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Yes! His "true identity" was revealed at the end of the 1939 storyline by Floyd Gottfredson in the Mickey Mouse newspaper comic strip that inroduced the Blot. (When that story was reprinted in a comic book, it was titled "Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot". In the story itself, though, he...

Wow -- thank you! A glimpse of an alternate reality, where "TotGS" was, to some extent, heralded and given fanfare beyond that one weekend in September '87... Makes sense that they'd highlight Donald, given his fame/recognizability...as misleading as it may have been!

Do you have the TV movie version of "Treasure of the Golden Suns" on tape?

Good call, guys! DuckTales never had any such "host" segments. It's worth pointing out that the individual, serialized installments of "Time Is Money" and "Super DuckTales" were bookended with "Last time on DuckTales...} recaps and "Next time on DuckTales..." previews. "Treasure of the Golden...

Correct. The five-part versions of "Treasure of the Golden Suns", "Time Is Money", and "Super DuckTales" were actually longer. Several minutes (not sure exactly how much) were cut from the two-hour TV movie versions, to fit them into a two-hour block.) (If anyone's wondering, "To fit five...

Just read #12. I really, really saw validity in DisneyBoy's assessment that in #11, all the characters "spen[t] the entire issue getting to the exact same place", ostensibly building suspense for the (vaguely conceived) "something really bad" that's going to occur there at the end of issue. And...

Hmm...fun to consider! Besides your suggestions, nothing jumps out at me... It's not so much that Peter and Lois would would make a good George and Lorraine as it is that Lois jumps out as being a surefire Lorraine. Mainly, teenage/1950's Lorraine. Since Peter is Lois' husband, him being...

I dunno, I kind of feel that episodes like this one and many in the "Road to" series are so strong because they pull off "epic" in the course of a mere 22 minutes. Brevity is the soul of wit, as they say... On the other hand, I kind of felt that "Road to the North Pole" suffered from being...

I found this episode to be really, really tightly written...surprisingly, even a near-classic. Has it been like this all season? Guess I haven't been paying close attention... Surprised no one has on how Homer's arc and Milhouse's broke the mold, for both characters -- but were so tightly...

Hmm...Family Guy's Back to the Future reference always "own"/"win"...but I kind of think they're best in spurts. I find the show's hour-long, play-by-play Star Wars parody to be total overkill and fairly tedious, so I fear if they did that kind of thing with Back to the Future, it'd be much the...

Of course -- as this should go without saying -- it's your choice. You may have thought this out far better than I have, for all I know...as I certainly don't have the capacity to measure and quantify that. But my take is that it could be far worse: we could have gotten a complete reboot...

Mmm. That ending gets me every time. Best episode ever? I'd never relent in insisting that's it's at the very least in the top 5, but probably top 3, really.

Aww, I was betting myself that soemone would've already posted about the Beavis and Butt-head reference. Bart being too young to know who B and B-H are...oh, the irony...you KNOW the writers are deliberately taunting the hardcore, continuity-obsessed fans! :D Addendum: I guess at this...

I remember when Return of Jafar was released and the series was just around the corner, Tad Stones was quoted in the Animation Scene column in Comics Scene that he and the team consciouscly decided that Return would be it for Jafar, because (paraphrasing here, but I'm confident I'm pretty...

I didn't realize that these obstacles existed...geez, that's unfortunate. The "double license" seems negotiable (never consider this problem, since I think of Tale Spin as an entity unto itself, so usually forget that it has anything to do with The Jungle Book) ...but, as for the other...

I'm not really sure if it was that so much as that it was awkward for them -- "old habits die hard", and so forth... John Pannozzi's question of, "What makes DuckTales different from Uncle Scrooge?" is an excellent one, and I think that for comic creators that'd been working the Uncle...

I thought that I was the only person in the world that had ever noticed this! Offhand, here's a rundown: 1. Gladstone's DuckTales #1-13 (1988-1990) - stories produced by the Jamie Diaz Studio: settings usually didn't reflect the TV show. (Quite possibly never did, in fact.) - William Van...

Re. #9: I was a bit wary of the "hero-villain team-up" thing, which looked like it would retool Steelbreak right out the gate, promising no chance of a "traditional" Darkwing vs. Steelbeak-F.O.W.L. story. But, so far, so good. The interplay between the two has been clever. And, like Disney...

