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 Daisy from Merlock. The Italian-produced comic "PKNA – Paperinik New Adventures" stars Donald Duck as "Paperinik", or "Duck Avenger", in his battles against new alien enemies: Evronian Empire, founded by emperor Evron. Donald Duck first appeared in the 1934 cartoon "The Wise Little Hen" which was part of the "Silly Symphonies" series of theatrical cartoon shorts. The film's release date of June 9 is officially recognized by the Walt Disney Company as Donald's birthday despite a couple of in-universe contradictions. Donald's appearance in the cartoon, as created by animator Dick Lundy, is similar to his modern look – the feather