Donald Duck Gold Key & Whitman

Donald Duck

Whitman & Gold Key

(1976-1982)

I think Donald is a super hero. Donald does not have extraordinary powers. He is every man put in extraordinary situations. Donald always rises to any situation by doing the right thing. He does not have the wealth of Scrooge or the luck of Gladstone, but his heart is always in the right place. My favorite part of Donald's personality is when he rails against the basic unfairness of life. "...life is not fair. It is just fairer than death, that's all." (from "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman. It is one of the funniest books I have ever read.)

Note: Donald Duck #216 & #217 have #216 on cover.

I don't think Whitman or Disney really understood who really bought their comic books. Children are not the one's that were buying Disney (Bark's Ducks) it was Adults. Gladstone understood that collectors were looking for that one Barks tale that they had missed. In this group there are not many Barks tales, but there are a few gems for a reasonable price.

Donald Duck (Dell) FC & #26-#83

More Donald (Gold Key) (#85-173)

Donald Duck #246 Through #263

Donald Duck #264 Through 307

"...what a tangled web we weave..." this is what crossed my mind when I started to add links to the original comics. I also thought, Man, I have got a lot of Donald Duck comic books, reprints as well as originals. These pages are getting more complex & yet they have become second nature to me. So much so that I tend to get off beam sometimes.......

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Click on # or thumbnail to see 50% or 100% scan	Condition	Description	Price	Click on # or thumbnail to see 50% or 100% scan	Condition	Description	Price
175 (a), 175 (b) Sept 1976	VG, VF	"Mystery of the Pyramid" "All Steamed Up" "The Indoor Sports"	$4, $7	176 Oct 1976	Very Fine (VF)	"The Castle Heirs" from Donald Duck #42 "Letter Perfect" from Donald Duck #84	$7
177 Nov 1976	FN/VF	Donald Duck in "Southern Hospitality" from Four Color #379 Daisy Duck in "The Hat Hunt" from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #295	$10	178 Dec 1976	VG/FN	"Arctic Roundup" "The Fairy Tale Machine" "The Togetherness Mess"	$5
179 Jan 1977	VG/FN	"The Birthday Booby Trap" "A Raft of Trouble" "Trophy Seeker"	$5	180 Feb 1977	VF	"The Real Goat Getter" from Donald Duck #84 "The Baddie in the Cabbie" from Donald Duck #82 "The Big Search" from Donald Duck #75	$7
181 March 1977	VG	"The Desert Sands of Abou-Bou" "Class Reunion" "Turning the Tables"	$4	182 April 1977	Sold	Donald Duck in "Operation Big Plant" "Class Reunion" from Donald Duck #97	$2
183 May 1977	Sold	"A Day in a Ducks Life" Goofy in "A Miss- Match" "The Five -Leaf Clover"	$2	184 June 1977	VG/FN	"Donald the Dude" "The Skeptic" "Homework Hassle"	$5
185 July 1977	VG/FN	"Ye Olde Duck's Diary" "Daisy's Date" Gyro Gearloose in "The Wetter Way"	$5	186 Aug 1977	VG/FN	"Catch as Ketchikan" reprinted from Donald Duck #83 "Inspiration Hunt" "Justice in a Jiffy" reprinted from Donald Duck #83	$5
187 Sept 1977	VG/FN	"The Fabulous Fiddlesticks" reprinted from Donald Duck #68 Goofy in "Hired & Fired"	$5	188 Oct 1977	VG/FN	"The Kangaroo Kid" & "Daisy's Double" reprinted from Donald Duck #92 "The Master Glasser" by Carl Barks reprinted from Donald Duck #117	$5
189 Nov 1977	Sold	"A Bucket of Scones" & an untitled short where Donald Builds a Spite Fence reprinted from Donald Duck #48 "The Myserious Soap Bubbles" reprinted from Donald Duck #49	$5	190 Dec 1977	Fine (FN)	"The Giant of Duckburg" from Donald Duck #111 "Test Pilot Perils" from Donald Duck #111	$4
191 Jan 1978	VG/FN	"The Charge at Dawn" reprinted from Donald Duck #49 "One- Duck Manhunt" reprinted from Donald Duck #90	$5	192 Feb 1978	VG/FN	"The Titanic Ants!" by Carl Barks reprinted from Donald Duck #60 "Riding the Pony Express" by Carl Barks reprinted from WDC&S #234 Untitled- Uncle Scrooge claims a floating island by Carl Barks reprinted from WDC&S #226	$8
193 March 1978	FN/VF	"The Great Ski Race" reprinted from Donald Duck #39 "A Mess of Magic" reprinted from Donald Duck #67 "A Mess of Magic" reprinted from Donald Duck #84	$8	194 April 1978	VG/FN	Donald Duck in "The Case of the Packed Pyramid" from Donald Duck #108 Donald Duck in "A Knight of Slething" from Donald Duck #108	$4

