Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures: The Gilded Man (Gladstone Giant Album Comic Series, No. 5) (Gladstone Comic Album Special No. 5) [Paperback]

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• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Gladstone Pub Ltd (June 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0944599303
• ISBN-13: 978-0944599303
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,170,371 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, June 7, 2000

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This review is from: Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures: The Gilded Man (Gladstone Giant Album Comic Series, No. 5) (Gladstone Comic Album Special No. 5) (Paperback)

This is a story about how Donand finds a golden helmet that allows the owner to legally possess North America! The Gilded Man is from the legendary city of El Dorado

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5.0 out of 5 stars Carl Barks - the good duck artist, December 23, 2010

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This review is from: Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures: The Gilded Man (Gladstone Giant Album Comic Series, No. 5) (Gladstone Comic Album Special No. 5) (Paperback)

In the 1980's before Gladstone Comics starting production of their 1990's graphic novel format Carl Barks Library in Color with an aim to print in chronological order all of the Disney duck stories by Carl Barks, they were printing comics that reprinted his tales. Carl Barks was a genius comic book artists who drew the Disney ducks from the 1940's to the 1960's, and if you have not heard of him, now is as good a time to start as any. As a special treat Gladstone Comics (and their parent company Another Rainbow) began making comic albums in a graphic novel format, and grouping similar style stories together. Like all Gladstone publications, they were known for top quality paper, colors, binding, and printing from the original black & white art with new coloring, despite the extra cost. They made a few albums in the Giant format, at least double the length of the other albums, selling for $11.95 cover price at the time. These were a huge treat to collectors like myself at the time.

In the case of this edition, the exterior cover art is a painting made by Carl Barks years after he retired from drawing comics. Inside we have a number of treats in store:
1) a reproduction of the original front cover from Dell Four Color Comics - Donald Duck one shot #422 of September-October 1952. Art by Carl Barks.
2) A 1 page Uncle Scrooge gag "Riding Stable Robbery" from Dell Four Color Comics - Donald Duck one shot #422 of September-October 1952. Art and script by Carl Barks.
3) "The Gilded Man", first printed in Dell Four Color Comics - Donald Duck one shot #422 of September-October 1952. Art and script by Carl Barks. A 32 page adventure story with Donald and the nephews, along with cousin Gladstone Gander. This is the story where the gang goes to British Guiana (now known as Guyana) to find a rare stamp, and finds the gilded man.
4) a reproduction of the original front cover from Dell Four Color Comics - Donald Duck one shot #282 from July 1950. Art by Carl Barks.
5) A 1 page Donald Duck gag "Rescue Daisy's Cat" from Dell Four Color Comics - Donald Duck one shot #422 of September-October 1952. Art and script by Carl Barks.
6) "The Pixilated Parrot". Donald Duck, the nephews and Uncle Scrooge adventure. Dell Four Color Comics - Donald Duck one shot #282 from July 1950. Script and Art by Carl Barks. The boys buy a parrot who is a whiz with numbers, and leads them on a chase to an island called Tropicania, (a made up name by Barks). The story is notable with collectors for the appearance of the burglars whose physical appearance is similar to the soon to be developed Beagle Boys.
7) 1 page Donald gag "Heating Pads", originally published in Dell Comics Donald Duck #45 in January-February 1956. Art and script by Carl Barks. As a bit of trivia, this gag ran on the front inside cover of the original issue, but was replaced by an ad in some copies, making the versions with the gag more valuable today.
8) Another 1 page Donald gag "Painted Into A Corner" from Dell Four Color Comics - Donald Duck one shot #422 of September-October 1952. Art and script by Carl Barks.
9) "Secret of Hondorica" originally published in Dell Comics - Donald Duck #46 from March-April 1956. It is a 24 page adventure with Donald and the nephews, and cousin Gladstone Gander as a foil to Donald. Uncle Scrooge appears on the first 2 pages. Hondorica is a made up name by Barks, but Scrooge points to a map that places it in Central America. He sends Donald and the boys to recover some valuable papers from a crashed plane in an remote part of the country with a big cash reward if they recover it. But Gladstone follows them, thinking they are after a treasure. Art & script by Carl Barks.
10) "The Runaway Train" first printed in Dell Comics - Walt Disney Comics & Stories #195 from December 1956. A 10 page story featuring Donald and the nephews. Art & script by Carl Barks. The story where the nephews use their incredible Junior Woodchucks skills to predict where two trains may collide, while Donald is glues to the television. Uncle Scrooge has a brief 1 panel appearance.

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Carl Barks "Donald Duck" stories, January 18, 2009

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Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures, Gladstone Comic Album Special No. 5: The Gilded Man (Gladstone Publishing)
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This plus-sized, 96-page special reprints several Donald Duck classics fromt he fertile mind of artist Carl Barks, one of the greatest artists in the Disney stable. This volume has more of a cohesive theme than many of the other Gladstone reprints, with three long stories set in the South American jungles. Written in the 1950s, the stories are, unsurprisingly, filled with mildly offensive ethnic stereotypes (lazy locals, natives in the jungle who speak gibberish languages) but all in all, these caricatures aren't as offensive as they might have been. You'll have to use your discretion to determine if you think it's worth it to read these stories to small children... but otherwise the entertainment value is quite high -- Barks was a great cartoonist.

The stories collected include:
"The Gilded Man" (1952)
"The Pixilated Parrot" (1950)
"The Secret Of Hondorica" (1956)
"The Runaway Train" (1956)

As with the other Gladstone titles in this series, the art reproduction is top-notch, with sharp colors and perfect reprinting of the original line art... Barks' work has never looked better! Good family entertainment, although with this particular volume the ethnic stereotypes may be of concern. (Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain children's book reviews)