Don Rosa
Statistics
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The data raw-material used in the analyses included in this section, is built up using MS Excel 2002. In this part of the section you can download the Excel-files used as basis for the analyses. Some of this data is even presented in WEB-format below. Other important information such as D.U.C.K.hunt's previous used estimated production years for Don Rosa's pre-Egmont stories, is also presented.


The Excel-files
For those interested a zip-file, including the XLS-files used as basis for the analyses in this section, can be downloaded here. The content of this zip-file is:
statistics_01.xls
The primary raw-material consisting of one entry for each story page = 1483 entries.
statistics_02.xls
The secondary raw-material consisting of one entry for each story = 86 entries.
statistics_03.xls
The secondary raw-material grouped by estimated production year.
statistics_04.xls
The processed material used for graphics and tables in this section. (the version used in these pages)
statistics_05.xls
The processed material used for graphics and tables in this section. (updated version)

Note: all these files are saved in MS Excel 4.0 format.


Estimated production years for Don Rosa's pre-Egmont stories
The production years of Don Rosa's pre-Egmont stories are based upon the estimated years used in D.U.C.K.hunt's old "The Complete Don Rosa Index" which was unfortunately lost in 2000 due to problems and bad back-up routines at the current host of the time - Crosswinds. These years are as follow:

Code Story Year
Ar 102 US: The Son of the Sun 1986
Ar 103 US: Nobody's Business 1986
Ar 104 DD: Mythological Menagerie 1986
Ar 105 DD: Recalled Wreck 1986
Ar 106 US: Cash Flow 1987
Ar 107 US: The Paper Chase 1987
Ar 108 DD: Fit to be Pied 1987
Ar 109 DD: Fir-Tree Fracas 1987
Ar 110 DD: Oolated Luck 1987
Ar 113 US: Last Sled to Dawson 1987
Ar 116 DD: Rocket Reverie 1988
Ar 118 US: Fiscal Fitness 1988
Ar 119 DD: Metaphorically Spanking 1988
Ar 125 DD: The Crocodille Collector 1988
Ar 128 US: Fortune on the Rocks 1988
Ar 130 DD: Return to Plain Awful 1989
Ar 143 US: The Curse of Nostrildamus 1989
Ar 145 US: His Majesty McDuck 1989
H85218 DD: Well Edcuated Duck 1988
H87112 DA: Forget Me Not 1988
H87173 US: Leaky Luck 1988
H87178 DD: Give Unto Others 1988
H89068 US: On a Silver Platter 1989
H89174 GY: The Pied Piper of Duckburg 1989
KD 01-90 DD: The Money Pit 1990
K DTM 90i DuckTales: Back in Time for a Dime! 1990


The raw-material - summarized for each story
The following table includes the following data for every story by Don Rosa:

  • The story code
  • The title
  • The year of the first publication
  • The month of the first publication
  • The number of pages
  • The number of panels

