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Issue: Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures #20
Publication Date: April 1990
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Issues: #20 of 20 Issues (39 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagGladstone
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Gladstone Publishing, Ltd.
On Sale Date: 01/23/1990
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.50 CAD
$1.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Final issue of the Gladstone 1987 Series. In April 1990, Disney Comics will restart this title with their own number one issue. Gladstone will again resume the title with the original Gladstone numbering in 1993.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Cover, Front
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The Old Castle's Secret

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie
Synopsis: A ghostly skeletal arm with a sword menaces Donald and the boys.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #189 published June 1948
was The Old Castle's Secret [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: OS 189-00
Disclose Notes: xrefd:CB OIL 12, CB OIL 36
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventure Log
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steven C. Calrow (business manager)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
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The Old Castle's Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge (second appearance); Diamond Dick
First Line: Hey, kids, our rich old uncle Scrooge McDuck wants us to drive over and see him!
Synopsis: Uncle Scrooge and the ducks go to Scotland to find the treasure hidden in the walls of the old McDuck castle, and there they encounter a "ghost" that is invisible except for the shadow cast by its skeleton. The "ghost" soon steals the treasure and traps the ducks on a balcony a hundred feet above the ground. The nephews get down safely, find a secret entrance to the castle through an old graveyard, and expose the ghost as a thief.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagFour Color #189 published June 1948
was The Old Castle's Secret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Job Number: OS 189-02
Disclose Notes: This early version of Scrooge may not yet be "The World's Richest Duck", as he says to Donald: "The McDuck fortune is is bad shape! I must raise several million dollars immediately!"
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The Amazon Queen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Uncle Scrooge; janitor-training film director; soap opera actor; soap opera actress; soap opera director; TV studio usher; "Squeal of Fortune" game show host (unnamed); Hanna Blight ("Squeal of Fortune" game show hostess); "Squeal of Fortune" game show contestants; armored explorers of the Amazon (in flashback only); seaplane pilot; Curly Carlos (McDuck banana plantation foreman); various Tickerees (native tribe); various Tockerees (native tribe); Dona Prospera (rich woman of Mucho Losto); Helena (Dona Prospera's aide); two elderly firefighters of Mucho Losto; various Amazons
First Line: Donald has always dreamed of fame and glory!
Synopsis: Scrooge has a specific reason for sending Donald (with the boys in tow) to the Amazon to pick up a cursed ancient Amazon necklace, and deliver it to a rich buyer. A reason mysterious enough that the old miser is willing to pay Donald fifty thousand dollars for his services.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWalt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color #4 published June 1998
as The Amazon Queen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Job Number: AR 154
Disclose Notes: The first full-out adventure story by the team of Lustig and Van Horn.
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Behind the Scenes on The Amazon Queen

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.9
Disclose Notes: An interview with William Van Horn and John Lustig.
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Confronting a Cactus

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck
Synopsis: With cactus needles stuck among his tailfeathers, Officer Donald Duck confronts a guilty looking cactus.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWalt Disney's Comics and Stories #678 published March 2007
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: A previously unpublished gag cover.
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Nobody's Home

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Donald Duck; Ludwig Von Drake
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1986.11.13
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2

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