High Numbering

[Baar Baar Jinx]

As part of the launch of their "Rebirth" line, DC comics has resumed the traditional numbering of Action Comics and Detective Comics, both of which had been relaunched at #1 when "The New 52" debuted in 2011. Since the issues that were released under the New 52 line are being counted towards the total, Action Comics, which ended with #904 in October 2011, has resumed with #957, and Detective Comics, which left off at #881 before its last relaunch, has picked back up with #934. What this means for Disney Comics is that WDC&S, which at #732 was (as far as I know) the highest numbered American comic book currently being published, has now lost that claim to fame. Unlike Action Comics and Detective Comics, however, WDC&S went through long stretches where it was not being published for years. Still, while I haven't done the math, I somehow doubt it would be anywhere close to rivaling the high numbering of DC Comics' big two even if it had not suffered from long hiatuses. On a related note, I fully anticipate that Archie Comics will soon resume the traditional numbering of their own flagship title, which would be somewhere in the 670s now if they include the issues that have come out after their recent relaunch at #1 (which I'm sure they will), and it will then nip at WDC&S' heels. Neither DC nor Archie Comics had the foresight to use IDW's dual numbering system, so it seems a bit like cheating on their part.

[clapton]

WDC&S does have the honor of never dropping the original numbering. So yeah we still got something.

[That Duckfan]

Does the Four Color series count? They went into the 1200s before skipping numbers, I think.

[Baar Baar Jinx]

Jun 16, 2016 17:15:24 GMT clapton said:

WDC&S does have the honor of never dropping the original numbering. So yeah we still got something.

I believe I read somewhere that for a brief period, WDC&S was numbered as Volume(X), issue (Y) or a similar format, rather than the traditional consecutive numbering. Is that true?

An interesting bit of side trivia is that WDC&S and Uncle Scrooge are the only two Disney titles to ever been continually published as long as there was a Disney publisher. The other two Core Four titles, Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, have often been dropped or replaced by "Adventures" equivalents with new, separate numbering systems. So right now, it's Action Comics, Detective Comics, WDC&S and Uncle Scrooge (traditional numbering). Archie doesn't count because it hasn't maintained a dual numbering system (if  it had, it's be at #4).

If IDW keeps putting out WDC&S at a monthly pace, we'll be seeing #1000 in just over 22 years (but based on the latest Previews, they're already planning to miss at least one month).

[deb]

Actually, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories is going bi-monthly, alternating with the Duck Avenger comic on Walt Disney's "skip-month".

[Baar Baar Jinx]

As predicted, Archie Comics has announced that they will be relaunching the traditional numbering of their flagship title with issue #700, although to get there, they're including not only the 32 issues of their new run but an interim miniseries set in the 1940s.
But now that WDC&S is set to be relaunched, with no clear word on whether its legacy numbering will be continued, I guess it might not matter much to Disney comics fans. 

[RobbK1]

Jul 15, 2018 16:24:25 GMT Baar Baar Jinx said:

As predicted, Archie Comics has announced that they will be relaunching the traditional numbering of their flagship title with issue #700, although to get there, they're including not only the 32 issues of their new run but an interim miniseries set in the 1940s.
But now that WDC&S is set to be relaunched, with no clear word on whether its legacy numbering will be continued, I guess it might not matter much to Disney comics fans. 

They should re-issue "Super Duck", drawn in the 1940s and early to mid 1950s by Al Fagaly, which was, at first, a blatant copy of Barks' Donald Duck, in art style and heavily animation style, action-based story lines, copying Barks' 1942-early 1947 style.  I think they have totally dropped the rights to that character, so that it is now in Tne Public Domain.

[RobbK1]

Jun 16, 2016 22:14:51 GMT Baar Baar Jinx said:

Jun 16, 2016 17:15:24 GMT clapton said:

WDC&S does have the honor of never dropping the original numbering. So yeah we still got something.

I believe I read somewhere that for a brief period, WDC&S was numbered as Volume(X), issue (Y) or a similar format, rather than the traditional consecutive numbering. Is that true?

An interesting bit of side trivia is that WDC&S and Uncle Scrooge are the only two Disney titles to ever been continually published as long as there was a Disney publisher. The other two Core Four titles, Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, have often been dropped or replaced by "Adventures" equivalents with new, separate numbering systems. So right now, it's Action Comics, Detective Comics, WDC&S and Uncle Scrooge (traditional numbering). Archie doesn't count because it hasn't maintained a dual numbering system (if  it had, it's be at #4).

If IDW keeps putting out WDC&S at a monthly pace, we'll be seeing #1000 in just over 22 years (but based on the latest Previews, they're already planning to miss at least one month).

Yes, and no.  All through The Dell Period (and even through The Gold Key Period) "Walt Disney's Comics & Stories" issues used the Volume __ Number __ designation, but ALSO used the 1-500+ individual issue numbering system.