HIGHDUCKS

StoryW WDC 235-02

Want To Buy An Island?

At school, Huey Dewey and Louie's teacher instructs her pupils on business and land purchases by getting them to fill in a form to buy an island. The form ends up in the hands of a tramp who then cons Donald into believing that he actually owns the island and is willing to sell it. Keen to live in what is described as a tropical paradise, Donald agrees, but the island proves anything but heavenly...

First published
April 1960
Created
28 September 1959
Length
10 pages (4 tiers)
Printed
88 times, in 22 countries
Also coded
w/wdc235a, wdc235, wdc501-p.1-10;90011-207;wdc235, wwdc235-02

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
April 1960United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 235Want To Buy An Island?
November 1960ItalyAlmanacco Topolino 47L'isola di Paperino
1960AustraliaWalt Disney's Comics (No. Series) 169Want To Buy An Island?
1960SpainDumbo 1ª (ERSA) 352Lecciones para la vida
17 February 1961MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 236¿Quién compra una isla?
11 April 1961BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 492O Pato Que Comprou Uma Ilha
30 July 1961FranceLe Journal de Mickey 479Donald rêve de solitude !
July 1961BelgiumAlbum du Journal de Mickey 22Donald rêve de solitude ! in French
1961GreeceΠεριοδικόν Μίκυ Μάους / Το περιοδικό του Μίκυ Μάους 25Ο Ντόναλντ Ντακ αγοράζει ένα...νησί!
November 1962FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 22Donald rêve de solitude !
29 December 1966SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1966-52Konsten att köpa öar
3 January 1967DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1967-01Vil De købe en ø?
4 January 1967NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1967-01Hvem vil kjøpe en øy?
4 February 1967GermanyMicky Maus 1967-05Einsame Insel zu verkaufen!
3 January 1968FinlandAku Ankka 1968-01Kuka osti saaren?
1969FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1968-1Kuka osti saaren?
April 1971ChileDisneylandia 439Se vende una isla
1 October 1971NetherlandsDonald Duck 1971-40Eiland te koop
1975AustraliaWalt Disney's Comics (No. Series) 344Want To Buy An Island?
1975ChileDisneylandia 626¿Quién quiere una isla?
March 1976FranceMickey Poche 23Donald rêve de solitude !
October 1978FrancePicsou Magazine 80Acheter n'est pas jouer !
1980ItalyComplete Carl Barks 23Want To Buy An Island?
19 June 1981GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 67Einsame Insel zu verkaufen!
1982United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 501Want To Buy An Island?
February 1983NetherlandsDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck 30Eiland te koop
1983ChileSuper Tribilín 12¿Quién quiere una isla?
28 August 1985YugoslaviaМикијев Забавник 567Дечија игра
28 August 1985YugoslaviaMikijev Zabavnik v slovenščini 567Otroška igra
February 1986ItalyPaperino Mese 68L'isola di Paperino
May 1986ItalyPaperino di Barks collezione ANAF 39-AL'isola di Paperino
1986GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 4AEinsame Insel zu verkaufen!
1986SpainReimpresión Yo, Donald 1La isla de Donald
1986SpainYo, Donald 3La isla de Donald
1987SpainYo, Donald (Montena/Rueda) 1La isla de Donald
1989GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) (Zweitauflage) 67Einsame Insel zu verkaufen
August 1990United StatesCarl Barks Library (Another Rainbow) 10Want To Buy An Island?
1992NetherlandsAlle klassieke verhalen 13Eiland te koop
July 1994ItalyZio Paperone 58L'isola di Paperino
11 August 1994DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1994B32Vil De købe en ø?
30 August 1994NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1994B35Hvem vil kjøpe en øy?
April 1995United StatesThe Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color 40Want To Buy An Island?
1995FinlandAku Ankan Juhlasarjat 5Kuka osti saaren?
