DuckTales #14
Steve Behling (w) • Gianfranco Florio (a) • Giuseppe Fontana (c)
There are monsters up to no good in this two-part tale of scary times in Duckburg! Join Uncle Scrooge, along with Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby as they realize that “The Monsters Are Due at Duck Manor!”
FC • 32 pages • $
DuckTales #13
Steve Behling (w) • Gianfranco Florio (a) • Giuseppe Fontana (c)
Two brand-new stories of life in Duckburg await in DuckTales #13! Join Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, and their friends as they deal with the “Countdown to Termination” and hit the ice in “The Mighty Ducks of Duckburg!”
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
DuckTales #12
Steve Behling (w) • Gianfranco Florio (a) • Giuseppe Fontana (c)
Gladstone Gander takes Donald’s place on Scrooge’s next adventure! Will he prove to be a good luck charm? Plus: Scrooge and the kids meet Huge McDuck, another billionaire who claims to be a long lost relative! But can he be trusted?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
DuckTales #9
Steve Behling, Alessandro Ferrari (w) • Ciro Cangialosi, Cristina Stella, Giuseppe Fontana, Gianfranco Florio, Angela Capolupo (a)
Donald and Scrooge go on a fishing trip, but when they stumble on the campsite of Ma Beagle and her boys, they realize they may have chosen the wrong lake! Plus, when Dewey starts sleepwalking, the kids try to wake him up—but it’s not as easy as it sounds!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
DuckTales #7
Story: Joe Caramagna Art: Luca Usai, Antonello Dalena, Andrea Geppi, Gianfranco Florio, Michela Frare Cover: Marco Ghiglione
Color: Kawaii Studio, Giuseppe Fontana Letterer: Tom B. Long
Editor: Joe Hughes
Left alone in the McDuck mansion, the kids face their most difficult challenge yet: Fooling a risk assessor from an insurance company! And to teach Louie a lesson about hard work, Scrooge shows him his latest investment: A Ghost Town!
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
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