HIGHDUCKS

StoryW US 14-05

Faulty Fortune

buying a chunk of Texas - one inch at a time!

First published
1 May 1956
Created
17 November 1955
Length
7 ¾ pages (4 tiers)
Printed
97 times, in 24 countries
Also coded
k.082, us14, us188, w/us14b, wus14-05, wus14-05

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
1 May 1956United StatesUncle Scrooge 14Faulty Fortune
10 September 1956ItalyTopolino (libretto) 146Paperino e la marmotta petrolifera
1956AustraliaGiant (G Series) 64Faulty Fortune
25 June 1957BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 294Previsões do Futuro
1 August 1957MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 140Faulty Fortune
31 October 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 369Les bulles du café
31 October 1957BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 369Petroleum en koffiedik
8 February 1959FranceLe Journal de Mickey 350Oncle Picsou voyant extralucide !
April 1960FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 15Oncle Picsou voyant extralucide !
27 February 1961United KingdomWalt Disney's Weekly 1961-09Trouble in store
21 January 1962ItalyAlbi della rosa 376Paperino e la marmotta petrolifera
23 November 1965ChileDisneylandia 166Faulty Fortune
1965AustraliaGiant (G Series) 350Faulty Fortune
16 November 1967SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1967-46Faulty Fortune
21 November 1967DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1967-47Onkel Joakims store oliefund
22 November 1967NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1967-47Store oljefunn
25 November 1967GermanyMicky Maus 1967-47Das Kaffeeorakel
20 November 1968FinlandAku Ankka 1968-47Suuri öljylöytö
1969FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1968-2Suuri öljylöytö
January 1976FranceMickey Poche 21Oncle Picsou voyant extra-lucide
1978FinlandJättikirjat (400-sivuiset) 1978Suuri öljylöytö
31 August 1979NetherlandsDonald Duck 1979-35Faulty Fortune
1980ItalyComplete Carl Barks 16Faulty Fortune
June 1981SwedenKalle Ankas Sommarlov 1981Det stora oljefyndet
2 July 1981United StatesUncle Scrooge 188Faulty Fortune
1981DenmarkGavehæfte 38Et oliefund
1981NorwayDonald Ducks show 1981-1Stort oljefunn
8 April 1982GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 70Das Kaffeeorakel
July 1982ItalyPaperino di Barks collezione ANAF 25Zio Paperone e la marmotta petrolifera
1983FinlandAku Ankan satasivuiset / Aku Ankan karuselli 1983-07Suuri öljylöytö
December 1984United StatesCarl Barks Library (Another Rainbow) 3Faulty Fortune
March 1985NetherlandsOom Dagobert 26Faulty Fortune
1986GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 4BDas Kaffeeorakel
26 August 1987YugoslaviaМикијев Забавник 671Богатство у Бестрагији
26 August 1987YugoslaviaMikijev Zabavnik v slovenščini 671Bogastvo v Neznaniji
April 1988ItalyZio Paperone 6Zio Paperone - Il futuro in una tazza di caffè
26 December 1989United StatesUncle Scrooge Adventures 20Faulty Fortune
1989GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) (Zweitauflage) 70Das Kaffeeorakel
March 1990Egyptميكى جيب (Mickey Guaib) 164Faulty Fortune
March 1992GreeceΚόμιξ 45Ο Καφές
1992NetherlandsAlle klassieke verhalen 9Faulty Fortune
1993DenmarkBedste historier om Anders And 35Store oliefund
1993FinlandAku Ankan parhaat 44Suuri öljylöytö
1993NorwayBeste historier 6Store oljefunn
1993NorwayTegneseriebokklubben 105Store oljefunn
5 November 1996United StatesThe Adventures of Uncle Scrooge McDuck in Color 14Faulty Fortune
27 June 1997SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1997-27Lita inte på spådomar
1 July 1997NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1997-27Store oljefunn
3 July 1997DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1997-27Det store oliefund
February 1998ItalyZio Paperone 101Zio Paperone e la marmotta petrolifera
September 1999GermanyBarks Library Special Onkel Dagobert 10Das Kaffeeorakel
January 2001FrancePicsou Magazine 348Blé contre pétrole