Well, a true DuckTales comic would have the "edgy", "rock 'n roll" approach of BOOM!'s Darkwing and Rescue Rangers, distinct from the "classic" Donald and Scrooge comics, which seem quaint and stuffy in comparison. (And don't get me wrong, I'm a HUGE fan of Barks, Gottfredson, et al!) And...

Patience! I see this as not a Tale Spin snub, but a sign that a Tale Spin comic's on the way! The series that seems really unlikely is Gummi Bears...

That was kind of part of the joke -- it was SUPPOSED to be astronomically over-simplified. ;)

Hahaha...this is still the same meeting? They already set all this up? :D The "beginning of religion" cutaway was a zinger, depending on your leanings. ;) I don't think there's ever been any indication that he hasn't....he was driving a pickup truck in the episode he moved into the...

The studio logo sequence parodies FTW. Edit: Add to that Peter and Brian's drunken antics and Peter's "surprise witness".

"Where's the border?!!" Not sure if I love it, or if it irks me that they killed tradition and broke the fourth wall on that one after 20 years.

I'm guessing the idea was that he was trying to stop all of the alt-DWs that were running amok, and we just weren't supposed to get that until his interaction with Quiverwing in #8. I just figured that this wasn't supposed to be the same Darkwarrior as in "Time and Punishment". In that...

Offhand, I have nothing to add, but just wanted to say: great thread! Kudos to you guys for your keen eyes and dedication! *thumbs up*

Just read #8. One point got a really big reaction from me. (In a positive way.) And, let's call a spade a spade: this is nothing but me being a sheer, unabashed fanboy. What am I talking about? Here: Er, I'll have some more constructive thoughts after I chew on the issue for a bit. I...

Excellent post! This show's kind of been forgotten. If you didn't have a hang-up that ensured that would only consider it to be a cheap way of cashing in on the movie, it was a fine show (and the last) in the tradition of the earlier Disney Afternoon comedy adventure-series (DuckTales, Gummi...

The Great Mouse Detective is woefully underrated.

DuckTales drew from the Uncle Scrooge comc books written by Carl Barks throughout the '50's and '60's. (Several DuckTales episodes were adaptations of Barks' stories, such as "Scrooge's Pet" -- Barks' version was called "The Lemming with the Locket" -- and "The Golden Fleecing", amongst...

There was some truth there. This show seems to always "get the shaft". Francine urging Haley to do a better job at "satisfying" Jeff seemed like a forced attempt at shock/uncomfortableness. But, glad to see they're trying to do something with Haley and Jeff.

Yeah, that may have been a desperate attempt to keep some of the viewers they're undoubtedly losing because of tonight's Family Guy absence.

I actually really liked the World War Iike segment, if only for the "period" ambience. I did like the third-wall breaking puppet jokes ("Great at chewing, not so much the swallowing!", "Get this thing off me!", etc.) and the Statler and Waldorf bits. (And good "casting", with Grandpa and...

Looks like Haley's back. *phew* But will Jeff living with the Smiths stay as an ongoing thing? Guess we'll see...

Wow. A Gummi Bears reference on mainstream, network TV in 2010. Unthinkable. No, that was a little more than just a reference. The song had to be arranged, rehearsed, the costume made ... that was a considerable production, even if it was a joke. 2010's been a good year for The...

Re: Issue #6 -- pretty good, characterization-wise: 1. Makes sense that DW would be distraught by the backlash against him; in turn, it's nice to see him decisively resolve to take action and face the situation -- felt like a conscious skin-shedding of the "mopey" DW folks have raised concern...

Right on the money. Seeing that Commisioner Gordon caricature did not sit right with me. Gosalyn being Gizmoduck as an ongoing thing paritcularly irks me. Especially since Fenton's existence hasn't even been acknowledged.

What was it that you didn't understand? In their first panel, I found Magica's initial dialogue ("That was a close one! I swear we are spending more and more time in whatevest latest you choose for us!") jarring, because I couldn't "hear" it in June Foray's accented Magica voice. (Should've been...

Not to mention that in the Negaverse, Negaduck lives at the Negaverse's equivalent of Drake Mallard's address in the Negaverse's equivalent of Drake Mallard's house, with Nega-Launchpad and Nega-Gosalyn!!!!!! (Err, or, considering her characterization, would that be Posi-Gosalyn....?) Negaduck...

Thanks! That's a good solution. ;)