  • Code: Story:
    Year:
    Month:
    Pages:
    Panels:
    Ar 102 US: The Son of the Sun
    1987
    07
    26
    196
    Ar 103 US: Nobody's Business
    1987
    08
    10
     85
    Ar 104 DD: Mythological Menagerie
    1987
    10
    10
     76
    Ar 105 DD: Recalled Wreck
    1987
    12
    10
     78
    Ar 106 US: Cash Flow
    1987
    12
    26
    196
    Ar 107 US: The Paper Chase
    1988
    05
     2
     12
    Ar 108 DD: Fit to be Pied
    1988
    02
    10
     78
    Ar 109 DD: Fir-Tree Fracas
    1988
    03
     4
     29
    Ar 110 DD: Oolated Luck
    1988
    04
    10
     78
    Ar 113 US: Last Sled to Dawson
    1988
    06
    28
    202
    Ar 116 DD: Rocket Reverie
    1988
    07
     2
     13
    Ar 118 US: Fiscal Fitness
    1988
    07
     2
     12
    Ar 119 DD: Metaphorically Spanking
    1988
    08
    10
     80
    Ar 125 DD: The Crocodille Collector
    1988
    10
    18
    125
    Ar 128 US: Fortune on the Rocks
    1988
    11
    12
     83
    Ar 130 DD: Return to Plain Awful
    1989
    05
    28
    202
    Ar 143 US: The Curse of Nostrildamus
    1989
    07
    10
     73
    Ar 145 US: His Majesty McDuck
    1989
    08
    28
    211
    H 85218 DD: Well Edcuated Duck
    1990
    02
    10
     78
    H 87112 DA: Forget Me Not
    1990
    03
     3
     22
    H 87173 US: Leaky Luck
    1990
    04
     1
     7
    H 87178 DD: Give Unto Others
    1990
    03
     7
     55
    H 89068 US: On a Silver Platter
    1990
    03
    10
     76
    H 89174 GY: The Pied Piper of Duckburg
    1990
    04
     8
     59
    KD 01-90 DD: The Money Pit
    1990
    06
    12
     83
    K DTM 90i DuckTales: Back in Time for a Dime!
    1990
    04
     4
     29
    G TEM 9510 US: Gyro's Beagletrap
    1995
    10
     1
     11
    F PM 99001 c US: The Coin
    1999
    10
    12
    145
    F PM 00201 c US: Attaaaaaack!
    2000
    05
    12
    104
    F PM 01201 c US: The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut
    2001
    02
    26
    246
    D 90057 DD: The Master Landscapist
    1990
    11
    10
     68
    D 90147 DD: On Stolen Time
    1991
    01
    13
    100
    D 90161 DD: The Duck who Fell to Earth
    1991
    05
    12
     93
    D 90227 DD: Treasure Under Glass
    1991
    01
    20
    140
    D 90314 US: Return to Xanadu
    1991
    03
    30
    220
    D 90345 DD: Insident at McDuck Tower
    1991
    08
    10
     81
    D 91071 US: The Island at the Edge of Time
    1991
    10
    14
    118
    D 91076 DD: Super Snooper Strikes Again
    1992
    01
    11
     83
    D 91192 US: War of the Wendigo
    1991
    10
    27
    201
    D 91249 US: Of Ducks, Dimes and Destinies
    1995
    06
    15
    115
    D 91308 Lo$: The Last of The Clan McDuck
    1992
    08
    15
    107
    D 91411 U$: The Master of the Mississippi
    1992
    08
    28
    204
    D 92008 U$: The Buckaroo of the Badlands
    1992
    11
    15
    112
    D 92083 U$: The Raider of the Copper Hill
    1993
    01
    15
    114
    D 92191 U$: The New Laird of Castle McDuck
    1993
    03
    15
    124
    D 92273 U$: The Terror of the Transvaal
    1993
    05
    12
     89
    D 92314 U$: The Dreamtime Duck of the Never Never
    1993
    06
    15
    130
    D 92380 JW: Guardians of the Lost Library
    1993
    09
    28
    227
    D 92514 Lo$: The King of the Klondike
    1993
    07
    24
    180
    D 93121 Lo$: The Billionaire of Dismal Downs
    1993
    11
    15
    123
    D 93227 Lo$: The Invader of Fort Duckburg
    1994
    03
    15
    126
    D 93287 DD: From Duckburg to Lillehammer
    1994
    02
    12
    103
    D 93288 Lo$: The Empire-builder from Calisota
    1994
    04
    24
    209
    D 93488 Lo$: The Richest Duck in the World
    1994
    05
    19
    149
    D 93574 DD: The Duck who never was
    1994
    05
    16
    131
    D 94012 US: The Treasury of Croesus
    1995
    01
    24
    207
    D 94066 US: The Universal Solvent
    1995
    03
    24
    186
    D 94121 DD: An Eye for Detail
    1997
    05
    10
     86
    D 94144 DD: The Lost Charts of Columbus
    1995
    10
    24
    198
    D 94202 US: The Incredible Shrinking Tightwad
    1995
    09
    25
    215
    D 95044 US: The Hearts of the Yukon
    1995
    09
    24
    214
    D 95079 DD: The Once and Future Duck
    1996
    05
    24
    205
    D 95153 US: The Treasure of the Ten Avatars
    1996
    06
    28
    231
    D 96001 US: A Matter of Some Gravity
    1996
    08
    16
    135
    D 96066 US: The Last Lord of Eldorado
    1997
    07
    30
    273
    D 96089 US: The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff
    1996
    12
    24
    210
    D 96203 US: Attack of the Hideous Space-Varmints
    1997
    01
    24
    197
    D 96325 US: A Little Something Special
    1997
    06
    29
    264
    D 97052 JW: W.H.A.D.D.A.L.O.T.T.A.J.A:R.G.O.N.
    1997
    10
    16
    148
    D 97346 US: The Black Knight
    1998
    05
    24
    227
    D 97437 DD: The Sign of the Triple Distelfink
    1998
    01
    14
    134
    D 98045 US: The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark
    1998
    12
    24
    189
    D 98202 US: The Dutchman's Secret
    1999
    03
    24
    227
    D 98346 US: Escape From Forbidden Valley
    1999
    07
    24
    220
    D 99078 US: The Quest For Kalevala
    1999
    11
    33
    317
    D 99078 US: The Quest For Kalevala - Gag
    1999
    11
     1
     13
    D 2000-002 DD: The Three Caballeros Ride Again
    2000
    09
    28
    263
    D 2000-191 The Beagle Boys vs The Money Bin
    2001
    05
    17
    141
    D 2001-024 US: The Crown of the Crusader Kings
    2001
    10
    28
    273
    D 2001-095 US: Forget It
    2002
    03
    13
    133
    D 2001-143 GY: Gyro's First Invention
    2002
    05
    20
    190
    D 2002-033 US: The Dream of a Lifetime
    2002
    12
    25
    239
    D 2003-017 DD: Trash and Treasure
    2003
    10
    13
    141
    D 2003-081 US: A Letter from Home
    2004
    2
    34
    360
    D 2003-235 US: The Black Knight GLORPS again
    2004
    6
    25
    264
    D 2004-032 DD: The Magnificent Seven (Minus Four) Caballeros
    2005
    1
    32
    319
    D 2005-061 US: The Prisoner of White Agony Creek
    2006
    5
    31
    324



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