Donald Duck
#215
(January 1980)
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Barcode
- 0335009003701
- Editing
- Del Connell (managing editor, story editor); Larry Mayer (art director)
Issue Notes
All reprint issue. Cover and comic contents are all reprint.
This issue has variants:
The Great Rainbow Race
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Magica De Spell
- Synopsis
- The Ducks race for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, unaware that Magica De Spell is hiding inside.
- Reprints
-
from Donald Duck (Western, 1962 series) #105 (January 1966)
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- Keywords
- impulsiveness; pot of gold; rainbow
Indexer Notes
Cover scene does not occur in the story it illustrates.
![Cover Thumbnail for Donald Duck (1962 series) #215 [Whitman]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1188/w100/1188081.jpg?-3902272228640995059)
The Great Rainbow Race
Donald Duck / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Bob Ogle
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl
- Inks
- Mike Royer
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Donald! Don't just sit there! Get packed! I've got an important job for you!
- Feature Logo
Donald Duck [Western Logo 1 Donald Duck on one line]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Magica De Spell; Scrooge's pilot
- Synopsis
- Scrooge sends Donald and the boys to look for the fabled pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Their jet-plane aerial search is taken over by Magica De Spell who wants the gold for herself. The rainbow ends - and vanishes - in a far-eastern country where rain is not expected for another year, causing angry Magica to use her powers of sorcery to conjure up a "gully-washer" that produces a rainbow of its own. Under such conditions, can there be any truth to the pot of gold legend?
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck (Western, 1962 series) #105 (January 1966)
-
- Keywords
- desert setting; far-off land; legend; pot of gold; rainbow
Indexer Notes
Bob Ogle script credit is based on the use of his unique, telltale exclamation "Ug!" and that the story does not read like the work of any of the "regular" Donald Duck writers of the period such as Vic Lockman, Bob Gregory, or Carl Fallberg.
Mike Royer inks credit, per I.N.D.U.C.K.S.
Spider-Man and the Demolition Derby
Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Demolition Derby
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man catches a robber, The Demolition Derby, by webbing him up and then giving him a Hostess Twinkie that is so good that the robber doesn't try to get away.
- Keywords
- Hostess ad; product-spawned heroics; snack cakes
Indexer Notes
Pencils credit from http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/03/11/comic-book-legends-rev…. Inks credit from Rubinstein via Facebook.
Donald's Buzzin' Cousin
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bob Ogle
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl
- Inks
- Steve Steere
- Colors
- Western Publishing Production Shop
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hope I make it in time to meet Cousin Fethry!
- Feature Logo
- Donald Duck [Western Logo 1 Donald Duck on one line]
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Fethry Duck (1st in Western comics); dazed airline passengers; navy sailor on missile-firing duty; various citizens of Faroffstand; Cafe Roma delivery driver
- Synopsis
- Donald's Cousin Fethry comes to visit, and takes Donald on a wild ride to get some authentic Asian cuisine.
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck (Western, 1962 series) #105 (January 1966)
-
- Keywords
- annoying visitor; doing-something-their-own-way; far-off land; first appearance of recurring character(s); impulsiveness; wild journey
Indexer Notes
This story is a reprint of the first appearance of Fethry Duck in the American comic books produced by Western Publishing. Though the character was very popular overseas, Fethry would only appear twice more, in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 Series) #304 (January 1966) and Donald Duck (Western, 1962 Series) #106 (March 1966). Fethry would not catch-on in the USA until decades later with the dominance of material produced for (and by) foreign publishers.
Bob Ogle script credit is based on the use of his unique, telltale exclamation "Ug!", and the overall humor of the story.
Positioning this as a "first appearance" for Fethry is Donald's line on page 1, panel 1: "Gee, I haven't seen him [Fethry] since our boyhood days!".
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The Great Rainbow Race
Donald Duck -
1.
The Great Rainbow Race
Donald Duck -
2.
Spider-Man and the Demolition Derby
Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man -
3.
Donald's Buzzin' Cousin
Donald Duck
- Katie
- Alberto Becattini
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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