Disney Comics
Gemstone's flagship publications were comic books featuring Disney characters; particularly the Donald Duck/Uncle Scrooge comics of such Duck artists as Carl Barks and Don Rosa, and the Mickey Mouse comics of Floyd Gottfredson, César Ferioli, and Romano Scarpa, among others.
While popularly known as a reprint house, Gemstone's comics were actually dominated by stories that were new to United States audiences. Vintage material, though popular with readers, was not the majority of the content.
| Name | Number of pages | Format | Status | Stories featuring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Disney's Comics and Stories | 64 (68 w/covers) | Prestige | Ended | Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Big Bad Wolf, Brer Rabbit, Bucky Bug, Fethry Duck, Grandma Duck, Jr. Woodchucks, Scamp |
| Uncle Scrooge | 64 (68 w/covers) | Prestige | Ended | Scrooge McDuck, Gyro Gearloose, Beagle Boys, Launchpad McQuack, Magica De Spell, Fethry Duck, Donald Duck |
| The Barks/Rosa Collection | 72 (76 w/covers) | Prestige | Ended | Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck |
| Donald Duck Adventures | 128 (132 w/covers) | Digest | Ended | Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Mickey Mouse, Duck Avenger |
| Mickey Mouse Adventures | 128 (132 w/covers) | Digest | Ended | Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Ellsworth |
| Donald Duck and Friends | 32 (36 w/covers) | Standard | Ended | Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Goofy |
| Mickey Mouse and Friends | 32 (36 w/covers) | Standard | Ended | Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto |
Gemstone issued annual editions of Christmas Parade, Vacation Parade, and Spring Fever; a giveaway for Free Comic Book Day; and occasional special editions (including comic adaptations of Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas).
Gemstone's first large-size book collection, Mickey And The Gang: Classic Stories In Verse, was issued in November 2005. It was a compilation, edited by David Gerstein, of Disney cartoon story pages published from 1934 to 1944 in Good Housekeeping magazine. Gerstein later edited two Gemstone softcover books that were official tie-ins to the Walt Disney Treasures DVD collections: Disney Comics: 75 Years of Innovation (2006) and Uncle Scrooge: A Little Something Special (2008).
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