HIGHDUCKS

Newspaper stripYD 38-05-06

He Was Playing "William Tell"

DD impales hat with cello bow

First published
6 May 1938
Length
1 page
Printed
42 times, in 19 countries
Also coded
yd38-05-06

Credits

Plot
Bob Karp
Script
Bob Karp
Pencils
Al Taliaferro
Ink
Al Taliaferro

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
6 May 1938CanadaLa Patrie 380506Trop d'action
25 May 1938CubaDiario de la Marina 19380525He Was Playing "William Tell"
31 May 1938FranceCe soir 38-05-31Les méfaits de l'inspiration
23 June 1938ItalyPaperino e altre avventure 26Paperin col violoncello lancia un dardo in un cappello
11 July 1938SwedenAftonbladet 19380711He Was Playing "William Tell"
25 August 1938ItalyNel regno di Topolino 65Paperin col violoncello lancia un dardo in un cappello
5 November 1938TurkeyYavrutürk 132Keman Çalıyor
1938United StatesNewspapers 1938He Was Playing "William Tell"
21 January 1939New ZealandThe Waikato Times 390121He Was Playing "William Tell"
23 May 1939FranceLe Petit Provençal 39-05-23He Was Playing "William Tell"
27 August 1939FranceLa Petite Gironde 39-08-27Fugue... et contrepoint
15 June 1940United KingdomMickey Mouse Weekly 228He Was Playing "William Tell"
April 1941United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 7He Was Playing "William Tell"
27 November 1942BulgariaВеселъ патаранъ 2He Was Playing "William Tell"
15 August 1945SpainColección Walt Disney E 8He Was Playing "William Tell"
1946SpainCine Infantil 6He Was Playing "William Tell"
25 January 1963SwitzerlandLe Peuple Valaisan 63-01-25He Was Playing "William Tell"
May 1983ItalyDailies di Paperino collezione ANAF 1He Was Playing "William Tell"
17 June 1983NetherlandsDonald Duck 1983-24He Was Playing "William Tell"
1987NetherlandsDonald Duck van dag tot dag 1938He Was Playing "William Tell"
1987NetherlandsWalt Disney's Donald Duck (Loeb/Oberon) 1He Was Playing "William Tell"
1987NorwayDonald Duck fra dag til dag 1He Was Playing "William Tell"
1988FinlandAku Ankka Päivästä päivään 1938He Was Playing "William Tell"
1989NetherlandsDonald Duck (Loeb, dagstrips in kleur) 2He Was Playing "William Tell"
1990DenmarkEn daglig dosis 1He Was Playing "William Tell"
1990SwedenDag för dag 1938He Was Playing "William Tell"
1991ItalyDiario Scolastico Disney 1991He Was Playing "William Tell"
November 1992ItalyCartonatoni Disney 22He Was Playing "William Tell"
March 1993GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 124He Was Playing "William Tell"
6 September 1994United StatesDonald Duck 287He Was Playing "William Tell"
1995GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 21He Was Playing "William Tell"
16 March 1997ItalyDisney MEGAzine 4L'archetto
December 1997GermanyDie großen Klassiker 16He Was Playing "William Tell"
1997GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 24AHe Was Playing "William Tell"
October 1998GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) (Zweitauflage) 124He Was Playing "William Tell"
May 2014ItalyLibri a fumetti di Topolino 2He Was Playing "William Tell"
2 September 2015United StatesDonald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics 1He Was Playing "William Tell"
November 2019ItalyDisney Classic 1He Was Playing "William Tell"
November 2022BrazilPato Donald: As Tiras Diárias de Jornal Por Al Taliaferro 1He Was Playing "William Tell"
June 2024China唐老鸭90周年珍藏集 1He Was Playing "William Tell"
ItalyNel Regno di Topolino (ristampa Comic Art) 65Paperin col violoncello lancia un dardo in un cappello
ItalyPaperino e altre avventure (ristampa Comic Art) 2Paperin col violoncello lancia un dardo in un cappello

Other versions

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

  • bg/VP 2d Story, ⅕ p., 4 tiers
  • br/PDTD 1p039b Story, ⅓ p., 3 tiers
  • ca/LP 380506a Story, ¼ p., 1 tiers
  • ch/PV 63-01-25a Story, 1 tiers
  • cu/DM 19380525a Story, ⅛ p., 8 tiers
  • de/GK 16ccy Story, ⅙ p., 6 tiers
  • de/TGDD 124g Story, ½ p., 4 tiers
  • es/CCWDE 8d Story, ½ p., 3 tiers
  • fr/CS 38-05-31a Story, ¼ p., 4 tiers
  • it/DI 1991ao Story, 4 tiers
  • it/NRT 65e Story, 1 p., 3 tiers
  • it/PG 26c Story, 2/5 p., 5 tiers
  • it/TLAI 2fdc Story, 6 tiers
  • nl/VDTDP 1ee Story, 1 p., -1 tiers
  • se/AB 19380711a Story, 1/7 p., 7 tiers
  • tr/Y 132a Story, ½ p., 2 tiers
  • uk/MMW 228ac Story, ¼ p., 2 tiers
  • us/WDC 7-41 Story, ⅓ p., 4 tiers

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