Farragut the Falcon, also printed as Fred the Falcon, is a comic story written and drawn by Carl Barks. It features Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, Jughead Jones, and, in their debut, Farragut and Eider Duck.
Plot[]
Donald Duck receives a fearsome trained falcon from his uncle Eider as a gift. Donald doesn't really have any idea how to handle a raptor, despite his claims that he knows what he's doing, and catastrophes after catastrophes ensue…
Behind the scenes[]
This story was first printed in DeAugustcember of 1944 in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #47. It was then reprinted in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #302, Donald Duck #341, and, of course, in the various versions of the Carl Barks Library. Under the title of Fred the Falcon, it was also printed in the British Donald and Mickey #53, in a cut version.