Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #[4]
In "Maharajah Donald," Carl Barks crafts a delightfully absurd adventure where Huey, Dewey, and Louie’s humble pencil stub spirals into a cross-continental journey to India, leaving Donald to seize the ticket—only to find his nephews stowaway on the same ship. Forced into an unexpected alliance with the eccentric Maharajah of Hoopadoola, Donald must navigate a seemingly harmless favor: riding a sacred elephant across a narrow river. With Barks handling every aspect of the interior art and storytelling, and a vibrant cover by Walt Kelly, Floyd Gottfredson, and Barks himself, this 1947 free comic offers a rare, unfiltered glimpse into Barks’ early genius.
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Starting with a mere pencil stub, and through an unlikely series of events, Huey, Dewey, and Louie trade-up to a steamship ticket to India, which Donald gloms for himself forcing the boys to stow away on the very same ship. Aboard ship and facing consequences for unknowingly harboring his stowaway nephews, Donald meets the wealthy Maharajah of Hoopadoola, who offers to resolve the Ducks' matters with the steamship line for a favor in return. The favor? Riding an old, gentle, sacred elephant across a narrow river to a neighboring kingdom. What possible harm could there be in such a gesture?
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