Walt Disney’s Donald Duck #246

Date: October 1986
Publisher: Gladstone Publishing
Cover Price: 75¢
2013 Price Range: $3.00 – $26.00
Stats: 32 color pages plus Gladstone info and 2 house ads
Writer & Artist: Carl Barks
Notable Notes: The first issue by Gladstone!

Raiders Of The Lost Stamp?

After reading Uncle Scrooge and the Prize of Pizarro as the first review for this blog, I realized that I enjoy adventure stories – especially ones that are set in the jungle. This comic is another classic adventure story from the early days of Disney comics. It reminds me of the Indiana Jones films, but with Donald Duck and his nephews filling in as the down-on-their-luck main characters. This is an excellent book and a prime example of how classic comics can be better than modern ones!

Read the rest of this entry »

Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge #211

November 1986
Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
75¢, color, 32 pages
Writers: Carl Barks, Byron Erickson
Artists: Daan Jippes, Carl Barks, John Clark, Ken Feduniewicz

The Comic Experience:

I retire to the quiet solitude of my room and pop the scotch tape off the back of my mylar bag. After carefully removing the book, I gently flip through its pages, inhaling that slightly musty scent that only comes from old comics. Ahhh!

Read the rest of this entry »