DISNEY MASTERS HC (2025)

"Fantagraphics is proud to launch a new series of books devoted to Disney's greatest cartoonists, beginning with this volume of Mickey Mouse classics drawn by the great Italian artist, Romano Scarpa! When Mickey's town is hit by a blizzard of strange glowing snow, everyone thinks it's a publicity stunt. But genius Dr. Einmug knows better: Pegleg Pete is on the loose with Einmug's weather-control secrets! Only Mickey and Einmug's mysterious companion - the odd little Atomo Bleep-Bleep - can save the day before a poison rainstorm wipes Mouseton off the map! When Disney Legend Floyd Gottfredson stopped creating new Mickey Mouse adventures in 1955, Italian Disney maestro Romano Scarpa (1927-2005) picked up the Mickey mantle - he quickly proved himself a worthy successor, spinning out decades' worth of new Mickey action epics - most of which have never been available in English! Now Fantagraphics is translating and anthologizing Scarpa's best! This volume also reunites Mickey, Atomo, and Pete for Scarpa's 'The Bleep-Bleep 15' and 'The Fabulous Kingdom of Shan-Grilla,' two internationally famous tales making their North American debut!"

"Our second entry in the new Disney Masters series spotlights one of the all-time great Disney Duck artists, Luciano Bottaro! When Scrooge rockets his money to the moon to save it from the greedy Beagle Boys, Donald Duck accidentally stows away - and gets stranded on an asteroid! With Rebo, Warlord King of Saturn, suddenly in the picture, can Donald rescue himself and rescue Scrooge's fortune? Italian comics maestro Luciano Bottaro (1931-2005), building on the Carl Barks tradition, spun wild, thrilling, and near-psychedelic Duckburg tales for decades! Now Fantagraphics brings Bottaro's best Disney works to the English-speaking world - starting with Rebo, Bottaro's great sci-bad guy! After Rebo's first feature-length battle with Donald and Scrooge in 'Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket,' the avaricious alien is back from outer space in 'Rebo Reducks,' this volume's second cosmic epic. Then Bottaro pits Scrooge against Carl Barks's beloved Witch Hazel in 'TV Trickery!' is is the second of our new Disney Masters series, spotlighting one of Disney's most beloved Italian cartoonists!"

"Watchful uncle Donald Duck doesn't want Huey, Dewey, and Louie taking on a daring Junior Woodchuck mission at 20 degrees below zero. But Donald's 'survivalist' nephews insist they can stake out the coldest night of the year in an abandoned trailer in the wilderness - so Unca Donald vows he's gonna teach them a lesson! When Disney Legend Carl Barks stopped creating new Disney Duck tales in the early 1970s, the Dutch and Danish team of Daan Jippes and Freddy Milton picked up right where Barks left off. Jippes and Milton were the first to continue Barks's art and storytelling style in new stories. Now, by popular demand, Fantagraphics collects Jippes and Milton's classic teamups - and 'The Great Survival Test' is just the start of the mayhem! From Donald's war with lucky Gladstone in 'The Briefcase Case' to Daisy's race against time in 'Coat of Harms,' an amazing collection of Duck Family adventures is here!"

"Danger! Danger! Mickey's diabolical arch-enemy-the Phantom Blot-is on the loose! But when Mickey, Goofy, and Chief O'Hara set out to stop his crime spree, there's something they don't know: the Blot has Mickey hypnotized-and as good and evil clash in a spooky old house, our hero is unknowingly doing the bad guy's bidding! When Disney Legend Floyd Gottfredson stopped creating new Mickey Mouse adventure serials in 1955, Italian Disney artist-writer Romano Scarpa picked up the Mickey mantle-telling decades' worth of legendary tales himself! Now Fantagraphics is anthologizing Scarpa's best. And beyond 'The Blot's Double Mystery,' this volume features Mickey on a wild sea adventure in 'The Eternal Flame of Kalhoa'-and Scrooge McDuck facing down his old flame, Brigitta MacBridge, in 'The Last Balaboo'!"

