Four Color , also known as Four Color Comics and Dell Four Color , is an American comic book anthology series published by Dell Comics between 1939 and 1962. The title is a reference to the four basic colors used when printing comic books ( cyan , magenta , yellow and black at the time). The first 25 issues (1939–1942) are known as "series 1". In mid-1942, the numbering started over again, and "series 2" began. After the first hundred issues of the second series, Dell stopped putting the "Four Color Comics" designation on the books, but they continued the numbering system for twenty years.
62-541: More than 1,000 issues were published, usually with multiple titles released every month. An exact accounting of the actual number of unique issues produced is difficult because occasional issue numbers were skipped and a number of reprint issues were also included. Nonetheless, the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide lists well over 1,000 individual issues, ending with #1354. Comics historian Alberto Becattini cites 1332 issues. It currently holds
124-577: A Dumbo adaptation was the focus of issue #17. The comic strip reprints continued well into the 1942 second series. Of the first ten issues, eight are strip reprints, including Little Joe , Harold Teen , Alley Oop and Flash Gordon . The first two original stories in the second series are issue #5, Raggedy Ann and Andy , and issue #9, Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold . The series continued strip reprints of Dick Tracy until issue #163 (Sept 1947), Little Orphan Annie until issue #206 (Dec 1948) and Harold Teen until issue #209 (Jan 1949). But
186-411: A bimonthly series of one-shots to its own bimonthly series. Dell called the first Donald Duck issue #26, counting the previous issues as if they'd always been part of the series. Unfortunately, the numbering was a mistake, as Four Color #422 was actually the 29th Four Color issue titled "Donald Duck". The first issue of the new series led with a Carl Barks Halloween story, " Trick or Treat ", which
248-549: A comic book, coin , and Indian arrowhead collector. In the 1960s, after abandoning a project to create an arrowhead price guide, Overstreet turned his attention to comics, which had no definitive guide. Comic back-issue prices had stabilized by the end of the 1960s, and, Jerry Bails , who had recently published the Collector's Guide to the First Heroic Age , was considering creating a comic book price guide. He
310-506: A darker color scheme, as well as a darker, less comedic tone. The characters all keep secrets, and don't trust each other; one of the main characters is revealed to be a double agent. Boom! published 12 issues of the "DoubleDuck" storyline, from #347 to #358, comprising four complete stories originally published in Topolino . The next four issues (#359-362) featured stories about Donald Duck doing martial arts. The first two reprinted "Son of
372-521: A deluxe signed and numbered hardcover edition priced at $ 75.00 (signed by Robert Overstreet and Steve Geppi, limited to 50 copies). Donald Duck (American comic book) Donald Duck , also known as Donald Duck and Friends , is an American Disney comic book series starring the character Donald Duck and published by various publishers from October 1942 to June 2017. As with many early Disney comics titles, Donald Duck began as individual issues of Dell Comics ' Four Color one-shots series. It
434-579: A guide for fellow fans of Golden Age and Silver Age comics, the Overstreet guide has expanded to cover virtually the entire history of the American comics publication as far back as the Victorian Age and Platinum Age . The annual edition also covers promotional comics (giveaways and advertising) and "big little books", while continually updating new publications and market reports that cover
496-558: A number of licenses previously held by Dell. This included numerous titles featured under the Four Color banner that were then continued as ongoing series under Gold Key; this included most of the Disney and Hanna-Barbera properties. Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (or Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide ) is an annually published comic book price guide widely considered
558-552: A number of prominent funny animal characters starred in 20–30 issues of Four Color (these include Mickey Mouse , Donald Duck and Porky Pig ). Comic book historian Michael Barrier notes that by the early 1950s, Dell seemed to be giving more emphasis to subscription sales (promoted via premium giveaways as part of the Dell Comics Club), which necessitated stable series instead of one-shots. At one point in 1951, some issues of Four Color were double-numbered, reflecting
620-577: A way to get revenge on his own relatives, but later became a crime-fighting superhero. For the English translation, IDW used "the Duck Avenger". The second "Duck Avenger" story was presented in issues #14 and 15 (June/July 2016), and then IDW began a six-issue Duck Avenger spin-off series, reprinting stories from the 1996 Italian series PKNA . Slow sales prompted IDW to drop most of their Disney comics titles in 2017, and Donald Duck' s last issue
