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
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½ Century is a 1980 cartoon starring Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Marvin the Martian. It is the sequel to the 1953 cartoon "Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century". It was the first Daffy and Porky cartoon since 1965. This cartoon first premiered on November 20, 1980, as part of an animated CBS television special called "Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special", with scenes that would later be cut when this cartoon was reformatted as a short. The theme tune is an orchestral version of Frédéric