Duck family (Disney) characterized for having bad luck. Gladstone is also a rival of Donald for the affection of Daisy Duck. Shamrock Gander is Gladstone's nephew. Shamrock first appeared in a story printed in "Duck Album Four Color" #649 where he was shown to be as lucky as his uncle Gladstone. He has only been used a few times since; one example is a Brazilian comic story where he competes with Huey, Dewey and Louie. Duck family (Disney) The Duck family is a fictional family of cartoon ducks related to Disney character Donald Duck. The family is also related to the Coot, Goose,
Donald Duck in comics and Patricia Pig and Donald Duck..." Donald may well have made another early printed appearance in "Mickey Mouse Annual" #3 (published 1932; the annual for 1933), a 128-page British hardback. This book included the poem "Mickey's Hoozoo, Witswitch and Wotswot", which listed all of Mickey's then-current barnyard animal friends. Among them was a duckling named Donald Duck. Besides the name, however, there is little similarity between this character and the one introduced in "The Wise Little Hen" during 1934. "Mickey Mouse Annual" 3 was drawn entirely by Wilfred Haughton. The Donald of "The Wise Little Hen" made his printed debut