The I.N.D.U.C.K.S.
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This file describes the files of the Inducks, a world-wide index of
Disney comics. The files are in this directory, and in several subdirectories.
For more information about the Inducks, see on the World Wide Web:
http://members.xoom.com/bolderbast


Files in this directory
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README

licence.txt
   A statement about the usage of the data in the Inducks.

legend
   This file.

indexers.legend
   A list of people who indexed the data in the Inducks.


Files in subdirectories
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The other files are in several subdirectories:

western
   Files with information about the USA comics from before 1986,
   mostly published by Western, under the Dell, Gold Key, and Whitman label.
   All indexed issues appear in alphabetical order.

   These files can be considered a list of stories as well as a list
   of reprints.

us
   Files with information about the USA comics from 1986 - present.
   All indexed issues appear in alphabetical order.

denmark, finland, etc.
various
   Files with information about comics from the respective country.
   All indexed issues appear in alphabetical order.

stories
   Files with information grouped by "story code". For instance, all
   stories produced by Egmont in Denmark are in the three files
   "D-cod-2000-5998.stories", "D-cod-6000-10168.stories", and
   "D-cod-88-.stories".
   Newspaper strips are for instance in "Daily-Donald-Duck.stories"
   and "Sunday-Donald-Duck.stories".

internal
   The same information from all directories above, but in an "internal"
   format, meant for computers. The format is described on the website
   http://members.xoom.com/bolderbast
   The "internal" files can easily be converted to Excel, Access, DBase,
   and other similar packages.

zip
   The above files, in PKZIPped format. For people who want to
   download everything by ftp'ing only a few files.


Concluding remarks
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The Inducks is maintained by Harry Fluks. If you have any
comments, errors or additions, please contact him at

 h.w.fluks@research.kpn.com

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