1961-1966

 

  FC1161 The Training Farm Fuss - 1961

Synopsis:
Grandma Duck is visited by an unusually energetic Gladstone who wishes to use the farm's bull in order to promote his bullfighting career!

Comments:
Without even bothering to ask Grandma's permission Gladstone takes away her bull to promote his own bullfighting career! But his dream of being a toreador ends abruptly as Grandma's good-natured bull refuses to play...

 

  WDCS251 Duck Luck - 1961

Synopsis:
Donald's fortune cookie tells him to go home and go to bed. He doesn't pay any attention to it but he should...

Comments:
Gladstone merely demonstrates his uncanny ability to find valuables where everyone else has failed.

 

  U$35 The Golden Nugget Boat - 1961

Synopsis:
Scrooge and Gladstone enter a contest in Alaska to find the largest gold nugget. Gladstone's luck should help him win the contest...

Comments:
Gladstone's unbelievable luck gets him a free trip to Alaska! Then he finds a large gold nugget...

 

  WDCS270 The Jinxed Jalopy Race - 1963

Synopsis:
Donald wants to win the right to kiss the queen of the Mistletoe Ball - Daisy! He just has to win a car race first. But Gladstone is also racing...

Comments:
Gladstone schemes to win by discrediting Donald! Cold-heartedly, he does so by trapping Donald to clean up a roadside which he himself has 'salted' first...

 

  WDCS277 The Duckburg Pet Parade - 1963

Synopsis:
The Duckburgians are busy training their pets for the great parade. Donald feels confident that he will win first prize with his trained elephant...

Comments:
Barks' primary characters are out in force displaying their individual animal. Gladstone competes with a kangaroo...

 

  WDCS288 Hero of the Dike - 1964

Synopsis:
A small hole in Duckburg's dike is discovered and Gladstone runs for help while Donald puts his finger in the hole to close it up. Not a long term solution...

Comments:
In fact, Gladstone is strangely thoughtless, because he quickly forgets his task and starts dancing with Daisy instead...

 

  U$54 The Billion Dollar Safari - 1964

Synopsis:
Scrooge's zoo is failing and in order to get some more guests he will pay a billion dollars for a speckled elephant with a square trunk...

Comments:
Needless to say that Gladstone finds one...

 

  WDCS294 Duck Out of Luck - 1965

Synopsis:
Once again, Donald participates in the skaters' fishing race which has been won by Gladstone every year. But this time he stands a good chance...

Comments:
...as Gladstone is barred from this year's race, because he always wins. Then he turns up in disguise!

 

  WDCS312 The Not-So-Ancient Mariner - 1966

Synopsis:
Donald wins a free sea cruise and the lovely Daisy is on board as well. So is Gladstone...

Comments:
In Barks' last story featuring Gladstone, he portrayed him differently just as he did in the premiere story 18 years prior. In this one Gladstone has transformed into a beatnik - but with his overall attitude intact. The last panels are highly surprising as well; Donald finally gets Daisy to himself, while Gladstone sits left out pitying himself. Exit Gladstone...

 

1948-1949 1950-1952 1953-1957 1958-1960 1961-1966

 

 

 

http://www.cbarks.dk/thegladstonestoriese.htm   Date 2008-10-18