THEROYALTY

Carl Barks made numerous references to both real and mythic royalty in his comics and his paintings. The titles of king, queen, prince and princess were often used in his work, although he didn't always draw the specific characters. Many times they were just mentioned to serve as a solid background for the stories.

THE GENUINE
This is a cavalcade of the royalty Barks drew in his comic books. Observe that the most typical regalia - a crown - is seldom used.
WDCS297 King Jambok	FC0275 Prince Cad Ali Cad	U$65 Princess Teentsy Teen	U$24 King Muchkale
WDCS252 King Notraks	U$68 Queen Cleopickerel	FC0062 King (no name)	U$64 Prince Char Ming
FC0275 King Nevvawaza	WDCS291 King Yamhok	U$70 King Kumquat	FC0275 Princess Needa Bara Soapa

THE LESS GENUINE

Barks used royal titles in the figurative sense as well. He made a number of stories with titles that did not necessarily refer to actual royalty. Examples are U$62 Queen of the Wild Dog Pack and U$69 The Cattle King.

Several times Barks used titles just as a common way of speech. Daisy has been called the queen of the party more than once (f.i. in DD60), and Gladstone longed to be the king of his club in FC1095 The Bear Tamer.

Barks also referred to royalty without showing them. In U$55 McDuck of Arabia the ducks are seeking the mines of the Queen of Sheba, and in U$10 The Philosopher's Stone the ducks get their hands on King Midas' secret.

U$39
In this story Gyro enters an invention competition and
we are presented to a real beauty queen.

WDCS231 The Wax Museum
Donald - as a night watchman - tries to round up some carnival guests. One is dressed up as Queen Elizabeth.

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Donald and Gladstone are fighting to get the leading theater role as Prince Dashingblade, while Daisy plays Princess Morningstar.

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In this ten-pager the residents of Duckburg are introduced to a special breed of royalty - Oscar, King of the Hoboes.

FC0408 The Golden Helmet
In this story the ever-unlucky Donald manages to become nothing less than King of North America - for a brief moment.

THE PAINTED ONES
In his painting period, Barks apparently was genuinely fascinated with the glamour of royalty. Among his non-duck paintings you will find these gems:
08-76 King Midas having Fun	01-77 Old King Cole	02-77 King Neptune
40-78 King Beowulf	01-80 Xerxes and the Harem	8-96 Queen of Sheba The painting of the Queen of Sheba paying a visit to the Judaic King Solomon (who is sitting on his throne in the far back). This was just one of a handful of paintings that were never finished by Barks.