History ComicBook / DuckTales

There were three series of comic books made by three publishers; the first was Gladstone Publishing, from 1988 to 1990 (when the show was still on air), which contained some adaptations of episodes such as "Armstrong" and "Jungle Duck".

* TookALevelInBadass: Webby in "Arcadian Urn" is consistently more competent, taking a big part during the adventure accompanying the team during the voyage to Arcadia, helping break the heroes out of prison when they are framed by TheEvilPrince.

* NoisyDuck: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6d6a235f_f04c_4c63_9e23_010975d7f624.jpeg This comic strip]] depicts Donald Duck's nephews making various noises while he is trying to read, eventually leading him to reading outside in the cold.

* TakeThat: One moment during the "Flabbergé Egg" story is clearly a dig at TrueArtIsIncomprehensible. The audience is unable to tell the difference between a postmodern performance and a kidnapping and rescue in progress.

** In "Double Indemnity", Launchpad revives his temporary CatchPhrase, "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E4WhereNoDuckHasGoneBefore Real heroes just do their jobs.]]"

* TheEvilPrince: Prince Baklava, in "The Arcadian Urn". After Donald and Launchpad defeat the dragon he wanted to slay first, [[EvilIsPetty he decides to take revenge]] by putting sleepy powder on his father's cup and claiming it's poisoned when it knocks down a plant and [[FramUp frames Donald by planting the bottle in his pocket]]. After the party escapes, [[EvilIsPetty he still tries to take them down]] with the same [[NoKillLikeOverkill giant crossbow he intended to slay the dragon with!]]

* AccidentalHero: In "Arcadian Urn", Donald and Launchpad are sent to defeat the dragon so Scrooge can have the Arcadian treasure, and the former is not too thrilled to fight such a creature and as he tries to climb to his safety, he drops a huge rock on the monster' head, knocking him into a river, which not only nulifies its fire breath but helps it settle down with a female dragon [[RetiredMonster and retire its days of burning the Arcadian lands]].

* TheEvilPrince: Prince Baklava, in "The Arcadian Urn". After Donald and Launchpad defeat the dragon he wanted to slay first, [[EvilIsPetty he takes revenge on them]] by putting sleepy powder on his father's cup and claiming it's poisoned when it knocks down a plant and frames Donald by planting the bottle in his pocket. After the team escapes, [[EvilIsPetty he still tries to take them down]] with the same [[NoKillLikeOverkill giant crossbow he intended to slay the dragon with!]]

* TheEvilPrince: Prince Baklava, in "The Arcadian Urn". After Donald and Launchpad defeat the dragon he wanted to slay first, he takes revenge by putting sleepy powder on his father's cup and claiming it's poisoned when it knocks down a plant and framing Donald by planting the bottle in his pocket.

* TookALevelInBadass: Webby in "Arcadian Urn" is consistently more competent, taking a big part during the adventure accompanying the team duringthe voyage to Arcadia helping break the heroes out of prison when they are framed by TheEvilPrince.

** In "Down But Not Out in Duckburg", Scrooge tries to go into a place called "Alice's Restaurant", which shares its name with [[Mucic/AlicesRestaurant a protest song]] by Arlo Guthrie.

** In "Down But Not Out in Duckburg", Scrooge tries to go into a place called "Alice's Restaurant", which shares its name with a protest song by Arlo Guthrie.

** In "Belt of Time", when they see Flintheart at the mercy of a GiantSpider, one of the heroes exclaims, "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Shades of Shelob!]]"

There were three series of comic books made by three publishers; the first was Gladstone Publishing, from 1988 to 1990(when the show was still on air), which contained some adaptations of episodes such as "Armstrong" and "Jungle Duck."

The second comics book was published by Disney Comics, from 1990 to 1991, and contained several multi-part stories such as "Scrooge's Quest", "The Gold Odyssey" and "A Dime in Time". The title was cancelled in october 1991, due to Disney Comics implosion, but Disney continued to publish Ducktales stories in Disney Adventures issues from then through November 1994.

The third and last Ducktales comic book was published by [[Creator/KaboomComics Boom!Studios]], when said publisher was reprinting some old Ducktales stories in its Uncle Scrooge issue. The title contained a four-part saga, Rightful Owners, and an unauthorized story that crossed over with the [[ComicBook/DarkwingDuck Darkwing Duck comics]], which runs under CanonDiscontinuity.