HIGHDUCKS

StoryW WDC 249-01

Stranger than Fiction

DD gets stuck in GY's teleport machine while fooling HDL

First published
June 1961
Created
31 October 1960
Length
9 pages (4 tiers)
Printed
114 times, in 28 countries
Also coded
wwdc249-01, wwdc249-01

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 1961United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 249Stranger than Fiction
21 October 1961NetherlandsDonald Duck 1961-42Stranger than Fiction
12 November 1961ItalyTopolino (libretto) 311Paperino e la fantascienza
1961SpainDumbo 1ª (ERSA) 401El transmisor cósmico
27 February 1962DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1962-09Stranger than Fiction
1 March 1962Egyptميكي (Mickey - Dar Al-Hilal) 45Stranger than Fiction
3 March 1962GermanyMicky Maus 1962-09Zukunftsmusik
6 March 1962SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1962-10Verkligheten är underbarare än dikten
7 March 1962NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1962-10Stranger than Fiction
30 March 1962MexicoCuentos de Walt Disney (Serie Clásica/Águila) 265Ciencia y Ficción
1 April 1962FranceLe Journal de Mickey 514La réalité dépasse la fiction !
April 1962BelgiumAlbum du Journal de Mickey 24La réalité dépasse la fiction ! in French
14 August 1962BrazilO Pato Donald (Abril) 562Brincadeiras da Ciência
1962AustraliaGiant (G Series) 241Stranger than Fiction
27 February 1963FinlandAku Ankka 1963-09Stranger than Fiction
September 1963FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) 24La réalité dépasse la fiction !
1964FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1963-1Stranger than Fiction
8 October 1967ItalyAlbi della rosa 674Paperino e la fantascienza
8 March 1968GreeceΜίκυ Μάους 89Φανταστικά ταξίδια
December 1970ChileDisneylandia 420Más que una ficción
1970ColombiaDisneylandia 418Más que una ficción
16 November 1972GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 31Zukunftsmusik
October 1974United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 409Stranger than Fiction
8 August 1975GreeceΜίκυ Μάους 476Φανταστικά ταξίδια
27 August 1975BrazilDisney Especial (1ª Série) 18Brincadeiras da Ciência
November 1976FranceMickey Poche 31La réalité dépasse la fiction !
1979ArgentinaTío Rico 75Más que una ficción
1979ChileTío Rico 328Más que una ficción
1980ItalyComplete Carl Barks 25Stranger than Fiction
15 April 1981SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 1981-16Dikt eller verklighet?
18 April 1981DenmarkAnders And & Co. 1981-17En meget mystisk historie
21 April 1981NorwayDonald Duck & Co 1981-17Framtidsutsikter
28 April 1982FinlandAku Ankka 1982-17Tarua ihmeellisempää
August 1983BrazilDisney Especial Reedição 17Brincadeiras da Ciência
1983FinlandAku Ankka -neljännesvuosikerta 1982-2Tarua ihmeellisempää
1983FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1982-1Tarua ihmeellisempää
May 1986ItalyPaperino di Barks collezione ANAF 44-APaperino e la fantascienza
July 1987GermanyDie besten Geschichten mit Donald Duck - Klassik Album 12Zukunftsmusik
1987GermanyDie besten Geschichten mit Donald Duck - Klassik Album - Hardcover 12Zukunftsmusik
1987HungaryKlasszikus Album 2A jövő zenéje
1988GermanyDie besten Geschichten mit Donald Duck (Klassik-Album) - Sammelband 2Zukunftsmusik
1989GermanyDonald Duck Klassik Album 3Zukunftsmusik
6 February 1990United StatesMickey and Donald 18Stranger than Fiction
August 1990United StatesCarl Barks Library (Another Rainbow) 10Stranger than Fiction
26 October 1990NetherlandsDonald Duck 1990-43Stranger than Fiction
June 1991Egyptميكى جيب (Mickey Guaib) 179Stranger than Fiction
23 September 1991DenmarkBedste historier om Anders And 32Den halve and
1991FinlandAku Ankan parhaat 41Tarua ihmeellisempää
1991FinlandParhaat Sarjat 1991-61Tarua ihmeellisempää
1991NorwayBeste historier 1Fremtidsutsikter
1991NorwayTegneseriebokklubben 83Fremtidsutsikter
1991SwedenKalle Ankas Bästisar 34Dikt eller verklighet
10 July 1992FranceLe Journal de Mickey 2090Il est passé par ici
September 1992BrazilDisney Superespecial 17Brincadeiras da Ciência
1992NetherlandsAlle klassieke verhalen 14Stranger than Fiction
16 April 1994ColombiaDisneylandia (Abril Cinco) 63Bromas de la ciencia
October 1994ItalyZio Paperone 61Paperino e la fantascienza
January 1995NetherlandsDe beste verhalen van Donald Duck 82Stranger than Fiction
June 1995United StatesThe Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color 42Stranger than Fiction
October 1999GermanyBarks Library 42Zukunftsmusik
