HIGHDUCKS

StoryW US 31-05

The Secret Book

Crook sells US a "secret book"

First published
21 July 1960
Created
24 May 1956
Length
7/8 pages (4 tiers)
Printed
80 times, in 25 countries
Also coded
us157-p.31, w/us31, wr/us157, wus31-05

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
22 January 1960MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 208The Secret Book
21 July 1960United StatesUncle Scrooge 31The Secret Book
1960SpainDumbo 1ª (ERSA) 369A la reciproca
14 February 1961ArgentinaEl Pato Donald 851El secreto
19 February 1961ItalyAlbi della rosa 328Zio Paperone e il segreto del libro
2 May 1961BrazilZé Carioca 495Um Livro Ultra-Secreto
9 May 1961DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1961-19The Secret Book
21 June 1961NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1961-25The Secret Book
19 September 1961MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 250El libro del secreto
1961AustraliaGiant (G Series) 206The Secret Book
17 February 1962GermanyMicky Maus 1962-07The Secret Book
9 May 1962FinlandAku Ankka 1962-19The Secret Book
1963FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1962-1The Secret Book
7 May 1965SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1965-18The Secret Book
1968AustraliaGiant (G Series) 433The Secret Book
1968ChileTío Rico 71El libro secreto
1969ColombiaTío Rico 71El libro secreto
October 1973SpainDumbo 2ª (ERSA) 105The Secret Book
August 1974FrancePicsou Magazine 30Le fortunocode !
10 August 1978United StatesUncle Scrooge 157The Secret Book
October 1979IndiaWalt Disney's Wonder World (English) 1980-01The Secret Book
June 1980CanadaOncle Pic$ou 6Le livre secret
1980ItalyComplete Carl Barks 24The Secret Book
21 December 1981YugoslaviaМикијев Забавник 376The Secret Book
21 December 1981YugoslaviaMikijev Zabavnik v slovenščini 376(Kako se obdaš z denarjem)
1982CanadaComicOrama Jumbo 236Le livre secret
January 1983BrazilTio Patinhas (Abril) 212Um Livro Ultra-Secreto
1984AustraliaMickey Mouse (Magman) 2The Secret Book
November 1985United StatesCarl Barks Library (Another Rainbow) 4The Secret Book
May 1986ItalyPaperino di Barks collezione ANAF 41Zio Paperone e il segreto del libro
May 1987FrancePicsou Magazine 183Picsou apprend vite
1987, second quarterFrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) A WPicsou apprend vite
January 1988BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 1805Um Livro Ultra-Secreto
17 June 1988PortugalPato Donald 187Um Livro Ultra-Secreto
October 1988ItalyZio Paperone 12Zio Paperone - Il libro segreto
August 1989United StatesGladstone Comic Album 24The Secret Book
November 1989BrazilAnos de Ouro do Zé Carioca 1Um Livro Ultra-Secreto
1989United StatesGladstone Leather Bound Hardcover Comic Albums 5The Secret Book
1990ColombiaPato Donald (Abril Cinco) 12Un libro súper secreto
January 1991Malaysia迪士尼月刊 1白纸的秘密
August 1992United StatesThe Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color 2The Secret Book
23 October 1992NetherlandsDonald Duck 1992-43Het geheime boek
December 1992FinlandRoope-setä 1992-12The Secret Book in English
1992NetherlandsAlle klassieke verhalen 10Het geheime boek
17 August 1993IndonesiaDonal Bebek 617Buku Rahasia
February 1994GermanyBarks Library Special Onkel Dagobert 2The Secret Book
June 1995NetherlandsDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck 83Het geheime boek
April 1998ItalyZio Paperone 103Zio Paperone e il segreto del libro
1998United StatesWalt Disney's Comics in Color 2nd album series 3The Secret Book
16 August 2000FinlandRoope-setä 2000EThe Secret Book in English
March 2001ItalyZio Paperone (ristampa) 12Zio Paperone - Il libro segreto
September 2001GermanyDisney Mundart 2Lebbe geht weider
November 2002NetherlandsDonald Duck Collectie 22Het geheime boek
January 2004FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1962-1The Secret Book
August 2005GermanyCarl Barks Collection 21The Secret Book
August 2005DenmarkCarl Barks' Samlede Værker 21The Secret Book
August 2005NorwayCarl Barks samlede verk 21The Secret Book
September 2005BrazilO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks 15O Livro Secreto
September 2005SwedenCarl Barks samlade verk 21The Secret Book
October 2006NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 46The Secret Book
12 December 2006FinlandCarl Barksin kootut 21The Secret Book
10 May 2007DenmarkAnders And & Co. – Den komplette årgang 1961-3The Secret Book
16 June 2008ItalyLa grande dinastia dei paperi (Corriere della Sera) 21Zio Paperone e il segreto del libro
21 November 2009NetherlandsDonald Duck Collectie, Algemeen Dagblad 1Het geheime boek
8 November 2010GermanyBarks Onkel Dagobert 7The Secret Book
2010SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1965-02The Secret Book
24 April 2013FranceLa dynastie Donald Duck - Intégrale Carl Barks 11Picsou apprend vite
25 March 2015NorwayCarl Barks' Andeby 11Den hemmelige boken
March 2015ItalyUack! 12Zio Paperone e il segreto del libro
12 July 2015GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη Disney 21Το μυστικό του βιβλίου
2016SwedenCarl Barks Ankeborg 11The Secret Book
15 August 2017United StatesThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics) 16The Secret Book
9 March 2019SpainLa Gran Dinastía del Pato Donald 32El libro secreto
October 2019BrazilColeção Carl Barks Definitiva 16O Livro Secreto
2019RussiaБиблиотека Карла Баркса 16Книга секретов
21 October 2021GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch Classic Edition 15The Secret Book
7 December 2021ItalyLa Grande Dinastia dei Paperi (2a edizione) 21Zio Paperone e il segreto del libro
23 August 2023PolandKaczogród. Carl Barks 21Poradnik za poradnik
CanadaL'album du collectionneur OP 2Le livre secret
ItalyRaccolta Zio Paperone 3Zio Paperone - Il libro segreto

Other versions

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

  • ar/EPD 851c Story, 1 p., 4 tiers
  • de/CBC 21p138 Story, 11/12 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/DDD 11db Story, 4 tiers
  • fr/PM 30l Story, ¾ p., 4 tiers
  • my/DM 1p18 Story, 2 p., 2 tiers

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