The Duck Who Never Was

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The Duck Who Never Was

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Story code: d 93574
Title: The Duck Who Never Was
Hero(es): Donald Duck
Pages: 16
Layout: 4 rows per page
Appearances: April May and June, Daisy Duck, Donald Duck, Flintheart Glomgold, Gladstone Gander, Grandma Duck, Gus Goose, Gyro Gearloose, Gyro's Helper, Huey Dewey and Louie, Magica De Spell, The Beagle Boys, Uncle Scrooge
Writing: Don Rosa
Art: Don Rosa
Date of first publication: May 1994

Referred to in
article: Kein Tag wie jeder andere (Qde/DR 31A), Kuinka Aku Ankkaa todella luetaan - Nuorten lukijoiden näkökulma (Qfi/SI1994-03B), La Vita è Meravigliosa - Il film di Frank Capra in una versione disneyana di Romano Scarpa (Qit/FDI 28D), L'auto di Paperino non conosce confini (Qit/M313 0D), Un mondo senza Paperino: come sarebbe Paperopoli se il suo più celebre abitante non fosse mai nato? (Qit/SPD 24v), L'eterna simpatia papera (Qit/ZP 176E), Paperino - 70 anni da vera star (Qit/ZP 177B)
recreation of last panel: D 11553
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Germany, SJDD 1
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Russia, MM1994-06
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by GKP history	The nephews pretend to forget Donald's birthday because they have planned a surprise party, without his knowledge. This harms Donald, and when he goes out to get a new job in the museum, his application form is turned upside down so he is taken for a sixty-year-old, an age at which the job is not available to him. While walking out of the museum, he meets the birthday geenie, who grants him one wish. That wish is to never have been born. The wish becomes reality and Donald finds that everything is upside-down in Duckburg without him; Gyro is plain dumb, Scrooge is poor, Gus is skinny, etc. Donald begins to realise that he is important to the world.

	HDL forgets DD's birthday, and he wishes that he had never been born. The birthday spirit fulfils the wish!
In other languages
Dutch by Cacou history	Kwik, Kwek en Kwak vergeten Donald's verjaardag. Hij wenst dat hij nooit geboren was. Dat had hij beter niet kunnen doen...
Finnish	museon maljakosta ilmestynyt henki toteuttaa syntymäpäivänään synkistelevän Akun toiveen ettei olisi koskaan syntynytkään
French by duckstories history	Donald, le jour de son anniversaire, est déprimé de son insignifiance, mais un choc le fait rencontrer un génie qui exauce malgré lui son vœu de n'être jamais né

Publications

Denmark

Anders And & Co. 1994-23 (1994) Fødselsdagsånden
Anders And 70 År 1 p. 095 (2004) idem
Hall of Fame 21 p. 011 (2008) idem

Finland

Aku Ankka 1994-23 (1994) Olla kuin ei olisikaan
Aku Ankka - neljännesvuosikerta 1994-2 (1995) idem
Aku Ankka 2003-48 (2003) idem
Aku Ankka - neljännesvuosikerta 2003-4 (2004) idem

France

Le Journal de Mickey (Albums) 162 "Naître ou ne pas naître"
Picsou Magazine (Albums) B 28 Si Donald n'était pas né...
Le Journal de Mickey 2190 (1994) "Naître ou ne pas naître"
Picsou Magazine 329 (1999) Si Donald n'était pas né...
Picsou Magazine 389 p. 117 (2004) Si Donald n'existait pas ?
Picsou Magazine (Albums) B 45 (2005) idem
Picsou Magazine hors-série C2 p. 224 (2007) Si Donald n'existait pas...

Germany

60 Jahre Donald Duck 1 (1994) Kein Tag wie jeder andere
Micky Maus 1994-24 (1994) idem
Micky, Donald & Co. - Die drei Jubiläumsbände 1 (2002) idem
Onkel Dagobert von Don Rosa 31 (2005) idem
Disney's Hall of Fame 14 (2008) idem

Italy

Paperino Mese 168 (1994) Paperino e il genio del compleanno [22 pg.]
Tutto Disney 3 (1996) idem [22 pg.]
Speciale Disney 24 (2001) idem [22 pg.]
Zio Paperone 177 (2004) idem
Raccolta Paperino Mese / Paperino 17 idem [22 pg.]

Latvia

Donalds Ducks - Daudz laimes, Donald! 1 (2004) Dzimšanas dienas džins

Netherlands

Vakantieboek 1995 (1995) De eend die nooit bestond

Norway

Donald Duck & Co 1994-23 (1994) Fødselsdagen
Jubileumsbok 2004 (2004) idem
Hall of Fame - De store serieskaperne 22 (2008) idem

Russia

Микки Маус 1994-06 (1994) Отверженный

Sweden

Kalle Anka 70 år 2004 (2004) Ankan som inte fanns
Hall of Fame: De stora serieskaparna 22 (2008) idem

USA

Donald Duck 286 (1994)

Russia, MM1994-06

Denmark, AA1994-23

USA, DD 286

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