682-481: The Disney Studio Program ; his last Donald Duck story was "The Siren's Whistle" in issue #142 (March 1972). John Carey took Strobl's place as the main artist for the original Donald Duck stories starting with issue #144 (July 1972). Starting with issue #147 (Jan 1973), Donald Duck began alternating new stories with reprints of earlier issues. Four years later, the comic moved to all reprints;
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#1732780250776744-599: The WDC&;S 10-page stories, the Four Color adventure stories sent the ducks to more exotic locales. The third issue, "Frozen Gold" (Jan 1945), took them to Alaska; the fourth, "The Terror of the River!" (1946), takes place on a houseboat traveling to New Orleans; and the fifth, "Volcano Valley" (May 1947), involves a trip to the Central American nation of Volcanovia. These periodic adventures helped Barks to deepen
806-574: The 'legacy' numbering as a secondary number (issue #1 is also #368). IDW cancelled the book in 2017; the last issue was #21 (#388) in June. The first American Donald Duck comic book story, Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold , was published as Four Color #9, October 1942. The story was written by Bob Karp and illustrated by Carl Barks and Jack Hannah , beginning Barks' decades-long career as "the Good Duck Artist". Barks wrote and drew all 21 of
868-531: The 10-pager/Taliaferro format until the end of the run, with issue #307 (March 1998). Five years later, publisher Steve Geppi got the license to publish Disney comics, and continued where Gladstone left off, even with the same creative staff. Now under Gemstone Publishing , the team retitled the Duck book Donald Duck and Friends , and continued Gladstone's numbering, with #308 coming out in September 2003. While
930-419: The 1938 Italian comic Paperino e altre avventure . Issue #366 (May 2011) featured "Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold... Again!", a 1962 Italian sequel to Barks' first Duck adventure, the 1942 tale " Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold ". The final issue, #367 (June 2011), reprinted a 2006 story written by Carl Barks and drawn by Daan Jippes . Boom!'s Disney comic line ended in 2011. In 2015, IDW Publishing obtained
992-513: The 1950s — and not just kids, but adults, as well." Many of the early Four Color issues were reprints of newspaper comic strips; the first series included Dick Tracy , Little Orphan Annie , Mickey Mouse , Donald Duck and Terry and the Pirates , among others. The only two issues from the first series that published comic book stories were based on new Walt Disney films. Issue #13 featured an adaptation of The Reluctant Dragon , and
1054-431: The Disney comics license and began publishing their own set of comics. IDW restarted Donald Duck' s numbering over from #1, but also retained a secondary legacy numbering system that continued the series with #368. The new series continued Boom! Studios' variant covers gimmick; almost every issue had three different covers, and #1 had five. This series featured a wide mix of stories, with contributions from Italy, Denmark,
1116-633: The Donald Duck Four Color issues between 1942 and May 1951, ultimately penning 24 out of the total 29. In 1943, Barks began his run of Donald Duck 10-page stories in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories , often pitting Donald in competition with his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie , or his next-door adversary Neighbor Jones . The stories published in Donald Duck enriched the character, as historian Alberto Becattini points out: "In
1178-1039: The Glacier" (#51, Jan 1957), "One for the Whammy" (#65, May 1959), "The Stone Money Mystery" (#69, Jan 1960) and "Secret of the Sargasso Sea" (#72, July 1960). In 1962, all of Dell Comics' Disney comic books moved to Western Publishing, who released them first under the Gold Key Comics imprint, and then as Whitman Publishing . Gold Key continued the Donald Duck comic, beginning with issue #85 (Dec 1962). Donald's seafaring relative Moby Duck premiered in issue #112 (March 1967) in "A Whale of an Adventure", written by Vic Lockman and illustrated by Strobl. Moby returned two issues later in "The Jewels of Skull Rock" (#114, July 1967), and then graduated to his own series in October. In 1972, Strobl left Western to write for
1240-490: The Loup Garou " in Donald Duck #117 (Jan 1968, drawn by Tony Strobl), " Officer for a Day " in #126 (July 1969, also Strobl) and " A Day in a Duck's Life " in #138 (July 1971, drawn by Kay Wright). Most of the issues from 1954 to 1972 were drawn by Tony Strobl , including "The Kitchy-Kaw Diamond" (#40, March 1955), "Rainbow Island Rendezvous" (#41, May 1955), "The Mysterious Crewless Ship" (#47, May 1956), "The Secret of
