Issue Details

Issue	#668
Published	May 2006
Cover Price	6.95 USD
Pages	68
Editing	John Clark; Sue Kolberg (assistant); David Gerstein (archival editor)

Cover Details

Characters	Donald Duck; Hewey Duck
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Daniel Branca
Inks	Daniel Branca
Colors	Susan Daigle-Leach
Reprinted	from Donald Duck & Co. (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #1990-44 30 October 1990

credits

Script	John Clark
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside front cover

10 page Donald Duck story "Duck in Luck"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey Duck; Louie; Dewey Duck; Gladstone Gander
Synopsis	Donald, with a good luck charm, plays golf.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Daan Jipppes
Pencils	Daan Jippes
Inks	Daan Jippes
Colors	Egmont; Marie Javins
Letters	Susie Lee
Notes	Originally published in Polish. Original title: Jak wiatr zawieje
Reprinted	from Kaczor Donald (Egmont Polkska, 1994 series) #2005-26 22 June 2005

8 page Mickey Mouse story "The Robot Wrestling League Part One"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Horace Horsecollar; Sam Simian; robot wrestlers
Synopsis	Sam Simian convinces Mickey to join a robot wrestling league
Genre	funny animals
Script	Donald Markstein
Pencils	Francisco Rodriguez Peinado
Inks	Francisco Rodriguez Peinado
Colors	Egmont; Kneon Transitt
Letters	Willie Schubert
Notes	Originally published in Danish. Original title: Robotbryderne
Reprinted	from Anders And & Co. (Egmont Serieforlaget, 1949 series) #2001-16 17 April 2001

4 page Daisy Duck's Diary story "Daringly Different"

Characters	Daisy Duck; Gussie Fussy; Donald Duck
Synopsis	Daisy wants her house to be different from her neighbors
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Colors	Susan Daigle-Leach
Letters	Gare Barks
Reprinted	from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1150 (December 1960)

Half page Scamp story

Characters	Scamp
Synopsis	Scamp runs into a window
Genre	funny animals
Script	Ward Greene
Pencils	Bob Grant
Inks	Manuel Gonzalez
Colors	Marie Javins
Notes	Story told with no dialog
Reprinted	from Scamp daily comic strip (19 December 1956)

Half page Scamp story

Characters	Scamp; Lady
Synopsis	Scamp is frightened by snoring
Genre	funny animals
Script	Ward Greene
Pencils	Bob Grant
Inks	Manuel Gonzalez
Colors	Marie Javins
Reprinted	from Scamp daily comic strip (20 December 1956)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Gemstone Publishing Presents..."

Synopsis

a house ad for subscriptions to Gemstone comics

7 page Big Bad Wolf story "Big Bad Beauty Contest"

Characters	Li'l Bad Wolf; Big Bad Wolf; Br'er Bear; Three Little Pigs
Synopsis	Big Bad Wolf disguises himself as a Turkish pig expert
Genre	funny animals
Script	?; David Gerstein (dialog)
Pencils	Romano Scarpa
Inks	Giorgio Cavazzano
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Jon Babcock
Notes	Originally published in Italian. Original title: Bellezza
Reprinted	from Almanacco Topolino (Mondadori, 1957 series) #90 June 1964

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Summertime, Lazy Rivers, Housboats, and Sea Serpents!"

Synopsis

a house ad for Walt Disney's Vacation Parade (Gemstone, 2005 series) #3

9 page Fethry Duck story "Medcine Man"

Characters	Fethry Duck; Hard Haid Moe
Synopsis	Hard Haid Moe invents a happiness potion
Genre	funny animals
Script	Dick Kinney
Pencils	Tony Strobl
Inks	Ellis Eringer
Colors	Marie Javins
Letters	Susie Lee
Notes	Originally published in Italian. Original title: La guerra della pace
Reprinted	from Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #688 2 February 1969

1 page Bucky Bug story "I'm going to Junkville, Mr. Toad,..."

Characters	Bucky Bug; Mr. Toad
Synopsis	Mr. Toad attempts to eat Bucky
Genre	funny animals
Script	Merrill De Maris
Pencils	Al Taliaferro
Inks	Al Taliaferro
Colors	Rick Keene
Reprinted	from Bucky Bug Sunday comic strip (12 November 1933)

8 page Mickey Mouse story "The Robot Wrestling League Part Two"

Characters	Mickey Mouse; Sam Simian; robot wrestlers; Nickelnurse McFrugal
Synopsis	The robots run out of control
Genre	funny animals
Script	Donald Markstein
Pencils	Francisco Rodriguez Peinado
Inks	Francisco Rodriguez Peinado
Colors	Egmont; Kneon Transitt
Letters	Willie Schubert
Notes	Originally published in Danish. Original title: Robotbryderne
Reprinted	from Anders And & Co. (Egmont Serieforlaget, 1949 series) #2001-17 25 April 2001

1 page Panchito story "Where the leetle mice come from, I don' know!"

Characters	Panchito; the mayor
Synopsis	Panchito plays Pied Piper for ants
Genre	funny animals
Script	Bill Walsh
Pencils	Paul Murry
Inks	Dick Moores
Colors	Rick Keene
Reprinted	from Panchito Sunday comic strip (31 December 1944)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Duck Tales Before Duck Tales"

Synopsis

a house ad for Carl Barks' Greatest DuckTales Stories (Gemstone, 2006 series) #1

12 page Gyro Gearloose story "Formula 1 Part Three Moonstruck"

Characters	Huey Duck; Dewey Duck; Louie Duck; Scrooge McDuck; Donald Duck; Daisy Duck; Gyro Gearloose; Flintheart Glomgold; Rita LeGrand
Synopsis	Flintheart kidnaps Gyro to prevent him from souping up the Ducks' racer
Genre	funny animals
Script	Per Erik Hedman; Pat McGreal (dialog)
Pencils	Fleming Andersen
Inks	Fleming Andersen
Colors	Egmont; Kneon Transitt
Letters	Willie Schubert
Notes	Originally published in German. Original title: er entführte Chefmechaniker
Reprinted	from Micky Maus (Ehapa Verlag, 1951 series) #2002-24 6 June 2002

1 page letters page

Synopsis	Letters of comment from Joe Torcivia; Fritz Baugh; Thad Komorowski; Elaine Ramshaw
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover

1 page advertisement "Scoop"

Synopsis	an ad for Diamond Gallery's newsletter, Scoop
Notes	back cover