Salmon Derby
"Salmon Derby" | |
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Story code | W WDC 167-01 |
Story | Carl Barks |
Ink | Carl Barks |
Date | October 1, 1953 |
Hero | Donald Duck |
Pages | 10 |
Layout | 4 rows per page |
Appearances |
Donald Duck Huey, Dewey and Louie |
First publication | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #167 (1954) |
"Salmon Derby" is a comic story by Carl Barks about the rivalry between Donald Duck and Gladstone Gander.
Plot
Donald and his nephews are on a vacation away from Duckburg where Donald is happy for being away from his cousin Gladstone, they notice that there is a fishing contest (with first prize a fancy automobile), so Donald takes a boat and tries to catch the biggest fish. Donald quickly hooks a sixty pounder but meanwhile at the ticket office Gladstone enters the race, he gets a motor boat and enters the lake where he meets Donald and cost him his fish.
Then, Gladstone hooks a seventy pounder so the nephews try to help Donald, they meet and Indian chief who helps them to catch an eighty pounder, they hook it to Donald's rod but suddenly a speedboat hits Donald's boat leaving donald knocked out on its front and sending Donald's fish into Gladstone's boat. Gladstone wins the contest but donald saves a little girl that was stranded on the speedboat receiving $10,000 as reward from her father, buying a car twice the size of Gladstone's.
External links
- Salmon Derby at the INDUCKS
- Salmon Derby in Carl Barks guidebook