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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published May 1989
Cover Price 1.50 USD
Pages 56
Editing Byron Erickson (editor-in-chief); Leonard Clark [John Clark] (associate editor); Geoffrey Blum (associate editor); Gary Leach (art director)
Notes includes glossy centerfold

Cover Details - "Return to Plain Awful"

Characters Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Don Rosa
Inks Don Rosa
Notes includes glossy centerfold
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone, 2003 series) #362

1 page The Adventure Log letters page

Letters typeset

28 page Donald Duck story "Return to Plain Awful"

Characters Donald Duck; Junior Woodchucks (Huey, Dewey and Louie); Uncle Scrooge; Flintheart Glomgold
Genre funny animals
Script Don Rosa
Pencils Don Rosa
Inks Don Rosa
Colors Susan Daigle
Letters John Clark
Reprinted in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1997 series) #3 (September 1997); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (Gemstone, 2003 series) #362

Half page Donald Duck story "Novel Nailing"

Characters Donald Duck
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors Gary Leach
Editing Floyd Gottfredson
Notes This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #290 (May 1995).
Reprinted from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.08.29

Half page Donald Duck story "Goo-Goo Gourmet"

Characters Donald Duck
Genre funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors Gary Leach
Editing Floyd Gottfredson
Notes This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #290 (May 1995).
Reprinted from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.08.30

Half page Donald Duck story "Bunk Dunked Unc"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre Funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors Gary Leach
Editing Floyd Gottfredson
Notes This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #290 (May 1995).
Reprinted from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.08.31

2 page Donald Duck story "Seafood blues"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre Funny animals
Script John Lustig
Pencils William Van Horn
Inks William Van Horn
Colors William Van Horn
Letters William Van Horn
Reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #307 (March 1998); in Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color (Gladstone, 1998 series) #2 (July 1998); in Walt Disney's Donald Duck and Friends (Gemstone, 2003 series) #309 (?)

1 page Donald Duck story "Full-Service Windows"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre funny animals
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Colors Susan Daigle
Letters Carl Barks
Reprinted from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #408 (July-August 1952)

Half page Donald Duck story "Wave Good-bye"

Characters Donald Duck
Genre Funny animals
Script Bob Karp
Pencils Al Taliaferro
Inks Al Taliaferro
Colors Gary Leach
Editing Floyd Gottfredson
Notes This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #293 (November 1995).
Reprinted from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.12.19

Half page text article "Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation"

Script Byron Erickson (editor
Letters typeset

10 page Donald Duck story "The Hiccuping Ghost Sheriff of Last Gasp"

Characters Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre Funny animals
Script Carl Barks
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Letters Garé Barks
Reprinted from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #176 (May 1955) [original title: The Ghost Sheriff of Last Gasp]

1 page Cross Talk promo (ad from the publisher) "The big news this month ..."

Characters Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge
Script Geoffrey Blum
Pencils Carl Barks
Inks Carl Barks
Letters typeset
Notes Includes a panel from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940) #157.

2 page Uncle Scrooge illustration "Return to Plain Awful"

Characters Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre Funny animals
Pencils Carl Barks (painted)
Inks Carl Barks (painted)
Colors Carl Barks (painted)
Notes CB OIL 136. oil on masonite, 24"x30", 1988. Centerfold.

1 page text article "The Painting Behind the Story"

Characters Carl Barks
Script Bruce Hamilton
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Centerfold, page 4.