March 2001ItalyZio Paperone (ristampa) 6Zio Paperone - Il futuro in una tazza di caffè
31 October 2001FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) B 33Blé contre pétrole
November 2004BrazilO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks 7Previsões do Futuro
November 2006GermanyCarl Barks Collection 15Das Kaffeeorakel
December 2006DenmarkCarl Barks' Samlede Værker 15Onkel Joakims store oliefund
December 2006NorwayCarl Barks samlede verk 15Faulty Fortune
2006SwedenCarl Barks samlade verk 15Faulty Fortune
12 April 2007NetherlandsDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck 130Faulty Fortune
September 2007United StatesUncle Scrooge 369Faulty Fortune
14 April 2008ItalyLa grande dinastia dei paperi (Corriere della Sera) 12Zio Paperone e la marmotta petrolifera
29 April 2008FinlandCarl Barksin kootut 15Faulty Fortune
December 2008NetherlandsDonald Duck Collectie 34Faulty Fortune
29 January 2010FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1968-2Suuri öljylöytö
8 February 2010GermanyBarks Onkel Dagobert 4Das Kaffeeorakel
November 2011NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 91Store oljefunn
21 March 2012FranceLa dynastie Donald Duck - Intégrale Carl Barks 6Blé contre pétrole
April 2012GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη του Καρλ Μπαρκς 12Οι Φουσκάλες του Καφέ
2012SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1967-06Faulty Fortune
3 April 2014NorwayCarl Barks' Andeby 5Stort oljefunn
31 August 2014GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη Disney 12Οι Φουσκάλες του Καφέ
October 2014ItalyUack! 6Zio Paperone e la marmotta petrolifera
2015SwedenCarl Barks Ankeborg 5Faulty Fortune
14 March 2016NorwayDonald Duck & Co 2016-11Stort oljefunn
17 March 2016DenmarkAnders And & Co. 2016-11-12Onkel Joakims store oliefund
2 May 2016IndonesiaDonal Bebek 1802Gelembung kopi
21 May 2016LithuaniaDonaldas ir kiti 2016-05Spèjimas iš kavos tirščių
2016SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 2016-11-12Lita inte på spådomar
15 August 2017United StatesThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics) 16Faulty Fortune
23 February 2019SpainLa Gran Dinastía del Pato Donald 23Futuro imperfecto
23 October 2019PolandKaczogród. Carl Barks 5Wywróżone z fusów
October 2019BrazilColeção Carl Barks Definitiva 16Faulty Fortune
2019RussiaБиблиотека Карла Баркса 16Коварное предсказание
20 March 2020FinlandCarl Barksin sankarit 2020Kovan onnen omaisuus
18 February 2021GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch Classic Edition 11Das Kaffeeorakel
8 June 2021IcelandAndrés Önd 2021-23Olíu-auður
5 October 2021ItalyLa Grande Dinastia dei Paperi (2a edizione) 12Zio Paperone e la marmotta petrolifera
7 June 2023FinlandAku Ankka 2023-23Kovan onnen omaisuus
20 February 2024GermanyEntenhausen-Edition Donald von Carl Barks 84Das Kaffeeorakel
9 July 2026FinlandAku Ankan parhaat 1956Kovan onnen omaisuus
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 15Les bulles du café
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 15Petroleum en koffiedik
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) AA15Oncle Picsou voyant extralucide !
ItalyRaccolta Zio Paperone 3Zio Paperone - Il futuro in una tazza di caffè
ItalyRaccolta Zio Paperone 17Zio Paperone e la marmotta petrolifera
SwedenKalle Ankas Bästisar 37Det stora oljefyndet

Other versions

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

  • be/MM 369p15 Story, 4 p., 5 tiers
  • de/MM1967-47b Story, 8 p., 4 tiers
  • de/TGDD 70b Story, 8 ¾ p., 4 tiers
  • eg/MG 164p004 Story, 16 p., 2 tiers
  • fr/DDD 6p243 Story, 7 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/JM 350c Story, 4 p., 6 tiers
  • fr/MPO 21p035 Story, 15 p., 2 tiers
  • it/AR 376c Story, 10 p., 3 tiers
  • it/PANAF25e Story, 7 p., 4 tiers
  • uk/WDW1961-09h Story, 3 p., 5 tiers

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