"High up the Duck Family Tree lurks King Dondorado, ancient ruler of a pre-Columbian South American empire. Now Scrooge McDuck wants to find Dondorado's treasure! But the King's ghost demands his vast wealth go only to the pure of heart. Is that why Scrooge and Donald are bringing Huey, Dewey, and Louie along? How many ways can this go wrong? Beyond 'King of the Golden River,' this first-ever English language anthology includes 'Me, Myself-and Why?' - in which Scrooge adopts two aliases to confuse the taxman - only to develop an actual split personality! Plus: the Wild West saga of 'Mickey the Kid and Six-Shot Goofy!'"

"Mickey's uncle wants to bring the tourists back to his fading seaside resort - and Mickey and Goofy think populating the pier with fierce pirate cosplayers is the perfect solution! But when our heroes unwittingly open the floodgates for a real pirate raid by Black Pete and his scurvy crew, it looks like our heroes will be going from plan to plank! Our latest volume in the Disney Masters collection features a swashbuckling series of travels and travails - from cowboy capers at 'Yesterday Ranch' to the fan favorite mystery of 'The Vanishing Railroad!' Seven Mickey serials in all - all newly recolored in the warm colors of the original comic books!"

"Donald's super secret identity is back-times two! Every diehard Disney Duck fan knows that Donald is secretly that infamous super-anti-hero, Duck Avenger! But when Uncle Scrooge, to promote his wax museum, sends a robot double of Duck Avenger flying past Donald's house, Donald's secret is threatened! Can our hero use his high-tech Avenger gadgets to allay suspicion -- or will hyper-lucky Gladstone Gander make things even worse? (Oh, yes, you know he will!) And, in 'Ellsworth's Ornery Orphan,' Mickey tells the distant desert tale of his mynah bird pal, Ellsworth -- and a showdown with dread pirate Mozambeak! Then, a money-scented perfume sends Brigitta MacBridge and Scrooge to the isle of Bananaland in 'The Other Golden Helmet'-Scarpa's one-and-only collaboration with Duck artist supreme Carl Barks! For the first time in English!"

"To dethrone the Shadow Prince of Argaar, a wizard summons Mickey and Goofy to plunge the Sword of Ice into a magic stone. They soon find themselves embroiled in a rumble of giants, dragons, and impossible danger! Then, in 'The Tournament of Argaar,' Mickey and Goofy return to brave deadly volcanoes, steampunk whirlamagigs, and rampaging dinosaurs! Hang onto your swords and shields!"

"Riding from Duckburg to Montreal on a luxury train full of celebrities, railroad porter Donald Duck can't wait to serve breakfast to his daring action-movie idol - Sharon Stun. But Donald and his nephews get caught up in a real-life thriller - when 'Mystic' Max McMalefactor, disguise artist and sinister spy, infiltrates the Epoch Express with plans for plunder! But 'Scandal on the Epoch Express' is just the start! In 'Scent-imental Romeos,' Donald vows to create the world's stinkiest cologne. And in 'Don Quiduck De La Mancha,' a hypnotized Donald thinks he's a knight - and helps the Beagle Boys rob Uncle Scrooge's Money Bin! Each volume of our Disney Masters series presents acclaimed artists from around the world working in the grand Walt Disney tradition."

"In this second and final collection of Massimo De Vita's epic saga, Goofy and Mickey return to Argaar to battle an old enemy in 'The Prince of Mists Strikes Back,' and then save the world from a sleeping sickness in 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Stars!' De Vita then turns his attention to Donald Duck and reveals the secrets of the 'Belchfire Runabout', a car that Donald thought he knew inside and out!"

