Super Duck Comics #29
Super Duck Comics #29 (1949) is a representative mid-run issue of Archie's long-running funny-animal anthology, appearing at the creative height of Al Fagaly's tenure on the title — the period when the book had fully settled into its suburban-comedy groove following its early-1940s superhero origins. As one of the issues carrying the full ensemble cast of Supe, Fauntleroy, Uwanna, Cubby, and Pud, it documents the mature, Carl Barks-influenced house style that MLJ/Archie developed as a deliberate answer to the Disney duck comics of the era. The series as a whole represents a notable footnote in Golden Age funny-animal publishing — an independent publisher's sustained, decade-and-a-half attempt to carve out its own anthropomorphic niche — and mid-run issues like #29 show that ecosystem at full operation.
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Super Duck was created in 1943 by Al Fagaly (1909–1963) for what was then MLJ Comics, debuting in Jolly Jingles #10 before graduating to his own title — Super Duck Comics — with a Fall 1944 cover date under the Close-Up, Inc. imprint beginning with issue #5. By 1949 the superhero premise had been entirely abandoned in favor of a domestic-comedy format consciously modeled on Carl Barks's Donald Duck work, with Fagaly illustrating most covers through the early 1950s alongside contributor Red Holmdale. Issue #29 falls squarely in this mature phase of the title's run.
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- Published in 1949 by Archie Comics (Close-Up, Inc. indicia), part of the long-running Super Duck Comics series that ran 94 issues from Fall 1944 to 1960.
- Creator Al Fagaly (1909–1963) is the originating artist/writer of the Super Duck character and illustrated the majority of covers through the early 1950s; Red Holmdale was also a regular series contributor.
- Super Duck (nicknamed 'Supe,' the 'Cockeyed Wonder') — the title's lead character, originally a Superman parody who pivoted to a hapless suburban everyman in the Carl Barks mode — appears as the central character.
- Fauntleroy Duck ('Faunt'), Supe's bratty nephew (occasionally identified in-series as his younger brother), is a recurring co-star whose visual design closely echoed Donald Duck's nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
- Uwanna Duck, Supe's temperamental girlfriend and a Daisy Duck analogue, appears in this issue as part of the established supporting cast.
- Cubby, a recurring backup-strip character appearing in issues across this era, is indexed in this issue alongside the minor character Pud.
- The series title on the cover through issue #67 was 'Super Duck the Cockeyed Wonder'; the indicia title remained 'Super Duck Comics' through issue #90.
- Stories from the Super Duck series were later reprinted in multiple Archie digest formats including Laugh Comics Digest and Archie's Mad House, with reprints continuing as recently as 2013 onward in Archie digest titles.
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Fauntleroy plays a trick on Super with shoes of two different sizes.
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