CATALOG RECORD

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #512

Gladstone · Series began 1986 · November 1986

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Dates

Cover date: November 1986
On sale: August 5, 1986
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #512 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition75¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition75¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07148602686011 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.

Barcode 07148602686011 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Daan Jippes, Freddy Milton, Carl Barks, Paul Murryinks: Daan Jippes, Ben Verhagen, Carl Barks, Paul Murryscript: John Clark, Daan Jippes, Byron Erickson, Freddy Milton, Tom Yakutis, Carl Barks, Carl Fallbergcolors: Ken Feduniewicz, Mike McCormickletters: John Clark, Garé Barks, Paul Murryediting: Chase Craig

Stories

A Gander at Gladstone · Gladstone Publishing · 1 pages
John Clark explains how foreign Disney comic book stories are prepared for American publication.
The Success Test · 10 pages
The Duckburg Times runs a business success contest, for which Donald and Gladstone are the two selected entrants. Gladstone is given an old ferry boat, made obsolete by a modern bridge, while Donald is given a bottom-dredging mud barge.
Salad Storm Warning! · 4 pages
Croc fakes a broken leg to shelter from a salad storm with Bumblelion and Butterbear.
Mixed-Up Mixer · 7 pages
Gyro uses his new cement mixer to build a dam on Grandma's farm when a flood hits, then Grandma uses it to mix bread for flood refugees.
The Vanishing Railroad [Chapter Two] · 7.75 pages
Railroad cars continue to "vanish" on Mickey and Goofy's watch. An angry Mr. Boomer blames the pair for the disappearances and orders them to go over every inch of track on foot in order to locate the missing cars. Meanwhile, during Mickey and Goofy's demotion, the Clinker Brothers are hired by Mr. Boomer to run the engine, playing right into the hands of Gruggers who is behind the thefts.
Pound for Sound · 1 pages
Uncle Scrooge and Donald each find ways to sneak into a concert by the Duckburg Symphony Orchestra. Scrooge's hiding place is much less successful.

Reprinted in

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Penny Pincher (1997), Disney Masters (2018)