(February 1987)

Gladstone, 1986 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-10-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
Brand
Gladstone G
Editing
Byron Erickson (editor-in-chief); John Clark (associate editor); Geoffrey Blum (associate editor); Michael McCormick (art director)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #103.

[The Sawed-Over Duckling(s)] (Table of Contents)

Donald Duck / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Daan Jippes
Inks
Daan Jippes
Colors
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Characters
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis
Donald uses his nephews' triplication to benefit his magic act.
Keywords
magic act

A Clean Case of Competence (Table of Contents: 1)

Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Daan Jippes (story); Freddy Milton (story); Geoffrey Blum (script)
Pencils
Freddy Milton; Daan Jippes
Inks
Freddy Milton; Daan Jippes
Colors
Kurt Mausert
Letters
John Clark

Job Number
H 771
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
Keywords
Brittle Mastery story; busses; cleaning; fame-is-fleeting; feathers; know-it-all; overconfidence; tar; tower clock; trains; unintended slapstick consequences; wreaking havoc

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".

The Piggy Patch-Up (Table of Contents: 2)

The Three Little Pigs / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Bradbury
Inks
Jack Bradbury
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Reprints

Mighty but Miserable (Table of Contents: 3)

Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Lockman
Pencils
Carl Barks
Inks
Carl Barks
Colors
?
Letters
Garé Barks (uncredited)

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Beagle Boys; Daisy; Donald Duck; Horace Horsecollar; Uncle Scrooge
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story is attributed in this issue to Carl Barks; the Barks story attribution appears to have been incorrect.

The Phantom Fires (Table of Contents: 4)

Mickey Mouse / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Fallberg
Pencils
Paul Murry
Inks
Paul Murry
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 3.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Sawed-Over Duckling(s)]
    Donald Duck
  2. 1. A Clean Case of Competence
    Donald Duck
  3. 2. The Piggy Patch-Up
    The Three Little Pigs
  4. 3. Mighty but Miserable
    Gyro Gearloose
  5. 4. The Phantom Fires
    Mickey Mouse
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