HIGHDUCKS

StoryW US 7-03

Billion Dollar Pigeon

Pigeon with money migrates to the South

First published
27 July 1954
Created
25 February 1954
Length
4 pages (4 tiers)
Printed
113 times, in 28 countries
Also coded
10471, usdd1-p.76-79, w/gs96172, w/us7, wus7-03

Credits

Plot
Carl Barks
Script
Carl Barks
Pencils
Carl Barks
Ink
Carl Barks

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
27 July 1954United StatesUncle Scrooge 7Billion Dollar Pigeon
20 February 1955ItalyAlbi d'oro 55007Paperon de' Paperoni e il piccione viaggiatore
26 April 1955BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 181Um Milhão em Vôo
3 December 1955NetherlandsDonald Duck 1955-49Billion Dollar Pigeon
1955AustraliaDonald Duck (DD series) 14Billion Dollar Pigeon
1 February 1956MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 102Billion Dollar Pigeon
13 September 1956BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 310Petruccio, messager de confiance
13 September 1956BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 310Petruccio, betrouwbare boodschapper
1 April 1957FranceLes Belles Histoires Walt Disney (nouvelle série) 39Le pigeon voyageur d'oncle Harpagon
15 March 1958GermanyMicky Maus 1958-10Billion Dollar Pigeon
30 May 1958SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1958-11Billion Dollar Pigeon
13 August 1958NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1958-17Billion Dollar Pigeon
1958DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1958-11Billion Dollar Pigeon
April 1959FinlandAku Ankka 1959-08Billion Dollar Pigeon
11 September 1960ItalyAlbi della rosa 305Paperon de' Paperoni e il piccione viaggiatore
1960FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1959Billion Dollar Pigeon
1962AustraliaDonald Duck (D series) 70Billion Dollar Pigeon
3 January 1964ChileDisneylandia 67Billion Dollar Pigeon
November 1966United StatesThe Best of Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck 1Billion Dollar Pigeon
7 December 1967SpainPato Donald Extraordinario/Almanaque 1967-03Negocios al vuelo
3 October 1968YugoslaviaMiki 102Srećni Baja
1974United StatesThe Best of Walt Disney Comics 72Billion Dollar Pigeon
17 July 1978YugoslaviaМикијев Забавник 197Billion Dollar Pigeon
17 July 1978YugoslaviaMikijev Zabavnik v slovenščini 197(brez naslova)
4 April 1979SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1979-14Den plikttrogna brevduvan
6 April 1979NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1979-15Den som venter...
9 April 1979DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1979-15Det bortblevne bankbud
10 April 1979GermanyMicky Maus 1979-15Die Kunst, reich zu werden
9 April 1980FinlandAku Ankka 1980-15Rahan tuloa ei voi estää
18 April 1980NetherlandsDonald Duck 1980-16Billion Dollar Pigeon
11 May 1980FranceLe Journal de Mickey 1454Une perte profitable
12 September 1980MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 783Billion Dollar Pigeon
1980ItalyComplete Carl Barks 14Billion Dollar Pigeon
4 December 1981BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 1570O Milhão Bateu Asas
1981FinlandAku Ankka -neljännesvuosikerta 1980-2Rahan tuloa ei voi estää
1981FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1980-1Rahan tuloa ei voi estää
14 May 1982PortugalPato Donald 28O Milhão Bateu Asas
January 1983NetherlandsOom Dagobert 18Billion Dollar Pigeon
3 January 1984IndonesiaDonal Bebek 115Billion Dollar Pigeon
September 1984ItalyPaperino di Barks collezione ANAF 19Zio Paperone e il piccione viaggiatore
December 1984United StatesCarl Barks Library (Another Rainbow) 3Billion Dollar Pigeon
October 1986United StatesUncle Scrooge 213Billion Dollar Pigeon
February 1988ItalyZio Paperone 4Zio Paperone - Petruccio, piccione d'affari
March 1989BrazilTio Patinhas (Abril) 286Investimento Anônimo
25 August 1989PortugalPato Donald 218Investimento Anónimo
May 1990GermanyDie besten Geschichten mit Donald Duck - Klassik Album 23Die Kunst reich zu werden
23 May 1991ColombiaPato Donald (Abril Cinco) 73Investigación anónima
1992NetherlandsAlle klassieke verhalen 8Billion Dollar Pigeon
August 1993NetherlandsDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck 76Billion Dollar Pigeon
1994GermanyDonald Duck Klassik Album 6Die Kunst reich zu werden
6 August 1996United StatesThe Adventures of Uncle Scrooge McDuck in Color 7Pigeonholed Millions
24 June 1997NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1997-26Den som venter...
26 June 1997DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1997-26Flyvsk million
4 July 1997SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1997-28Den plikttrogna brevduvan
March 1999GermanyBarks Library Special Onkel Dagobert 7Die Kunst, reich zu werden
