(September 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
1988-06-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
Brand
Gladstone G
Editing
Byron Erickson (credited) (editor in chief); John Clark (credited as Leonard (John) Clark) (associate editor); Geoffrey Blum (credited) (associate editor)

Issue Notes

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

[The 12th Caesarius] (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
Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Uncle Scrooge
Keywords
coin; magpie

[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

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Letters from Thomas M. Barany; Arthur Ford, Jr.; Lars Harthø (Denmark); and Joy Carr. No editorial responses.

The 12th Caesarius (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Geoffrey Blum (credited); Per Wiking (credited as Gutenberghus Group) (plot); Tom Anderson (credited as Gutenberghus Group)
Pencils
Daniel Branca (credited as Gutenberghus Group)
Inks
Daniel Branca ? (credited as Gutenberghus Group)
Colors
Susan Daigle-Leach (credited as Susan Daigle)
Letters
Bill Spicer (credited)

Job Number
D 6628
Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Fra Diavolo
Synopsis
Scrooge goes to Italy to try to acquire the final coin in a set of 12 struck by Julius Caesar. However the coin is in the possession of a bandit chief who considers it his lucky charm and will not sell.
Reprints
Keywords
bandit; coin; flute; Italy; Julius Caesar; magpie; wolves

Indexer Notes

Appears to a be a three-part story edited together.
Some credits are from inducks.org.

The Carl Barks Library (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Donald Duck

Indexer Notes

An advertisement for Color Carl Barks Library VII with cover reproductions of Walt Disney Comics & Stories #31.
Between page 7 and 8 of the previous story.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jaime Diaz Studio ?
Inks
Jaime Diaz Studio ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
G 292
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The number one animated TV series is syndication is now a continuing comic book title.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Dewey Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Uncle Scrooge

Indexer Notes

House ad for and subscription for Disney's Duck Tales series.
Between page 7 and 8 of the previous story.

Deep Down Doings (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Carl Barks
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Garé Barks

Job Number
US 37
Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
The Beagle Boys: 176-176; 176-671; 176-716
Dewey Duck; Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie Duck; Uncle Scrooge
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Subscribe to Walt Disney Comics from Gladstone
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Horace Horsecollar; Mickey Mouse; Uncle Scrooge

Indexer Notes

House ad with Gladstone subscription form for on-going comics.
Between page 2 and 3 of the previous story.

Gladstone Back Issues for Sale! (Table of Contents: 7)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

List of Gladstone back issues, Box 2079, Prescott, AZ 86302.
Between page 2 and 3 of the previous story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Cross Talk / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Geoffrey Blum (credited)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Previews of Gladstone comics on sale in June: Mickey Mouse #240; Walt Disney Comics and Stories #532; Uncle Scrooge Adventures #7; Mickey and Donald #5; Donald Duck Adventures #7; Uncle Scrooge #229.

New from Gladstone! (Table of Contents: 9)

Mickey Mouse / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
Daan Jippes; ?
Pencils
Daan Jippes
Inks
Daan Jippes
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Horace Horsecollar; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Hoppy the Kangaroo

Indexer Notes

Back cover house ad for the Walt Disney Giant Comic Albums #8.

East Is East, But West Is Less (Table of Contents: 10)

Donald Duck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Bob Foster
Pencils
Frank Smith ?
Inks
Frank Smith
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
KFS 7/9/83
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Ludwig Von Drake
Synopsis
Ludwig thinks he can make a shortcut by how he folds the roadmap.
Reprints
  • from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1983.07.09
Keywords
road map

Indexer Notes

Bottom of back cover.
Some credits are from inducks.org.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The 12th Caesarius]
    Uncle Scrooge
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    The Quill of Adventure
  3. 2. The 12th Caesarius
    Uncle Scrooge
  4. 3. The Carl Barks Library
  5. 4. ["The number one animated TV series is syndication is now a continuing comic book title."]
    DuckTales
  6. 5. Deep Down Doings
    Uncle Scrooge
  7. 6. ["Subscribe to Walt Disney Comics from Gladstone"]
  8. 7. Gladstone Back Issues for Sale!
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Cross Talk
  10. 9. New from Gladstone!
    Mickey Mouse
  11. 10. East Is East, But West Is Less
    Donald Duck
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Glenn MacKay
  • Darrel McCann
  • Ron Sadowski