Four Color #159 Values

Publisher: Dell, 1947

About Four Color #159

Donald and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie in "Ghost of the Grotto". Carl Barks story and art. Carl Von Buettner cover.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Ghost of The Grotto

Characters: Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Pencils: Carl Buettner

Inks: Carl Buettner

Colors: ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Reprints: The Best of Walt Disney Comics (Western, 1974 series) #96173 (1974), | Walt Disney The Best of Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck (Western, 1966 series) #1 (November 1966)

STORY DETAILS

(2 Stories)

Title: Donald Duck and the Ghost of the Grotto

Characters: Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Synopsis: While the ducks are running a kelp-gathering boat in the West Indies, they are told of the mystery of an armored man who appears every fifty years to kidnap a small boy. This time, the armored man kidnaps Dewey, and the ducks fight to free him from the armored man's stronghold in a grotto in a coral reef, beneath a rotten old galleon guarded by an enormous octopus.

Pages: 26.000

Script: Carl Barks

Pencils: Carl Barks

Inks: Carl Barks

Letters: Carl Barks

Reprints: Walt Disney The Best of Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck (Western, 1966 series) #1 (November 1966), | The Best of Walt Disney Comics (Western, 1974 series) #96173 (1974)

Notes: Story title is slightly different than cover title. Story begins on the inside front cover in black, red, and white. Art submitted on April 15, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

Title: Adventure "Down Under"

Characters: Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie

Synopsis: Donald is hypnotized into believing he is a kangaroo and buys airplane tickets to Australia for himself and the nephews. In Australia the ducks try to trap Mournful Mary, the "queen of the kangaroos," and this leads to Donald's falling into the hands of savage aborigines.

Pages: 25.000

Script: Carl Barks

Pencils: Carl Barks

Inks: Carl Barks

Letters: Carl Barks

Notes: Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Art submitted on April 4, 1947. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	6	10	10	12	18	22	27	21	18	15	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	187
Qualified	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Total	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	6	6	11	11	12	18	23	28	22	18	15	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	195

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