Disney Masters #8 - Walt Disney Donald Duck: Duck Avenger Strikes Again

(2019)

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Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Romano Scarpa (silhouette figure of Donald Duck as Duck Avenger)

Inks

Giorgio Cavazzano (silhouette figure of Donald Duck as Duck Avenger)

Colors

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck (in silhouette); Donald Duck floating heads (in silhouette)

Keywords

character silhouettes; floating heads

Indexer Notes

Orange-toned page picturing many Donald Duck floating heads in silhouette and a full figure of Donald Duck (dressed as Duck Avenger) also in silhouette at lower left. The latter repurposed from "Duck Avenger Strikes Again! Chapter 1" page 26, panel 3. Inside front cover.

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Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck floating heads (in silhouette)

Keywords

character silhouettes; floating heads

Indexer Notes

Orange-toned page picturing many Donald Duck floating heads in silhouette.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Orange-toned blank page.

Disney Masters Donald Duck: Duck Avenger Strikes Again by Romano Scarpa (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Donald Duck

Indexer Notes

One Donald Duck floating head in silhouette on page one.

Walt Disney Donald Duck Duck Avenger Strikes Again (Table of Contents: 5)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Andrea Freccero (credited)

Inks

Andrea Freccero (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Feature Logo

Walt Disney Donald Duck [Carl Barks Dell Comics Logo with rounded k]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck (as Duck Avenger)

Synopsis

Duck Avenger swings into action.

Keywords

hero costume; zip line

Indexer Notes

Per indicia credits page: "Cover and title page art by Andrea Freccero". Same illustration as front cover.

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blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Violet-toned blank page.

Contents (Table of Contents: 7)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Romano Scarpa

Inks

Giorgio Cavazzano

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Donald Duck (as Duck Avenger)

Keywords

repurposed art

Indexer Notes

Illustration of Donald Duck as Duck Avenger is repurposed from "Duck Avenger Strikes Again! Chapter 1" page 25, panel 5.

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blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Violet-toned blank page.

Duck Avenger Strikes Again! Chapter 1 of 2 (Table of Contents: 9)

Donald Duck / comic story / 31 pages (report information)

Script

Guido Martina (credited); Jonathan H. Gray (credited) (translation and dialogue)

Pencils

Romano Scarpa (credited)

Inks

Giorgio Cavazzano (credited)

Colors

Nea Aktina A. E. (credited)

Letters

Paul Baresh (credited); Keeli McCarthy (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A perfect barrel roll!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero; humor

Characters

Donald Duck (also as Duck Avenger); Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Gladstone Gander; various citizens of Duckburg; various Duckburg police

Synopsis

An unknown person impersonating Duck Avenger makes things tough for Donald, turning him into a fugitive from the law.

Reprints

• from Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #788 (3 gennaio 1971)

Keywords

frame-up; fugitive; imposter; mystery; secret identity

Indexer Notes

First USA printing.

Duck Avenger Strikes Again! Chapter 2 of 2 (Table of Contents: 10)

Donald Duck / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Guido Martina (credited); Jonathan H. Gray (credited) (translation and dialogue)

Pencils

Romano Scarpa (credited)

Inks

Giorgio Cavazzano (credited)

Colors

Nea Aktina A. E. (credited)

Letters

Paul Baresh (credited); Keeli McCarthy (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The flight of the fake "Duck Avenger" has thrown Duckburg into a panic!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero; humor

Characters

Donald Duck (also as Duck Avenger); Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Gladstone Gander; Gyro Gearloose; various citizens of Duckburg; various Duckburg police

Synopsis

Donald gets to the bottom of the mysterious Duck Avenger duplicate and, as Duck Avenger, exacts his revenge on the party responsible.

Reprints

• from Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #789 (10 gennaio 1971)

Keywords

frame-up; fugitive; imposter; mystery; revenge; secret identity

Indexer Notes

First USA printing.

A Dinner with Disney Masters (Table of Contents: 11)

Disney Masters / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

This photo was taken in Burbank, California, at a Walt Disney Company dinner for employees of the Italian Disney comics licensee Mondadori, in September 1975.

Genre

non-fiction

Keywords

1975; company dinner; creator photo

Indexer Notes

Photo of a 1975 Disney company dinner. Identified attendees include Carl Barks, Garé Barks", Romano Scarpa, Marco Rota, Giovan Battista Carpi.