1302-613: The Loup Garou". Gemstone's Disney comics run ended in December 2006; the last issue of Donald Duck and Friends was #346. Three years later, Boom! Studios picked up the Disney license, and began releasing a new slate of comics, including Donald Duck and Friends , which began with issue #347 (Nov 2009). Boom! used two new strategies at the start of their run. The first was to use variant covers to encourage collectors to purchase multiple copies of each issue; every issue from #347 to 356 had two or three covers each. The other strategy
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#17327802507761364-567: The Magic Fountain" (July 1951, written by Del Connell and drawn by Bob Moore), "The Crocodile Collector" (Sept 1951, by Don Christensen and Frank McSavage) and "Rags to Riches" (Nov 1951, Frank McSavage). In 1952, Barks wrote four of the six Donald Duck issues, including the classics " A Christmas for Shacktown " (Jan 1952) and " The Golden Helmet " (July 1952). Starting with the November 1952 issue, Dell transitioned Donald Duck from
1426-531: The Netherlands' Donald Duck Weekblad , and stories drawn by Vicar and Daniel Branca from Denmark's Anders And & C:o . The new comics were a success, and in 1987, Gladstone began publishing a second Donald Duck book, Donald Duck Adventures . In issue #262 (March 1988), Gladstone's Donald Duck spotlighted a reprint of a 1938 sequence from Al Taliaferro's Donald Duck comic strip which introduced Gus Goose as Donald's troublesome cousin. Gus
1488-602: The Netherlands, the Disney Studio Program , and American stories seeing their first reprint. The most common source was Italian comics from the late 1960s and 70s, with stories by Romano Scarpa, Luciano Bottaro and Giorgio Cavazzano leading many issues. Issue #5 and 6 (Sept/Oct 2015) presented "The True Origin of the Diabolical Duck Avenger"—an Italian story from June 1969 by Elisa Penna, Guido Martina and Giovan Battista Carpi that introduced Paperinik , Donald Duck's costumed vigilante alter ego which began as
1550-463: The Rising Sun", an Italian story from 1989. The third and fourth reprinted other Donald martial-arts stories from Italy and Denmark. In 2011, with the Disney line struggling, Boom! followed the same path as Gladstone and Gemstone ultimately did: they printed Carl Barks stories. The line pivoted to a celebration of "70 years of Disney comics", with all of the comics reprinting favorite stories from
1612-662: The Secret of Mars") published in the Italian comic Donald Duck and Other Adventures ( Paperino e altre avventure ). Issue #300 (Jan 1997) also broke the Barks/Taliaferro format, celebrating the milestone with a Dutch story by Evert Geradts and Mau Heymans originally written to celebrate the 2000th issue of the weekly Donald Duck Weekblad . The issue also featured the first American printing of one of Marco Rota's " Andold Wild Duck " stories. Gladstone continued with
1674-567: The Whitman label was #212, published in October 1979. The comic continued to be mostly reprints, with only a few original stories. Sales declined, and the release schedule became erratic. They even managed to print the same reprint issue twice in a little over a year—issue #222 (Oct 1980) was a reprint of a 1969 issue led by the Carl Fallberg/Tony Strobl story "The Fuddleduck Diggin's", and then issue #235 (Jan 1982) reprinted
1736-502: The adventure stories and the revived Walt Disney's Comics & Stories printing traditional Donald Duck 10-page stories (mostly new ones by Van Horn), Donald Duck focused almost entirely on the past—specifically, the Al Taliaferro comic strips from the 1930s and 40s. Starting with issue #280 (July 1993) and for the next 20 issues, almost every issue contained one 10-page story by Carl Barks (or Don Rosa , in issue #283), with
1798-505: The author of the annual guides and related publications. In July 2003, Gemstone Publishing made an attempt at a monthly publication called Overstreet's Comic Price Review , which only ran for nineteen issues. Additionally, Gemstone Publishing released three volumes of the Overstreet Premium Ring Price Guide. These volumes provided values for thousands of collectible toy rings of various types. Among these,
1860-479: The best classic stories (which in Donald Duck's case meant Carl Barks reprints), and new stories from Denmark and the Netherlands. Gladstone began Donald Duck with issue #246 (Oct 1986), reprinting Barks' The Gilded Man from 1952, and issue #250 (Feb 1987) went all the way back to the beginning, reprinting "Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold!" from the first Four Color issue in 1942. Gladstone also printed stories by Volker Reiche and Daan Jippes first published in
1922-686: The book being promoted by its publisher as "the most complete listing of comics from the 1500s to the present". During the 1980s and 90s, Overstreet Publications also created publications that provided updates on pricing for recently released comics as well as selected titles dating back to the Silver Age. These updates encompassed a guide to both current and valuable comics, along with featuring news related to comic books and collectors, as well as interviews. These publications also included editorial content contributed by publishers and bookstore owners who were polled for their insights. Various incarnations of
