War with the Flies (ZS 3203)

Story code: ZS 3203
Origin: Sunday pages (US)
Title: War with the Flies
Hero(es): Bucky Bug
Pages: 28
Layout: Newspaper strip
Appearances: Bucky Bug, Fly King (1st), June Bug, Mayor Bugg, Mrs. Bug? (cameo; page 4) [show character portraits]
Writing: Earl Duvall (32-10-09 to 33-04-09), Ted Osborne
Art (pencil and ink): Al Taliaferro
Date of first publication: October 9, 1932
End date of publication (strip): April 16, 1933 (28 Sundays)
Referred to in: cover: IC NRT 28, IC NRT 29
article: Qus/DDDN 1B, Qus/FGL 10J, Qus/SSSC 1A, Qus/SSSC 1B
various: XU GEM 107 (Bucky's Birthday Party) (follow-up)

This story contains the following items:

ZS 32-10-09 (part 1)
ZS 32-10-16 (part 2)
ZS 32-10-23 (part 3)
ZS 32-10-30 (part 4)
ZS 32-11-06 (part 5)
ZS 32-11-13 (part 6)
ZS 32-11-20 (part 7)
ZS 32-11-27 (part 8)
ZS 32-12-04 (part 9)
ZS 32-12-11 (part 10)
ZS 32-12-18 (part 11)
ZS 32-12-25 (part 12)
ZS 33-01-01 (part 13)
ZS 33-01-08 (part 14)
ZS 33-01-15 (part 15)
ZS 33-01-22 (part 16)
ZS 33-01-29 (part 17)
ZS 33-02-05 (part 18)
ZS 33-02-12 (part 19)
ZS 33-02-19 (part 20)
ZS 33-02-26 (part 21)
ZS 33-03-05 (part 22)
ZS 33-03-12 (part 23)
ZS 33-03-19 (part 24)
ZS 33-03-26 (part 25)
ZS 33-04-02 (part 26)
ZS 33-04-09 (part 27)
ZS 33-04-16 (part 28)

This story is rated 7/10 and ranked 6515/43673 according to COA users. There have been about 5 votes for this story.

Entry edited by: LPJ (December 2, 2012)

en	Bucky proposes to June, and since Mayor Bugg prefers her marrying an officer he makes Bucky a general. Then the Fly King declares war on Junkville, and Bucky leads the fight against the attackers. Once the war is over, Bucky leaves Junkville to visit his parents
fi	sota kärpäsiä vastaan

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Publications

(7 countries, 22 publications)