There are a lot of good non Barks stories. In fact, some of my favorite stories are not by Barks. After all a good story is a good story, even if the artwork could be better. I suspect that these comics will sell pretty fast. I think that is why I have put off, putting up these comics, although I bought these over a year ago. The thing is, at one time I always have a thousand comics that I need to put up & lots of web pages to update or fix. The reason this page came up, was that I was making minor modifications and noticed that I was nearly out of comics, so I added thirty nine new comics. Bla, bla, bla, bla

195 May 1978	Sold	"The Prehistoric Trail!" from Donald Duck #100 "The Tantrum- Tosser" from Donald Duck #100 "The New Attraction" from Donald Duck #100	$7	196 June 1978	VG/FN	"The Tall- Tale Trail" Gyro Gearloose in "The Agreeable Dragon"	$5
197 July 1978	VG/FN	"Ducking Out" & "Date with a Dragon" from Donald Duck #77 "The Sign Wizard" reprinted from Donald Duck #77	$5	198 Aug 1978	VG/FN	"Og's Iron Bed" "Skate- Bored" reprinted from Donald Duck #109	$5
199 Sept 1978	FN	Donald Duck in "Having a Panic" from Donald Duck #82 Donald Duck in "Getting in the Act" from Donald Duck #83	$6	200 Oct 1978	VG/FN	Donald Duck in "The Money Muddle" & "Mummy Case Caper" from Donald Duck #79 "The Mysterious Pyramid" reprinted from Donald Duck #79	$5
201 Nov 1978	Fine (FN+)	"The Christmas Cha Cha" by Carl Barks from Christmas Parade #26 (Barks wanted poster for being bad) "Christmas Around the World" from Christmas Parade #26	$6	202 Dec 1978	VG/FN	Donald Duck in "The Siren's Whistle" from Donald Duck #142 "Pluto the Wonder Dog" "The Night Owl"	$5
203 Jan 1979	Sold	Donald Duck in "Weighted Crate Mystery" from Donald Duck #57 Donald Duck in "Friendly Enemies" from Donald Duck #65	$3	204 Feb 1979	VG/FN	Donald Duck in "Paper Route Panic" from Donald Duck #66 Donald Duck in "The Grounded Flying Saucer" from Donald Duck #63	$5
205 March 1979	VG/FN	"The Saga of Sourdough Sam" from Donald Duck #62 "The Unsporty Sportsman" from Donald Duck #57	$5	206 April 1979	VG/FN	"Adventures of Bomb Bird Island" from Donald Duck #64 "Getting the Bird" from Donald Duck #58	$5
207 May 1979	VG/FN	"The Found Hound" "Bon Voyage" from Donald Duck #64	$5	208 June 1979	VG/FN	Donald Duck in "Rattled Railroader" from Donald Duck #58 Donald Duck in "Water Ski Race" from Donald Duck #60	$5
209 July 1979	VG/FN	Donald Duck in "Light- Fingered Genie" Gyro Gearloose in "Chair of Cheer"	$5	210 Aug 1979	VG/FN	Donald Duck in "The Search for Cyril" from Donald Duck #70 Donald Duck in "Dreamy Picnic" from Donald Duck #72	$5
211 Sept 1979	VG/FN	Donald Duck in "The Prankish Pirates" from Donald Duck #62 Donald Duck in "Follow the Reader" from Donald Duck #59	$5	212 Oct 1979	VF	Donald Duck in "Dive to Danger" from Donald Duck #74 untitled-- Donald Duck gets rare coins from Uncle Scrooge from WDC&S #130	$9
213 Nov 1979	VF	Donald Duck in "The Lighthouse at Wreckers' Reef" from Donald Duck #55 "The Photo Finish" from Donald Duck #61	$9	214 Nov 1979	VG/FN	"The Battle at Hadrian's Wall" from Donald Duck #107 "The Luck of Pali" from Donald Duck #107	$5

