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{{Infobox comic
|name=The Genuine Article
|code=W OS 199-04
|title_orig=
|title_alt=
|hero=
|appearances=[[Donald Duck]]<br>[[Huey, Dewey and Louie]]
|pages=1
|layout=4 rows per page
|story=[[Carl Barks]]
|ink=Carl Barks
|date=October 1948
|first=Four Color #199
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"'''The Genuine Article'''" is a one-page [[funny animal]] [[comic book]] gag story written, drawn, and lettered by [[Carl Barks]]. It was first published by [[Dell Publishing|Dell]] in color on the back cover of Four Color #199 (October 1948). It has been reprinted several times.

Other stories in the issue are the 32-page feature-length story ''[[Sheriff of Bullet Valley]]'' and two one-page gag stories: "[[Best Laid Plans (comics)|Best Laid Plans]]" and "[[Sorry to be Safe]]".

==Plot==
Donald Duck considers buying an antique wig cabinet full of worm holes. The dealer says the worm holes are proof of the cabinet's authenticity. Donald thinks the worm holes are fake and will prove it. He sets the cabinet in his back yard. Woodpeckers destroy the cabinet looking for worms. Donald is stuck with the ruined cabinet for the rest of his life.

==See also==
*[[List of Disney comics by Carl Barks]]

==References==
* {{cite book |last=Barks |first=Carl |year=2012 |title=Walt Disney's Donald Duck: "The Old Castle's Secret" |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |pages=172, 222}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.comics.org/issue/6476/#64509 |title=The Genuine Article |publisher=Grand Comics Database |accessdate=12/3/2013}}

[[Category:1948 in comics]]
[[Category:Donald Duck comics by Carl Barks]]

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