Carl Barks' stories are filled with the primary characters in conflict with each other in varying stages of seriousness - from the tiniest misunderstandings to major battles. This is as it should be; comic books thrive on that sort of opposition and the readers love them. Below you are treated to a few examples of stories where different primary characters are up against each other.
| DONALD vs. THE NEPHEWS | ||
The nephews refuse to take a much needed bath, so Donald has to outsmart them. |
Donald tries to tease the nephews by spoiling their detective game. |
Donald sabotages the nephews' ice taxi in order to get all the customers for himself. |
| SCROOGE vs. GLADSTONE | ||
Scrooge is confident that he can find bigger gold nuggets in a contest than Gladstone. |
Scrooge is certain that Gladstone cannot find a spotted elephant with a square trunk. |
Scrooge is convinced that he can find more valuables in the desert than Gladstone. |
| DAISY vs. DONALD | ||
Donald is trying to sneak away from Daisy's spring cleaning, but she manages to catch up with him. |
The nephews' gold-finder tests a ring that Donald has given to Daisy. She thinks it is real gold, but the apparatus disagrees. |
Daisy suspects that Donald will sabotage an important meeting, so she comes prepared for every contingency. |
| THE JWs vs. OTHER ADVERSARIES | ||
The Junior Woodchucks have been challenged to a bridge building contest by the Chickadees. They are girls... |
The nephews try to find the location of Dread Valley Sandy's sudden wealth using their JW skills. But he is a tough one! |
The nephews try for separate merit badges in the JW but unfortunately Donald decides to help them! |
| DONALD vs. NEIGHBOUR JONES | ||
A quarrel about putty escalates into a war between Jones and Donald. |
Donald insists on singing Christmas carols for Jones, who is not amused at all. |
The antagonists try to destroy each other despite the nephews' intermediation. |
| GLOMGOLD vs. SCROOGE | ||
Glomgold says he will demonstrate that he is a richer duck than Scrooge. Scrooge strings along... |
Glomgold and Scrooge are piling up their fortunes in silver coins. They soon have heaps of trouble... |
Glomgold and Scrooge are outbidding each other in a gold mine auction. Mine, mine, mine... |
| DONALD vs. SCROOGE | ||
Donald ventures a guess that Scrooge cannot find valuables in the bare desert. |
Donald bets that he can beat Scrooge at any odd job. Scrooge accepts the challenge. |
Donald wagers that he can beat Scrooge to the top of mountain Demontooth. |
| GYRO vs. OTHER INVENTORS | ||
Gyro's new neighbour is a whiz with inventions. Gyro takes up the gauntlet. |
Gyro tries to build a better mousetrap than his opponent Pierre de Fraud. |
Has Mr. Ipsquiggle a better invention to show the patent office than Gyro? |
| GLADSTONE vs. DONALD | ||
Donald and Gladstone fight to get the leading part in Daisy's theater play. |
The two relatives make yearly bets that neither of them are able to carry through. |
Donald is playing a game of golf when Gladstone pops up to challenge him. |
| DONALD vs. ...THE WORLD | ||
Donald's new swimming pool attracts people from far and near. He has to act tough to be able to take a dip. |
Donald signs up to be Duckburg's choice for the Olympic Games, but he has to beat both the other contestants - and himself. |
In the spring Donald tries to beautify his garden, but it seems that Mother Nature herself is against the idea. |
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| http://www.cbarks.dk/THECONFLICTS.htm | Date 2006-03-30 |
