Although it may seem that the ducks in Carl Barks' comic book stories are mostly besieged by bad luck, they have been bestowed with good luck in a great many stories. Here you are given a few examples of the ducks' many quality times. In fact, because there are so many stories to choose from, this page focuses on as many  varieties of stories as possible within four different categories.  Yet, despite the surprisingly large variety of  stories, the examples chosen primarily deal with ducks receiving money!

PAYMENTS
Over time the ducks have been paid in both vast amounts of money and in valuable specimens.
FC0422 The Gilded Man 50,000 Dollars	FC0456 Something's Fishy Fish Galore	FC0029 The Mummy's Ring Chest Full of Valuables
FC0367 A Christmas for Shacktown Content of the First Car Load	WDCS158 'The Nephews Beehive' Bread with Honey	FC0263 Trail of the Unicorn 1,000,000 Dollars
FC0263 Land of the Totem Poles A Steam Calliope	WDCS211 'The Coconutty Story' Money to Burn	FC0386 Only a Poor Old Man Purses for Money Fishing

COMPETITIONS
The ducks are forever competing. Against each other and against their surroundings.
WDCS155 'The Rainbow Heirs' For Openers: A Pot of Gold	WDCS167 'The Salmon Derby' Donald and Gladstone Competing	WDCS288 Hero of the Dike Winners of the Wooden Shoe Stomp
WDCS071 'The Swimming Competition' Cheating Donald vs the Nephews	DG The Christmas Cha Cha Winners of a Cha Cha Contest	WDCS185 'New Year's Resolutions' Who-Crumbles-First Competition
WDCS157 'The Mountain Climbing Story' Scrooge wins. Donald is Runner-Up(!)	WDCS103 'The Maharajah's Ruby' The Ducks Triumph over Gladstone	U$20 City of the Golden Roofs A Barrel of Gold for the Best Salesman

CEREMONIES
The ducks have participated in a number of official ceremonies. They have also dreamt about being the center of the ceremonies.
FC0275 Ancient Persia Donald about to get Married(!)	FC1055 The Beauty Queen Coronation of the City Queen	FC1095 The Bear Tamer King of Luck
WDCS151 'The Easter Marshal' Donald as Grand Marshal	U$30 Yoicks! The Fox! Victory Ceremony for a Fox Hunter	DD46 Secret of Hondorica Donald to be Crowned Spirit of Good Eats
WDCS286 The Olympian Torch Bearer Donald as, well, Olympian Torch Bearer	WDCS277 The Duckburg Pet Parade Winners of the Pet Parade	FC0408 The Golden Helmet Donald as King of North America

PRIZES
The ducks have received numerous prizes and awards in the stories. Here are some of the more unusual ones. Note: To see a listing of the prizes and ranking titles that have been bestowed upon the Junior Woodchucks go HERE.
U$31 Two Way Luck Winner of the Emerald Contest	WDCS187 'The Successor Story' Receiver of a Featherbed Company	U$35 The Golden Nugget Boat Champion of the Sourdoughs
WDCS099 'The Radio Quiz Show' Winner of a Tricycle(!)	U$14 A Square Inch of Land Winning Coupon for a Strip of Land	WDCS136 'The Turkey Raffle' Winner of the Raffle
U$16 'The Quiz Show' Winner of The Colosalest Prize	U$66 The Heedless Horseman Scrooge's Great Crystal Orb	WDCS205 'The Prize Apples' First Prize for Gladstone's Apples

See also the natural counterpart page titled The Bad Luck.