May 1999ItalyZio Paperone 116Zio Paperone e il piccione viaggiatore
March 2001ItalyZio Paperone (ristampa) 4Zio Paperone - Petruccio, piccione d'affari
2001FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1959Billion Dollar Pigeon
November 2002NetherlandsDonald Duck Collectie 20Billion Dollar Pigeon
October 2003FrancePicsou Magazine 381Quitte ou double
June 2004DenmarkAnders And & Co. – Den komplette årgang 1958-2Billion Dollar Pigeon
2 September 2004NetherlandsDonald Duck Facsimile-albums 1955 2Billion Dollar Pigeon
29 October 2004FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) B 43Quitte ou double
November 2004BrazilO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks 6Investimento Anônimo
2004NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 26Billion Dollar Pigeon
2004SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1958-02Billion Dollar Pigeon
November 2005GermanyCarl Barks Collection 12Billion Dollar Pigeon
December 2005DenmarkCarl Barks' Samlede Værker 12Det bortblevne bankbud
December 2005NorwayCarl Barks samlede verk 12Billion Dollar Pigeon
2005SwedenCarl Barks samlade verk 12Billion Dollar Pigeon
April 2006PortugalObras-Primas da BD Disney 9Investimento Anónimo
27 November 2006NorwayCarl Barks' jul 2006Den som venter...
19 April 2007FinlandCarl Barksin kootut 12Billion Dollar Pigeon
24 March 2008ItalyLa grande dinastia dei paperi (Corriere della Sera) 9Zio Paperone e il piccione viaggiatore
17 August 2009GermanyBarks Onkel Dagobert 2Die Kunst, reich zu werden
22 December 2010DenmarkAnders And & Co. 2010B51Flyvsk million
24 June 2011BrazilAlmanaque do Tio Patinhas (2ª Série) 2Investimento Anônimo
November 2011GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη του Καρλ Μπαρκς 9Φτερωτή Χρηματαποστολή
December 2011FranceLa dynastie Donald Duck - Intégrale Carl Barks 5Quitte ou double
19 December 2013NorwayCarl Barks' Andeby 3Den som venter...
June 2014ItalyUack! 3Zio Paperone e il piccione viaggiatore
10 August 2014GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη Disney 9Φτερωτή Χρηματαποστολή
2 November 2014United StatesThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics) 14The Million-Dollar Pigeon
2014SwedenCarl Barks Ankeborg 3Billion Dollar Pigeon
4 October 2016GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 353Die Kunst, reich zu werden
8 November 2017FrancePicsou Magazine 534Quitte ou double
2017RussiaБиблиотека Карла Баркса 14Голубь на миллион
23 January 2019PolandKaczogród. Carl Barks 3Kaczor i gołąb
13 July 2019SpainLa Gran Dinastía del Pato Donald 20La paloma millonaria
June 2020BrazilColeção Carl Barks Definitiva 14Investimento Anônimo
22 October 2020GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch Classic Edition 9Die Kunst, reich zu werden
October 2020FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1980-1Rahan tuloa ei voi estää
2020SwedenKalle Anka: Carl Barks bästa 2020Den plikttrogna brevduvan
14 September 2021ItalyLa Grande Dinastia dei Paperi (2a edizione) 9Zio Paperone e il piccione viaggiatore
2 November 2021IcelandAndrés Önd 2021-44Tugmilljóna dúfa
4 November 2021DenmarkAnders And & Co. 2021-44Flyvsk million
5 November 2021NorwayDonald Duck & Co 2021-44Den som venter ...
2021SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 2021-44Den plikttrogna brevduvan
27 January 2023NorwayDonald Duck av Carl Barks 17Billion Dollar Pigeon
May 2023LithuaniaDonaldas ir kiti 2023-03Pašto karvelis
18 August 2023GermanyEntenhausen-Edition Donald von Carl Barks 81Die Kunst, reich zu werden
2023BulgariaДъкбург. Carl Barks 3Паток или гълъб
9 July 2024FinlandAku Ankan parhaat 1954Rahan tuloa ei voi estää
29 October 2024CroatiaPatkograd. Carl Barks 3Patak i golub
3 March 2025NetherlandsDonald Duck app 2025-10Postduif met poen
25 October 2025SerbiaПатковград. Carl Barks 3Патак и голуб
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 12Petruccio, messager de confiance
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 12Petruccio, betrouwbare boodschapper
Egyptمغامرات عم دهب (Uncle Scrooge Adventures) 5Billion Dollar Pigeon
FranceLes Belles Histoires de Walt Disney (Albums) B 8Le pigeon voyageur d'oncle Harpagon
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 89Une perte profitable
ItalyRaccolta Zio Paperone 2Zio Paperone - Petruccio, piccione d'affari
ItalyRaccolta Zio Paperone 17Zio Paperone e il piccione viaggiatore

Other versions

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

  • be/MM 310f Story, 2 p., 5 tiers
  • br/PD 181i Story, 3 p., 4 tiers
  • es/PDE1967-03i Story, 5 p., 3 tiers
  • fr/JM 1454d Story, 2 p., 5 tiers

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