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Wings Over Sylvania!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Donald Duck; Peter Pig; Bart Caterwaul

Synopsis: Unscrupulous news photographer Bart Caterwaul jumps from a falling prop plane, while pursued by rivals Donald Duck and Peter Pig.

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Pages: 1

Donald Duck: Special Correspondent Part 2

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Donald Duck

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Pages: 1

Donald Duck: Special Correspondent Part 2

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic

Character(s): Donald Duck; Peter Pig; Bart Caterwaul; Lucius Linotype; Mr. Flatt; General Sweet (Sylvania); General Snark (Sylvania); General Sour (Sargassia); Sylvanian and Sargassian armies

First Line: It’s part two of a 1938 Disney classic… presented in its original serial format!

Synopsis: Donald Duck and Peter Pig are wartime correspondents in the thick of the conflict between Sylvania and Sargassia. Their assignment is to get the first ever photograph of Sylvania’s reclusive General Sweet. Bart Caterwaul, an unscrupulous journalist for a competing newspaper, has the same mission and will not let a small matter like Donald and Peter’s lives get in his way.

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Reprint Notes: from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #33; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #34; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #35; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #36; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #37; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #38; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #39; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #40; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #41; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #42; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #43; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #44; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #45; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #46;from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #47; from Paperino e altre avventure (A.P.I. - Anonima Periodici Italiani, 1937 series) #48

Miscellaneous

Pages: 16

Notes: Story appears in 16 individual one-page installments, presumably as it was originally presented in Italy, 1938. The format seems to mirror that of a Sunday newspaper strip reprint, but with strip-to-strip continuity. Part Two of Two. Concludes from Donald Duck (Boom! Studios, 2011 Series) #364 March 2011.

Donald Duck and the Pirates

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie

Synopsis: Donald and his nephews delight in finding a pirate treasure chest.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: The cover reprint comprises the upper ¼ of page one of eight pages, reformatted to fit a conventional comic book page. The original printing was 32 pages (3 ¼" x 7"), of which this cover was page one.

While the “Donald Duck” feature logo and story-title are presented as they were in the original printing, the words “by Walt Disney”, as well as the Cheerios giveaway designation “W1”, have been removed. A penciled-and-inked line in the background, which served to separate the sand from the sea has also been removed from this reprint, and the “yellow sand” and “blue sea” are indicated with a simple change of color.

Donald Duck and the Pirates

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Character(s): Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Yellow Beak; Black Pete; mate (who sells a boat to Donald); boat owner; two twin rat-pirates

First Line: t’s spooky down here at the waterfront at night, Unca Donald!

Synopsis: Donald and the boys find the parrot Yellow Beak barely conscious in a waterfront alley, having been accosted by Black Pete and his two twin rat-pirates. Pete wants Yellow Beak’s treasure map, but the parrot burned the map after committing it to memory. Circumstances become such that the Ducks, Yellow Beak, Pete, and the rat-pirates all wind up on the same ship in search of the treasure.

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Pages: 7.5

Notes: This is an abbreviated, alternate version of 1942's seminal adventure “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold” from Four Color (Dell, 1942 Series) #9. The 32 single-tier pages of the original printing are reformatted into 7 ½ pages, in order to fit a conventional comic book page. The entire story has been re-lettered by David Gerstein for this reprint, but otherwise remains faithful to the original printing.

Added to this reprint is a single panel of a “pirate skeleton head” complete with hat, adorned by spider webs and a spider, which states: “Originally a single-tier giveaway comic, ‘Donald Duck and the Pirates’ has been reformatted for inclusion in this issue. The original cover art appears above.” This explanatory text is most likely provided by David Gerstein and is inserted into the second tier of page one – before the first panel of the story, and directly below the reprint of the cover.

Treasures Retold

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: non-fiction

First Line: “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold” published in Dell’s Four Color 9 (1942), is best known today for the historic “firsts” it represents.

Synopsis: Discussion of “Donald Duck and the Pirates”, its relationship to, and its differences vs., “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold” - and why it is not a sequel to the original "Pirate Gold" adventure. The actual sequel to “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold” - “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold… Again” - is cited in this text as coming next month.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: This added text article occupies the lower ¼ of page eight of eight pages. Added to the cover reprint, and the story reprint of “Donald Duck and the Pirates”, this entry completes a full eight standard comic book pages.