IDW Disney Comics May 2017 Solicitations

[squeakyboots]

Donald Duck #20
MAR170592
(W) Carlo Panaro, Unn Printz-Pahlson, Stefan Printz-Pahlson, Jonathan Gray (A) Andrea Freccero, Victor "Vicar" Arriagada Rios (CA) Michel Nadorp
"Helmet of the Gods," Part 1 of 2! Who says Scrooge McDuck gets all the treasure-hunting fun? Donald's out to find a Viking helmet once owned by Odin himself!
Bullet points:
• Starting a new Donald Duck epic with top talents at the helm-artist Andrea Freccero (Donald Quest) and dialogue writer Jonathan Gray (Sonic the Hedgehog)!
• Continues this beloved series' legacy numbering at #387!
In Shops: May 17, 2017
SRP: $3.99



Mickey Mouse #20
MAR170599
(W) Andrea Castellan, Thad Komorowski, Noel Van Horn (A) Massimo De Vita, Noel Van Horn (CA) Marco Ghiglione
"The Magnificent Doublejoke," Part 2 of 2! When trollish crimefighter Doublejoke turns crook himself, it's up to Mickey to take him down! Then Mickey battles a very evil fanboy in "The Mouse Collector!"
Bullet points:
• Fan favorite Noel Van Horn returns with an amazing new-to-USA Mickey mystery!
• Continues this beloved series' legacy numbering at #329!
In Shops: May 10, 2017



Uncle Scrooge #26
MAR170603
(W) Michelle Gazzarri, Jonathan Gray (A) Giorgio Cavazzano (CA) Daniel Branca
"The Villainous Vase Case!" Who do the Beagle Boys rob when they're not robbing Scrooge McDuck? Playboy tycoon John D. Rockerduck, of course-so why is Scrooge taking the blame?
Bullet points:
• Continues this beloved series' legacy numbering at #430!
• It's the U.S. debut of a classic Silver Age tale from the great Giorgio Cavazzano!
In Shops: May 03, 2017
SRP: $3.99





Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #738
MAR170605
(W) Lars Jensen, Byron Erickson (A) Paco Rodriguez, Cesar Ferioli, Daan Jippes (CA) Andrea Freccero
"One Lucky Break": Who gets stuck with all the bad luck? No one but Donald Duck- so why is he suddenly even luckier than über-annoying Gladstone Gander? Then Mickey fights his own inner demons in "The Importance of Being Goofy!"
In Shops: May 24, 2017
SRP: $3.99



Donald Duck Timeless Tales Vol. 3
MAR170591
(W) Guido Martina, Romano Scarpa, Lars Jensen, Mark Shaw, Laura Shaw, Flemming Anderson (A) Guido Martina, Romano Scarpa, Lars Jensen, Mark Shaw, Laura Shaw, Flemming Anderson (CA) Walt Kelly
"Wak! Screech!" IDW's Donald Duck #13-18 come together in a collectors' hardback so amazing Donald can't believe it himself-but he's always a skeptic! The epic adventure "The Big Sneeze," two outrageous cryptic hunts with the Tamers of Nonhuman Threats-even Donald's second-ever star turn as Duck Avenger are all here. And wait till you see who lies dreaming in the city of Sp'too, deep under the sea. With stories co-starring Uncle Scrooge, Gladstone, and Fethry, and extras for true Disney Comics aficionados, this Donald omnibus provides hours of history and thrills.
In Shops: Jul 19, 2017
SRP: $29.99

Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales Volumes 1 and 2 were resolicited.
MAR170597 and MAR170596

Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Comics & Stories will be getting Funko Pop figurine variant covers. Uncle Scrooge does not have a third cover solicited for whatever reason.

[Matilda]

Oh god, Princess Oona. I'm looking forward to Helmet of the Gods, though. I see we're not getting the Cavazzano cover based on that story, which I like--maybe it will show up on DD 21, with Part 2. I'm interested by the addition of Donald onto the WDCS Gladstone cover. Re: the Mickey cover--this is one of my main arguments against the pinkish-beige face color: it looks so stupid and incongruous when Mickey's feet or hands are bare. Me for the racially indeterminate chalk-white face. I'm glad that's what we get inside the comics.

And the Walt Kelly gremlins cover looks particularly classy on the DD TPB, with that border!

[Ramapith]

...But I like Oona!

(IMHO, there are just too many good stories with her to ignore her—and Joe Torcivia has done a bang-up job Americanizing her origin.)

[Huwey]

Ha, looking forward to the new DDTT-issue. I really like the Timeless Tales series, it has a high quality and the stories are not censored. That is both very important to me!

[hex]

When searching the inducks database just now, I was a bit surprised to see that stories with Princess Oona had never been published in the USA yet. Here in Europe we've seen a lot of stories. So I'm assuming we'll get the first one introducing her.

There are some funny stories with Oona, but it's a character that I don't think work as well as a recurring (used often) one. Later stories got a bit boring and repetitive I think.

[deb]

I'm glad to see Walt Kelly's Gremlins cover made the front of the Timeless Tales volume, as my LCS didn't have that one. The hardcovers are a good way to get all the cover variants without buying three copies of each issue. (Okay, so technically, I do end up buying two copies, the magazine and the hardcover, but like someone else noted, there is less editing in the Timeless Tales books, as well as a bonus story in each volume, so I won't complain.)

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Is 'The Mouse Fanboy' Michel Souris's debut story?

[deb]

Poor Donald...Getting carried off by a prehistoric cave-duck. He's not just the hero of his books, sometimes he plays the "damsel-in-distress" as well.
At least his bad luck payed off on the Walt Disney's Comics and Stories cover.

[Matilda]

Yeah, I love that "bad luck trophy" cover! Especially the expression on the cat's face. That one's by Freccero, I take it?

[jumbojr]

The cat should probably be black.

[Matilda]

Feb 23, 2017 4:58:51 GMT jumbojr said:

The cat should probably be black.

What? The cat *is* black. Just has to have a white face in order to be able to see the features, cf. Mickey et al. And white paws in order to be able to distinguish the fingers/claws.

[radef]

Stories:
DD - Helmet of the Gods Part 1 of 2 + probably Princess Oona
MM - The Magnificent Doublejoke Part 2 of 2 + The Mouse Collector
US - The Villainous Vase Case
WDC - One Lucky Break + The Importance Of Being Goofy + Jippes story

[jumbojr]

Feb 23, 2017 5:04:59 GMT Matilda said:

Feb 23, 2017 4:58:51 GMT jumbojr said:

The cat should probably be black.

What? The cat *is* black. Just has to have a white face in order to be able to see the features, cf. Mickey et al. And white paws in order to be able to distinguish the fingers/claws.

It's a black and white cat. More white than black actually. 

[Monkey_Feyerabend]

Very happy to see once again IDW using some  cover illustration that Marco Ghiglione did for Topolino in the second half of the 90's. I am talking of the Mickey/tarzan one.





Ghiglione did almost no art work for comics stories, he is specialized in covers. And I find him the greatest one at the job (well, ok, Walt Kelly used to do the same job...let's say the best one among the otherworldly ones ). And I am not saying this because he was Topolino's cover illustrator of when I was a kid! 

Have a look at any Topolino's cover from January 1995 to 1997 and tell me if I am that wrong.

Here those to which I am more attached (not necessary his best accomplishments, but the one I used to admire more as a kid): 

[demiscy]

We have some interesting new covers incoming!!

Part of the "FUNKO UNIVERSE" Mickey and Donald will be released with a Funko cover!