HIGHDUCKS

StoryW WDC 166-01

Midgets Madness

Donald dreams about participating in mini track racing, one day he gets his chance, but his performance shows to be very poor and everything goes wrong.

First published
July 1954
Created
17 September 1953
Length
10 pages (4 tiers)
Printed
115 times, in 28 countries
Also coded
05107, 3-nt-153, r/aa4/55, w/wdc166a, wwdc166-01

Credits

Plot
Carl Barks
Script
Carl Barks
Pencils
Carl Barks
Ink
Carl Barks, Garé Barks

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
July 1954United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 166Midgets Madness
10 September 1954ItalyTopolino (libretto) 98Paperino campione del volante
28 October 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (francophone) 212L'as du volant
28 October 1954BelgiumMickey Magazine (Nederlandstalig) 212Een kei van een racer
9 January 1955FranceLe Journal de Mickey 137Donald coureur automobile
1 February 1955BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 169Espírito Esportivo
30 March 1955GermanyMicky Maus 1955-04Midgets Madness
1 April 1955DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1955-04Midgets Madness
1 April 1955MexicoHistorietas de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 67Midgets Madness
1 April 1955SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1955-04Midgets Madness
27 July 1955NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1955-08Midgets Madness
August 1955FinlandAku Ankka 1955-08Midgets Madness
1955AustraliaWalt Disney's Comics (No. Series) 100Midgets Madness
1955SpainDumbo 1ª (ERSA) 177La pista de bólidos
3 March 1956NetherlandsDonald Duck 1956-09Midgets Madness
1956FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1955Midgets Madness
July 1958BrazilMickey (Abril) 70Espírito Esportivo
28 December 1962ChileDisneylandia 14Midgets Madness
1963AustraliaJumbo (J Series) 31Midget Car Mania
24 July 1968GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 14Der rasende Rennfahrer
January 1970United StatesWalt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key) 19Roaring Wheels
8 April 1971SpainPato Donald 2ª (ERSA) 118La pista de bolidos
1972AustraliaGiant (G Series) 531Midget Car Mania
1972GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 3Der rasende Rennfahrer
11 January 1973SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1973-02Otur på tävlingsbanan ...
15 January 1973DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1973-03Go-carts og genvordigheder
16 January 1973NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1973-03Racerkjøreren
16 January 1974FinlandAku Ankka 1974-03Kääpiöautokilpailu
1975FinlandAku Ankka -neljännesvuosikerta 1974-1Kääpiöautokilpailu
1975FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1974-1Kääpiöautokilpailu
19 September 1977YugoslaviaМикијев Забавник 154Трке
June 1980ItalyOggi lavoro io 1Paperino campione del volante
1980ItalyComplete Carl Barks 14Midgets Madness
27 March 1981NetherlandsDonald Duck 1981-13Midgets Madness
September 1981ItalyOmaggio Abbonati 1981Paperino campione del volante
2 May 1983GermanyGoofy 1983-05Der rasende Rennfahrer
June 1983NetherlandsDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck 32Midgets Madness
August 1983United StatesCarl Barks Library (Another Rainbow) 8Midgets Madness
1984SpainDisneylandia 14Midgets Madness
16 June 1985FranceLe Journal de Mickey 1720Le roi du volant
21 June 1985FranceDonald Magazine 85-25Le roi du volant
1 July 1985DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1985B27Go-carts og genvordigheder
2 July 1985NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1985B27Racerkjøreren
October 1985ItalyPaperino di Barks collezione ANAF 18-APaperino campione del volante
17 May 1988United StatesMickey and Donald 4Midget Madness
August 1989GermanyDie besten Geschichten mit Donald Duck - Klassik Album 20Der rasende Rennfahrer
1991GermanyDonald Duck Klassik Album 5Der rasende Rennfahrer
1992NetherlandsAlle klassieke verhalen 7Midgets Madness
August 1993ItalyZio Paperone 47Paperino campione del volante
February 1994United StatesThe Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color 26Midget Madness
25 May 1995PolandKaczor Donald 1995-11Mistrz kierownicy
May 1995CzechiaMickey Mouse 1995-11Rychlá kola
1995HungaryDonald Kacsa Magazin 1995-06Totálkáros karrier
1995SlovakiaMickey Mouse 1995-11Rýchle kolesá
July 1996BulgariaМики Маус 1996-13Ревящите колела
December 1996GermanyBarks Library 26Der rasende Rennfahrer
1996Faroe IslandsCarl Barks Savnið - Walt Disney teknisøgur í litum 12Rok á kappkoyringarbreytini
