All about Douwe Dabbert

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from Piet Wijn and Thom Roep

Bermudillo, Timpe Tampert, Daniel Dudek, Gammelpot, Dusty Dabbert, Teobald, Nicky Bommel, Danny Doodle, Bobo Pak Janggut ..... and Barbie, published by the United Arab Emirates

Binding & Printing erros

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There are various types of binding and printing errors, both in the Netherlands (Douwe Dabbert) and in Spain (Bermudillo).

Examples include: the wrong cover for the intended album, or the wrong spine, or incorrect printing information, or incorrect or no mention of the year of publication, or pages not in the correct order... Sometimes some of the pages were removed from one album and added to another.

When such an error was discovered, most albums were either destroyed or manually dismantled and re-glued. This depended on the number of copies that were incorrect.

A number of incorrect copies always slipped through.

Netherland (Douwe Dabbert)

BINDING ERROR

Publisher: Oberon #1 ✔

Year: 1977, 1st print

# pag: 48

ISBN: 90-320-2037-4

Cover: Hardcover - front

Language: Dutch

The HC cover of Peter de Smets' “De Generaal” containing the interior of “De Verwende Prinses.”

It is indeed a mechanical binding error, which was made at the time in Italy (Intergrafica printing company in Milan - Responsible: Valentino Conte).

SEE ALSO PAGE “SPECIALS/BINDING ERRORS”

BINDING ERROR

Publisher: Oberon #1 ✔

Year: 1977, 1st print

# pag: 48

ISBN: 90-320-2037-4

Cover: Hardcover - back

Language: Dutch

Publisher: Oberon ✔

Year: 1986, 2. print

# pag: 48

ISBN: 90-320-2037-4

Cover: Softcover - front

Language: Dutch

The colophon mistakenly states:

1982. 2. print 1986.

Must be: 4. print.

Publisher: Big Balloon ✔

Year: 1990, 2. print

# pag.: 46

ISBN: 90-5425-185-9

Cover: Softcover - front

Language: Dutch

The colophon mistakenly states:

2. print, 1990 Big Balloon

Must be: 5. print.

Publisher: DLC ✔

Year: 2013

# pag.: 48

ISBN: 978-90-8886-136-9

Cover: Softcover - front

Language: Dutch

In album, 2013 is listed.

However, was issued in 2014

Publisher: Uitgever L ✔

Year: 2021, 3. print

# pag.: 46

ISBN: 978-90-8886-741-5

Cover: Hardcover - front

Language: Dutch

This is a Dossier Edition.
In this album there are 2 Colophons. The 1st Colophon indicates, that it is a 3rd edition, but the 2nd Colophon, a few pages further, indicates that it is a 2nd edition. The ISBN number is also listed there.

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Publishing

Year: 1977

# pag.:

ISBN: 978-18-8791-155-9

Cover: Softcover

Language: English (US)

Fantasy Flight Publishing had the license at the time, Dwight R. Decker did the translation and they did some early marketing. However, the book was cancelled before it went to press, so it unfortunately does not exist.

Publisher: Oberon ✔

Year: 1978, 1. print

# pag.: 48

ISBN: 90-320-2043-9

Cover: Softcover - front

Language: Dutch

Unlike the black standard edition, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions of this album have the text “VERHALEN FROM THE WEEKBLAD” in blue, and Donald Duck in red.

Publisher: Oberon ✔

Jaar: 1980, 1. print

# pag.: 48

ISBN: 90-320-2044-7

Cover: Hardcover

Language: Dutch

BINDING ERROR:

The content is from The Deceitful Healer, while the cover is from The Gate to the East.

Publisher: Oberon ✔

Jaar: 1980, 1. print

# pag.: 48

ISBN: 90-320-2044-7

Cover: Hardcover

Language: Dutch

BINDING ERROR:

The content is from The Deceitful Healer, while the cover is from The Gate to the East.

Publisher: Cobolt

Year: Jun 2017, Draft

# pag.: 56

ISBN: 87-7085-678-2

Cover: Hardcover

Language: Danish

It was a preliminary cover titled “Tågesømonstret” which was changed to “Uhyret fra Tågesøen” for the final edition. It means the same thing because “uhyre” is the same as “monster,” but “uhyre” is fairy tale-like and easier to read for children.

Publisher: Big Balloon ✔

Year: 1991, 3. print

# pag.: 48

ISBN: 90-542-5331-2

Cover: Softcover - front

Language: Dutch

This album was created in 1991, but issued in 1992. Of this issue, some backs have printed 14 issues, some 15.

Publisher: Big Balloon

Year: 1991, 3. print

# pag.: 48

ISBN: 90-542-5331-2

Cover: Softcover - back

Language: Dutch

The backside of this album has 14 albums previously published.

Publisher: Big Balloon ✔

Year: 1991, 3. print

# pag.: 48

ISBN: 90-542-5331-2

Cover: Softcover - back

Language: Dutch

The back cover of the same album has 15 albums, previously published.

Publisher: Uitgeverij L ✔

Year: 2022, 2. print

# pages: 36

ISBN: 978-90-8886-407-0

Cover: Softcover

Language: Dutch

This is an erroneous compilation. Only pages 1 to 36 are included in this version.

Publisher: Uitgeverij L ✔

Year: 2022, 2. print

# pages: 14+50

ISBN: 978-90-8886-407-0

Cover: Softcover

Language: Dutch

This is an erroneous compilation. This version includes pages 37 to 50 first, then the Colophon, then pages 1 to 50.

Publisher: Big Balloon ✔

Year: 1991

# pag.: 48

ISBN: 90-320-3137-6

Cover: Softcover - front

Language: Dutch

No year is mentioned in the colophon

Publisher: Oberon ✔

Year: 1987, 2. print

# pages: 48

ISBN: 90-320-3087-6

Cover: Softcover

Language: Dutch

Interestingly for this issue, the spine of this album is erroneously printed with the text “The witches of the day before yesterday.” See scan. Very special.

Publisher: Big Balloon ✔

Year: 1993, 3. print

# pag.: 48

ISBN: 90-542-5473-4

Cover: Softcover - front

Language: Dutch

The last page (page 47) of the issue is a case of “not closing". The lines of the drawings are double, and the color is different. The cylinder on the printing press with the black ink is not adjusted exactly corresponding to the three others (yellow, blue and magenta).

Page 47

Publisher: Big Balloon ✔

Year: 2003, 3. print

# pag.: 48

ISBN: 90-5425-093-3

Cover: Softcover - front

Language: Dutch

The colophon states that this is the 2nd edition when it is most certainly the 3rd edition.

Publisher: Big Balloon ✔

Year: 2001

# pag.: 48

ISBN: 90-5425-835-7

Cover: Softcover - front

Language: Dutch

The last 17 pages are drawn by Dick Matena.

The ISBN listed in the album is incomplete. 90-542-835-7.

After a price increase, the remaining stock was given a sticker printed Big Balloon Publishers.

Douwe Dabbert normally has a bald head, but in the story he tells he is younger and still has a full head of hair. Only briefly on page 19, and later on page 24, he suddenly has a bald crown in the past as well.