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   Aku Ankan Juhlakalenteri 2001 - September

Title: Aku Ankan Juhlakalenteri 2001 - September

Year: 2000

Publisher: Aku Ankka

Code: VK 2001 (FC PM 328 D)

Size: 29.0 cm  x  41.5 cm

Published: Finland: Late 2000 (To celebrate Aku Ankka Magazine's 50th anniversary in 2001).

Don Rosa's comments:

SEPTEMBER: RACE TO THE SOUTH SEAS

The source for this picture is the Barks-story 'Race to the South Seas' ('Kilpapurjehdus etelä- merelle', AA 2/98). It originally appeared in 1949 in a free bulletin from shoe stores as a part of a series 'March of Comics'. The series appeared in 1946 - 1982 and it contained 488 issues, each introducing a different comic character. Only six of these magazines featured Donald Duck and of those only three contained famous Barks-stories. (Very rare! Collectors, note!) This story is also famous for other reasons: it is the first time that the fabulous luck of Gladstone Gander is mentioned. Just look at the Dame Luck smiling at him while he is searching for the stranded $crooge.

(D.U.C.K. spoiler: look at the water between the boats.)
"Aku Ankan Juhlakalenteri 2001 - September"



Scan of "Aku Ankan Juhlakalenteri 2001 - September".



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