Carl Barks Library (CBL) is a series of 30 books with all Disney comics and covers written and/or drawn by Carl Barks. A few stories were modified, sometimes for production reasons and sometimes in an attempt to remedy censorship in the original publication, restoring the published work to Barks' original intent. The books are collected in ten sets with three books in each, a total of about 7400 pages. It was published from 1983 to 1990 in the United States by Another Rainbow Publishing under license from The Walt Disney Company. The comics were printed (with a few exceptions) in black and white. In addition to the comics, there are numerous articles with background information.
| Set | Date | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| I | July 1984 | Four Color Donald Duck 9-223 |
| II | November 1986 | Four Color Donald Duck 238-422 and Donald Duck 26-138 |
| III | December 1984 | Four Color Uncle Scrooge 386-495 and Uncle Scrooge 3-20 |
| IV | November 1985 | Uncle Scrooge 21-43 and The Lemonade King |
| V | April 1989 | Uncle Scrooge 44-71 and The Christmas Carol |
| VI | May 1990 | Miscellaneous |
| VII | March 1988 | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 31-94 and Large Feature Comics #7 |
| VIII | August 1983 | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 95-166 |
| IX | June 1985 | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 167-229 |
| X | August 1990 | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 230-312 and an Index |
Carl Barks Library is also a series of 141 comic book albums published 1991-1996 by Gladstone Publishing. In this version all stories are in full color.
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