DuckTales #1 2nd Printing
Joe Caramagna (w) • Luca Usai, Gianfranco Florio (a) • Marco Ghiglione (c)
Woo-oo! In “The Great Experiment of the Washing Machine,” Donald and the Nephews visit a top-secret lab, chock-full of crazy inventions to make life easier… but might make them SHORTER, instead! And then, learn “The Chilling Secret of the Lighthouse!”
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
DuckTales #4
Joey Cavalieri, Joe Caramagna (w) • Luca Usai, Gianfranco Florio (a) • Marco Ghiglione (c)
The adventures of Duckburg’s most famous citizens continue! First, Scrooge and company find themselves stuck in Happy, Happy Valley, where everyone is a little too happy! Then, can Huey, Louie and Dewey overcome the Curse of the Twin Samurai (and maybe make a little money too)?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
DuckTales #3
Joey Cavalieri (w) • Luca Usai, Giuseppe Fontana, Graziano Barbaro, Andrea Greppi, Roberta Zanotta (a) • Marco Ghiglione, Dario Calabria (c)
Woo-oo! The adventures of everyone’s favorite Duck Family continue with two more stories based on the hit new Disney animated series! Scrooge, Donald, and Della match wits with the ghost of Nostradogmus! Plus, can Scrooge and company solve the terrifying secret of the Pumpkin People?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
DuckTales #1 makes up for allllll the flaws of Uncle Scrooge. It continues the work of the rebooted TV show: establishing the triplets as three separate characters rather than one run-on sentence. The humor that the boys exude perfectly extends from screen to page–the unique humor that makes the show literally laugh out loud funny is inside the pages of DuckTales #1, as well.
The only flaw with DuckTales, which was a problem with Uncle Scrooge as well, is the mistreatment of Donald as a character. His anger seems weirdly under contol. Compared to the Donald that fans know and love, DuckTales Donald spouts less expletives and suffers more slapstick. The series is more about the boys, anyhow, which is where the book (and the new show) really shine.
DuckTales #1 is broken up into two stories: “The Chilling Secret of the Lighthouse” and “The Great Experiment of the Washing Machine”. Both were written by Joe Caramagna, who has an outstanding grasp of DuckTales both old and new. “Lighthouse” reflects a more classic television DuckTales story, with an ancient legend debunked by the triplets exploring “uncharted” territory. “Washing Machine” is a little more modern, with iPhones used for distraction tactics, and the boys displaying their individual personalities. Huey in particular gets to shine as the inventor of the group.
They’ve come a long way from the original depiction of “the triplets”
The stories have different artists, but both Luca Usai (“Lighthouse”) and Gianfranco Florio (“Washing Machine”) continue the tradition of pulling from 1940s Donald Duck comics. It’s one of my favorite things about the reboot, and I’m thrilled to see it continue on both show and book. The short tales are great, but I hope that an overarching plot emerges before long. Based on the teaser of issue #2, which features Della Duck on a quest with Donald and Scrooge, readers probably won’t have to wait for clues to a much larger mystery.
WooHoo indeed.
Story: Joe Carmagna Art: Luca Usai, Gianfranco Florio
Color: Giuseppe Fontana, Dario Calabria Letterer: Tom B. Long Editor: Joe Hughes
Story: 7.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 7.5 Recommendation: Read
IDW Publishing provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
DuckTales #1
Joe Caramagna (w) • Luca Usai, Gianfranco Florio (a) • Marco Ghiglione (c)
Woo-oo! In “The Great Experiment of the Washing Machine,” Donald and the Nephews visit a top-secret lab, chock-full of crazy inventions to make life easier… but might make them SHORTER, instead! And then, learn “The Chilling Secret of the Lighthouse!”
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
