Walt Disney's Donald Duck: "Trick Or Treat" (WALT DISNEY DONALD DUCK HC) Hardcover – September 13, 2022

I ordered this one specifically in time for Halloween. Featuring the complete, unabridged, almost 100% unedited version of Carl Barks' adaptation of the Donald Duck cartoon 'Trick or Treat', this volume is a treasure. Dell, Disney or both felt that Barks' introduction was too scary. Thus, a full page and a half was scrapped and redone in a more friendly time. Tasked with 32-pages to fill based on an about 8 minute long cartoon, Barks padded the middle with the inclusion of a 6-armed ogre named Smorgasbord. Again, someone high up didn't like it and those pages were just removed and the story was trimmed to a 24-page book.Over the years, many of the original lost pages were recovered. Thanks to Fantagaphics and Rich Tommaso, all except for the last panel were recovered, remastered and re-added to present the Good Duck Artist's original vision. (As of now, only the last panel has never been found.)'Trick or Treat' is a masterpiece; both on celluloid and in print. I'm so glad that I waited and saved some of my Amazon gift cards to get this book. After the main story there's a couple of one-pagers involving Halloween and an 8-pager that isn't really a Halloween tale. But it does involve some strange goings-on to make it a seasonal read for this time of year.Halloween isn't the only holiday covered in this book. Thanksgiving sees Donald fleeing to Europe to avoid having to host lucky cousin Gladstone Gander for Turkey Day. Christmas sees Donald trying to trick Uncle Scrooge into paying for his holiday feast. There's even some Valentine's Day love in the air when Donald takes a job as a mailman and must deliver a Valentine to his sweetie, Daisy. Only Donald didn't send her the card! Gladstone did!Daisy makes a couple more appearances in this book, which also sees the introduction of Daisy's nieces, April, May and June. Daffy inventor Gyro Gearloose besieges Duckburg with some of his out-of-control creations. And there's tons of nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie and my favorite, Uncle Scrooge to be found in this cozy little volume.My love for the stories is unparalleled. However, I'm starting to get a little annoyed with the expert commentary on the stories. They're all so negative and snobby about it. Sure, you're an academic and that's how you are trained. But I want to know more about the backstory. The inspirations for these tales appeal to me. I don't need to know how the position of Donald's wrist in panel #6 of the third story is a commentary on the plight of Nebraskan hog farmers. Just give me the facts, PLEASE!As jaded as the experts say Carl Barks was, there just isn't substitute for the amount of joy his world has brought me over the past 40 plus years!

How often have you had a movie spoiled by a know-it-all who goes into great detail about the plot, characterization and conclusion of a film? You can listen to almost any host of TCM on any day and have a film ruined for you.The same obtains in comics analysis.Here we have an excellent collection of stories written and drawn by an exceptional writer/artist.But.Too many people simply would not keep their hands off the material.Someone has edited out the original publisher’s name and emblem from each cover reprinted here.Another someone has erased the publisher’s code number from the splash page of each story that initially led a comic book.Not all of the interference is subtraction.Some of the untitled Carl Barks stories now have titles.And some editing includes revision of the original text. Here is an example from the splash page of a story from 1953 about Donald’s schemes to become a contestant on a quiz show. A contestant is asked this question: “How many states in the 50 states?” Does the editor not know the number of states in 1953? Or does he?Thank God the Story Notes is in the end of this good book instead of the beginning. Because. The Story Notes give away the plot, theme and/or developments and surprises in each of the covers, stories and features here.Here is a question for the publisher: What is the purpose in editing, correcting, revising this material? To what end? Does any of this enhance the work of Carl Barks?

This compilation of Disney duck comic stories from the 1950s showcases writer Carl Barks' work at its best. Trick or Treat is a comic book version of the legendary cartoon of the same name. I bought this for my grandson, passing on the delight in reading Barks' Duck stories to another generation.

This included my favorite Trick or Treat story. This was the full lenght one, not the short version that I had read before. The colors in this book were awesome. I had read the hupno gun before but it was still hilarious. Also, Gyro Gearloose was presented in this book. He was not so sophisticated inventor as he is in more recent graphic novels. He was more of a crazy inventor trying to invent impossible and impractical items.Flipism is a story that makes fun of our world and its many gurus and new trends that everybody likes to follow regardless of how crazy they are.The Easter parade story is one of the best Donald stories: he is determined to help with the Easter parade and finds out that his worst enemy is his cousin. Gladstone decides to use dirty tricks to win whereas Donald is seen as a victim with his eternal bad luck.

If you are a fan of Donald Duckor Halloween Or both than you will not be disappointed. Donald is up to his old conniving shelf...always trying to get one up on the boys (nephews).

Nothing to dislike, carl barks is amazing with his work.Book is in excellent shape