Did you know that Mickey Mouse & Superman are more universally recognized than any other person in the world, including the President of the United States, The Queen and even Jerry Lewis?

215 Jan 1980	VF	Donald Duck in "The Great Rainbow Race" from Donald Duck #105 Donald Duck in "Donald's Buzzin' Cousin" from Donald Duck #105	$9	216 Feb 1980	VF	"The Case of the Super Secret Mission" from Donald Duck #116 Goofy in "The Pop Painter" from Donald Duck #116	$9
217 March 1980	VF	Donald Duck in "The Pawns of the Loup Garou" from Donald Duck #117 Goofy in "The Harmless Hunter" from Donald Duck #117	$10	218 April 1980	VF	Donald Duck in "The Mysterious Crewless Ship" from Donald Duck #47 Donald Duck one page gag	$10
219 May 1980	VF	"Plenty of Pets" from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #106 July 1949 pets pinch prowlers "Super Snooper" from Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #107 Aug 1949 Donald gets super powers Two Donald Duck two page gags	$10	220 June 1980	VF	Donald Duck in "Million Dollar Rock" from Donald Duck #39 untitled-- Chip and Dale gets fight with birds from MM #47	$10
221 Aug 1980	VF	Donald Duck in "Backward Woodsman" from Donald Duck #76 Goofy in "The Auto Doctor" from Donald Duck #76 Donald Duck in "The Quest for Quiet" from Donald Duck #76	$27	222 Sept 1980	Sold	Donald Duck in "The Fuddleduck Diggin's" & "Eager Like a Beaver" from Donald Duck #125 Goofy in "Wrecker Racket" from Donald Duck #125	$123
223 Nov 1980	VF	Donald Duck in "Racing with the Sun" Donald Duck in "Daisy's Dilemma"	$27	225 Nov 1980	FN	Donald Duck in "The Arrow of Ormuz" "Space Graffiti"	$7
226 (a), 226 (b) Dec 1980	VF, VF	"Donald Duck and Robert the Robot" from Donald Duck #28 Chip 'N' Dale in "Smog busters" from Donald Duck #147 untitled-- Donald Duck gets double his money back when hair grower does not grow hair from Donald Duck #35	$8, $8	227 Jan 1981	VF	Donald Duck in "The Mummy's Secret" & "The Clean Sweep" from Donald Duck #93 Goofy in "The Mixed up Teapot" from Donald Duck #93	$12
228 Feb 1981	VF	"Ancient Persia" reprints Four Color #276 by Carl Barks	$12	229 April 1981	VF	"The Pixilated Parrot" reprints Four Color #282 by Carl Barks	$9
230 June 1981	VF	"The Lost Peg Leg Mine" by Carl Barks Goofy in "Scientific Lifesaving" Untitled--Donald becomes a Sky Writer by Carl Barks reprints Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #51& #194	$9	231 July 1981	VF	"The Flight of the Golden Butterfly" Goofy in "Water Wagon" "Hotlead Hollow Hoax"	$9
232 Aug 1981	VF	"The Bear Bugaboo" & Goofy in "The Slipshod Ship" & "Plunder down Under" reprinted from Donald Duck #95 "The New Attraction" from DD #100	$9	233 (a), 233 (b) Sept 1981	Fine (FN/VF), Very Fine (VF)	"The Goat with the Long Silky Hair" & "Jet -Age Gentleman" from Donald Duck #115 Goofy in "The Life- Guarder" from Donald Duck #115	$4, $6
234 Oct 1981	Near Mint (NM)	Donald Duck in "The Incredible Golden Iceberg!" from Donald Duck #101 Goofy in "Bad Break Boy" from Donald Duck #101 Donald Duck in "The Ventriloquist" from Donald Duck #101	$9	235 Nov 1981	Very Good (VG)	Donald Duck in "The Fuddleduck Diggin's" & "Eager Like a Beaver" from Donald Duck #125 Goofy in "Wrecker Racket" from Donald Duck #125	$2

