Four Color #291 Values

Publisher: Dell, 1950

About Four Color #291

Donald Duck in "The Magic Hourglass". Uncle Scrooge and Huey, Dewey, and Louie appearances. Carl Barks story and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Magic Hourglass

Characters: Donald Duck

Pencils: Carl Buettner

Inks: Carl Buettner

Colors: ? (Western Publishing Production Shop)

Notes: Part of the "Animated Covers" series.

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Beach Trouble

Characters: Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Synopsis: Donald wants to take a nap at the beach, but the nephews keep bothering him.

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Paul Murry

Inks: Paul Murry

Letters: Paul Murry

Notes: Inside front cover; black and white.

Title: The Magic Hourglass

Characters: Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Synopsis: Scrooge gives his nephews an hourglass that he later discovers is the source of his great wealth. Carrying a billion dollars to buy the hourglass back, he follows the ducks to Africa, where they have gone to fill the hourglass with fresh sand from the oasis of No Issa -- the only kind of sand that will keep perfect time in the hourglass and so make its owner richer by the hour.

Pages: 28.000

Script: Carl Barks

Pencils: Carl Barks

Inks: Carl Barks

Letters: Carl Barks

Reprints: Donald Duck Best Comics (Abbeville Press, 1978 series) #[nn] (1978)

Notes: Story submitted on March 16, 1950. Synopsis by Michael Barrier from "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book" (1982).

Title: The Spirit of '76

Characters: Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Synopsis: The nephews decide to put on a play about the American Revolution. Donald takes charge and decides that the family should live like their forefathers in order to get the feel for their parts.

Pages: 20.000

Pencils: Riley Thompson

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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	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	8	4	3	5	7	8	12	8	9	7	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	86
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	8	4	3	6	7	8	12	8	9	8	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	88

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