"To cure World War I flying ace Eddie Brickenbatter's amnesia, Scrooge tells Donald Duck to reenact the plane crash that caused Brickenbatter to lose his memory! Then, in 'Plantastic Voyage,' Donald and Scrooge shrink down to the size of germs and Daisy Duck embarks on a secret mission in 'The Dazzling Duck She-Venger.' Finally, Mickey Mouse finds himself in a twisting mystery of film noir thrills and chills in 'The Case of the Cut-Off Calls!' Our "

"Seven recolored comics tales starring Mickey, Goofy, and the Gang! Mickey and Goofy are lost at sea, and they get caught in a pitched battle between buccaneer Pete and sneaky submarine commander Captain Grapple. At stake: the ancient gold of Port Rancid, a pirate stronghold that sank beneath the waves - and is now guarded by a pack of very jealous sea monsters! Then, Mickey and Goofy have their hands full with a host of mystery puzzlers - from canoe-going ghosts in 'Legend of Loon Lake' to hi-tech arsonists in 'The Phantom Fires' to a piratical parrot in 'The Castaways of Whale Bay!' "

"With this volume of the Disney Masters series, we begin collecting the Duck tales of Dick Kinney and Al Hubbard - for the first time in North America! Donald's nerdy cousin Fethry Duck is a mallard on a mission, determined to include Donald in all his sudden passions: from a super exercise regimen to building an indoor farm, to stage magic that turns startlingly real! With this volume of the Disney Masters series, we begin collecting the Ducktales of Dick Kinney and Al Hubbard - for the first time in North America! Kinney and Hubbard were a Disney dream team in the '60s, hatching Donald Duck co-stars like Fethry, master spy Mata Harrier, and terrible tomcat Tabby. From Fethry's very first story through the doggy doings of Scamp to Uncle Scrooge in 'The Case of the Purloined Pearls,' Kinney and Hubbard keep the laughs rolling and the hijinks hopping. "

Disney's infamous inky bad guy was the first Mouseverse villain to get his own comic book; by popular demand, the whole Silver Age series is collected in one volume! The Phantom Blot - a power-crazed supervillain in a ghostly black cloak - is on the loose, and Mickey, Donald, and Uncle Scrooge must assemble to stop him! From terrifying time travel to usurping "The Crown of Tasbah," the Blot will stop at nothing to turn the world upside down! Classic Disney artist Paul Murry teamed with writers Del Connell and Bob Ogle to create seven comic book issues starring The Blot. In the process, they introduced Goofy's new secret identity: Super Goof! Will the Blot move too fast for all our heroes? With allies like Mad Madam Mim, the Beagle Boys, and "The Mysterious Mr. X?" He just might!

Italian comics maestro Luciano Bottaro spun wild, thrilling, and near-psychedelic Duckburg tales for decades! In this volume's title story, Donald enlists the inhabitants of Jupiter to defend against King Rebo of Saturn - but at what price? This volume also features "Quest for the Virtual Duck," as wellas another story in which the fiendishly mad Dr. Zantaf returns!

Mickey Mouse and Uncle Scrooge tackle crafty - and not-so-crafty - crooks in adventures in these comics stories by legendary Italian "Maestro" Romano Scarpa! In "The Man from Altacraz," Mickey tries to reform musical ex-convict J. Cobalt Bloogle - but another master criminal is using both Bloogle and Mickey to get his hands on a priceless treasure! Then, in "The African Queen," Goofy falls in love with Zenobia, ruler of a lost jungle kingdom... and Mickey's troubles are only getting started! When Disney Legend Floyd Gottfredson stopped creating new Mickey Mouse adventure serials in 1955, Italian Disney cartoonist Romano Scarpa (1927-2005) picked up the Mickey mantle - telling decades' worth of legendary tales himself! Now Fantagraphics is anthologizing Scarpa's best - and beyond this book's Mickey tales, we're also including Scrooge McDuck versus the Beagle Boys in "Risky Bees-Ness"... the tale of a sting gone wrong!

Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck battle old foes and ancient curses in wild comics adventures by fan-favorite artist William Van Horn! By popular demand, this volume begins a comprehensive collection of his Uncle Scrooge and Donald adventures! This inaugural volume includes "Pie in the Sky," "The Amazon Queen" and "Another Vine Mess."

