Donald Duck: The 90th Anniversary Collection #[nn]

A charming glimpse into Donald Duck’s early days, these six pages reprint the very first week of Al Taliaferro’s 1930s daily strips, capturing Donald’s signature grumpiness and misadventures in crisp, classic newspaper format—two strips per page, faithfully preserved in their original charm.

In "Donald Duck: Special Correspondent Part 1," Donald Duck and Peter Pig risk their lives as wartime correspondents chasing the story of a lifetime: a photograph of Sylvania’s elusive General Sweet. When rival reporter Bart Caterwaul sabotages them, framing them as spies, the duo must dodge a firing squad and outwit a ruthless competitor to prove their innocence and deliver the truth.

In "Donald Duck: Special Correspondent Part 2," Donald Duck and Peter Pig race against time and danger as wartime correspondents chasing the first photo of Sylvania’s elusive General Sweet. With rival journalist Bart Caterwaul willing to go to any lengths to beat them, their mission becomes a high-stakes game of wit, nerve, and survival in the heart of a war zone.

In "Lost in the Andes," Donald Duck—now a museum janitor—stumbles upon a curious mystery when he realizes that some ancient Inca "blocks" are actually square eggs. When the rest of the expedition falls ill, Donald and the nephews press on into the Andes, only to discover a hidden valley inhabited by a peculiar people who speak with Southern accents and thrive on the very eggs they thought were ruins.

In "The Legend of Donald Hood," Duckburg’s finest are pulled into a cinematic adventure when film producer Stu Stoop casts them in a modern take on the Robin Hood tale—turning the town’s most notorious troublemaker, Donald Duck, into the star of a high-stakes, swashbuckling spectacle.

In "Og's Iron Bed," Scrooge's latest treasure hunt takes a wild turn when he purchases a legendary iron bed at auction, sending Donald, the boys, and Gyro Gearloose on a time-traveling quest to photograph it in its original era. But as they race to prove its royal past, the scheming inventor Emil Eagle is hot on their heels, determined to claim the bed's secrets for himself.

In "The Egg and Why," Fethry’s sudden chicken invasion turns Donald’s backyard into a chaotic farm plot, with Uncle Scrooge eyeing the operation with greedy curiosity—until a runaway chicken swallows his prized Number One Dime, sending him into a frantic scramble to reclaim it.

In "The Kingdom Under the Sea," Donald Duck stumbles upon a hidden underwater civilization of duck-people when his quest for a peaceful fishing spot takes a bizarre turn. Captured and stripped of his memories and surface identity, he finds himself caught between a royal romance with Queen Reginella and the simmering jealousy of her former suitor—leaving him to wonder if he’s truly ready to claim a new life beneath the waves.

In "A Clean Case of Competence," Donald Duck, Duckburg’s most skilled cleaner of grimy objects, takes on his toughest challenge yet: restoring the legendary four-faced clock Big Beth to pristine condition. But when a single misstep threatens to throw the city’s timekeeping into disarray, Donald might just find himself out of his depth—and Big Beth might be cleaning up more than just grime.

In "Hero 300," Donald Duck sets his sights on becoming K-O-R-N's "Hero of the Year," chasing fame, fortune, and endless endorsements—only to see it all unravel in a twist of fate, thanks in part to a very envious Gladstone Gander.

In "The Black Moon," Uncle Scrooge sets his sights on a mysterious petroleum-rich moon orbiting the planet Ronald, racing to claim it before rivals do—using a spacecraft that moves at the speed of thought. Donald Duck, deep in debt and reluctantly enlisted as pilot, must navigate the unknown with his quick-witted nephews aboard to keep him from making a disaster of it. What strange wonders will the Black Moon hold when the Ducks finally arrive?