HIGHDUCKS

Newspaper stripYD 38-02-18

Signs Were Made for Saps

Last Ditch Effort

First published
18 February 1938
Length
1 page
Printed
39 times, in 15 countries
Also coded
yd38-02-18

Credits

Plot
Homer Brightman
Script
Homer Brightman
Pencils
Al Taliaferro
Ink
Al Taliaferro

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
18 February 1938CanadaLa Patrie 380218La bonne aventure
4 March 1938CubaDiario de la Marina 19380304Los avisos son para los tontos
18 March 1938FranceCe soir 38-03-18Signs Were Made for Saps
2 April 1938CubaDiario de la Marina 19380402Signs Were Made for Saps
20 April 1938SwedenAftonbladet 19380420Signs Were Made for Saps
16 July 1938United KingdomMickey Mouse Weekly 128Signs Were Made for Saps
1938United StatesNewspapers 1938Signs Were Made for Saps
18 March 1939FranceLe Petit Provençal 39-03-18Signs Were Made for Saps
24 May 1939FranceLa Petite Gironde 39-05-24A cœur vaillant... rien d'impossible
30 May 1940ItalyPaperino e altre avventure 127Le disavventure di Paperino
8 August 1940United StatesMickey Mouse Magazine (3rd series, 1935-1940) 60Signs Were Made for Saps
24 March 1948BelgiumDe Nieuwe Gids 480324Signs Were Made for Saps
1949NetherlandsUitgaven Mulder & Zoon N.V. 5Roomijs
14 September 1961SwitzerlandLe Peuple Valaisan 61-09-14Signs Were Made for Saps
4 April 1980NetherlandsDonald Duck 1980-14Signs Were Made for Saps
May 1983ItalyDailies di Paperino collezione ANAF 1Signs Were Made for Saps
1987NetherlandsDonald Duck van dag tot dag 1938Signs Were Made for Saps
1987NetherlandsWalt Disney's Donald Duck (Loeb/Oberon) 1Signs Were Made for Saps
1987NorwayDonald Duck fra dag til dag 1Signs Were Made for Saps
3 May 1988United StatesDonald Duck 265Last Ditch Effort
1988FinlandAku Ankka Päivästä päivään 1938Signs Were Made for Saps
1989NetherlandsDonald Duck (Loeb, dagstrips in kleur) 1Signs Were Made for Saps
May 1990GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 107Signs Were Made for Saps
24 November 1990ItalyIl Messaggero 97Signs Were Made for Saps
1990DenmarkEn daglig dosis 1Signs Were Made for Saps
1990SwedenDag för dag 1938Signs Were Made for Saps
November 1992ItalyCartonatoni Disney 22Signs Were Made for Saps
1993GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 16Signs Were Made for Saps
1 March 1994United StatesDonald Duck 284Signs Were Made for Saps
December 1995GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) (Zweitauflage) 107Signs Were Made for Saps
23 February 1997ItalyDisney MEGAzine 1Lavori in corso
December 1997GermanyDie großen Klassiker 16Signs Were Made for Saps
1998GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 26ASigns Were Made for Saps
1998GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 26GSigns Were Made for Saps
May 2014ItalyLibri a fumetti di Topolino 2Signs Were Made for Saps
2 September 2015United StatesDonald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics 1Signs Were Made for Saps
November 2019ItalyDisney Classic 1Signs Were Made for Saps
November 2022BrazilPato Donald: As Tiras Diárias de Jornal Por Al Taliaferro 1Signs Were Made for Saps
ItalyPaperino e altre avventure (ristampa Comic Art) 6Le disavventure di Paperino

Other versions

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

  • be/DNG480324b Story, ¼ p., 4 tiers
  • br/PDTD 1p017b Story, ⅓ p., 3 tiers
  • ca/LP 380218a Story, ¼ p., 1 tiers
  • ch/PV 61-09-14a Story, 1 tiers
  • cu/DM 19380304a Story, ⅛ p., 8 tiers
  • de/GK 16cak Story, ⅙ p., 6 tiers
  • de/TGDD 107g Story, ½ p., 4 tiers
  • it/DMR 1ax Story, ⅓ p., 4 tiers
  • it/TLAI 2fao Story, 6 tiers
  • nl/MZ 5beb Text story, 1 tiers
  • nl/VDTDP 1ak Story, 1 p., -1 tiers
  • se/AB 19380420a Story, 1/7 p., 4 tiers
  • us/DD 265d Story, ⅔ p., 3 tiers
  • us/DD 284m Story, ½ p., 2 tiers
  • us/MMM 60-63 Story, 4 tiers