Donald Duck
#306
(January 1998)
Gladstone,
1986 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- ISBN
- ?
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Leonard Clark [John Clark] (editor); Geoffrey Blum (associate editor); Gary Gabner (assistant editor); Gary Leach (art director)
[Donald Has Hitchhikers on Skis]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v8#3 (87) (December 1947)
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Steve Calrow (signed) (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
A Clean Case of Competence
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Daan Jippes (credited); Freddy Milton (credited)
- Pencils
- Freddy Milton (credited)
- Inks
- Ben Verhagen
- Colors
- Colleen Winkler (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Byron Erickson (original USA editor)
- Job Number
- H 771; [H 77dd01]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In these days of smog and grime, big cities need expert cleaners... Duckburg relies on Donald Duck, M.D. (Master of De-soiling). The boy is good!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Donald Duck [Carl Barks Dell Comics Logo with rounded k]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Philo T. Ellic (rich stamp collector); railroad switchman; bus driver; bus passengers; factory foreman; mayor of Duckburg; various panicked citizens of Duckburg
- Synopsis
- Donald is the best cleaner-of-grimy-objects Duckburg has ever seen... until he takes on the job of cleaning Big Beth, a venerable, four-faced tower clock upon which all of Duckburg relies for the most accurate time. Does Donald de-grime Big Beth, or will Big Beth clean Donald's clock and throw all of Duckburg into its latest round of utter chaos? Hint: Bet on Big Beth.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1986 series) #515 (February 1987) which is reprinted
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- Keywords
- Brittle Mastery story; busses; cleaning; fame-is-fleeting; feathers; know-it-all; overconfidence; tar; tower clock; trains; unintended slapstick consequences; wreaking havoc
from Indexer Notes
One of the stories referred to collectively as "The Brittle Mastery of Donald Duck", a series of stories by Carl Barks (or his successors) where Donald is the-best-there-is at something... until he's not, usually involving some disaster.
Philo T. Ellic, the rich stamp collector, originally appeared in "Donald Duck and the Gilden Man", written and drawn by Carl Barks, from Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series) #422 (1952). https://www.comics.org/issue/9608/
Donald Duck is not exactly unfamiliar with cleaning clocks, having co-starred (with Mickey Mouse and Goofy) in the 1937 Walt Disney theatrical animated short "Clock Cleaners".
Donald Duck Daily and Sunday newspaper strips
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bob Karp
- Pencils
- Al Taliaferro
- Inks
- Al Taliaferro
- Colors
- Summer Hinton
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Floyd Gottfredson
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Reprints
- from Large Feature Comic (Dell, 1939 series) #16 (1941) which is reprinted
- from the Donald Duck Sunday newspaper strip (King Features) 1940-01-28
- from Large Feature Comic (Dell, 1939 series) #16 (1941) which is reprinted
- from the Donald Duck Sunday newspaper strip (King Features) 1940-02-04
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v3#3 (27) (December 1942) which is reprinted
- From Donald Duck Daily Strip 1940-01-26
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v3#3 (27) (December 1942) which is reprinted
- From Donald Duck Daily Strip 1940-01-25
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v3#3 (27) (December 1942) which is reprinted
- From Donald Duck Daily Strip 1940-01-27
- in Large Feature Comic (Dell, 1939 series) #16 (1941) which is reprinted
- in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #247 (November 1986)
- from Donald Duck dailies and Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1940.01.25 - 1940.02.17
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Poisoned Palate
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- John Lustig
- Pencils
- William Van Horn
- Inks
- William Van Horn
- Colors
- William Van Horn
- Letters
- William Van Horn
- Editing
- ?
- Job Number
- AR 127
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #268 (November 1988)
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Large Deduction
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- William Van Horn
- Pencils
- William Van Horn
- Inks
- William Van Horn
- Colors
- William Van Horn
- Letters
- William Van Horn
- Editing
- ?
- Job Number
- AR 123
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1986 series) #229 (September 1988)
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Tents, Anyone ?
Donald Duck / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- William Van Horn
- Pencils
- William Van Horn
- Inks
- William Van Horn
- Colors
- William Van Horn
- Letters
- William Van Horn
- Editing
- ?
- Job Number
- AR 122
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone, 1987 series) #7 (September 1988)
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The Plot that Plopped
The Junior Woodchucks / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Vic Lockman
- Pencils
- Tony Strobl
- Inks
- Steve Steere
- Colors
- Pat Keane
- Letters
- Rome Siemon
- Editing
- Tom McKimson (original art director); Chase Craig (original editor)
- Job Number
- MM 115
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Huey; Dewey; Louie [as Junior Woodchucks]; Beagle Boys; The Beagle Brats
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse (Western, 1962 series) #115 (November 1967)
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- Keywords
- Junior Woodchucks
His Money's Worth
Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- William Van Horn
- Pencils
- William Van Horn
- Inks
- William Van Horn
- Letters
- William Van Horn
- Editing
- ?
- Job Number
- AR 126
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Uncle Scrooge; Donald Duck
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone, 1986 series) #230 (October 1988)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Donald Has Hitchhikers on Skis]
Donald Duck -
1.
[no title]
Letters to Gladstone -
2.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
-
3.
A Clean Case of Competence
Donald Duck -
4.
Donald Duck Daily and Sunday newspaper strips
Donald Duck -
5.
Poisoned Palate
Donald Duck -
6.
Large Deduction
Uncle Scrooge -
7.
Tents, Anyone ?
Donald Duck -
8.
The Plot that Plopped
The Junior Woodchucks -
9.
His Money's Worth
Uncle Scrooge
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