(August 1988)

Gladstone, 1987 Series
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Price
0.95 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except February, March, May, and July
On-sale Date
1988-05-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
Brand
Gladstone G
Editing
Byron Erickson (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Cross Talk column in this issue.
This issue has variants:

[Oddball Odyssey] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Scrooge / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Daan Jippes (credited)
Inks
Daan Jippes (credited)
Colors
?
Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Magica De Spell

Indexer Notes

Old Number One Dime

Cover Thumbnail for Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #6 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures (1987 series) #6 [Newsstand]
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Cover gallery

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Quill of Adventure / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Letters
typeset
Characters
Uncle Scrooge (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Letters from Charles Gordon; Randy R. Tuurie; Mike Johnson; Joe Neff; and Frank Doti.

Oddball Odyssey (Table of Contents: 2)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Barks (credited)
Pencils
Carl Barks (credited)
Inks
Carl Barks (credited)
Colors
Susan Daigle-Leach (credited as Susan Daigle)
Letters
Garé Barks
Editing
Chase Craig (original editor)
Job Number
US 40A
Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Magica DeSpell
Reprints

Floating Alone (Table of Contents: 3)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
William Van Horn (credited)
Pencils
William Van Horn (credited)
Inks
William Van Horn (credited)
Colors
William Van Horn (credited)
Letters
William Van Horn (credited)
Job Number
AR 121
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look Unca Scrooge, it's so clear today that you can see all the way to Dogalina Island!
Feature Logo
Uncle Scrooge Carl Barks / Dell Interior Logo 1
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; balloon merchant; crowd at the balloon race; balloon race judges; porpoise; pig fisherman; pelican
Synopsis
Scrooge tells the story of when he entered the Duckburg hot-air balloon race to Dogalina Island, experiencing a series of slapstick disasters in the process.
Reprints
Keywords
hot-air balloon; in-joke; pelican; porpoise; race; unintended slapstick consequences

Indexer Notes

In-joke reference to Carl Barks: Seeing all the patches on Scrooge's balloon, one spectator remarks:
"Ha! I haven't seen so many patches since the day old Uncle Carl caught his overalls in the power mower!"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Cross Talk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Geoffrey Blum (signed)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Previews of Gladstone Comics on sale in May: Mickey Mouse #239; Walt Disney Comics and Stories #531; Uncle Scrooge Adventures #6; Mickey and Donald #4; Donald Duck Adventures #6; and Uncle Scrooge #229.

Stuck Duck (Table of Contents: 5)

Donald Duck / comic story / 0.125 page (report information)

Script
Bob Karp (credited)
Pencils
Al Taliaferro (credited)
Inks
Al Taliaferro (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Frank Reilly (newspaper strip editor)
Job Number
KFS 3/7/56
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck
Synopsis
When he opens a door, Donald gets hit by a suction-tipped arrow.
Reprints
  • from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1956.03.07
Keywords
bow and arrow

Indexer Notes

Bottom of back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Oddball Odyssey]
    Uncle Scrooge
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    The Quill of Adventure
  3. 2. Oddball Odyssey
    Uncle Scrooge
  4. 3. Floating Alone
    Uncle Scrooge
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Cross Talk
  6. 5. Stuck Duck
    Donald Duck
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Darrel McCann
  • Joe Torcivia
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