Mickey Mouse is up against menacing shadows, monster robots, and a dimension of danger in epic comics adventures by modern-day Disney fan favorite Andrea "Casty" Castellan!     All of Mouseton is swooning over the odd "Mr. Benevolence," a masked philanthropist who can't stop doing good -or can he? Mickey thinks he's behind the vanishing of the atomic genius Dr. Einmug - and the arrest of Einmug's otherworldly helper, Atomo Bleep-Bleep! But things get strange when the villainous Pegleg Pete turns up where Mickey least expects him: a "Shadow Dimension" in which fiction becomes fact! Walking in the footsteps of Disney giants Floyd Gottfredson and Romano Scarpa, Italian writer/artist Andrea "Casty" Castellan is among today's most inspired and beloved Mickey Mouse comics creators. After many reader requests, Fantagraphics Books is thrilled to present the first Disney Masters volume by the beloved Disney cartoonist Casty! And "Trapped in the Shadow Dimension'' is just the start! Also: in this volume, Scrooge McDuck squares off with "The Terrible, Terrible Triple-Dimensional Beagle Boy''... while in "The World to Come," Mickey and Minnie are headed to far-off Illusitania for royal intrigue, robot war... and a showdown with that dastardly, poetic secret agent, The Rhyming Man!

Mickey and Donald tackle arch-foes and family feuds in new-to-USA adventures by comics maestro Romano Scarpa! From Minnie to Horace to Mortimer Mouse, Mickey's friends and fiends are bewitched by Dr. Wrayspray and his amazing health tonic. But Mickey smells a rat - and the trail leads to Wrayspray's headquarters on Brigaboom, an amazing island that only appears once every five years... where Peg Leg Pete is cooking up a diabolical new racket! Next, it's Donald in deep duck trouble when he's forced to battle an army of AI-controlled evil toys in "Remotely Impossible" - and his own unhinged cousin in "The Unsinkable Kildare Coot!" Finally, Goofy's royal love interest returns in "The Famed Jumping Frog of Queen Zenobia"... with a criminal plot hot on her tail! When Disney Legend Floyd Gottfredson stopped creating new Mickey Mouse adventure serials in 1955, Disney pundit Romano Scarpa (1927-2005) - born in Venice, Italy - picked up the Mickey mantel, telling decades' worth of legendary tales himself! In addition to writing Disney comics for 25 years, John Lustig (1953-), born in Seattle, Washington, has written outrageously silly comics for Marvel, Viz, and more. Lustig is best known for his Last Kiss comics, which feature vintage romance art with witty new dialogue.

Who sank Steamboat Willie? Mickey and Peg Leg Pete declare a truce to solve an ancient mystery- but an older enemy hopes they go down with the ship! How did Peg Leg Pete become Mickey's archenemy? Sail into the past aboard that infamous riverboat Steamboat Willie... and see how a standoff between Mickey, Pete, and jewel thief Jeb Fishbone sank the ship - and lost Mouseton's biggest gem in the roaring rapids! Can Mickey and Pete raise Steamboat Willie today? Or will they destroy each other trying? The adventures continue as Donald and Gyro Gearloose battle their brassy new neighbor, one-duck disaster area Boomer Buff, in "The Case of the Amazing Brain." And then Mickey is back for round two - and maybe three? - when a "Mouse in the Mirror" turns real, and Mickey faces off with Ricky Rodent, an evil twin who's also a better detective!

Charge into Donald Duck's past life as his own Arthurian ancestor: brave British commander Andold Wild Duck! Outrageous Viking battles lie ahead, in beloved comics epics by fan-favorite artist Marco Rota! It's Donald Duck's fierce ancestor-played by Donald himself-versus evil medievals in a much-requested miniseries! When Viking raids capture half of Scotland, it's up to Commander Andold "Wild Duck" Temerary, his super-strong knightly pal Little Bo, and his brainy fiancée Lady Aydis to keep the peace. But with cursed runestones, lurking longboats, and barbarians at the gates, our heroes better grab their swords and shields! Along with four awesome Andold epics-some new to North America! -this Viking-size collection includes modern-day Donald and Uncle Scrooge thrills and spills, including manic McDuck treasure hunts and "Commuter Crisis" ... the tale of Duckburg's most ridiculous rush hour!