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CBL IX/2/496 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey, and Louie
The nephews use a harp to split up a cake.
CBL: inked by Volker Reiche.
 
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C: 1960-03-07 · P: ????-?? · cover
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Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey, and Louie
The Ducks lie in a hammock bunk bed.
Barks probably also made an inked version of this cover which has not survived, however.
 
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CBL V/1/5 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge eats letter soup - with noodles formed like dollar signs.
 
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CBL I/3/510 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey, and Louie
Donald, who is loaded up with presents, carries a warning sign.
 
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CBL I/3/609 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge uses a gold bar as a bedwarmer.
 
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CBL II/3/645 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey, and Louie
When Donald blows a moose call, a wind-up toy moose walks past him.
 
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CBL VIII/1/83 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey, and Louie
Donald picks flowers, while the nephews play bullfight behind his back.
Barks later inked this cover sketch at the request of a fan.
 
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C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey, and Louie
Donald and a nephew paint the floor - and meet in the door.
 
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CBL VI/1/4 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Daisy Duck
Daisy, wearing a fur coat, walks past a gopher in embarrassment.
 
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CBL VIII/3/530 · C: 1961-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Scrooge McDuck
In the desert, Scrooge sees a mirage formed like a bank.
 
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CBL V/1/6 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge checks the temperature of a money bag.
 
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CBL V/1/6 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge has put pick and shovel in a golf bag.
 
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CBL V/1/6 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge, as a teacher, lectures on money.
 
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CBL V/1/6 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge puts coins in a freshly crafted, life-sized piggy bank.
 
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CBL V/1/5 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge uses a wheelbarrow to get a money bag to the bank.
 
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CBL V/1/5 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Scrooge McDuck
A worm comes out of Scrooge's money-bill album.
 
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CBL VI/1/3 · C: ????-??-?? · P: ????-?? · cover
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Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey, and Louie
The nephews admire Donald who is wearing a maharajah's robe.
This cover sketch illustrates MOC 4/1 (»Maharajah Donald«). Barks had intended this cover for the slipcase of set VI of the CBL, but he never finished it.
 

 
BarksBase by Gerd Syllwasschy · Last update: 17 May 2007
 
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