I recently acquired a small collection of comics from all around the world, including the one in the image above. What got me most curious about this one was that the previous owner had marked it as being from Iraq. And to my knowledge, Disney comics have never been published in that country. A quick search in the inducks database and checking details inside reveals that this is in fact an Egyptian comic from 1963.
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| Image from inducks.org |
But there's also a stamp on the cover, and I was told this read "Arrived by plane" and that the price is 40 fulūs. According to Wikipedia 1 Iraqi dinar = 1000 fulūs, while this is not a currency that has been used in Egypt. So, it sounds likely that this comic actually was distributed to Iraq and sold there in the 1960's.
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One interesting fact about Egyptian comics is that artwork is usually mirrored compared to how it was originally drawn when not produced locally. This is so it can be used with the right-to-left Arabic language.
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| Egyptian comic compared to Ludwig Von Drake #4 (Dell) |
If you look closely at the image above, you can also see that for some reason the hats are removed in the Egyptian print. This is more noticeable later in the story.
And here from the story "Voodoo Hoodoo" by Barks.
I've been trying to find out the reason for this, but have no clue why. If anyone knows, please tell!
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