June 1997GreeceΚόμιξ 108Ο δαίμονας της ταχύτητας
1997FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1955Midgets Madness
30 September 1999GermanyMicky Maus Reprint Kassette 7Midgets Madness
November 2001NetherlandsDonald Duck Collectie 9Midgets Madness
August 2002DenmarkAnders And & Co. – Den komplette årgang 1955-1Midgets Madness
October 2002SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1955-01Midgets Madness
2002NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 14Midgets Madness
February 2003GermanyBarks Comics and Stories - von Carl Barks 9Der rasende Rennfahrer
March 2004GermanyMicky Maus - Die frühen Jahre 12Midgets Madness
August 2004NorwayHall of Fame - De store serieskaperne 3Midgets Madness
September 2004PolandKaczogród 2Szybki i wściekły
18 October 2004DenmarkHall of Fame 3Go-carts og genvordigheder
2004SwedenHall of Fame: De stora serieskaparna 3Otur på tävlingsbanan
18 May 2005FinlandAku Ankka 2005-20Kääpiöautokilpailu
1 September 2005NetherlandsDonald Duck Facsimile-albums 1956 1Midgets Madness
November 2005GermanyCarl Barks Collection 12Midgets Madness
December 2005DenmarkCarl Barks' Samlede Værker 12Gokarts og genvordigheder
December 2005NorwayCarl Barks samlede verk 12Midgets Madness
2005SwedenCarl Barks samlade verk 12Midgets Madness
April 2006FinlandAku Ankka -neljännesvuosikerta 2005-2Kääpiöautokilpailu
June 2006FrancePicsou Magazine 413La piste aux bolides
25 October 2006FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) B 49La piste aux bolides
6 April 2007FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) B 50La piste aux bolides
19 April 2007FinlandCarl Barksin kootut 12Midgets Madness
May 2007BrazilO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks 28Espírito Esportivo
17 March 2008ItalyLa grande dinastia dei paperi (Corriere della Sera) 8Paperino campione del volante
December 2008GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sonderedition 2Der rasende Rennfahrer
April 2011GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη του Καρλ Μπαρκς 8Ο δαίμονας της ταχύτητας
5 October 2011FranceLa dynastie Donald Duck - Intégrale Carl Barks 4La piste aux bolides
5 November 2013NorwayCarl Barks' Andeby 2Racerkjøreren
6 June 2014GermanyEntenhausen-Edition Donald von Carl Barks 26Der rasende Rennfahrer
3 August 2014GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη Disney 8Ο δαίμονας της ταχύτητας
2014SwedenCarl Barks Ankeborg 2Midgets Madness
26 September 2015FranceLes trésors de Picsou 32La piste aux bolides
November 2015NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 127Racerkjøreren
19 January 2016FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1974-1Kääpiöautokilpailu
13 September 2016United StatesThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics) 15Midgets Madness
February 2017BrazilColeção Carl Barks Definitiva 15Espírito Esportivo
16 November 2017CzechiaZlatá Klasika 3Midgets Madness
16 May 2018SpainLa Gran Dinastía del Pato Donald 19Rugido de motores
28 November 2018PolandKaczogród. Carl Barks 2Szybki i wściekły
10 April 2019NetherlandsDonald Duck specials 2019-03Midgets Madness
23 October 2019FinlandCarl Barksin sankarit 2019Kääpiöautokilpailu
22 October 2020GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch Classic Edition 9Der rasende Rennfahrer
2020RussiaБиблиотека Карла Баркса 15Малолитражное безумие
7 September 2021ItalyLa Grande Dinastia dei Paperi (2a edizione) 8Paperino campione del volante
February 2023BulgariaДъкбург. Carl Barks 2Картинг кутсузлия
23 May 2024CroatiaPatkograd. Carl Barks 2Brzi i žestoki
9 July 2024FinlandAku Ankan parhaat 1954Kääpiöautokilpailu
4 September 2024FranceLes incontournables 1La piste aux bolides
19 November 2024SerbiaПатковград. Carl Barks 2Брзи и жестоки
January 2025China永远的造梦大师：唐纳德漫画精选集 4疯狂的小车
9 May 2025SloveniaRacigrad. Carl Barks 2Hitri in drzni
25 August 2025NetherlandsDonald Duck app 2025-35Minirace-rage
BelgiumAlbum Mickey Magazine (francophone) 9L'as du volant
BelgiumMickey Magazine Halfjaarlijks Album (Nederlandstalig) 9Een kei van een racer
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 6Donald coureur automobile
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 115Le roi du volant

Other versions

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

  • be/MM 212p14 Story, 5 p., 6 tiers
  • br/MK 70ca Story, 7 p., 4 tiers
  • es/DL 14b Story, 20 p., 2 tiers
  • es/PD2 118b Story, 14 p., 3 tiers
  • fr/JM 137e Story, 4 p., 6 tiers
  • fr/JM 1720e Story, 5 2/5 p., 5 tiers
  • it/TL 98e Story, 13 p., 3 tiers

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