Brazil
1. Pato Donald: As Tiras Diárias de Jornal Por Al Taliaferro 1 p. 009a (2022) [1/2 pg.]
Finland
1. Jättikirjat 1996 - Hassunkuriset sinfoniat p. 022b (1996) Ossian Ötökän seikkailut [9 1/3 pg.]
France
1. Bandes dessinées 1932-1951 (Grands albums cartonnés Le Livre de Paris/Hachette 14) (1985) (part 1) [12 pg.] [apparently complete 11-06 to the end, i.e. 4 first strips missing]
Germany
1. Die besten Geschichten von... 10 - Al Taliaferro (part 20) [1/2 pg.]
2. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse - Die ultimative Chronik 2 p. 335a (2020) [1/3 pg.] [only ZS 33-01-08]
Italy
1. Topolino (giornale) 45 (1933) La guerra fra le mosche e gli altri insetti (part 1) [1 pg.] [ZS 32-11-13,ZS 32-11-20 (first 3 panels)] 46 (part 2) [1 pg.] [ZS 32-11-20 (last 3 panels),ZS 32-11-27 (panels 1,2,3,6,7)] 47 (part 3) [1 pg.] [ZS 32-11-27 (panels 4,5),ZS 32-12-04] 48 (part 4) [1 pg.] [ZS 32-12-11,ZS 32-12-18 (first panel)] 49 (part 5) [1 pg.] [ZS 32-12-18 (except first panel),ZS 32-12-25 (first 3 panels)] 50 (part 6) [1 pg.] [ZS 32-12-25 (last 4 panels),ZS 33-01-01 (first 5 panels)] 51 (part 7) [14/5 pg.] [ZS 33-01-01 (last 2 panels),ZS 33-01-08,ZS 33-01-15] 52 (part 8) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-01-22] 53 (part 9) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-01-29,ZS 33-02-05 (first panel)] 54 (part 10) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-02-05 (except first panel),ZS 33-02-12 (first 3 panels)] 55 (part 11) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-02-12 (last 4 panels),ZS 33-02-19 (first 5 panels)] 56 (part 12) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-02-19 (last 2 panels),ZS 33-02-26 (first 2 panels),ZS 33-03-05 (first 5 panels)] 57 (part 13) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-03-05 (last 2 panels),ZS 33-03-12] 58 (part 14) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-03-19,ZS 33-03-26 (first panel)] 59 (part 15) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-03-26 (except first panel),ZS 33-04-02 (first 3 panels)] 60 (part 16) [2 pg.] [ZS 33-04-02 (last 4 panels),ZS 33-04-09,ZS 33-04-16]
2. Nel regno di Topolino 28 - La guerra mondiale degli insetti (1936) La guerra mondiale degli insetti (part 1) [17 pg.] [32-11-14 to 33-01-22; a few panels missing] 29 - La grande offensiva di Buci La grande offensiva di Buci (part 2) [16 pg.] [33-01-29 to 33-04-09;a few panels missing]
3. Topolino d'oro 7 (1971) Buci e la guerra mondiale degli insetti (part 1) [22 pg.]
4. Cartonatoni Disney 17 - Silly Symphonies Le avventure di Buci: Le prime avventure - La guerra fra le mosche e gli altri insetti - Un paese fantastico - Il rivale di Buci (part 5) [91/3 pg.]
5. Disney Classic 1 - Donald Duck - Le strisce quotidiane complete 1938-1940 p. 009a (2019) [1/2 pg.] [Only 1 page: ZS 33-02-05 (part 18)]
6. Nel Regno di Topolino (ristampa Comic Art) 28 - La guerra mondiale degli insetti La guerra mondiale degli insetti (part 1) [17 pg.] [32-11-14 to 33-01-22; a few panels missing] 29 - La grande offensiva di Buci La grande offensiva di Buci (part 2) [16 pg.] [33-01-29 to 33-04-09;a few panels missing]
7. Topolino (giornale) (ristampa Nerbini) 45 La guerra fra le mosche e gli altri insetti (part 1) [1 pg.] [ZS 32-11-13,ZS 32-11-20 (first 3 panels)] 46 (part 2) [1 pg.] [ZS 32-11-20 (last 3 panels),ZS 32-11-27 (panels 1,2,3,6,7)] 47 (part 3) [1 pg.] [ZS 32-11-27 (panels 4,5),ZS 32-12-04] 48 (part 4) [1 pg.] [ZS 32-12-11,ZS 32-12-18 (first panel)] 49 (part 5) [1 pg.] [ZS 32-12-18 (except first panel),ZS 32-12-25 (first 3 panels)] 50 (part 6) [1 pg.] [ZS 32-12-25 (last 4 panels),ZS 33-01-01 (first 5 panels)] 51 (part 7) [14/5 pg.] [ZS 33-01-01 (last 2 panels),ZS 33-01-08,ZS 33-01-15] 52 (part 8) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-01-22] 53 (part 9) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-01-29,ZS 33-02-05 (first panel)] 54 (part 10) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-02-05 (except first panel),ZS 33-02-12 (first 3 panels)] 55 (part 11) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-02-12 (last 4 panels),ZS 33-02-19 (first 5 panels)] 56 (part 12) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-02-19 (last 2 panels),ZS 33-02-26 (first 2 panels),ZS 33-03-05 (first 5 panels)] 57 (part 13) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-03-05 (last 2 panels),ZS 33-03-12] 58 (part 14) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-03-19,ZS 33-03-26 (first panel)] 59 (part 15) [1 pg.] [ZS 33-03-26 (except first panel),ZS 33-04-02 (first 3 panels)] 60 (part 16) [2 pg.] [ZS 33-04-02 (last 4 panels),ZS 33-04-09,ZS 33-04-16]
Norway
1. Hall of Fame - De store serieskaperne 45 - Al Taliaferro (2013) [1/2 pg.] [only one part]
United States
1. The Milwaukee Sentinel 321009 (1932) War with the Flies (part 1) [3/7 pg.] 321016 (part 2) [3/7 pg.] 321023 (part 3) [3/7 pg.] 321030 (part 4) [3/7 pg.] 321106 (part 5) [3/7 pg.] 321113 (part 6) [3/7 pg.] 321120 (part 7) [3/7 pg.] 321127 (part 8) [3/7 pg.] 321204 (part 9) [3/7 pg.]
2. Newspapers 1932 (1932) (part 1) 1932 (part 2) 1932 (part 3) 1932 (part 4) 1932 (part 5) 1932 (part 6) 1932 (part 7) 1932 (part 8) 1932 (part 9) 1932 (part 10) 1932 (part 11) 1932 (part 12) 1933 (part 13) 1933 (part 14) 1933 (part 15) 1933 (part 16) 1933 (part 17) 1933 (part 18) 1933 (part 19) 1933 (part 20) 1933 (part 21) 1933 (part 22) 1933 (part 23) 1933 (part 24) 1933 (part 25) 1933 (part 26) 1933 (part 27) 1933 (part 28)
3. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 23 (1942) (part 1) [13 1/4 pg.] 25 (part 2) [19 pg.]
4. Best Comic Series (Large hardbound books) 5 - Animated Features and Silly Symphonies (1980) Bucky Bug (part 1) [12 pg.]
5. Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics 1 - 1938-1940 p. 009a (2015) [1/2 pg.] [Only 1 page: ZS 33-02-05 (part 18)]
6. Silly Symphonies: The Sunday Newspaper Comics 1 - 1932-1935 p. 052a (2016)
7. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse - The Ultimate History 1 (part 14) [1/2 pg.]
8. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse - The Ultimate History 2 p. 335a (2020) (part 14) [1/2 pg.] [only ZS 33-01-08]
9. 1932-1935: Starring Bucky Bug and Donald Duck (Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies 1) p. 052a (2023)

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France

Germany

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Norway

United States