HIGHDUCKS

Newspaper stripYD 38-05-27

The Mother of Invention

tacks in bicycle wheel

First published
27 May 1938
Length
1 page
Printed
44 times, in 16 countries
Also coded
yd38-05-27

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
27 May 1938CanadaLa Patrie 380527Nécessité fait loi
21 June 1938FranceCe soir 38-06-21Rira bien
6 July 1938CubaDiario de la Marina 19380706The Mother of Invention
1 August 1938SwedenAftonbladet 19380801The Mother of Invention
1938United StatesNewspapers 1938The Mother of Invention
6 April 1939ItalyPaperino e altre avventure 67Paperino e i nipotini
10 June 1939FranceLe Petit Provençal 39-06-10The Mother of Invention
10 June 1939ItalyNel regno di Topolino 83Paperino nei pasticci (part 16)
21 October 1939TurkeyYavrutürk 182The Mother of Invention
September 1941United StatesWalt Disney's Comics and Stories 12Where There's A Wheel There's A Way
27 October 1948SwitzerlandNouvelle Revue de Lausanne 481027The Mother of Invention
30 August 1953ItalyAlbi d'oro prima ristampa 47058Paperino nei pasticci
11 July 1963SwitzerlandLe Peuple Valaisan 63-07-11The Mother of Invention
7 January 1983NetherlandsDonald Duck 1983-01The Mother of Invention
May 1983ItalyDailies di Paperino collezione ANAF 1The Mother of Invention
1984United KingdomDonald Duck - 50 Years of Happy Frustration 1The Mother of Invention
1984United StatesDonald Duck: 50 Years of Happy Frustration 1The Mother of Invention
2 October 1985FinlandAku Ankka 1985-40The Mother of Invention
October 1985FranceL'album de famille Disney 1The Mother of Invention
1986GermanyDonald Duck So bin ich und so bleibe ich 1The Mother of Invention
1986FinlandAku Ankka -neljännesvuosikerta 1985-4The Mother of Invention
1986FinlandAku Ankka -vuosikerrat 1985-2The Mother of Invention
1987NetherlandsDonald Duck van dag tot dag 1938The Mother of Invention
1987NetherlandsWalt Disney's Donald Duck (Loeb/Oberon) 1The Mother of Invention
1987NorwayDonald Duck fra dag til dag 1The Mother of Invention
1988FinlandAku Ankka Päivästä päivään 1938The Mother of Invention
1989NetherlandsDonald Duck (Loeb, dagstrips in kleur) 2The Mother of Invention
1990DenmarkEn daglig dosis 1The Mother of Invention
1990SwedenDag för dag 1938The Mother of Invention
November 1992ItalyCartonatoni Disney 22The Mother of Invention
1993, fourth quarterGermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 128The Mother of Invention
6 September 1994United StatesDonald Duck 287The Mother of Invention
1995GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 22AThe Mother of Invention
1995GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck - Sammelband 22BThe Mother of Invention
23 March 1997ItalyDisney MEGAzine 5Ruota per ruota
December 1997GermanyDie großen Klassiker 16The Mother of Invention
June 1999GermanyDie tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) (Zweitauflage) 128The Mother of Invention
10 May 2000ItalyI classici del fumetto 10The Mother of Invention
2 September 2015United StatesDonald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics 1The Mother of Invention
November 2019ItalyDisney Classic 1The Mother of Invention
November 2022BrazilPato Donald: As Tiras Diárias de Jornal Por Al Taliaferro 1The Mother of Invention
June 2024China唐老鸭90周年珍藏集 1The Mother of Invention
ItalyNel Regno di Topolino (ristampa Comic Art) 83Paperino nei pasticci (part 16)
ItalyPaperino e altre avventure (ristampa Comic Art) 3Paperino e i nipotini

Other versions

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

  • br/PDTD 1p045b Story, ⅓ p., 3 tiers
  • ca/LP 380527a Story, ¼ p., 1 tiers
  • ch/NRL 481027a Story, 1 tiers
  • cu/DM 19380706a Story, ⅛ p., 8 tiers
  • de/DDSBI 1o Story, ¼ p., -1 tiers
  • de/GK 16cdq Story, ⅙ p., 6 tiers
  • de/TGDD 128h Story, ½ p., 4 tiers
  • fi/AA1985-40f Story, ¼ p., 4 tiers
  • fr/AF 1p074c Story, ½ p., 5 tiers
  • it/AOPR47058q Story, ⅔ p., 3 tiers
  • it/PG 67ab Story, ⅓ p., -1 tiers
  • nl/VDTDP 1ew Story, 1 p., -1 tiers
  • se/AB 19380801a Story, 1/7 p., 7 tiers
  • tr/Y 182b Story, ¼ p., 2 tiers
  • us/DD 287t Story, ½ p., 2 tiers
  • us/DD50 1p75c Cover, 1 p., 1 tiers
  • us/WDC 12-05 Story, ⅓ p., 4 tiers