HIGHDUCKS

StoryW US 31-04

Two-Way Luck

Superstitious Scrooge goes emerald-hunting!

First published
21 July 1960
Created
26 February 1960
Length
9 pages (4 tiers)
Printed
106 times, in 24 countries
Also coded
k.128, us31, w/us31b, wr/us157, wus31-04, wus31-04

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
21 July 1960United StatesUncle Scrooge 31Two-Way Luck
1960SpainDumbo 1ª (ERSA) 369El supersticioso
12 February 1961ItalyTopolino (libretto) 272Zio Paperone e gli smeraldi giganti
28 February 1961ArgentinaEl Pato Donald 853Esmeraldas gigantes
25 April 1961BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 494Azar de Sexta-Feira
19 September 1961MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 250Siempre con suerte
19 November 1961FranceLe Journal de Mickey 495Picsou et son horoscope !
1961AustraliaGiant (G Series) 206Two-way Luck
16 January 1962DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1962-03Two-Way Luck
20 January 1962GermanyMicky Maus 1962-03Freitag, der 13.
23 January 1962SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1962-04Two-Way Luck
24 January 1962NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1962-04Two-Way Luck
31 March 1962NetherlandsDonald Duck 1962-13Two-Way Luck
1962GermanyMicky Maus Sammelband 1Freitag, der 13.
16 January 1963FinlandAku Ankka 1963-03Two-Way Luck
March 1963FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 23Picsou et son horoscope !
1964FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1963-1Two-Way Luck
20 March 1966ItalyAlbi della rosa 593Zio Paperone e gli smeraldi giganti
1968AustraliaGiant (G Series) 433Two-way Luck
1968ChileTío Rico 71Suerte en dos sentidos
1969ColombiaTío Rico 71Suerte en dos sentidos
11 February 1971United StatesUncle Scrooge 92Two-Way Luck
13 July 1972YugoslaviaMiki 299Džinovski smaragd
16 November 1972GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 31Freitag, der 13.
October 1973GreeceΜίκυ (Μεγάλο) 74Το ωροσκόπιο
May 1974ChileDisneylandia 593Suerte caprichosa
March 1976FranceMickey Poche 23Picsou et son horoscope !
10 August 1978United StatesUncle Scrooge 157Two-Way Luck
June 1980CanadaOncle Pic$ou 6La chance à deux sens
November 1980BrazilDisney Especial (1ª Série) 53Azar de Sexta-Feira
1980ItalyComplete Carl Barks 24Two-Way Luck
10 September 1982NetherlandsDonald Duck 1982-36Two-Way Luck
1982CanadaComicOrama Jumbo 236La chance à deux sens
April 1983GreeceΜίκυ (Μεγάλο) 188Το ωροσκόπιο!
25 December 1984IndonesiaDonal Bebek 166Two-Way Luck
1984AustraliaWalt Disney's Comics & Stories (Magman) 5Two-way Luck
November 1985United StatesCarl Barks Library (Another Rainbow) 4Two-Way Luck
1986DenmarkBedste historier om Anders And 24Smaragd-konkurrencen
1986FinlandAku Ankan parhaat 26Suuri smaragdikilpailu
1986IcelandÚrvals-sögur af Andrési Önd 2Lán í óláni
1986NorwayBeste historier om Donald Duck & Co 28Hell i uhell
1986NorwayTegneseriebokklubben 15Hell i uhell
1986SwedenKalle Ankas Bästisar 24Smaragdtävlingen
January 1987ItalyPaperino di Barks collezione ANAF 41-AZio Paperone e gli smeraldi giganti
April 1987GermanyDie besten Geschichten mit Donald Duck - Klassik Album 11Freitag, der 13.
8 September 1987BrazilSeleção Disney 13Azar de Sexta-Feira
7 October 1987YugoslaviaМикијев Забавник 677Хороскоп
7 October 1987YugoslaviaMikijev Zabavnik v slovenščini 677Horoskop
1987GermanyDie besten Geschichten mit Donald Duck - Klassik Album - Hardcover 11Freitag, der 13.
October 1988BrazilDisney Especial Reedição 48Azar de Sexta-Feira
October 1988ItalyZio Paperone 12Zio Paperone - Gli smeraldi giganti
24 January 1989United StatesDuckTales (Gladstone) 5Two-Way Luck
30 June 1989PortugalPato Donald 214Azar de Sexta-Feira
1989GermanyDonald Duck Klassik Album 3Freitag, der 13.
1989GermanyDie besten Geschichten mit Donald Duck (Klassik-Album) - Sammelband 4Freitag, der 13.
March 1990FrancePicsou Magazine 218La chance aux chanceux
April 1992NetherlandsDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck 70Two-Way Luck