November 2002NetherlandsDonald Duck Collectie 22Stranger than Fiction
August 2003GermanyBarks Comics and Stories - von Carl Barks 14Zukunftsmusik
28 October 2004FinlandMurrealbumit B 2004Mil viisii hiukkasii kiihytettää?
28 October 2004FinlandMurrealbumit BB2004Tarua ihmeellisempää
November 2004ItalyPaperino Mese 293Paperino e la fantascienza
February 2005FinlandAku Ankka - Näköispainos 1963-1Stranger than Fiction
November 2005GermanyCarl Barks Collection 22Stranger than Fiction
December 2005DenmarkCarl Barks' Samlede Værker 22Stranger than fiction
December 2005NorwayCarl Barks samlede verk 22Stranger than Fiction
2005SwedenCarl Barks samlade verk 22Stranger Than Fiction
19 April 2007FinlandCarl Barksin kootut 22Stranger than Fiction
May 2007FrancePicsou Magazine 424Science friction !
May 2007NorwayDonald Duck & Co - De komplette årgangene 51Stranger than Fiction
July 2007SwedenKalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1962-02Verkligheten är underbarare än dikten
19 October 2007FrancePicsou Magazine (Albums) B 52Science friction !
24 January 2008DenmarkAnders And & Co. – Den komplette årgang 1962-1Stranger than Fiction
April 2008BrazilO Melhor da Disney: As Obras Completas de Carl Barks 34Brincadeiras da Ciência
30 June 2008ItalyLa grande dinastia dei paperi (Corriere della Sera) 23Paperino e la fantascienza
April 2009GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sonderedition 4Zukunftsmusik
15 March 2011SwedenKalle Anka & C:o 2011-11Verkligheten är underbarare än dikten
16 March 2011PolandKaczor Donald 2011-11Prawda dziwniejsza od fikcji
17 March 2011DenmarkAnders And & Co. 2011-11En meget mystisk historie
18 March 2011NorwayDonald Duck & Co 2011-11Fremtidsutsikter
23 March 2011CzechiaKačer Donald 2011-07Fantastičtější než fantazie
24 March 2011CroatiaMiki Maus (& prijatelji) 2011-07Čudnije od čudnoga
12 April 2011LatviaДональд Дак / Donalds Daks 2011-08Zinātniskā fantastika
1 August 2011LithuaniaDonaldas ir kiti 2011-15Mokslinė fantastika
20 December 2011BrazilAlmanaque do Pato Donald (Abril - 2ª Série) 5Brincadeiras da Ciência
March 2012EstoniaMiki Hiir 2012-03Veidram kui väljamõeldis
20 September 2012China米老鼠特刊 2012-10比科幻更奇异
23 October 2013FranceLa dynastie Donald Duck - Intégrale Carl Barks 12Science friction !
29 May 2015NorwayCarl Barks' Andeby 12Fremtidsutsikter
26 July 2015GreeceΗ Μεγάλη Βιβλιοθήκη Disney 23Φανταστικότερος της επιστημονικής φαντασίας
24 February 2016FinlandCarl Barksin parhaat sarjat 5Tarua ihmeellisempää
2016SwedenCarl Barks Ankeborg 12Stranger than Fiction
2 February 2017GermanyEntenhausen-Edition Donald von Carl Barks 42Zukunftsmusik
March 2017ItalyI Grandi Classici Disney (Seconda Serie) 14Paperino e la fantascienza
19 March 2019FranceLes trésors de Picsou 46Science friction !
4 May 2019SpainLa Gran Dinastía del Pato Donald 34Irreal como la vida misma
20 October 2020NorwayDonald Duck av Carl Barks 2Stranger than fiction
2020FinlandAku Ankka (digipalvelu) 2020-07Tarua ihmeellisempää
16 December 2021GermanyLustiges Taschenbuch Classic Edition 16Zukunftsmusik
21 December 2021ItalyLa Grande Dinastia dei Paperi (2a edizione) 23Paperino e la fantascienza
17 May 2022FinlandSuuri suomalainen murrekirja 2022Mil viisii hiukkasii kiihytettää?
29 November 2022United StatesThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (Fantagraphics) 27Stranger Than Fiction
8 November 2023PolandKaczogród. Carl Barks 22Prawda dziwniejsza od fikcji
28 February 2024FinlandCarl Barksin sankarit 2024Tarua ihmeellisempää
July 2024BrazilColeção Carl Barks Definitiva 27Brincadeiras da Ciência
6 May 2026FinlandAku Ankka 2026-19Tarua ihmeellisempää
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) AB24La réalité dépasse la fiction !
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) AC24ALa réalité dépasse la fiction !
FranceLe Journal de Mickey (Albums) AC24BLa réalité dépasse la fiction !
ItalyRaccolta Zio Paperone 12Paperino e la fantascienza
PortugalDisney Especialíssimo 3Brincadeiras da Ciência in Brazilian Portuguese

Other versions

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

  • be/ALJM 24kc Story, 4 p., 6 tiers
  • cz/KDC2011-07c Story, 10 p., 4 tiers
  • eg/MG 179p134 Story, 18 p., 2 tiers
  • es/DB1 401b Story, 9 p., 4 tiers
  • fi/AA1963-09b Story, 7 p., 4 tiers
  • fr/JM 514c Story, 4 p., 6 tiers
  • gr/MM 89e Story, 12 p., 3 tiers
  • it/AR 674e Story, 11 p., 3 tiers

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