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1984-528: The book from 1962 to 1984 (issues #85-245), and it was then revived by Gladstone Publishing from 1986 to 1998 (issues #246-307). From 2003 to 2006, the comic was renamed Donald Duck and Friends by Gemstone Publishing (issues #308-347). Boom! Studios continued the series under that title, but reverted to Donald Duck near the end of its 2009–2011 run (issues #347-367). When IDW took over publishing Donald Duck in May 2015 they restarted from #1, but retained
2046-564: The cartoon characters of a particular studio, Four Color instead devoted each individual issue to different characters. One issue might feature a popular cartoon character, while the next might be an adaptation of a popular movie or TV series. Thus the phrase "one shot" which was used in the publisher's code in the first interior page of the first story. For example, issue 223 (1949) was denoted DDOS 223 which translates as Donald Duck One-Shot #223. Most Four Color titles featured licensed properties; relatively few original characters were created for
2108-531: The core four comics. Walt Disney's Comics & Stories and Uncle Scrooge continued their legacy numbering, but the Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck books were retitled Mickey Mouse Adventures and Donald Duck Adventures , starting with a new issue #1. The original Donald Duck series had to wait three years before it resumed. Disney's attempt at comics publishing only lasted three years, from 1990 to 1993. When Disney cancelled their books, they returned
2170-489: The country, but the series hit on every fad, every icon, and every popular piece of culture that America embraced during this time span. Dell comics released anywhere from one to a half dozen Four Color titles a month, touching on topics such as the Old West, animation characters, newspaper comic strips, radio programs, TV programs, movies, and even pop music. For the most part, the series reflected what entertained America in
2232-503: The ducks' characterization—not just putting them in new settings, but broadening the kinds of events and experiences that they could react to. At first, the Donald Duck issues were released on a roughly annual basis—the first four came out in 1942, 1943, 1945 and 1946—but beginning in 1947, Barks produced three issues a year. This included "Volcano Valley", " The Ghost of the Grotto " (Aug 1947) and " Christmas on Bear Mountain " (Dec 1947),
2294-592: The first story featuring Donald's uncle, Scrooge McDuck . Barks' second Uncle Scrooge adventure, " The Old Castle's Secret ", was published in Donald Duck in June 1948. In 1950, the rate of Donald Duck one-shots increased to five issues a year, and then to six issues a year in 1951. At that point, other writers and artists were enlisted to create the Donald Duck adventure stories. The first three issues of 1951 were Barks creations -- "Dangerous Disguise" (Jan 1951), "No Such Varmint" (March 1951) and "In Old California" (May 1951), but these were followed by "Donald Duck and
2356-417: The focus of the series moved to original comic book stories, and soon the primary purpose behind Four Color was as a try-out showcase for potential new Dell Comics series. For example, Tarzan and Little Lulu in early 1948 launched their own titles (starting with no. 1) after proving themselves via a number of Four Color try-out issues. However, during the 1940s, the transition was not always so prompt, as
2418-485: The issuances for particular characters; thus issues 318 and 328, featuring Donald Duck, carried the notation "nos. 1–2" on the cover underneath the Four Color series number. Indeed, beginning in the early 1950s, it became more prevalent than previously for Four Color titles, if they proved popular enough, to become ongoing, independent series. In some cases, the issue numbering of these spin-offs took into account any previous Four Color issues (albeit sometimes miscounting
2480-473: The last Gladstone run had focused on the past, the new Donald Duck and Friends published recent stories created for the Danish publisher Egmont . Most issues had three stories: a 10-16 page Donald Duck story, a 10-page Mickey Mouse story, and a 6-10 page story featuring one of the other Donald Duck universe characters , including Uncle Scrooge , Gyro Gearloose , Daisy Duck and Grandma Duck . Almost all of
2542-536: The last original story of the 1970s was "Inspiration Hunt", a story written and drawn by Bob Gregory in issue #186 (Aug 1977). In 1979, Western Publishing was bought by toy company Mattel , and the management decided to stop publishing comic books for newsstands, preferring to sell bagged sets of three comics at department, variety and grocery stores. At this point, they stopped publishing the comics as Gold Key Comics and switched to Whitman Comics, another Western Publishing imprint. The first issue of Donald Duck under
