COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Four Color 1190 Universal
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Grade:
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9.4
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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0914109011
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Owner:
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4GEMWORKS
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Walt Disney’s Donald and the Wheel 11/61
Cover Art: Tony Strobl
Pencils: Tony Strobl
Inks: Steve Steere and John Liggera
This is the single best copy of six graded to date. 05/13. I originally bought this graded, as is, from Heritage Auctions.
Table of Contents
1. 0. Donald and the Wheel
Walt Disney's Donald and the Wheel
2. 1. [History of the wheel]
3. 2. Donald and the Wheel
Donald Duck
4. 3. Big Wheels and Little Wheels
5. 4. The Wheels and You Roll Along
Donald Duck This is also the back cover of this issue. It does not appear that a variant with a back cover AD exists for this issue.
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This was a Disney Cartoon Classic produced for educational purposes. Wikipedia has some additional information on the source film: Donald and the Wheel is a Disney animated short, released in 1961. It is an educational-based film, and features a considerable amount of musical vocals.
The film was most-recently re-released on DVD in the boxed set The Chronological Donald, Volume Four.
Story [edit]
Two "spirits of progress" are observing the potential inventor of the wheel. These spirits are never seen aside from their auras. One of these spirits is an adult (voiced by Thurl Ravenscroft) and is accompanied by his beatnik-talking son (voiced by Max Smith). The elder is trying to explain the importance of the wheel to his son. They observe a caveman (portrayed by Donald Duck) trying to haul his supply sled up a hill and into a cave. Donald is then chased out of the cave by a tiger. He gets away, but the tiger tumbles down a hill wrapped around a rock. The spirits tell Donald that this should be the inspiration for his invention of the wheel.
The film then goes into the evolution and widespread uses for the wheel, including those used by the Ancient Egyptians, Ancient Greeks, and Ancient Romans. It introduces the horse-drawn vehicles of the Middle Ages as well as buggies and carriages of the 19th century, culminating with the invention of the steam locomotive and the Industrial Revolution.
The narrators also take time to explain various devices that use wheel-based parts, including gears. The last few segments enter the 20th century and the rise of factories and the automobile. They finally reach the present day, wrapping up with satellites. They also explain that the world itself is a wheel, and that the sun, Moon, and planetary orbits act as wheels.
After seeing into the future, Donald appears overwhelmed and bewildered, and decides against inventing the wheel. He claims it is "too much trouble" and does not want to bear the enormous responsibility. The Spirits of Progress accept that Donald may not be the true inventor of the wheel, but that "somebody did".
Music [edit]
The music was composed by Buddy Baker, who also composed Donald in Mathmagic Land.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_and_the_Wheel
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