HIGHDUCKS

StoryW WDC 69-02

Biceps Blues

DD wants to gain muscles to impress DA

First published
June 1946
Created
1 February 1946
Length
10 pages (4 tiers)
Printed
117 times, in 22 countries
Also coded
k.204, w/wdc69, w/wdc69, w/wdc69a, wwdc69-02

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
June 1946United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 69Biceps Blues
22 October 1946ArgentinaEl Pato Donald 119Sansón y Dalila (part 2)
3 December 1946ArgentinaEl Pato Donald 125Sansón y Dalila (part ?)
1947AustraliaWalt Disney's Comics (No. Series) 4Biceps Blues
1947SpainDumbo 1ª (ERSA) 5Un tío de fuerza
25 July 1948ArgentinaLa Gran Historieta 40Sansón y Dalila
1949ItalyQuaderni a fumetti 0109Paperino atleta
May 1951BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 11Sansão e Dalila
25 January 1952BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 68Costaud sans le savoir !
25 January 1952BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 68Biceps Blues
17 April 1955FranceLe Journal de Mickey 151Donald haltérophile
1961AustraliaJumbo (J Series) 26Biceps Blues
26 May 1966SpainPato Donald 2ª (ERSA) 4Un tío de fuerza
1966SpainRetapado Pato Donald 1Un tío de fuerza
17 February 1967MexicoHistorietas de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 347Biceps Blues
September 1976GermanyCarl Barks gesammelte Werke 6Biceps Blues
6 January 1977SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1977-01Hur man blir en muskelknutte
10 January 1977DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1977-02Mislykket muskelmand
11 January 1977NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1977-02Muskelmirakler
11 January 1978FinlandAku Ankka 1978-02Voimamies
1978ItalyPaperino 3Forzuto senza saperlo
1979FinlandAku Ankka -neljännesvuosikerta 1978-1Voimamies
1979FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1978-1Voimamies
5 February 1980GermanyMicky Maus 1980-06Jedenfalls Muskelschmalz
28 March 1980NetherlandsDonald Duck 1980-13Biceps Blues
1980ItalyComplete Carl Barks 4Biceps Blues
5 June 1981BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 1544Sansão e Dalila
13 November 1981PortugalPato Donald 15Sansão e Dalila
September 1982ItalyPaperino di Barks collezione ANAF 5Paperino forzuto senza saperlo
1984SpainSelección Pato Donald 1Un tío de fuerza
April 1985NetherlandsDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck 43Biceps Blues
29 May 1986BrazilDisney Especial (1ª Série) 92Sansão e Dalila
24 June 1986PortugalAs Melhores Histórias 10Sansão e Dalila
16 September 1986FranceLe Journal de Mickey 1787Donald culturiste
26 September 1986FranceDonald Magazine 86-38Donald culturiste
30 December 1986PortugalDisney Especial 24Sansão E Dalila
1986NetherlandsAlle verhalen van Carl Barks / Alle klassieke verhalen 2Biceps Blues
1986PortugalSelecção Disney 8Sansão e Dalila
March 1988United StatesCarl Barks Library (Another Rainbow) 7Biceps Blues
May 1988BrazilAnos de Ouro do Pato Donald 2Sansão e Dalila
19 July 1988United StatesMickey and Donald 6Musclebound Mania
September 1991GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 115Jedenfalls Muskelschmalz
September 1991ItalyZio Paperone 24Paperino forzuto senza saperlo
18 June 1992PortugalDisney Especial Reedição 15Sansão e Dalila
August 1992United StatesThe Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color 8Biceps Blues
1992GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 12AJedenfalls Muskelschmalz
1992GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 12CJedenfalls Muskelschmalz
1992NetherlandsAlle klassieke verhalen 2Biceps Blues
December 1993GermanyBarks Library 8Jedenfalls Muskelschmalz
June 1995BrazilDisney Especial Reedição 86Sansão e Dalila
November 1995GreeceΚόμιξ 89Μουσκουλομανία
1995DenmarkGuldbog 12Mislykket muskelmand
1995IcelandLeyndardómur gamla kastalans : valdar sögur úr safni Carls Barks 1Krafta-Karlinn
1995NorwayGullbok 12Muskelmirakler
1995SwedenKalle Anka Guldbok 12Hur man blir en muskelknutte
February 1997ItalyCarl Barks Comic Art 5Donald Duck
April 1997GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) (Zweitauflage) 115Jedenfalls Muskelschmalz
16 May 1997PolandKaczor Donald 1997-10Przez muskuły do serca
May 1997CzechiaKačer Donald 1997-10se chce stát svalovcem
1997SlovakiaKáčer Donald 1997-10Kulturista
July 1998BulgariaМики Маус 1998-13Големи мускули
1998GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 26EJedenfalls Muskelschmalz
