Issue Details

Issue	#259
Published	November 1987
Cover Price	0.95 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Byron Erickson (editor-in-chief); Leonard Clark [John Clark] (associate editor); Geoffrey Blum (associate editor); Michael McCormick (art director)

Cover Details - "Hang Gliders Be Hanged"

Characters	Donald Duck
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Daniel Branca
Reprinted	from Gutenberghus [Egmont](DK)

1 page The Quacker Box letters page

Letters

typeset

10 page Donald Duck story "Hang Gliders Be Hanged"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie; Daisy Duck; Gladstone Gander
Genre	funny animals
Script	Carl Barks; Geoffrey Blum (US script)
Pencils	Victor Arrigada Rios [as Vicar]
Inks	Victor Arrigada Rios [as Vicar]
Colors	Susan Daigle
Letters	Bill Spicer
Notes	Carl Barks wrote this story for Gutenberghus in 1975 (see sequence 9).
Reprinted	from Gutenberghus [Egmont](DK)

6 page Daisy Duck's Diary story "Ring Leader Roundup"

Characters	Daisy Duck; Donald Duck
Genre	funny animals
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Letters	Garé Barks
Reprinted	from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1150 (December 1960)

Half page Donald Duck story "A Federal Offense"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey and Dewey
Genre	funny animals
Script	Bob Karp
Pencils	Al Taliaferro
Inks	Al Taliaferro
Colors	Mike McCormick
Editing	Floyd Gottfredson
Notes	This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #285 (July 1994).
Reprinted	from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.04.14

Half page Donald Duck story "Quick Thinking"

Characters	Donald Duck; Huey
Genre	funny animals
Script	Bob Karp
Pencils	Al Taliaferro
Inks	Al Taliaferro
Colors	Mike McCormick
Editing	Floyd Gottfredson
Notes	This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #285 (July 1994).
Reprinted	from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.04.15

Half page Donald Duck story "The Best Laid Plans"

Characters	Donald Duck
Genre	funny animals
Script	Bob Karp
Pencils	Al Taliaferro
Inks	Al Taliaferro
Colors	Mike McCormick
Editing	Floyd Gottfredson
Notes	This story is also reprinted in Donald Duck (Gladstone, 1993 series) #285 (July 1994).
Reprinted	from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1938.04.16

10 page Donald Duck story "Swami Swindle"

Characters	Donald Duck; Gladstone Gander; Daisy Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie
Genre	funny animals
Script	Carl Barks
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Letters	Carl Barks
Reprinted	from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #95 (August 1948) [original title: [Gladstone Returns]]

2 page Cross Talk promo (ad from the publisher) "There's always something new ..."

Script	Geoffrey Blum
Letters	typeset

1 page text article "A Flight to the Finish"

Script	Geoffrey Blum
Pencils	Carl Barks
Inks	Carl Barks
Letters	typeset
Notes	The story of Hang Gliders Be Hanged.

Half page Donald Duck story "The Right Bank"

Characters	Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge
Genre	funny animals
Script	Bob Foster
Pencils	Frank Smith
Inks	Frank Smith
Editing	Greg Crosby
Reprinted	from Donald Duck daily (King Features Syndicate) 1982.08.27