Walt Disney's Donald Duck #249
In "Big-Top Bedlam," Donald Duck finds himself in a whirlwind of circus chaos after losing Daisy's cherished heirloom brooch on the way to pawn it for tickets to the big show. When the brooch surfaces in the hands of a mysterious quick-change artist, Donald takes a job as a clown to track it down—leading to a series of slapstick misadventures under the big top. Written and illustrated by Carl Barks, with coloring by the Western Publishing Production Shop and lettering by Barks himself, this 1977 classic features a cover by Carl Buettner that captures the zany spectacle of the story.
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Donald loses Daisy's heirloom brooch on the way to hock it for enough money to buy circus tickets for himself and the nephews. The brooch turns up mysteriously in the hands of a quick-change artist at the circus, and Donald gets a job as a clown so that he can try to get the brooch back.
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