A lot of the later Donald Duck comics were distributed in Whitman 3 packs. Donald Duck #222 was only distributed in the three packs. They charged $.89 for each three pack.Donald Duck #222 is worth $123 in very fine in 2004. I bought about ten packages for twenty five cents each at Railroad Salvage in Connecticut.

236 Dec 1981	Very Fine (VF)	Donald Duck in "The Golden Dinosaur" "The Secret of the Clocks" "The Farm Float Crisis"	$6	237 Feb 1982	VF	"The Triple Polly Map" "Something to Scream About" "The Sleepwalking Bag" reprinted from DD #130	$9
238 March 1982	VF	"The Robot that Wasn't There" & Goofy in "The Sneaky Thief" reprinted from DD #129 "Bird- Bothered Hero" reprinted from DD #127	$9	239 April 1982	VG/FN	"Mystery of the Buccaneer's Bell" & Goofy in "Snow Fun" from DD #130 "The Great Boxcar Robbery" from DD #123	$5
240 May 1982	VG/FN	"One For the Whammy" & "Goofy in Lunk with a Clunk" from DD #65 "Aerial Antics" from DD #52	$5	242 May 1982	VF	"Officer for a Day" from DD #126 "Flight of the Bumble Duck" & Goofy in "Treadmill- Mobile" from DD #124	$14
243 July 1982	Very Fine (VF)	Donald Duck in "March of the Giant Termites" from Donald Duck #133 Goofy in "The Terrible Toy Box" from Donald Duck #133 "The Deluxe Duck" from Donald Duck #119	$10	244 1983	Sold	Donald Duck in "The Buffaloed Buffalo" & "13 Blackcat Road" from Donald Duck #121 "The Rumblemobile" from Donald Duck #120	$1
245 1983	Sold	Donald Duck in "His Unroyal Highness" & "Mighty Duck" from Donald Duck #122 Goofy in "The Mystery Day" from Donald Duck #122	$10

More Donald (Gold Key) (#85-173)

Donald Duck (Dell) FC & #26-#83

Donald Duck #246 Through #263

Donald Duck #264 Through 307

If you would like to support my site & you do not wish to buy any comics, send me an e-mail. Tell me what you think. Some of the best ideas came from e-mails I received. I probably would not have taken the time to write out detailed descriptions if it were not for some questions I received through e-mail. Not that anyone asked me to do it, but they would ask questions about books that I had just worked on and if I had written down the information at the time, I could find it at a glance. Again my motivation wanes. Must play Warcraft......Kill Humans!!!!......Okay, I defeated two scenarios quite convincingly...... These comics have been sitting in stacks all over my house. First in the Living room for labeling. Next on my night stand for reading and then in my office for neglecting. It will be nice to put these away. Bla, bla, bla.....And now the end is near......

Note: Every comic has a scanned image. They are scanned at 50% & converted to gifs each image averages 75K in size.

A moment in comic history, dateline 1934.

Max C. Gaines thought that if the giveaway comics were so successful, that he could sell them for a dime. Eastern Color published 35,000 copies of Famous Funnies #1 for Dell in July of 1934. They sold out.

June

Ward: What type of girl would you have Wally marry?

June: Oh, some very sensible girl from a nice family -- one with both feet on the ground, who's a good cook and can keep a nice house and see that he's happy.

Ward: Dear, I got the last one of those.

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