"The Poorest Duck in Duckburg"

Hey, guess what, Dark-Ladies and Gentlemaniacs, it's time for your annual Halloween Tale of Terror! This time, it's Pat Block's and Ron Fernandez's final collaboration.
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"The Great Orphanage Robbery"

Okay, time for some Gottfredson. Specifically, "The Great Orphanage Robbery." This, of course, is one of those stories that previously could not be reprinted in modern times, so it's certainly ripe for examination.
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Hey, look what just arrived!

Once I've read it, I will endeavor to write about one of the stories in commemoration.

You asked for it, you got it!

...okay, so you probably didn't ask for it. The second part is accurate, however! Starting NOW, at my other place, Darkwing Duck!

"The Gab-Muffer"

We now turn our attention to a story that Barks did for a Gyro Gearloose one-shot in 1959. I'm not generally all that super-enamored of these, but this one's good. And important! Well…that may well be a relative term, but it does a few interesting things, and therefore is worth glancing at. As though I needed an excuse!
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"The Curse of Flabbergé"

Hey, as you know if you read the companion blog to this one, I recently finished watching the entirety of Ducktales. For that reason, I thought it would be appropriate to highlight a Ducktales story here. And an interesting story it is, too, in several ways (note my carefully neutral tone there).
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"Diner Sore"

Just a quick hit: here's a story I ran across while I was looking for Fethry stories, and, upon rereading it, I was every bit as baffled as I was the first time. So here it is: "Diner Sore," a title which, unless I'm missing something really obvious, appears to be a feeble play on "dinosaur," even though this story is not in any way dinosaur-related (nor does it have much to do with diners, come to that, except that it involves thwarted plans to eat). Hmm. I assume the reason for its US publication is that it was drawn by fan-favorite Freddy Milton.
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