Ellsworth's Ornery Orphan (Table of Contents: 12)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 33 pages (report information)

Script

Romano Scarpa (credited); Thad Komorowski (credited) (translation and dialogue); David Gerstein (credited) (translation and dialogue)

Pencils

Romano Scarpa (credited)

Inks

Sandro Zemolin (credited)

Colors

Mondadori (credited)

Letters

David Gerstein (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Heh-Heh! Hey, Pluto! It's a photo of our mynah bird pal Ellsworth!

Feature Logo

Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse [Paul Murry Dell Comics Logo - Early Version]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Ellsworth; Ellroy; Mozambeak and the Bird Buccaneers; Major Hassan (Foreign Legion commander); Private Bertram; Legion colonel; guard; Mr. Firenfury (Mickey's neighbor)

Synopsis

Ellsworth the mynah bird shows up at Mickey's house with Ellroy, his adopted son, in tow. Ellsworth tells Mickey the story of how he found and adopted Ellroy, while serving in the Foreign Legion.

Reprints

• from Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #1048 (28 dicembre 1975)

Keywords

adoption; desert bandits; desert setting; first appearance of recurring character(s); Foreign Legion; mynah birds

Indexer Notes

First USA printing. Introduction of Ellsworth's adopted son Ellroy. This story looks as if it reintroduces Ellsworth (a product of the Bill Walsh/Manuel Gonzales Mickey Mouse newspaper strips) into comics continuity as well, as Mickey declares that "You've been gone ages!".

How "Captured in Bananaland" Came To Be (Table of Contents: 13)

Disney Masters / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Gerstein (credited)

Pencils

Carl Barks (signed); Romano Scarpa

Letters

Carl Barks (signed) (some hand lettering with sketch); Romano Scarpa (some hand lettering with sketch); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The idea of a Carl Barks--Romano Scarpa team-up began in September 1975, when the editorial staff of Italy's Topolino journeyed to The Walt Disney Company's Burbank, California, campus for a seminar.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Uncle Scrooge; Brigitta MacBridge

Synopsis

Article tells of a 1975 meeting attended by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Romano Scarpa, Marco Rota, and Giovan Battista Carpi, after which Barks suggested a story idea for his creation, Uncle Scrooge, and Scarpa's creation, Brigitta MacBridge, forming the basis for the story "Captured in Bananaland".

Keywords

background information; editorial feature; international creator collaboration

Indexer Notes

Uncle Scrooge and Brigitta MacBridge appear in pencil sketches by both Carl Barks and Romano Scarpa.

Captured in Bananaland Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 14)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Romano Scarpa (credited) (plot and script); Carl Barks (credited) (plot); Joe Torcivia (credited) (translation and dialogue)

Pencils

Romano Scarpa (credited)

Inks

Sandro Zemolin (credited)

Colors

Christos Kentrotis (credited)

Letters

Paul Baresh (credited); Keeli McCarthy (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's been said that somewhere in this world, everyone has a doppelganger!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Brigitta MacBridge; the Beagle Boys; Gyro Gearloose; Quanchos (inhabitants of Bananaland); aged Qualani (queen) of Bananaland; Hitta (reluctant heir to the throne of Bananaland); Ravon Cosmetics door-to-door saleswoman; Ravon customer; south-of-the-border band; Justice O'Piece (justice of the peace); Spiffany Jewelers representative; Bananias museum tour guide; Bananias museumgoers; camel

Synopsis

Hitta, heir to the throne of an ancient civilization, wants no part of its monarchy and escapes to the “modern world”. The Beagle Boys have Gyro create a money-scented perfume and sell it to Brigitta to muddle Scrooge’s mind. Scrooge falls hard for the scent and almost marries Brigitta before his nephews snap him out of it. Brigitta soothes her defeat with a vacation to the Bananias Archipelago, where she momentarily spies the runaway Hitta – and later falls into a cavern leading to the aforementioned lost civilization, where she is mistaken by the retiring queen for the missing Hitta.

Reprints

• from Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #1061 (28 marzo 1976)

Keywords

bananas; doppelgangers; impulsiveness; lost civilization; meta humor; monarchy; mucking with tradition; parody or tribute references; queen; strange chemical properties; uncharacteristic behavior

Indexer Notes

Per the previous text article, "How 'Captured in Bananaland' Came To Be", Carl Barks suggested the idea of Brigitta seducing Scrooge with money-scented perfume to Romano Scarpa in 1975. Using it as the basis for a story, Scarpa expanded it into the greater plot of "Captured in Bananaland".

