Opening Number (W WDC 1-00)

Story code: W WDC 1-00
Origin: Western
Title: Opening Number
Hero(es): Donald Duck
Pages: 1
Layout: cover
Appearances: Donald Duck [show character portraits]
Idea: ?
Art (pencil and ink): Hank Porter
Date of first publication: October 1940
Referred to in: article: Qgr/KX 248, Qit/DSTO 13B
remake: ARC WDC 600, UC MMW 341, XUC WDCFAS 1A
various: XSC KAJ 1989A (unknown), FC EDS 6 (re-used art), XUC WDC 715A (parody)

en	Donald is winking with eye and pointing his finger while turning the first page. (by opus, history)
fi	Aku raottamassa sarjakuvalehden kantta

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Publications

(10 countries, 52 publications)

Denmark
1. Rappet 2 (2003) [0+ pg.]
2. Don Rosas samlede værker 1 - 1987-1988 p. 007c (2014) [0+ pg.]
3. Carl Barks 120 år 1 p. 007 (2020) [1/2 pg.]
Finland
1. Jättikirjat 1973 - Minä Roope-setä p. 011b (1973) [0+ pg.]
2. Ankkalinnan Pamaus 1 - N:o 1 (1/1999) p. 17 (1999) [0+ pg.]
3. Aku Ankka 2005-12 (2005) (cover from Walt Disney's Comics 1) [1/16 pg.] [article illustration]
4. Aku Ankka ja kumppanit 2005 p. 004x (2005) [0+ pg.]
5. Aku Ankka -neljännesvuosikerta 2005-1 (2006) (cover from Walt Disney's Comics 1) [1/16 pg.] [article illustration]
6. Don Rosan kootut 1 - (1987-1988) p. 007c (2011) [0+ pg.]
7. Ankkalinnan Pamaus K-EAP - Elektroninen Ankkalinnan Pamaus (2012) [0+ pg.]
8. Tutkimukset 2021TR - Disney-sarjakuvien historia 1930-2020 p. 044c (2021) [0+ pg.]
France
1. Picsou Magazine 345 - Papa Duck est mort... (2000) 1942 [1/4 pg.]
2. Picsou Magazine (Albums) B 32 (2001) idem [1/4 pg.]
3. Les trésors de Picsou 14 p. 236a (2011) [1/9 pg.]
4. Les trésors de Donald 3 - Noël p. 131 (2015) Walt Disney's Comics and stories 1
5. Mickey Donald & Cie - La Grande Galerie des Personnages 52 - Miss Frappe, une secrétaire bien patiente p. 14a (2022) [1/4 pg.]
Germany
1. Die großen Klassiker 3 - Ich Onkel Dagobert (1993) [1/3 pg.]
2. Disney - Die ersten 100 Jahre 1 p. 050 (2001) [1/16 pg.]
3. Comixene 111 p. 06f (2011) [1/16 pg.]
4. Don Rosa Collection 1 p. 007c (2011) [0+ pg.]
5. Anthologie-Reihe 1 - Donald Duck: Die Ente - die Legende p. 007b (2018) [1/9 pg.]
6. Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck (Sonderheft) 376 p. 35a (2018) [1/25 pg.]
7. Der Dicke Donald - seit 1934 1 p. 006 (2024) [1/16 pg.]
Greece
1. Κόμιξ 248 - Ο Στοιχειωμένος Μύλος (2009) [1/16 pg.]
2. Ντόναλντ 137 - Διαπλανητική Αναμπουμπούλα (2009) [1/4 pg.]
3. Ντόναλντ Τόμος 2 - Τόμος 2 (2012) [1/4 pg.]
Italy
1. Dono di Topolino ai suoi amici 1 (1950)
2. Cartonatoni Disney 3A - Io, Paperone (1972) [1/4 pg.]
3. Cartonatoni Disney 3B - Io, Paperone (1979) [1/4 pg.]
4. Fumo di china 3 84 (2000) [1/16 pg.]
5. Disney Story 13 - 1940 - La vanitosa della "Banda Disney" (2009) [0+ pg.]
6. Supplementi a Topolino (libretto) 3306 - 70 anni di Topolino p. 10a (2019) [0+ pg.]
7. Topolino Classic 2 - Anno Due 1950 p. 008a (2020) [0+ pg.]
8. Topolino Classic 2 - Anno Due 1950 p. 009a (2020) [0+ pg.]
9. Topolino Classic 2 - Anno Due 1950 p. 086a (2020) [0+ pg.]
Netherlands
1. Donald Duck Collectie, Algemeen Dagblad 8 - Donald Duck als zweefeend en Donald Duck als swingvogel (2009) [1/4 pg.]
Norway
1. Donald Duck - God gammel årgang 2010 - Julen 2010 (2010) [part of ZS 36-10-25 used as background]
2. Don Rosa samlede verk 1 p. 007c (2011) [0+ pg.]
Sweden
1. Kalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1949-01 (1999) [1/24 pg.]
2. Kalle Anka & C:o – Den kompletta årgången 1949-02 (1999) [1/24 pg.]
3. Disney special 38 - Kalle Anka & C:o jubileumsutgåva: 60 år i Sverige (2008) Walt Disney's Comics and Stories [0+ pg.]
4. Don Rosa samlade verk 1 p. 007c (2011) [0+ pg.]
United States
1. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 1 (1940) Opening Number
2. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 300 (1965) Front cover of the first issue in 1940 [1/4 pg.]
3. Best Comic Series (Large hardbound books) 4 - Uncle Scrooge (1979) [0+ pg.]
4. Comic Book Marketplace 103 (2003) [1/9 pg.]
5. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 715A (2011) [flipped, with added caption by DGe in place of logo]
6. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Archives 1 (2011) [zoomed, new background with pages out of Island in the Sky]
7. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Archives 1 (2011) Opening Number
8. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Archives 1 (2011)
9. Disney Comics Around the World in One Hundred Years (Target Exclusive 3) (2023) [Collage of panels from stries featured in the volume]
10. Disney Comics Around the World in One Hundred Years (Target Exclusive 3) p. 016b (2023) [1/12 pg.]

Norway, DGO2010
*Changes: part of ZS 36-10-25 used as background*

United States, WDC 715A
*Changes: flipped, with added caption by DGe in place of logo*

United States, WDCA 1
*Changes: zoomed, new background with pages out of Island in the Sky*

United States, TE 3
*Changes: Collage of panels from stries featured in the volume*

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France

Germany

Greece

Italy

Netherlands

Norway

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United States