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 Presents part of a six-volume set which also each featured an episode of "Good Morning, Mickey!", "Welcome to Pooh Corner", "The Mouse Factory" and "Mousercise". Unlike the stateside version of "Donald Duck Presents", however, there were no cartoon shorts released; that position was filled by "Good Morning, Mickey!". Instead, it contained different Disney featurettes. Donald Duck Presents Donald Duck Presents is a television series that aired on The Disney Channel beginning in 1983 and which featured Disney animated shorts. Although Donald Duck shorts were the primary programming, additional cartoons featuring Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Chip 'n Dale, Pluto, as well as Silly