1992NetherlandsAlle klassieke verhalen 13Two-Way Luck
September 1993GreeceΚόμιξ 63Οι δύο πλευρές της τύχης
7 October 1997United StatesThe Adventures of Uncle Scrooge McDuck in Color 31Two-Way Luck
March 1998ItalyZio Paperone 102Zio Paperone e gli smeraldi giganti
March 2001GermanyBarks Library Special Onkel Dagobert 19Freitag, der 13.
March 2001ItalyZio Paperone (ristampa) 12Zio Paperone - Gli smeraldi giganti
6 February 2002FrancePicsou Magazine 361Catastrophe astrologique
August 2002NetherlandsDonald Duck Collectie 19Two-Way Luck
10 February 2003FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) B 37Catastrophe astrologique
February 2005FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1963-1Two-Way Luck
August 2005BrazilO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks 14Azar de Sexta-Feira
August 2005GermanyCarl Barks Collection 21Two-Way Luck
August 2005DenmarkCarl Barks' Samlede Værker 21Two-Way Luck
August 2005NorwayCarl Barks samlede verk 21Two-Way Luck
September 2005SwedenCarl Barks samlade verk 21Two-Way Luck
12 December 2006FinlandCarl Barksin kootut 21Two-Way Luck
March 2007NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 50Two-Way Luck
May 2007SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1962-01Two-Way Luck
24 January 2008DenmarkAnders And & Co. – Den komplette årgang 1962-1Two-Way Luck
23 June 2008ItalyLa grande dinastia dei paperi (Corriere della Sera) 22Zio Paperone Gli smeraldi giganti
April 2009GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sonderedition 4Freitag, der 13.
8 November 2010GermanyBarks Onkel Dagobert 7Freitag, der 13.
24 April 2013FranceLa dynastie Donald Duck - Intégrale Carl Barks 11Catastrophe astrologique
25 March 2015NorwayCarl Barks' Andeby 11Hell i uhell
March 2015ItalyUack! 12Zio Paperone e gli smeraldi giganti
19 July 2015GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη Disney 22Οι δύο πλευρές της τύχης
2016SwedenCarl Barks Ankeborg 11Two-Way Luck
12 October 2017DenmarkAnders And & Co. 2017-41Smaragd-konkurrencen
16 October 2017NorwayDonald Duck & Co 2017-42Hell i uhell
11 December 2017IndonesiaDonal Bebek 1886Emerald Raksasa
2017SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 2017-41Smaragdtävlingen
18 October 2018SpainLa Gran Dinastía del Pato Donald 33Suerte bidireccional
20 March 2020FinlandCarl Barksin sankarit 2020Suuri smaragdikilpailu
16 March 2021United StatesThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics) 24Two-Way Luck
10 September 2021NorwayDonald Duck av Carl Barks 8Two-Way Luck
September 2021BrazilColeção Carl Barks Definitiva 24Azar de Sexta-Feira
21 October 2021GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch Classic Edition 15Freitag, der 13.
14 December 2021ItalyLa Grande Dinastia dei Paperi (2a edizione) 22Zio Paperone Gli smeraldi giganti
31 August 2022FinlandAku Ankka 2022-35Suuri smaragdikilpailu
23 August 2023PolandKaczogród. Carl Barks 21Pechowy dzień
19 August 2025GermanyEntenhausen-Edition Donald von Carl Barks 93Freitag, der 13.
CanadaL'album du collectionneur OP 2La chance à deux sens
Egyptمغامرات عم دهب (Uncle Scrooge Adventures) 5Two-Way Luck
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) AA23Picsou et son horoscope !
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) AB23Picsou et son horoscope !
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) AC23Picsou et son horoscope !
FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) B 3La chance aux chanceux
ItalyRaccolta Zio Paperone 3Zio Paperone - Gli smeraldi giganti
ItalyRaccolta Zio Paperone 16Zio Paperone e gli smeraldi giganti

Other versions

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

  • ar/EPD 853xb Story, -1 p., 4 tiers
  • fi/AA1963-03b Story, 8 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/JM 495c Story, 4 p., 6 tiers
  • fr/MPO 23p147 Story, 18 p., 2 tiers
  • it/AR 593c Story, 12 p., 3 tiers

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