''Donald Duck Adventures'' is a 1987–1998
Disney comic book
Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge.
The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with the ...
series featuring the adventures of
Donald Duck and his nephews
Huey, Dewey and Louie.
Publication history
Gladstone I: 1987–90 and Gladstone II: 1993–98
Gladstone Publishing published 48 issues. The first 20 were published from 1987 to 1990 (#1-#20), and then the last 28 were published from 1993 to early 1998 (#21-#48), whereas Gladstone II continued the numbering of Gladstone I, ignoring the intermediate numbering of
Disney Comics. The series contained original material alongside reprints from older Donald Duck strips from the 1930s and 1940s, as well as more modern material from the
King syndicated strip from the 1980s.
Disney Comics: 1990–93
Disney Comics published the title from 1990 to 1993, this one being the only one of the "new" Disney comic books to survive the company's comic implosion in 1991. They started a new numbering, issues #1-38.
Gemstone: 2003–06
Gemstone Publishing
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Gemstone published licen ...
published its own series of ''Donald Duck Adventures'', this one as a
digest size
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graphic novel
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alongside ''
Mickey Mouse Adventures
''Mickey Mouse Adventures'' was a Disney comic book first published by Disney Comics from 1990 to 1991. It featured Mickey Mouse as the main character along with other characters from the Mickey Mouse universe. Somewhat similar in style to the a ...
''. These 128-page comics were sized 5" × 7½", and started a new numbering yet again, #1-#21. This ''Donald Duck Adventures'' was canceled in December 2006.
See also
*
Disney comics
* Disney comics titles in the USA:
** ''
Mickey Mouse Magazine
''Mickey Mouse Magazine'' is an American Disney comics publication that preceded the popular 1940 anthology comic book ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories''. There were three versions of the title – two promotional giveaway magazines published f ...
'' (1935-1940)
** ''
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'', sometimes abbreviated ''WDC&S'', is an American anthology comic book series featuring characters from The Walt Disney Company's films and shorts, including Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Mickey Mouse, Chi ...
'' (1940-present)
** ''
Donald Duck'' (1942-2017)
** ''
Mickey Mouse'' (1943-2017)
** ''
Uncle Scrooge
''Uncle Scrooge'' (stylized as ''Uncle $crooge'') is a Disney comic book series starring Scrooge McDuck ("the richest duck in the world"), his nephew Donald Duck, and grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and revolving around their adventures in ...
'' (1952-present)
** ''
Walt Disney Comics Digest
''Walt Disney Comics Digest'' was one of three digest size comics published by Gold Key Comics in the early 1970s. The other two were '' Mystery Comics Digest'' and '' Golden Comics Digest''. It was the first digest-sized regular Disney comic publi ...
'' (1968-1976)
** ''
Uncle Scrooge Adventures
''Uncle Scrooge Adventures'' is a 1987-1997 Disney comic book series published by Gladstone Publishing under license from the Walt Disney Company. It features the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his nephews Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. It wa ...
'' (1987-1997)
** ''
Mickey Mouse Adventures
''Mickey Mouse Adventures'' was a Disney comic book first published by Disney Comics from 1990 to 1991. It featured Mickey Mouse as the main character along with other characters from the Mickey Mouse universe. Somewhat similar in style to the a ...
'' (1990-1991)
** ''Donald Duck Adventures'' (1988-1998)
** ''
Walt Disney Giant
''Walt Disney Giant'' was a forty-eight page, bimonthly Disney comic book published by Gladstone Publishing from September 1995 to September 1996. It featured the adventures of Scrooge McDuck, his nephews, Mickey Mouse, and other Disney characters ...
'' (1995-1996)
External links
* Disney Comics Worldwide (DCW):
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''Donald Duck Adventures'' (Gladstone I and II)*
''Donald Duck Adventures'' (Disney Comics)*
''Donald Duck Adventures'' (Gemstone)* INDUCKS:
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''Donald Duck Adventures'' (Gladstone I and II)*
''Donald Duck Adventures'' (Disney Comics)*
''Donald Duck Adventures'' (Gemstone)* Covers of all issues on outducks.org:
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''Donald Duck Adventures'' (Gladstone I and II)*
''Donald Duck Adventures'' (Disney Comics)*
''Donald Duck Adventures'' (Gemstone)
Donald Duck comics
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1987 comics debuts
1990 comics endings
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