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Scrapped panels 5 and 6 planned for page 13
U$08 'Message from Mysterious Island' - 1955

Originally, Barks drew 32 pages but he edited the story down to 28 pages. Of the 4 pages only 1½ were inked, meaning that Barks took out 2½ pages at a fairly early stage of the production. The missing artwork was taken out from various pages.

Barks recalls: ... I had gotten a little repetitious with my stuff ... I don't think it was planned to be a longer story, it was just that I got to looking at it and decided I could put in stronger business...

All 4 pages were later sold by Barks.

 


Rejected panel 1 from page 16


Approved panel 1 from page 16

U$12 The Golden Fleecing - 1956

Two panels from the whole story have survived, because they were rejected by the publisher. They are panels 1 and 3 on page 16. Barks substituted them for two other panels.

The first panel was rejected because it showed too little of the ducks, and the third showed too many of the ladybirds.

 


Scrapped panels 7 and 8 planned for page 10
U$13 Land Beneath the Ground - 1956

The story was shortened from 32 pages to 27. 2 pages and 3 panels have survived: the bottom half of page 5, the upper half of page 7, page 10 (minus the first panel), panels 1 and 2 from page 11, and two rejected panels from page 21.

 


Scrapped panels 7 and 8 planned for page 16
U$22 The Golden River - 1958

A total of 9 panels have survived. Barks rejected them himself in order to get more flow in the story.

The panels are: the upper half plus panels 6, 7, 8 from page 16, and panels 1 and 2 from page 17.

 

U$32 That's No Fable - 1960

From this 18-pager only panels 5 and 6 from page 5 have survived.

 

U$40 Oddball Odyssey - 1963

From this 19-pager page 2 has survived. It was rejected at first because the special square speech balloons were not done correctly.

 

U$42 The Case of the Sticky Money - 1963

From this 20-pager page 2 has survived.

 


Scrapped panel 1 planned for page 3
U$51 How Green was My Lettuce - 1964

Barks made a 17-pager but it was cut down to 15 pages by the publisher. Of the two pages the following have survived: panels 7 and 8 from page 2, the entire page 3, and the lower half of page 4.

The two panels from page 2 along with the lower half of page 3 were sold in 1988. The upper half of page 3 was sold in 1987. The lower half of page 4 was also sold in 1987.

 

U$59 North of the Yukon - 1965

The whole 24-pager has survived and was given to Barks by the publisher as a retirement present in 1966.

It was sold later on.

 

U$60 The Phantom of Notre Duck - 1965

The whole 24-pager has survived and was given to Barks by the publisher as a retirement present in 1966.

Some of the pages were sold later on: page 4 in 1992, page 7 in 1974, page 9 in an unknown year, page 13 in 1992, page 15 in 1994, and page 19 in 1975.

 

U$61 So Far No Safari - 1966

The whole 24-pager has survived and was given to Barks by the publisher as a retirement present in 1966.

Some of the pages were sold later on: page 4 in 1975, page 8 in an unknown year, pages 11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 in 1992, and page 22 in 1973. Page 21 was sold for the first time in 1984.

 

U$62 The Queen of the Wild Dog Pack - 1966

The whole 24-pager has survived and was given to Barks by the publisher as a retirement present in 1966.

Some of the pages were sold later on: page 4 in 1993, page 7 in 1992, page 9 in 1991, page 11 in 1992, page 16 in 1984, page 17 in 1993, and page 20 in 1993.

 

U$63 House of Haunts - 1966

The whole 24-pager has survived and was given to Barks by the publisher as a retirement present in 1966.

Some of the pages were sold later on: pages 1, 8, 9, and 15 were sold together in 1992, page 3 in 1976, page 7 in 1993, page 10 in an unknown year, and page 16 in 1974.

 

 

 

http://www.cbarks.dk/thesurvivingartworkus.htm   Date 2004-08-24