Donald Duck in comics appeared in a portrait on August 11, 1940, and in person on September 28, 1943. Taliaferro also reintroduced Donna Duck as a separate character from Daisy. This old flame of Donald rivaled Daisy for his affections between August 7, 1951 and August 18, 1951, before leaving him for another. Donald had already been familiar to the American reading public through his newspaper comic strip by 1942. Then Disney licensed Western Publishing to create original comic book stories, with Disney characters as their stars. But the first American Donald Duck story originally created for a comic book was created by Studio-employed
Donald Duck in comics is often used as a source of humor. His alias Paperinik on the other side has the "313" (which sports a different plate, namely "X") equipped with a lot of high tech gadgets by Gyro Gearloose to combat crime. In "Recalled Wreck" by Don Rosa, Donald says he constructed it himself from spare parts of various sources, adding that he can't buy new car parts instead of having them fixed because his car is made of parts that are no longer produced. Donald Duck in comics Donald Duck, a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company, is today the