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2604-416: The license to Gladstone Publishing, which picked up from where they left off. Gladstone's second line included both Donald Duck and Donald Duck Adventures , which resumed their numbering from the first Gladstone run. The new Donald Duck Adventures contained the longer adventure stories, mixing occasional reprints of Barks stories with new stories by Don Rosa, William Van Horn and others. With DDA taking
2666-572: The line. The first Four Color comic featured comic strip and movie serial hero Dick Tracy ; the last (issue number 1,354, series 2, dated April–June 1962) was based upon the TV series Calvin and the Colonel . Comics historian Gary Brown wrote, "In the Four Color Series , you get a good sense of what America was like in the 1950s. Admittedly, it might be a white, middle-class version of
2728-627: The longer adventures which appeared in Four Color Comics , Donald and his nephews acted more like a team, and though luck did not necessarily seem to favor him, the Duck was often the winner in the end, showing qualities and feelings that made him even more sympathetic to the readers". The second issue, " Donald Duck and the Mummy's Ring " ( Four Color #29, Sept 1943), was the first long Duck story written and drawn by Barks, and it established patterns that would soon become standards. Donald and
2790-698: The most valuable is the Supermen of America ring, with a value of around $ 100,000 depending on its condition. Original artwork for volumes 2 and 3, created by artist A. Kaviraj, is on display at Austin's Ring Museum in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The 52nd edition of the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (2022-2023) was scheduled for release on July 20, 2022. In commemoration of the publication's 50th anniversary, Gemstone Publishing issued Facsimile Edition reprints of both printings of
2852-462: The nephews are swept up into an adventure with life-and-death stakes, although there are many comedic gags to lighten the tone. There are nasty criminals, mistaken identities, humorous coincidences and a surprise ending. The boys also get a tour of an exotic setting, with many detailed panels of Egyptian landmarks, painstakingly copied from Barks' collection of National Geographic magazines. While Donald and his nephews mostly stayed close to home in
2914-440: The one-shots; Donald Duck started with #26 despite the publication of twenty-nine Four Color issues with the character preceding it). Only issues published between c.1940 and 1946 actually carried the title Four Color Comics on the cover. Four Color ended its run around the same time Dell's partnership with Western Publishing came to an end. Western subsequently formed a competing company, Gold Key Comics , and took over
2976-499: The original edition from 1970. The Facsimile Edition of the first printing, featuring a white cover, was initially scheduled for release on April 8, 2020. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, its release was postponed. Each of these editions came in four versions: a softcover edition with a retail price of $ 16.95, a hardcover edition priced at $ 25.00 (limited to 400 copies), a signed and numbered hardcover edition costing $ 50.00 (signed by Robert Overstreet and limited to 100 copies), and
3038-584: The past, as well as anniversary stories and sequels. Issue #363 (Feb 2011) featured the Barks 10-pager "Mystery of the Loch", and two recent Dutch stories that returned to the typical cast and locations of traditional Duck comics. The comic's title also reverted from Donald Duck and Friends back to Donald Duck . In issues #364 and 365 (March–April 2011), Donald Duck featured one of the earliest Donald Duck adventure stories: " Donald Duck, Special Correspondent ", from
3100-462: The primary authority on the subject of American comic book grading and pricing in the hobby/industry. Numerous observers connect the expansion of the direct market distribution system and the proliferation of comic book specialty shops to the broader recognition and acceptance of Overstreet's annual guide. This guide is considered a standardized inventory and pricing system within the comic book industry. Begun in 1970 by Robert M. Overstreet as
3162-589: The prior year of market activity. Overstreet's annual guide to the comic book collecting hobby has itself become a collectible, and since the 1980s each edition of the Price Guide includes a page listing collector's values for older editions, with hardcover editions, in particular, selling for a premium. Currently, the Price Guide is published in four formats: hardcover, softcover , a larger, ring-bound edition and an electronic edition, often with multiple covers for each version. Robert M. Overstreet grew up as
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#17327802507763224-712: The publication (which were published quarterly to bi-monthly, and eventually monthly) included Overstreet's Comic Book Price Update , Overstreet's Comics Price Bulletin , Overstreet Comic Book Monthly , and Overstreet's Fan , with this last incarnation showing a great deal of similarity to the successful comics news magazine Wizard: The Guide to Comics . Overstreet also published twenty-one issues of Comic Book Marketplace between Mar./Apr. 1993 and January 1995. Ultimately, most titles were canceled, including Overstreet's Fan which ceased publication in 1997. In 1994, Overstreet sold his business to Gemstone Publishing . Despite this change in ownership, Overstreet continued to serve as