1998GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 26FJedenfalls Muskelschmalz
8 September 1999FinlandAku Ankan Juhlasarjat 9Voimamies
1999GermanyDonald Classics - Das Beste aus Entenhausen 2Jedenfalls Muskelschmalz
1999GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 27BJedenfalls Muskelschmalz
1999PortugalPato Donald - edição de aniversário 65 1Sansão e Dalila
February 2002GermanyBarks Comics and Stories - von Carl Barks 3Jedenfalls Muskelschmalz
February 2002NetherlandsDonald Duck Collectie 12Biceps Blues
September 2002ItalyZio Paperone (ristampa) 24Paperino forzuto senza saperlo
March 2005FrancePicsou Magazine 398Un baraqué débusqué !
9 January 2006United StatesDonald Duck 336Biceps Blues
April 2006BrazilO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks 19Sansão e Dalila
April 2006GermanyCarl Barks Collection 3Jedenfalls Muskelschmalz
April 2006DenmarkCarl Barks' Samlede Værker 3Mislykket muskelmand
April 2006NorwayCarl Barks samlede verk 3Biceps Blues
2006SwedenCarl Barks samlade verk 3Biceps Blues
31 May 2007DenmarkHall of Fame 18Mislykket muskelmand
June 2007NorwayHall of Fame - De store serieskaperne 18Muskelmirakler
27 August 2007FinlandCarl Barksin kootut 3Biceps Blues
2007SwedenHall of Fame: De stora serieskaparna 18Hur man blir en muskelknutte
6 October 2008ItalyLa grande dinastia dei paperi (Corriere della Sera) 37Paperino forzuto senza saperlo
24 June 2009SpainBiblioteca Carl Barks 3Todo un Hércules
25 January 2011SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 2011X04Hur man blir muskelknutte
27 January 2011DenmarkAnders And & Co. 2011B04Biceps Blues
28 January 2011NorwayDonald Duck & Co 2011B04Biceps Blues
17 June 2011GermanyEntenhausen-Edition Donald von Carl Barks 8Jedenfalls Muskelschmalz
29 January 2014FinlandCarl Barksin parhaat sarjat 1Voimamies
23 May 2014FranceLes trésors de Donald 1Un baraqué débusqué !
25 August 2015FinlandCarl Barks in English 2015Biceps Blues
3 July 2016GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη Disney 37Μουσκουλομανία
28 September 2016FinlandAku Ankka 2016-39Voimamies
12 October 2016FranceLa dynastie Donald Duck - Intégrale Carl Barks 21Un baraqué débusqué
4 October 2018GermanyAnthologie-Reihe 4Jedenfalls Muskelschmalz
2018FinlandVanhan linnan salaisuus / Andien kutsu 2018Voimamies
February 2019NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 155Muskelmirakler
10 August 2019SpainLa Gran Dinastía del Pato Donald 5Todo un Hércules
September 2019FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1978-1Voimamies
17 October 2019GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch Classic Edition 3Jedenfalls Muskelschmalz
2019SwedenCarl Barks Ankeborg 21Biceps Blues
April 2020FrancePicsou Magazine 548Biceps blues !
19 February 2021NorwayDonald Duck av Carl Barks 4Biceps Blues
29 March 2022ItalyLa Grande Dinastia dei Paperi (2a edizione) 37Paperino forzuto senza saperlo
8 September 2022DenmarkAnders And & Co. 2022-36Mislykket muskelmand
9 September 2022NorwayDonald Duck & Co 2022-36Muskelmirakler
2022SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 2022-36Hur man blir en muskelknutte
25 January 2023PolandKaczogród. Carl Barks 19Kacza krzepa
10 October 2023United StatesThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics) 4Biceps Blues
January 2024BrazilColeção Carl Barks Definitiva 4Sansão e Dalila
21 November 2024GermanyWalt Disney's Donald Duck - Die Ultimative Chronik 1Biceps Blues in English
11 December 2024FinlandCarl Barksin Aku Ankka 12Voimamies
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 3Costaud sans le savoir !
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 3Biceps Blues
SpainDumbo 1ª (Recopilatorio) 1Un tío de fuerza
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 6Donald haltérophile
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 122Donald culturiste
ItalyRaccolta Zio Paperone 6Paperino forzuto senza saperlo

Other versions

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

  • ar/EPD 119c Story, 1 p., 4 tiers
  • ar/GH 40c Story, 8 p., 4 tiers
  • be/MM 68p14 Story, 5 p., 5 tiers
  • br/PD 11c Story, 6 p., 5 tiers
  • de/BL 8h Story, 10 p., 4 tiers
  • de/DDUC 1p312 Story, ½ p., 6 tiers
  • es/DB1 5h Story, 10 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/JM 151e Story, 4 p., 5 tiers
  • fr/JM 1787l Story, 5 ½ p., 5 tiers
  • it/QS 0109b Story, 3 ½ p., 4 tiers

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