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 (American comic book) Donald Duck (American comic book) Donald Duck is an American comic book magazine starring the Disney character Donald Duck and published by various publishers since 1952. The first issue was released in November 1952, but the numeration started with #26 because the previous "Four Color" issues titled "Donald Duck", released between October 1942 ("Four Color" #9) and September 1952 ("Four Color" #422), were retroactively treated as part of the series: the numbering was the result of a mistake, as "Four Color" #422 was actually the 28th "Four Color" issue titled "Donald Duck". From 2003 to 2011, the comic was renamed