• Nederlands
  InleidingPrehistorie19411949Oudheid19521953195419551956196019611962
• Nederlands 2
  Middeleeuwen19631964196519661968196919701971Renaissance19731974197519761978197919811982
• Nederlands 3
  Nieuwe tijd19841985198619871989199019911992Moderne tijd199419951997199819992000200120022003
• English
  IntroductionPre-history19411949Ancient times1952 1953195419551956196019611962
• English 2
  Middle ages19631964196519661968196919701971Renaissance19731974197519761978197919811982
• English 3
  New era19841985198619871989199019911992Contemporary era199419951997199819992000200120022003
• Index
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1952

A famous cover

But did anyone wonder what the cover is supposed to mean? Okay, Donald "carries" a watch. And the watches were the big prize in the contest in this first issue. But why is Donald pointing upwards, and what is he looking at?

A look at the original Swedish cover (from 1948) gives us a bit more information.

Apparently, Donald likes the fact that he now was his own magazine: he points to, and looks at, its logo. In the Swedish version, the logo is as wide as the magazine, so Donald is not looking "in the air"...

This version of the cover was used on the first issues in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, a few years before. The Donald is taken from a newspaper strip by Al Taliaferro. The nephews are from a story by Carl Barks. An editor has composed a cover out of this.

What we see on the cover of Dutch Weekly #1 is therefore a third-generation product: the Dutch editor added the watch, and gave the cover its new colours.