NOTES FROM THE TRANSLATOR:

Meta Moment: Donald reads a "Mickey Mouse" comic book. In the original Italian it was an issue of "Topolino", the Italian Mickey Mouse comic book. Page 10, panel 1.

Page 24, panel 2: Scrooge, under the influence of the money-scented perfume, uncharacteristically whisks Brigitta off in a taxicab. His nephews react:

HUEY: "Stupefying!"
DONALD: "He hasn't PAID FOR A TAXI RIDE since 1953!"

This is a tribute reference to Carl Barks' inside-front-cover-gag of Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #456 ([March] 1953) - considered to be the de-facto second issue of Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 Series) - where Scrooge waits for the traffic light to change from red to green before getting into a taxi and having the meter start.

Captured in Bananaland Chapter 2 (Table of Contents: 15)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 35 pages (report information)

Script

Romano Scarpa (credited) (plot and script); Carl Barks (credited) (plot); Joe Torcivia (credited) (translation and dialogue)

Pencils

Romano Scarpa (credited)

Inks

Sandro Zemolin (credited)

Colors

Christos Kentrotis (credited)

Letters

Paul Baresh (credited); Keeli McCarthy (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thanks to his nephews' resourcefulness, Uncle Scrooge narrowly avoids lovesick lady tycoon Brigitta MacBridge, who flies off to a vacation in the Bananias Islands!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Brigitta MacBridge; the Beagle Boys; Quanchos (inhabitants of Bananaland); aged Qualani (queen) of Bananaland; Hitta (reluctant heir to the throne of Bananaland)

Synopsis

The imprisoned Brigitta manages to get word to Scrooge via a discarded piece of pottery. Once Scrooge learns of the value of this relic from a primitive lost world, he and his nephews are off to rescue Brigitta – and avail himself of more of that pottery. As outsiders, they, too, become prisoners until Hitta, the rightful heir to the throne, returns weary with and disgusted by the modern outside world.

Reprints

• from Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #1062 (4 aprile 1976)

Keywords

bananas; doppelgangers; lost civilization; monarchy; mucking with tradition; queen

Indexer Notes

GOOD BITS:

Hitta expresses her displeasure with the outside world:
HITTA: "Sigh! This world is too noisy and polluted -- AND NOBODY WAITS ON ME!"

Scrooge confirms the value of the ancient piece of pottery by consulting "Gopher-Street's Primitives Price Guide".

Romano Scarpa: Disney Maestro (Table of Contents: 16)

Disney Masters / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Francesco Stajano (credited); Leonardo Gori (credited)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As a child, Romano Scarpa (1927-2005), born in Venice, Italy, adored the stories by Floyd Gottfredson that he regularly read in Topolino (Mickey Mouse), the Italian Disney comic book series that was at that time published in tabloid newspaper format.

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Synopsis

Text biography of Romano Scarpa, with an overview of his career.

Keywords

background information; biography; editorial feature

Indexer Notes

A photo of Romano Scarpa circa 1990 accompanies the article.

This is not exactly the same text feature, "Romano Scarpa: Mouse Maestro", that has appeared in previous editions of Disney Masters devoted to Romano Scarpa. The prior articles were two pages in length, while this piece is one page.

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blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Orange-toned blank page.

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Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck floating heads (in silhouette)

Indexer Notes

Orange-toned page picturing many Donald Duck floating heads in silhouette.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Romano Scarpa (silhouette figure of Brigitta MacBridge)

Inks

Sandro Zemolin (silhouette figure of Brigitta MacBridge)

Colors

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Brigitta MacBridge (in silhouette); Donald Duck floating heads (in silhouette)

Keywords

character silhouettes; repurposed art

Indexer Notes

Orange-toned page picturing many Donald Duck floating heads in silhouette and a full figure of Brigitta MacBridge in silhouette at lower right. The latter repurposed from "Captured in Bananaland Chapter 1" - page 21, panel 5. Inside back cover.

Look! Duck in the Sky! (Table of Contents: 20)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Gerstein

Pencils

Romano Scarpa

Inks

Giorgio Cavazzano

Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fantagraphics presents Disney Masters - acclaimed artists from around the world working in the grand Walt Disney Tradition.

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck (as Duck Avenger)

Synopsis

Donald, as Duck Avenger, does a midnight-break-in at "McDuck's House of Wax".

Keywords

repurposed art; wax figures; wax museum

Indexer Notes

Illustration repurposed from “Duck Avenger Strikes Again! Chapter 2 of 2” - page 22, panel 3. On back cover.