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Issue: Donald Duck #215
Publication Date: January 1980
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Issues: #215 of 161 Issues (242 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Gold Key
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/01/1979
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0335009003701
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #174.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Great Rainbow Race

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Magica De Spell
Synopsis: The Ducks race for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, unaware that Magica De Spell is hiding inside.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #105 published January 1966
was The Great Rainbow Race [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover scene does not occur in the story it illustrates.
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The Great Rainbow Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; Magica De Spell; Scrooge's pilot
First Line: Donald! Don't just sit there! Get packed! I've got an important job for you!
Synopsis: Scrooge sends Donald and the boys to look for the fabled pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Their jet-plane aerial search is taken over by Magica De Spell who wants the gold for herself. The rainbow ends - and vanishes - in a far-eastern country where rain is not expected for another year, causing angry Magica to use her powers of sorcery to conjure up a "gully-washer" that produces a rainbow of its own. Under such conditions, can there be any truth to the pot of gold legend?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #105 published January 1966
was The Great Rainbow Race [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Bob Ogle script credit is based on the use of his unique, telltale exclamation "Ug!" and that the story does not read like the work of any of the "regular" Donald Duck writers of the period such as Vic Lockman, Bob Gregory, or Carl Fallberg.

Mike Royer inks credit, per I.N.D.U.C.K.S.
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Spider-Man and the Demolition Derby

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Demolition Derby
Synopsis: Spider-Man catches a robber, The Demolition Derby, by webbing him up and then giving him a Hostess Twinkie that is so good that the robber doesn't try to get away.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencils credit from http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/03/11/comic-book-legends-revealed-304/. Inks credit from Rubinstein via Facebook.
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Donald's Buzzin' Cousin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Fethry Duck (1st in Western comics); dazed airline passengers; navy sailor on missile-firing duty; various citizens of Faroffstand; Cafe Roma delivery driver
First Line: I hope I make it in time to meet Cousin Fethry!
Synopsis: Donald's Cousin Fethry comes to visit, and takes Donald on a wild ride to get some authentic Asian cuisine.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #105 published January 1966
was Donald's Buzzin' Cousin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This story is a reprint of the first appearance of Fethry Duck in the American comic books produced by Western Publishing. Though the character was very popular overseas, Fethry would only appear twice more, in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Western, 1962 Series) #304 (January 1966) and Donald Duck (Western, 1962 Series) #106 (March 1966). Fethry would not catch-on in the USA until decades later with the dominance of material produced for (and by) foreign publishers.

Bob Ogle script credit is based on the use of his unique, telltale exclamation "Ug!", and the overall humor of the story.

Positioning this as a "first appearance" for Fethry is Donald's line on page 1, panel 1: "Gee, I haven't seen him [Fethry] since our boyhood days!".

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