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This print companion series to Disney's famous DVDs celebrates milestones in Disney comics history. This volume: in honor of Donald Duck's 75th anniversary, join us in tracing his comics career from 1934 to the present! We get things started with classic newspaper comics; then Federico Pedrocchi's "Donald Duck, Special Correspondent" checks out war-torn Sylvania in a rare 1938 epic. Carl Barks' "Darkest Africa" takes the Ducks into the depths of the jungle, while Walt Kelly's "Surprise Party" finds Donald and the boys feuding over an ice cream cache. Tony Strobl's "Big Balloon Race" is his personal favorite self-written story, making its North American debut; while Giorgio Cavazzano's "Forgetful Hero" is a kamikaze pilot whose daredevil flights Scrooge, Donald, and Fethry are forced to reenact! "Room and Bored" finds William Van Horn's Donald turning a dull evening wild, while Don Rosa's "Once and Future Duck" hits Arthurian Britain in a feature-length time-travel trek. Join us for this unprecedented look at everybody's favorite duck!