(April 1990)
Gladstone,
1987 Series
- Price
- 1.95 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except January, March, April, and June
- On-sale Date
- 1990-01-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
- Brand
-
Gladstone Giant
- Editing
- Byron Erickson (credited) (editor in chief); John Clark (credited as Leonard John Clark) (associate editor); Geoffrey Blum (credited) (associate editor); Gary Leach (credited) (art director)
Issue Notes
Final issue of the Gladstone 1987 Series. In April 1990, Disney Comics will restart this title with their own number one issue. Gladstone will again resume the title with the original Gladstone numbering in 1993.
Keywords transitional issue
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- OS 189-00
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
- Synopsis
- A ghostly skeletal arm with a sword menaces Donald and the boys.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- castle; fright; ghost; mystery; sword; treasure
Indexer Notes
xrefd:CB OIL 12, CB OIL 36
[Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation]
statement of ownership / 0.2 page
- Keywords
- government reporting; regulations
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck / comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Pencils
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Inks
- Carl Barks (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Carl Barks
- Editing
- Alice Nielsen Cobb (original editor); Carl Buettner (original editor)
- Job Number
- OS 189-02
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, kids, our rich old uncle Scrooge McDuck wants us to drive over and see him!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge (second appearance); Diamond Dick
- Synopsis
- Uncle Scrooge and the ducks go to Scotland to find the treasure hidden in the walls of the old McDuck castle, and there they encounter a "ghost" that is invisible except for the shadow cast by its skeleton. The "ghost" soon steals the treasure and traps the ducks on a balcony a hundred feet above the ground. The nephews get down safely, find a secret entrance to the castle through an old graveyard, and expose the ghost as a thief.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- castle; early version of a famous character; exploring; frequently reprinted story; fright; ghost; graveyard; mystery; Scotland; secret passage; skeleton; suits of armor; sword; treasure
Indexer Notes
This early version of Scrooge may not yet be "The World's Richest Duck", as he says to Donald: "The McDuck fortune is is bad shape! I must raise several million dollars immediately!"
The Amazon Queen
Donald Duck / comic story / 24 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 154
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Donald has always dreamed of fame and glory!
- Feature Logo
Donald Duck [William Van Horn Logo]- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; janitor-training film director; soap opera actor; soap opera actress; soap opera director; TV studio usher; "Squeal of Fortune" game show host (unnamed); Hanna Blight ("Squeal of Fortune" game show hostess); "Squeal of Fortune" game show contestants; armored explorers of the Amazon (in flashback only); seaplane pilot; Curly Carlos (McDuck banana plantation foreman); various Tickerees (native tribe); various Tockerees (native tribe); Dona Prospera (rich woman of Mucho Losto); Helena (Dona Prospera's aide); two elderly firefighters of Mucho Losto; various Amazons
- Synopsis
- Scrooge has a specific reason for sending Donald (with the boys in tow) to the Amazon to pick up a cursed ancient Amazon necklace, and deliver it to a rich buyer. A reason mysterious enough that the old miser is willing to pay Donald fifty thousand dollars for his services.
- Reprints
-
in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1998 series) #4 (9 June 1998) -
in Donald Duck & Co (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1948 series) #27/2002 (1. juli 2002) -
in Kalle Anka & C:o (Egmont, 1997 series) #27/2002 (1 juli 2002) - in Disney Masters (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) #18 - Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge: Pie in the Sky (2021)
-
- Keywords
- Amazon River; Amazons; banana plantation; Brazil; curse; exploring; game show; jungle setting; mystery; natives; necklace; steam-powered boat; TV production
Indexer Notes
The first full-out adventure story by the team of Lustig and Van Horn.
Behind the Scenes on The Amazon Queen
text article / 0.9 page
- Script
- Geoffrey Blum
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
An interview with William Van Horn and John Lustig.
[Confronting a Cactus]
Donald Duck / illustration / 0.1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck
- Synopsis
- With cactus needles stuck among his tailfeathers, Officer Donald Duck confronts a guilty looking cactus.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cactus; police officer; suspicion; unpublished art
Indexer Notes
A previously unpublished gag cover.
Nobody's Home
Donald Duck / comic story / 0.2 page
- Script
- Bob Foster (credited)
- Pencils
- Frank Smith (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Smith (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- Donald Duck; Ludwig Von Drake
- Reprints
- from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1986.11.13
- Keywords
- newspaper strip reprint
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck -
1.
[no title indexed]
The Adventure Log -
2.
[Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation]
-
3.
The Old Castle's Secret
Donald Duck -
4.
The Amazon Queen
Donald Duck -
5.
Behind the Scenes on The Amazon Queen
-
6.
[Confronting a Cactus]
Donald Duck -
7.
Nobody's Home
Donald Duck
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