Senormac Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 14 hours ago, Senormac said: One of Barks's very best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 On 10/26/2017 at 8:57 AM, sfcityduck said: Love your US No. 1. I really want one. Here's my US No. 2. I'm dying of impatience waiting for my "fast track" grade for this FC 456: Anyone got a US No. 3 to post? That is a beauty! My copy is ragged but I love it as I bought it in 1974 in the pre-Internet days when finding ducks was tough business. Paid too much but I sure wanted it and it is still one of my favorites! sfcityduck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 By the way, Happy Halloween duck fans! Badger, Senormac and sfcityduck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sfcityduck Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 hour ago, 40YrsCollctngCmcs said: By the way, Happy Halloween duck fans! Best Halloween story ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Third Uncle Scrooge cover and second Barks Uncle Scrooge cover (great example of Barks' skill in conveying emotions through the facial expressions of his ducks) : I'm now 3/5ths of the way through the mini-run of Uncle Scrooge's first five cover appearances in decent grade with the 1st, 3rd, and 5th in hand. Senormac and Badger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanFan Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Its great that Barks ducks are not in very high demand and Dell had high print runs. So that group of books is cheap to obtain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 37 minutes ago, GermanFan said: Its great that Barks ducks are not in very high demand and Dell had high print runs. So that group of books is cheap to obtain. Easy to find readers, harder than you might think to find nice copies. But, absolute classics no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 3 hours ago, sfcityduck said: Third Uncle Scrooge cover and second Barks Uncle Scrooge cover (great example of Barks' skill in conveying emotions through the facial expressions of his ducks) : I'm now 3/5ths of the way through the mini-run of Uncle Scrooge's first five cover appearances in decent grade with the 1st, 3rd, and 5th in hand. That issue also has the first appearance of Gyro Gearloose, one of Barks's best characters. After Scrooge, maybe the best character Barks introduced. Ricksneatstuff and Senormac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 32 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: That issue also has the first appearance of Gyro Gearloose, one of Barks's best characters. After Scrooge, maybe the best character Barks introduced. Well, Barks may not have introduced Huey, Dewey, and Louis, but he did introduce the Junior Woodchucks! And I'd rate them higher on my chart than Gyro. First appearance of Junior Woodchucks: Senormac and Badger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 1 minute ago, sfcityduck said: Well, Barks may not have introduced Huey, Dewey, and Louis, but he did introduce the Junior Woodchucks! And I'd rate them higher on my chart than Gyro. First appearance of Junior Woodchucks: Good point. I'd rank them above Gyro, as well, although I'm not sure they count as characters separate from H, D, & L. I'd definitely rank Gyro above Grandma Duck and Gladstone. Probably also rank him above the Beagle Boys and Magica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 9 hours ago, Sqeggs said: Good point. I'd rank them above Gyro, as well, although I'm not sure they count as characters separate from H, D, & L. I'd definitely rank Gyro above Grandma Duck and Gladstone. Probably also rank him above the Beagle Boys and Magica. Gladstone was in many ways more interesting than Gyro. He had more range for storytelling than Gyro and was featured much more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Kid Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 5 hours ago, 40YrsCollctngCmcs said: Gladstone was in many ways more interesting than Gyro. He had more range for storytelling than Gyro and was featured much more often. Gladstone was a foil for Donald and his presence nearly always meant there would be an interesting and exciting story. Gyro was very cool but he was an adjunct who was available to help Donald but rarely made the stories more exciting. I can remember Luck of the North much more vividly than any story with Gyro in it. Senormac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Yep, Trail of the Unicorn is another great Gladstone story that is very memorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Kid Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 As all duck collectors know, a lot of people think that Trail of the Unicorn was so good that it should have been a cover story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 It was, but Land of the Totems is my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 14 hours ago, Yellow Kid said: Gladstone was a foil for Donald and his presence nearly always meant there would be an interesting and exciting story. Gyro was very cool but he was an adjunct who was available to help Donald but rarely made the stories more exciting. I can remember Luck of the North much more vividly than any story with Gyro in it. That's well put and sum up my feelings on the characters as well. My 11 year old nephew and 9 year old niece each just finished reading my 11 volumes of the new Fantagraphics Barks books (took them about 3 weeks and they absolutely loved them). I asked my nephew his 5 favorite stories and he listed one with Gladstone and one with Gyro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hudson Posted November 4, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2017 Noticed this thread tonight, saying "Show Us Your Ducks", so I snapped a photo of a few using my iPhone. Please forgive the horrible picture quality; I am NOT a photographer (obviously). Larryw7, sfcityduck, Point Five and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 On 11/2/2017 at 2:13 PM, Sqeggs said: That issue also has the first appearance of Gyro Gearloose, one of Barks's best characters. After Scrooge, maybe the best character Barks introduced. Love Gyro!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
