WDCS210 'Inept Baker', page 7

Barks used cliffhangers constantly in his stories. The special term is usually defined as one or more events that end in great suspense, and Barks made a point of ending most of his pages with a suspense or mystic panel that would 'force' the reader to curiously read on at the next page (the cliffhangers were most apparent in the more strict format of the 10-pagers than in the epic adventure stories, though). Of course, this modus operandi was especially effective in the last panel on a rightmost page where Barks could make sure that the reader would turn the page and keep on reading.

Regrettably, Barks' splendid basic idea was swatted on several occasions, because different editors had little regard for the meticulous building-up of his pages. This was especially true in later reprints, where the large, white Abbeville Press books (which were also published in multiple overseas countries) were manhandled beyond comprehension when the cliffhangers and other special page constructions were left in ruins (see more HERE).

But Barks also felt the result of the editor's sharp pair of scissors when he delivered new stories. A scary example came in WDCS042 Kite Weather: Barks drew this story as a normal 10-pager but with only 6 panels to a page, but his publisher, Western, changed the format into a 7-pager with the normal 8 panels to each page. The observant - and mathematically inclined - reader might want to know what happened to the missing 4 panels (from 60 to 56) following that action, but Western simply stretched the existing panels to fit the new format.
It is unlikely that Barks knew of this major operation in advance, because if he did, he would most certainly have been asked to perform the alterations himself. This would probably also have meant a few changes in the panel flow, as Barks always made sure that every page ended with a cliffhanger. Western's action shattered this special continuity.

Above you are presented to an example of a cliffhanger emerging in an unusual calm and relatively eventless sequence; Donald's abilities as an assistant baker are at first demonstrated by his failed layer cake which can only be used as a gramophone record, then Donald undeterred starts a batch of French rolls which seems to come out fine, until a nephew suddenly hears a mysterious hissing sound from the freshly baked rolls. What is about to happen???