(May 1989)
Gladstone,
1987 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 1.95 CAD
- Pages
- 56
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1989-02-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
- Brand
-
Gladstone G
- Editing
- Byron Erickson (credited) (editor in chief); John Clark (credited as Leonard Clark) (associate editor); Geoffrey Blum (credited) (associate editor); Gary Leach (art director)
Issue Notes
includes glossy centerfold
[Return to Plain Awful]
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie; square hens
- Synopsis
- The Ducks have returned to Plain Awful, this time with Uncle Scrooge.
- Reprints
-
in Kalle Anka & C:o (Hemmets Journal, 1957 series) #15/1990 (9 april 1990) -
in Hall of Fame (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2004 series) #[5] - Don Rosa 2 ([desember] 2004) [original] -
in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone, 2003 series) #362 (February 2007) - in Walt Disney Treasury: Donald Duck (Boom! Studios, 2011 series) #1 (March 2011)
- in Bilag til Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1997 series) #13-14/2012 ([30. mars] 2012) which is reprinted
- in Bilag til Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1997 series) #13/2022 (uke 13 2022)
- in The Don Rosa Library (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #2 - Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck "Return to Plain Awful" (November 2014)
-
- Keywords
- Andes; exploring; Plain Awful; square eggs; square hens
Return to Plain Awful
Donald Duck / comic story / 28 pages
- Script
- Don Rosa (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Rosa (credited)
- Inks
- Don Rosa (credited)
- Colors
- Susan Daigle-Leach (credited as Susan Daigle)
- Letters
- John Clark (credited)
- Job Number
- AR 130
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Flintheart Glomgold; square hens; citizens of Plain Awful
- Synopsis
- The Ducks have returned to Plain Awful, this time with Uncle Scrooge - followed by Flintheart Glomgold. They are amazed to see the changes in this lost civilization since their previous visit.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #16/1990 (17. april 1990) [pages 1-7] which is reprinted
- in Hall of Fame (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2004 series) #[5] - Don Rosa 2 ([desember] 2004) which is reprinted
- in Bilag til Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1997 series) #13-14/2012 ([30. mars] 2012), #13/2022 (uke 13 2022)
- in Kalle Anka & C:o (Hemmets Journal, 1957 series) #17/1990 (23 april 1990) [part 1]
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #17/1990 (24. april 1990) [pages 8-14], #18/1990 (2. mai 1990) [pages 15-21], #19/1990 (8. mai 1990) [pages 22-28] which are reprinted
- in Hall of Fame (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2004 series) #[5] - Don Rosa 2 ([desember] 2004) which is reprinted
- in Bilag til Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1997 series) #13-14/2012 ([30. mars] 2012), #13/2022 (uke 13 2022)
- in Kalle Anka & C:o (Hemmets Journal, 1957 series) #20/1990 (14 maj 1990)
- in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1997 series) #3 (3 June 1997)
-
in Mestres Disney (Editora Abril, 2005 series) #4 (Agosto 2005) - in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone, 2003 series) #362 (February 2007)
- in Walt Disney Treasury: Donald Duck (Boom! Studios, 2011 series) #1 (March 2011)
- in The Don Rosa Library (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #2 - Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck "Return to Plain Awful" (November 2014)
-
in Les Trésors de Picsou (Disney Hachette Presse, 1998 series) #38 - La Jeunesse de Picsou 2 (avril 2017)
-
- Keywords
- abounding oddities; Andes; changing fads and obsessions; exploring; Plain Awful; sequel to classic story; square eggs; square hens; strange land
Indexer Notes
Don Rosa's sequel to Carl Barks "Lost in the Andes".
Novel Nailing
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.66 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.08.29
Indexer Notes
This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #290 (May 1995).
Goo-Goo Gourmet
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.66 page
- Script
- Bob Karp
- Pencils
- Al Taliaferro
- Inks
- Al Taliaferro
- Colors
- Gary Leach
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Floyd Gottfredson
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.08.30
Indexer Notes
This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #290 (May 1995).
Bunk Dunked Unc
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.66 page
- Script
- Bob Karp
- Pencils
- Al Taliaferro
- Inks
- Al Taliaferro
- Colors
- Gary Leach
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Floyd Gottfredson
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.08.31
Indexer Notes
This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #290 (May 1995).
Seafood Blues
Donald Duck / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- John Lustig (credited)
- Pencils
- William Van Horn (credited)
- Inks
- William Van Horn (credited)
- Colors
- William Van Horn (credited)
- Letters
- William Van Horn (credited)
- Job Number
- AR 137
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hot dog! Fun and sun on the open seas - that's for me!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; doctor
- Synopsis
- Donald hungrily anticipates the food on an ocean cruise, until he boards ship and gets seasick.
- Reprints
- in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1986 series) #307 (March 1998)
- in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1998 series) #2 (5 May 1998)
- in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #1/2006 ([2. januar] 2006)
- in Disney Masters (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) #18 - Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge: Pie in the Sky (2021)
-
- Keywords
- anticipation; food; ocean cruise; reversal of fortunes; sea or island setting; seasick
Indexer Notes
Donald's seasickness at the end mirrors Huey, Dewey, and Louie's case of "junkfooditus" at the beginning.
[Full-Service Windows]
Donald Duck / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- Susan Daigle-Leach (credited as Susan Daigle)
- Letters
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Job Number
- OS 408-01
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #408 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck and the Golden Helmet (July-August 1952)
-
Wave Good-bye
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.66 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.12.19
Indexer Notes
This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #293 (November 1995).
[Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Byron Erickson (editor)
- Letters
- typeset
The Hiccuping Ghost Sheriff of Last Gasp
Donald Duck / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Garé Barks
- Editing
- Chase Craig (original editor)
- Job Number
- WDC 176-02
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Ghost Sheriff of Last Gasp
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
original title: The Ghost Sheriff of Last Gasp
Return to Plain Awful
Uncle Scrooge / illustration / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (painting)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (painting)
- Colors
- Carl Barks (painting)
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Indexer Notes
CB OIL 136. oil on masonite, 24"x30", 1988. Centerfold.
The Painting Behind the Story
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Bruce Hamilton
- Pencils
- ? (photo)
- Inks
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Carl Barks
Indexer Notes
Centerfold, page 4.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Return to Plain Awful]
Donald Duck -
1.
[none]
The Adventure Log -
2.
Return to Plain Awful
Donald Duck -
3.
Novel Nailing
Donald Duck -
4.
Goo-Goo Gourmet
Donald Duck -
5.
Bunk Dunked Unc
Donald Duck -
6.
Seafood Blues
Donald Duck -
7.
[Full-Service Windows]
Donald Duck -
8.
Wave Good-bye
Donald Duck -
9.
[Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation]
-
10.
The Hiccuping Ghost Sheriff of Last Gasp
Donald Duck -
11.
[The big news this month ...]
Cross Talk -
12.
Return to Plain Awful
Uncle Scrooge -
13.
The Painting Behind the Story
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Thomas Johnson
- Darrel McCann
- Mark Q
- Jim Stangas
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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