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Issue: Donald Duck #258
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Publisher: FlagGladstone
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Indicia Publisher: Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
On Sale Date: 07/07/1987
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
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Price: $0.95 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
10 (7 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Byron Erickson (editor-in-chief); Leonard Clark [John Clark] (associate editor); Geoffrey Blum (associate editor); Michael McCormick (art director)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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A Nil Wind

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck
On a hot beach with no cooling wind or breeze, Donald lets the air out of his inflatable beach mattress to cool himself off.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Quacker Box

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
The Quacker Box
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Miscellaneous
1
Shares the page with "This Issue's Credits". Black and white on inside front cover.
Sauce for the Duck

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Mai-Fut (Chinese sauce-maker); Lord Runcible (high-class restauranteur); three judges from "Eater's Digest"
There are many posh restaurants in Duckburg, and Donald knows them all ---!
Lowly hot dog vendor Donald uses Mai-Fut's Celestial Sauce to make a name for himself in culinary circles.
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Miscellaneous
10
H 8011
Daan Jippes is not credited for story in this issue, though he is credited in Disney Masters (Fantagraphics, 2018 Series) #4 - Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Great Survival Test.

In addition to Milton, Jippes, and Geoffrey Blum (credited with "Translation"), Eirik Ildahl is also credited for script in the Disney Masters printing. https://www.comics.org/issue/1835382/#3719940
Hair o' the Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck; Bolivar (Donald's dog)
Bolivar! My old pal!
Bolivar affectionately greets Donald leaving him covered in a huge mess of dog hair.
Reprinting
from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.04.11
Miscellaneous
0.66
KFS 4/11/38
On top 2/3 of page. This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #285 (July 1994).
Knock Knock Joke

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck
Knock! Knock!
Donald's bath is disturbed by an unexpected knocking at his front door.
Reprinting
from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.04.12
Miscellaneous
0.66
KFS 4/12/38
Begins at the bottom 1/3 of interior page 13 and concludes at the top 1/3 of page 14.

This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #285 (July 1994).
Hurricane Donald

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck
Starting a fire with a pile of sticks and a match, scout Donald blows on it with a bit too much gusto.
Reprinting
from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.04.13
Miscellaneous
0.66
KFS 4/13/38
Pantomime. On lower 2/3 of page.

This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #285 (July 1994).
Water Ski Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Daisy Duck; Water Festival Queen
Uh-oh! Here I go again!
Donald enters a water ski race in an effort to win and share a dance with the Water Festival Queen. Daisy helps him... until she gets a look at the voluptuous queen.
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Miscellaneous
6
DD 60
No colorist is credited. Three-tiered panels.
A Hair-Raising Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Joan Wellington Wells (hair restorer and "mistress of the dark"); various applicants at the "Placem and Runn Employment Agency"; Dr. Slick (street charlatan); toupee merchant; Dr. Rufus Thatcher (scalp specialist); Dr. Thatcher's nurse; employment agent
The sun is up, the birds are trilling, and I'm off to the wars!
Donald obsesses over losing feathers and subjects himself to a variety of unsuccessful remedies.
Reprinting
from Gutenberghus [Egmont](DK)
Miscellaneous
10
D 7916
An aspect of Duck characters we rarely consider is explored in this story:

DONALD (combing himself): "I lost a feather! A whole feather!"
NEPHEW: "You're just MOULTING! It weeds out the old fluff and helps you look young!"
DONALD: "Young is right! If I lose my feathers, I'll look like an EGG... round and bald!"

GREAT BIT:
One of Donald's unsuccessful remedies leaves the upper portion of his head a bright neon green, drawing contrasting reactions form onlookers.

YOUNG BOY: "Look at the ROCK STAR, Mommy! Can I get his autograph?"
OLD GROUCH: "Go back to your guitar and your groupies, you hooligan, and leave decent folk in peace!"

As was the custom at the time, the Gutenberghus creators were not credited in favor of a blanket credit for "The Gutenberghus Group".
Cross Talk a Monthly News Column

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
various
various
?
typeset
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Cross Talk
Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Mickey Mouse; Dopey (all on cover reproductions)
Thanks to the time lag between editing and printing, we're never quite sure what we've published and what's to come.
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Miscellaneous
2
Gladstone in-house column providing background information and issue previews.

Highlighted are the Gladstone comic books on sale July 07 thru July 28, 1987.

July 07: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #523, Donald Duck #258 (this issue), Uncle Scrooge #222, Mickey Mouse #231.
July 14: Walt Disney's Comics Digest #8.
July 28: Uncle Scrooge Comics Digest #6.

The covers of all previewed comics are reproduced.

Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story.
Altered Realities

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Donald Duck; Huey
Uncle [sic] Donald, there's a monster in my closet!
Donald addresses the monster in Huey's closet.
Reprinting
from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1982.01.28
Miscellaneous
0.2
KFS 1/28/82
Color on back cover. Lower 1/5 of page.

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