumanes (part 11)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 9L'île des Menumanes (part 12)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 9L'île des Menumanes (part 13)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 9L'île des Menumanes (part 14)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 9L'île des Menumanes (part 15)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 9L'île des Menumanes (part 16)
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 9L'île des Menumanes (part 17)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 8Het eiland der menumanen (part 1)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 8Het eiland der menumanen (part 2)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 8Het eiland der menumanen (part 3)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 8Het eiland der menumanen (part 4)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 8Het eiland der menumanen (part 5)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 8Het eiland der menumanen (part 6)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 8Het eiland der menumanen (part 7)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 9Het eiland der menumanen (part 8)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 9Het eiland der menumanen (part 9)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 9Het eiland der menumanen (part 10)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 9Het eiland der menumanen (part 11)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 9Het eiland der menumanen (part 12)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 9Het eiland der menumanen (part 13)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 9Het eiland der menumanen (part 14)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 9Het eiland der menumanen (part 15)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 9Het eiland der menumanen (part 16)
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 9Het eiland der menumanen (part 17)
Egyptمغامرات عم دهب (Uncle Scrooge Adventures) 7The Menehune Mystery
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 109Le mystère des Menus êtres (part 1)
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 109Le mystère des Menus êtres (part 2)
FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) B 18Le mystère des Menehunes
ItalyRaccolta Zio Paperone 1Zio Paperone nell'isola dei Menehunes
ItalyRaccolta Zio Paperone 16Zio Paperone nell'isola dei menehunes
United KingdomWorld Distributors 22The Menehune Mystery

Other versions

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

  • au/GS 24b Story, 31 p., 4 tiers
  • be/MM 202p06 Story, 1 p., 5 tiers
  • br/MK 73eb Story, 22 ½ p., 4 tiers
  • br/PD 161cb Story, 4 ¾ p., 4 tiers
  • br/PD 161h Story, 6 p., 4 tiers
  • br/PD 162h Story, 5 ¾ p., 4 tiers
  • de/BLOD 5i Story, 32 p., 4 tiers
  • de/DCB 4f Story, 10 4/6 p., 6 tiers
  • dk/DS 1980h Story, 11 p., 6 tiers
  • es/DB2 9b Story, 32 p., 4 tiers
  • fi/AA2015-01d Story, 32 p., 4 tiers
  • fi/M 1979p105 Story, 10 5/6 p., 6 tiers
  • fr/ELL 590724a Story, 1 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/JM 1654b Story, 9 p., 5 tiers
  • fr/JM 1655b Story, 10 p., 5 tiers
  • fr/TP 31p029 Story, 30 p., 4 tiers
  • gr/MM 100p003 Story, 42 p., 3 tiers
  • it/BIG 7av Story, 10 ⅔ p., 6 tiers
  • nl/DD1977-08c Story, 11 p., 4 tiers
  • nl/DD1977-10e Story, 10 p., 4 tiers
  • nl/DDA2024-41j Story, 16 p., 4 tiers
  • se/CBSV 11zka Story, 32 p., 4 tiers
  • us/BCS 6l Story, 10 ⅔ p., 6 tiers
  • yu/MZC 466g Story, 21 p., 4 tiers

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