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Huey Duck

Huey Duck

244 appearances Β· Golden Age Β· 1942–2026 Β· 6 key issues
Who is Huey Duck?

One of Donald Duck's mischievous young nephews, Huey Duck was left in Donald's care and became a permanent fixture of his uncle's chaotic household. Along with brothers Dewey and Louie, he is a curious, adventure-prone duckling navigating life in Duckburg.

Few characters can claim a Golden Age debut and a publishing run that stretches across more than eight decades, but Huey Duck is genuinely that rare. One of the beloved trio of Donald's nephews, Huey first waddled onto the comics page in 1942 courtesy of creators Bob Karp and Al Taliaferro, and he's been a fixture of Disney comics ever since β€” racking up 244 catalog appearances and six key-issue moments that any serious collector will want to track down. His natural habitat is Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, where he shares adventures with some of the biggest names in the Disney universe: Uncle Scrooge, Mickey Mouse, Gyro Gearloose, and Daisy Duck, to name just a few. If you're building out a classic Disney comics collection, Huey Duck is an essential thread running through nearly the entire tapestry of the form.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
#5 [17]
β˜… First appearance
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #5 [17]
Feb 1942

Trivia

  • Huey, Dewey, and Louie were originally written into Disney comics as a deliberate foil to Donald's authority, but later stories β€” and especially Don Rosa's continuity β€” repositioned them as the capable, disciplined Junior Woodchucks, a major tonal shift from their roots as pure mischief-makers.youtube.com
  • Carl Barks has written more of Huey Duck's comics than any other writer in our catalog β€” 57 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1950–2021

Four Color #300 β˜… 1950
Four Color #300
Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #46 β˜… 1963
Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #46
Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #78 β˜… 1968
Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #78
Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #105 1973
Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #105
Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #150 1978
Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #150
Donald Duck The Fair Fiasco #[nn] 1984
Donald Duck The Fair Fiasco #[nn]
Disney's Colossal Comics Collection #4 1992
Disney's Colossal Comics Collection #4
Great American Comic Books #[nn] 2001
Great American Comic Books #[nn]
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #641 2004
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #641
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #694 2008
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #694
Mad's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs #[nn] 2015
Mad's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs #[nn]
The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #23 2021
The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #23

Appearances (151–244 of 244, oldest first)

Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (2003)
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse and Friends (2003)
Walt Disney's Donald Duck (2008)
Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (2003)
#5
Uncle Scrooge: The Hunt for the Old Number One (2010)
Walt Disney Treasury: Donald Duck (2011)
Darkwing Duck (2010)
Darkwing Duck / DuckTales: Dangerous Currency (2011)
Walt Disney's Donald Duck Family Comics (2012)
Mad's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs (2015)
Uncle Scrooge: The Grand Canyon Conquest (2015)
Uncle Scrooge: The Eternal Knot (2016)
The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library (2011)
Mickey Mouse: Shadow of the Colossus (2016)
Disney Comics and Stories (2018)
Magica De Spell Giant Halloween Hex (2018)
#2
Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Daily Newspaper Comics (2015)
#5
Dungeons & Dragons: Infernal Tides (2019)
#1
Disney Masters: Donald Duck Free Comic Book Day 2020 Special Edition (2020)
Disney Afternoon Adventures (2021)
#1
Disney DuckTales (2022)
#1
Marvel & Disney: What If...? Donald Duck Became Thor (2024)
#1
Uncle Scrooge: Earth's Mightiest Duck (2025)
Disney's DuckTales Magazine (1988)
#5
Four Color (1947)
Disney Today (1987)