July 1996United StatesDonald Duck and Mickey Mouse 6Want To Buy An Island?
7 October 1998PolandKaczor Donald 1998-40Komu wyspę, komu?
June 1999GermanyBarks Library 40Einsame Insel zu verkaufen!
15 October 1999RomaniaMickey Mouse 1999-18Vrei să cumperi o insulă?
1 August 2001FrancePicsou Magazine 355Mon île à moi
November 2001NetherlandsDonald Duck Collectie 9Eiland te koop
29 October 2002FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) B 36Mon île à moi
August 2003GermanyBarks Comics and Stories - von Carl Barks 14Einsame Insel zu verkaufen!
March 2008BrazilO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks 33O Pato Que Comprou Uma Ilha
9 June 2008ItalyLa grande dinastia dei paperi (Corriere della Sera) 20L'isola di Paperino
10 December 2008SwedenCarl Barks samlade verk 20Want to Buy an Island?
December 2008GermanyCarl Barks Collection 20Want To Buy An Island?
December 2008DenmarkCarl Barks' Samlede Værker 20Want to Buy an Island?
December 2008NorwayCarl Barks samlede verk 20Want to Buy an Island?
10 December 2009FinlandCarl Barksin kootut 20Want To Buy An Island?
29 January 2010FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1968-1Kuka osti saaren?
February 2011NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 85Hvem vil kjøpe en øy?
2011SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1966-06Konsten att köpa öar
6 February 2012IndonesiaDonal Bebek 1581Mau membeli pulau?
6 September 2012FrancePicsou Magazine 484Voulez-vos achetez une île ?
30 January 2013FranceLa dynastie Donald Duck - Intégrale Carl Barks 10Voulez-vous acheter une île ?
12 July 2013FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) B 68AVoulez-vos achetez une île ?
July 2013FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) B 68BVoulez-vos achetez une île ?
25 March 2015NorwayCarl Barks' Andeby 11Hvem vil kjøpe en øy
3 June 2015FranceLes trésors de Picsou 31Voulez-vous acheter une île ?
4 July 2015GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη Disney 20Θέλετε να αγοράσετε ένα νησί;
7 October 2016GermanyEntenhausen-Edition Donald von Carl Barks 40Einsame Insel zu verkaufen
2016SwedenCarl Barks Ankeborg 11Want to buy an island?
21 August 2017NorwayDonald Duck & Co 2017-34Hvem vil kjøpe en øy?
24 August 2017DenmarkAnders And & Co. 2017-34Vil De købe en ø?
2017SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 2017-34Konsten att köpa öar
27 June 2018SpainLa Gran Dinastía del Pato Donald 31¿Quieres comprar una isla?
24 April 2019FinlandAku Ankka 2019-17Kuka osti saaren?
26 May 2020IcelandAndrés Önd 2020-22Viltu kaupa eyju?
15 August 2020China米老鼠 2020-17岛屿买卖 Want To Buy An Island
October 2020FrancePicsou Magazine 551Voulez-vous acheter une île ?
10 November 2020United StatesThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics) 23Want to Buy an Island?
May 2021BrazilColeção Carl Barks Definitiva 23O Pato Que Comprou Uma Ilha
July 2021FranceSuper Picsou Géant Hors-série J1Voulez-vous acheter une île ?
21 October 2021GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch Classic Edition 15Einsame Insel zu verkaufen
30 November 2021ItalyLa Grande Dinastia dei Paperi (2a edizione) 20L'isola di Paperino
23 August 2023PolandKaczogród. Carl Barks 21Kup pan wyspę
March 2024ItalyAssociazione La 9Arte 17Want To Buy An Island? in English
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) AB22Donald rêve de solitude !
FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) A EAcheter n'est pas jouer !

Other versions

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

  • de/MM1967-05b Story, 9 p., 4 tiers
  • fi/AA1968-01b Story, 8 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/JM 479f Story, 4 p., 6 tiers
  • fr/MPO 23p127 Story, 17 p., 2 tiers
  • it/ASNA 17p024 Illustration, 1 p., 1 tiers

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