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Issue: Donald Duck #253
Publication Date: May 1987
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Issues: #253 of 62 Issues (113 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Edition
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Publisher: FlagGladstone
Brand: Gladstone GView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
$0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Byron Erickson (editor-in-chief); Leonard (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.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Fish Too Big

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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none

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Quacker Box
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Ski Samaritan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Barks
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Carl Barks (uncredited)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories v10 #6 (114) published March 1950
was Serum to Codfish Cove [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: WDC&S 114
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Putting on the Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Kenner (story, uncredited); Geoffrey Blum (English script)
Penciller(s): Daniel Branca (uncredited)
Inker(s): Daniel Branca (uncredited)
Colorist(s): Kurt Mausert
Letterer(s): Bill Spicer
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagAnders And & Co. #12/1982 published ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: D 4717
Disclose Notes: This issue’s published credits do not mention Kenner or Branca, instead saying that “Putting on the Dog” story and art were “produced by the Gutenberghus Group, Copenhagen, Denmark.” This issue does fully credit Blum, Spicer, and Mausert.
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Journey Through the Center of the Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Evert Geradts (story, uncredited); Geoffrey Blum (English script)
Penciller(s): Ben Verhagen
Inker(s): Ben Verhagen
Colorist(s): Ken Feduniewicz
Letterer(s): Bill Spicer
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Gyro Gearloose; Uncle Scrooge
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagDonald Duck #3/1983 published ?
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: H 8222
Disclose Notes: This issue’s published credits do not mention Geradts, instead saying that “Journey through the Center of the Earth” story was “produced by Oberon Publishing, The Netherlands.” This issue does fully credit Blum, Spicer, and Feduniewicz.
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A Fetching Price

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Barks
Inker(s): Carl Barks
Letterer(s): Carl Barks (uncredited)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
First Line: Our new dog is sure smart Unca’ Donald!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #263 published February 1950
was A Fetching Price [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: DDOS 263
Disclose Notes: Gag page is untitled in this issue; provenance of the recorded title is unknown.

Sources vary regarding the identity of this gag page’s script writer. Credits published in this issue state that “script and art [are] by Carl Barks.” Some scholars regard the writer as unidentified.
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She's Speechless!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Foster
Penciller(s): Frank Smith
Inker(s): Frank Smith
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Greg Crosby
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Donald Duck
Character(s): Donald Duck; Daisy Duck
Synopsis: Donald and Daisy travel faster than the speed of sound.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1983.04.18
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2

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