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 the United Kingdom, the United States, and the former Yugoslavia. Though a 1931 Disney publication called "Mickey Mouse Annual" mentioned a character named Donald Duck, the character's first appearance in comic-strip format was a newspaper cartoon that was based on the short "The Wise Little Hen" and published in 1934. For the next few years, Donald made a few more appearances in Disney-themed strips, and by 1936, he had grown to be one of the most popular characters in the "Silly Symphonies" comic strip. Ted Osborne was the primary writer of these strips, with Al Taliaferro as his artist. Osborne