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Rosa, Barks, Gottfredson & Scarpa Salute Summer
With that in mind... have we got a summer for you! May, June, July, and August will be full to bursting with Disney greats. Let's have a look, shall we? May • Carl Barks' Greatest DuckTales Stories Vol. 1 ($10.95 TPB, 144 pages): Following on the first DVD release of Disney's DuckTales TV series, Gemstone is issuing two trade paperbacks collecting the vintage Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge stories that DuckTales adapted to animation. This first volume includes "The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan," "Land Beneath the Ground," "The Lemming with the Locket" and more! • Donald Duck and Friends #340 ($2.95, 32 pages): In "A Blighted Birthday," by Pat and Carol McGreal and Cesar Ferioli, Donald's birthday present from Mickey Mouse entails a trip to a far-off island and a feather-raising adventure with local flora and fauna! Then Carl Barks' "Master Glasser" plies his trade in a classic tale of duck expertise. • Donald Duck Adventures #18 ($7.95 manga format TPB, 128 pages): This issue Donald's much-requested "secret identities" are featured. He and featherbrained cousin Fethry hunt monsters for TNT in "Let's Get Kraken", by Lars Jensen and Flemming Andersen. Then, in Andreas Pihl's and Mårdøn Smet's "Legacy," Donald's superheroic alias of the Duck Avenger is imperiled by lucky cousin Gladstone Gander. We think you'll like the work of Smet, a celebrated Danish cartoonist, as much as we do. • Mickey Mouse and Friends #289 ($2.95, 32 pages): In "The Stuff of Dreams," by the McGreals and Cesar Ferioli, mad scientist Dr. Winx brings Mickey's Basil Wolverton-inspired dreams to life! Then in Paul Murry's "I. Q. Switcheroo," Goofy is mistaken for his brainy nephew Gilbert and drafted into work on a dangerous chemical compound. • Uncle Scrooge #354 ($6.95 prestige format book, 64 pages): Don Rosa presents "The Black Knight Glorps Again!" Scrooge's longtime foe, French "mastair thif" Arpin Lusene, returns to take him on once more! Then, in Kari Korhonen's "No Thanks for the Memories," it's Flintheart Glomgold who's up against Scrooge when the two tycoons write tell-all exposés. • Vacation Parade #3 ($8.95 prestige format book, 80 pages): It's another Gemstone giant! Carl Barks pits Donald and the boys against the terrifying sea serpent "Terror of the River!" Noel Van Horn sends Mickey and Goofy through a "Sandgate" to solve an otherworldly mystery. Then Dick Kinney and Al Hubbard take Donald and Fethry to Niagara Falls in the much-requested 1960s classic "Fall Guy." • Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #669 ($6.95 prestige format book, 64 pages): A sillier look at Duckburg superheroes comes from William Van Horn, who presents Donald as the caped and cowled "Nightmuscle!" More dirty work is afoot in Donald D. Markstein's "Coming of Quadruplex," pitting Mickey and Sam Simian against the villainous Ecks, Doublex, Triplex, and their brain-powered supercomputer! June • Donald Duck and Friends #341 ($2.95, 32 pages): Uncle Eider sends Donald "Farragut the Falcon," and it's not long before the feathers fly in Carl Barks' famed 1944 falconry epic! Then Michael T. Gilbert and Paco Rodriguez spin an all-new tale of Duck magic and mayhem when Donald becomes a powerful, but "Careless Genie." Finally, Goofy joins the ranks of Sea-Monkey owners in Stefan Petrucha's "Monkey See, Monkey Do." • Mickey Mouse Adventures #10 ($7.95 manga format TPB, 128 pages): Fan favorite artist Massimo Fecchi draws two new stories. Pat and Carol McGreal's "May the Farce Be With You!" skewers Star Wars with a spage-age trek for Mickey and Donald. In John Blair Moore's "Healthy Choice," Donald battles with Uncle Scrooge to market a cure for the uncommon cold. • Mickey Mouse and Friends #290 ($2.95, 32 pages): Gemstone proudly presents the world premiere of "The Photonic Muffler," a hitherto lost Mouse epic by Romano Scarpa! Pegleg Pete wants to sell super-powered army tanks to the highest evil bidder, and he's making captive techie Blint Brandon build them for him. Mickey settles Pete's hash -- but good! Then great Danes Andreas Pihl and Mårdøn Smet are back in Donald Duck's "A Shot in the Dark." • Uncle Scrooge #355 ($6.95 prestige format book, 64 pages): Carl Barks sends Scrooge on vacation... and into big trouble with the terrible Beagle Boys, a cabbage-crunching dotty inventor, and "The Mysterious Stone Ray!" Daan Jippes (illustrating Barks' "Bottled Battlers"), Kari Korhonen, and Vicar round out the book. • Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #670 ($6.95 prestige format book, 64 pages): Science-hater Donald must rescue an egghead from bad guys in Daan Jippes and Fred Milton's "Rewarding Formula." Much-requested Mouse Man Floyd Gottfredson is back with part one of Mickey's 1941 "Love Trouble," featuring Montmorency Rodent! Stefan Petrucha offers Gyro Gearloose in "Scream Team"; then José Carioca turns "Carnival King" in a 1942 Carl Buettner classic. July • Carl Barks' Greatest DuckTales Stories Vol. 2 ($10.95 TPB, 144 pages): This second volume includes "Giant Robot Robbers," "The Golden Fleecing," "The Horseradish Story," "The Status Seeker," "Tralla-La" and more! • Donald Duck Adventures #19 ($7.95 manga format TPB, 128 pages): Fan favorites Pat and Carol McGreal answer a desperate Scrooge's question: "Where's the Bin Been?" Then, when Donald swallows Scrooge's Old Number One Dime, the desperate miser must take a fantastic voyage "Inside Donald Duck." Both stories are drawn by Flemming Andersen, another fan favorite! • Donald Duck and Friends #341 ($2.95, 32 pages): In Carl Barks' "High Wire Daredevils," Donald sets out to tightrope-walk across Niagara Falls! Then, in Vic Lockman's and Tony Strobl's vintage long adventure "Og's Iron Bed," the Ducks battle Emil Eagle and ancient warriors during a nerve-wracking trip back in time! • Mickey Mouse and Friends #291 ($2.95, 32 pages): Crooked lawyer Sylvester Shyster wants to steal a diamond mirror worth millions, and Mickey's the only guy who can stop him! Unfortunately, Mickey's mind has been scrambled by a hypnotic staff that's also in Shyster's possession. It's "Flip Mickey," a new long adventure by Stefan Petrucha and Noel Van Horn! Then, in "The Old Switcheroo," by Pat and Carol McGreal, Mickey trades brains with the Phantom Blot! • Uncle Scrooge #356 ($6.95 prestige format book, 64 pages): Scrooge and Donald pursue the McDuck millions underwater in Carl Barks' "Hall of the Mermaid Queen." Then, in a new-to-America Tony Strobl tale, Gyro Gearloose launches a "Space Food Folly" in his attempts to invent rations for astronauts. • Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Comics -- 75 Years of Innovation ($12.99 TPB, 160 pages): If you like the DVD limited series, you'll love this trade paperback tie-in: a 160-page tribute to milestones in Disney history! We've got Mice by Floyd Gottfredson ("Mickey Mouse Music") and Romano Scarpa ("AKA Cormorant Number Twelve"); Ducks by Al Taliaferro (the uncut "Donald's Nephews"), Carl Barks ("Race to the South Seas") and Don Rosa! Also included are Paul Murry's Brer Rabbit and Renato Canini's Jose Carioca; Dutch "Donaldism" by Daan Jippes and Mau Heymans; Egmont creators Vicar, Daniel Branca, Byron Erickson, Cesar Ferioli and more! • Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #671 ($6.95 prestige format book, 64 pages): In "Zenith," Donald and cat-faced felon Woimly Filcher struggle to beat one another to the top of a mountain. Next, in part two of Floyd Gottfredson's classic "Love Trouble," the rivalry between Mickey and Monty takes a new twist with the arrival of a new flame for Mickey: Millicent Van Gilt-Mouse! Finally, Donald and Scrooge reach their "Final Refuel" in the exciting climax of our Formula One mini-series. August • Donald Duck and Friends #342 ($2.95, 32 pages): In Carl Barks' 1944 classic "Ten Cents Worth of Trouble," Donald accidentally spends the rarest coin in his collection as if it were a common dime. Then, in a long adventure by Pat and Carol McGreal, Donald becomes "The Duke of Dipp" -- only to face royal scandal and a forced marriage! • Mickey Mouse and Friends #292 ($2.95, 32 pages): It's a thrilling booklength story by Romano Scarpa! Eega Beeva, Mickey's pal from the future, visits Mouseton to warn him of "The Incredible Black Comet!" But even armed with the knowledge that a comet will strike the Earth, what can Mickey possibly do to stop it? And how might Goofy -- alias "Missile Commander X-2" -- make a bad situation worse? • Mickey Mouse Adventures #11 ($7.95 manga format TPB, 128 pages): Presenting Romano Scarpa's 72-page epic sequel to Floyd Gottfredson's "Sky Island!" When fiendish Pegleg Pete threatens Mouseton with a poison hailstorm, Mickey and old pal Dr. Einmug can only fight him by entering "The Delta Dimension!" Next, Mickey outwits Dr. Triplex and the Phantom Blot in Don Markstein's "Quadruple Threat." Finally, in Stefan Petrucha's "Back in the Box," Donald must keep Gyro Gearloose's secret weapon out of a crime syndicate's clutches. • Uncle Scrooge #357 ($6.95 prestige format book, 64 pages): In Don Rosa's legendary "Return to Xanadu," Scrooge learns that Kubla Khan's mystic valley is the same place as Tralla La... the remote Asian paradise he visited long ago. But how to return in search of treasure when he's vilified there as a menace? "Goodbye to All That," a Magica De Spell adventure by Kari Korhonen, leads off our backup features. • Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #672 ($6.95 prestige format book, 64 pages): In Daan Jippes' "Deep Un-Pact," Donald and Neighbor Jones get in a literally explosive feud. Floyd Gottfredson's classic Mickey "Love Trouble" concludes, and "Reverting Raptors" teams fan favorites Pat and Carol McGreal and Noel Van Horn for a return visit to Buck Calhoun's dinosaur ranch! • The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion ($16.99 prestige format book, 208 pages). This much-anticipated collection of Don Rosa's prequels, sequels, and in-betweenquels to his celebrated Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck series promises to be the hit of the season. It features Rosa commentary of course, as well as his latest edition to the mythos, "Prisoner of White Agony Creek," printed in English for the first time! Join Gemstone at the Baltimore Comic Con September 8-10, where Rosa will be signing copies of the book. Septem- hey, wait a minute! Summer ends in September, but Gemstone's Disney adventures won't. Watch for a passel of other exciting collections... just a couple of months away! Gemstone is your source for new and vintage Disney greats. Order our titles online at http://www.gemstonepub.com/disney or http://www.walmart.com. Find them at Rite Aid or your local comics shop. And if you can't find a comic shop, no need to go asking at that money bin up the street. Call Diamond Comics' Comic Shop Locator Service at 1-888-COMIC-BOOK.
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