(March 1989)
Gladstone,
1986 Series
- Price
- 0.95 USD; 1.25 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except January and May
- On-sale Date
- 1988-12-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
- Brand
-
Gladstone G
- Editing
- Byron Erickson (editor in chief); John Clark (associate editor); Geoffrey Blum (associate editor)
Issue Notes
Editors are not credited in this issue. Credits are taken from issue #538. the following issue.
On sale date from last issue.Keywords no editor credits
On sale date from last issue.
[Donald, Huey, Dewey and Louie as Santa and Reindeer]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly (credited)
- Inks
- Walt Kelly (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (original editor); Carl Buettner (original editor)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- Guided by reindeer Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Santa Donald becomes closely acquainted with a wooden fence.
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v7#4 (76) (January 1947)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; fence; low bridge; reindeer; Santa; sleigh; snow; winter setting
Fanfare for William Van Horn
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Geoffrey Blum
- Letters
- typeset
Heavy Duty
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- 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 133
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Daisy's Twaddle and Waddle Society is about to get itself involved in yet another philanthropic blitz!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney Donald Duck [Carl Barks Dell Comics Logo with rounded k]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Daisy Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; various members of the Twaddle and Waddle Society; Mr. Broadbeam; Donald Dog; Dr. I Crakum Knob
- Synopsis
- A misunderstanding between Daisy and Donald results in Donald putting on a great deal of weight - and suddenly needing to reduce to normal size.
- Reprints
- in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Gladstone, 1993 series) #600 (December 1995)
- in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1998 series) #1 (5 May 1998)
-
in Hall of Fame (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2004 series) #[11] - William Van Horn ([februar] 2006) - in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #44/2010 ([1. november] 2010) [2nd translation]
- in Disney Masters (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) #18 - Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge: Pie in the Sky (2021)
-
- Keywords
- exercise; food; getting carried away; psychologist; weight gain; weight loss; wrong impression
December Dunking
Li'l Bad Wolf / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg
- Pencils
- Jack Bradbury (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Bradbury (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- MMA 1
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- oh, boy! I can hardly wait to show the piggies this keen new sled I got for Christmas!
- Feature Logo
The Li'l Bad Wolf- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Three Little Pigs [Practical Pig; Fifer Pig; Fiddler Pig]; Brer Bear
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Almanac (Dell, 1957 series) #1 (December 1957)
-
Dream House
Scamp / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Hubbard (credited)
- Inks
- Al Hubbard (credited)
- Colors
- Susan Daigle-Leach (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- SOS 1204
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I see your master moved your house out here!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney's Scamp [sans-serifs]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Scamp; white spotted dog
- Synopsis
- Scamp likes the new location of his doghouse at the side of the road... until a mid-splashing car whizzes by.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1204 - Walt Disney's Scamp (August-October 1961)
-
- Keywords
- car; doghouse; location; mud
[Piglet Discovers Mt. Rushmore]
Winnie-the-Pooh / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Ferguson (credited)
- Pencils
- Richard Moore (credited)
- Inks
- Larry Mayer (credited)
- Colors
- Susan Daigle-Leach (credited)
- Letters
- Larry Mayer
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Winnie the Pooh; Piglet
- Synopsis
- Piglet discovers Mt. Rushmore, and hopes to claim it as his own.
- Reprints
- from Winnie the Pooh Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1982-03-21
- Keywords
- claim; discovery; Mount Rushmore
Indexer Notes
No lettering credit.
Man Versus Machine
Gyro Gearloose / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Susan Daigle-Leach (credited)
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Editing
- Chase Craig (original editor)
- Job Number
- US 47
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Inventions! Bah! No matter how good I make them, they always break down!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Gyro Gearloose; Helper
- Synopsis
- Disavowing all machines and mechanical devices, Gyro vows to survive in the desert alone.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge (Western, 1963 series) #47 (February 1964)
-
- Keywords
- desert setting
Indexer Notes
No lettering credit.
The Crystal Ball Quest
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Carl Fallberg (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Murry (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Murry (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Murry
- Editing
- Chase Craig (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While looking for a crystal ball for Minnie to use at a costume party, Mickey and Goofy meet up with an old Gypsy, who is accidently knocked out.
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse [Paul Murry Dell Comics Logo - Early Version]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Minnie Mouse; old Gypsy king; Skar (villain); Terrible Tiny (villain)
- Synopsis
- Mickey, Goofy, and an old Gypsy king foil Skar and Terrible Tiny, who are after the Gypsy's crystal ball.
- Reprints
- from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #v17#12 (204) (September 1957)
-
- Keywords
- crystal ball; Gypsies
Indexer Notes
Part two of a rare "two-part" Mickey Mouse serial. Ordinarily, Paul Murry's Mickey Mouse serials were three parts, and sometimes four.
No lettering credit.
[Christmas Kiss]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Susan Daigle-Leach (credited)
- Letters
- Carl Barks
- Editing
- Chase Craig (original editor)
- Job Number
- DDOS 367
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha! Ha! Good old mistletoe!
- Feature Logo
Walt Disney's Donald Duck [straight k]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Christmas; kiss; mistletoe
Indexer Notes
No lettering credit.
Lawn Order
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.2 page
- Script
- Bob Foster (credited)
- Pencils
- Frank Smith (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Smith (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Greg Crosby (editor of newspaper strip)
- Job Number
- KFS 6/23/84
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My lawn is so lumpy...
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- Donald does something about the treacherous condition of his lumpy lawn.
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1984-06-23
- Keywords
- lawn; taking resolute action
Indexer Notes
Placed at the bottom of the back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Donald, Huey, Dewey and Louie as Santa and Reindeer]
Donald Duck -
1.
Fanfare for William Van Horn
-
2.
Heavy Duty
Donald Duck -
3.
December Dunking
Li'l Bad Wolf -
4.
Dream House
Scamp -
5.
[Piglet Discovers Mt. Rushmore]
Winnie-the-Pooh -
6.
Man Versus Machine
Gyro Gearloose -
7.
The Crystal Ball Quest
Mickey Mouse -
8.
[Christmas Kiss]
Donald Duck -
9.
[no title indexed]
Cross Talk -
10.
Lawn Order
Donald Duck
This issue was modified by, among others
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Clint Maxwell
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Joe Torcivia
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