Introduc(k)tion to Inducks

Here's some information about Inducks.org.

Inducks is a website created by Harry Fluks in 1994 for logging Disney comics. It's a great resource if you're looking for more information!
It's basically a field guide for comics - it'll tell you how to identify certain stories and where you can find them, along with extra information about the writers or artists.
Since only the first pages are shown (to help identify stories) you won't be able to read comics on Inducks, but it'll tell you where the stories were reprinted (and thus which issues to track down).

Example search

For new users, Inducks is often confusing. Let's start with the search function - it looks like this:

In the character/creator fields, you can fill in full names (in any language) or their abbreviations (any common character will have an abbreviation on their page).

Let's say I'm looking for Carl Barks's The Screaming Cowboy, but I can't remember the name of it. I might remember that it's a story by Carl Barks, and know that Donald and the boys were there and that Donald caused an avalanche. I know I've read it, because I own a reprint of it, but I can't remember which one. In that case, I'd do a search like this:


Note how I'm using the abbreviations "Donald", "HDL" and "Barks" and inducks understands what I mean by that!

This search query gives me two results, one of which is the story I'm thinking of!

Clicking it will lead me to its page, where I can use the first page to verify that it's the right story:

...where I can find a lot of information on it. There are credits, character appearances, stories that make reference to it, even ratings by other inducks users. If I scroll down, I can even see descriptions in multiple languages (which inducks uses for their search function)!

Now, continuing with our imaginary scenario: let's say I'm a US-American Barks fan and I really love The Screaming Cowboy and I'd like to own all of the different editions of it. Or maybe I'm telling my US-American friend which editions to look out for. Or maybe I already own some comic books and I know that one of them contains The Screaming Cowboy, but I just can't find out which one.
In that case, I'd just scroll down.

Look at that! All the information I need at my fingertips. And yes, those titles link to the index of the full comic book. It's very helpful when you know there's a story you've read in an issue that also contained a certain other story, but you can't find it.