3286-451: The record for most issues produced of an American comic book title; its nearest rival, DC 's Action Comics , reached the 1,000-issue milestone in 2018. Four Color published many of the first licensed Disney comics ; about 20 percent of the Four Color issues were devoted to Disney characters. Unlike most comic book series of the day, which were either devoted to one character, or were anthologies with collections of stories starring
3348-415: The rest of the pages filled with Taliaferro reprints, in chronological order. The historical focus of the title continued in issue #286 (Sept 1994), a 64-page special celebrating the character's 60th anniversary, featuring a special anniversary story by Don Rosa, and a reprint of the first Donald Duck adventure story from 1937, Federico Pedrocchi's "Paolino Paperino e il mistero di Marte" ("Donald Duck and
3410-497: The same stories, using the same cover. The series came to an end in 1984, with issue #245 reprinting three Vic Lockman/Tony Strobl stories from 1968. Gladstone Publishing got the license to publish Disney comics in 1986, and began publishing the four core comics in October: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories , Uncle Scrooge , Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck . Gladstone's approach was to publish an equal mix of
3472-593: The stories were from the late 1990s and early 2000s, often by creators that were previously unknown in the US, including Noel Van Horn , Pat and Carol McGreal, César Ferioli and Stefan Petrucha . When the sales dipped lower than expected, Gemstone returned to a previously successful strategy: publishing Carl Barks stories. Issue #325 (March 2005) reprinted " Lost in the Andes! ", #332 (Oct 2005) published "Trick or Treat", #339 (May 2006) ran "In Ancient Persia", and #344 "Pawns of
3534-457: Was based on the October 1952 Donald Duck short of the same name . That was Barks' last contribution to the Donald Duck comic for several years. In 1953, Barks' attention turned to producing a quarterly Uncle Scrooge comic, and the bimonthly Donald Duck passed to other creators. Barks returned to Donald Duck periodically, writing eight more stories over the next eighteen years, ending with three that were drawn by other artists -- " Pawns of
3596-410: Was contacted by Overstreet, who was doing the same thing. Bails' extensive notes, supplemented by Overstreet's study of dealer listings, "became a backbone to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide ". Under the auspices of Overstreet Publications, the first Comic Book Price Guide was published in November 1970. Priced at $ 5, saddle-stitched and published in a print run of 1000 (a second edition of 800
3658-538: Was featured on the cover, and an accompanying text piece described the history of the character in cartoons, comic strips and comics. In 1990, the Walt Disney Company —seeing that Gladstone was successful at marketing Disney comics—revoked Gladstone's license, and began their own Disney Comics line. Gladstone's final issue of Donald Duck was a double-sized #279 (May 1990). The next month, Disney published their first set of comics, starting again with
3720-410: Was published as its own regular series in November 1952, starting with issue #26. Donald Duck featured many early stories by Carl Barks , including the first American Donald Duck comic book story, Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold . All of the stories in the first nine years of the comic were written and drawn by Barks. The comic passed through many different publishers. Western Publishing produced
3782-510: Was released subsequently), the book included 218 pages of listings. Among other things, Overstreet's guide included inventory lists, and it instantly became an invaluable resource tool for comic book collectors and dealers. By 1976, the guide had achieved national distribution. An early decision was made by author to exclude the niche of underground comix , an adult-oriented expression of the art form that Mr. Overstreet had no interest in documenting, for reasons he has never made public, despite
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#17327802507763844-517: Was to use non-traditional subseries for the Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck books, attempting to attract a new audience with modern storylines. Boom!'s Mickey Mouse and Friends began with the Italian fantasy-world story " Wizards of Mickey ", and Donald Duck and Friends began with " DoubleDuck ", an Italian subseries in which Donald is transformed into a secret agent. "DoubleDuck" is darker than traditional Donald Duck stories—both literally using
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