Production in USA (Disney Comics)

General information

In 1990, Disney Comics (note the capital C) took over the publishing of Disney comics from Gladstone. They started a big production right away, not only of "mainstream" characters (Ducks, Mice), but also of TV characters (DuckTales) and recent movie characters (like Roger Rabbit).

When Gladstone regained the licence for Ducks and Mice, Disney kept publishing Disney Adventures and producing stories for it.

Story codes

Disney Comics has the habit to code all the stories, not only their own. So, Danish stories get a double code when published in a Disney Comic. The Disney codes start with a K or a J.

All stories from fiscal year 1990 (October 1989) start with the letter K, while stories from fiscal year 1991 and after (October 1990) start with KJ. The K or KJ is followed by a letter that indicates the publication the story was meant for.
Example: KJD 059-1 means:

K = Disney Comics story
J = fiscal year 1991
D = Donald Duck Adventures
059 = the 59th script or rights purchased in fiscal year 1991
-1 = (again) fiscal year 1991 and after

Stories in one shot magazines are being assigned codes that have no real relationship to the story or the year of publication and are useful strictly for accounting purposes.

It seems that the current production for "Disney Adventures" still carries story codes starting with "JZ". Even the non-Disney production ("Bone") uses these codes.

Story codes in the INDUCKS

In the INDUCKS, all codes start with a "K". If a printed code starts with a "J", the "K" is added in front of it (resulting into "KJ").

The extra "-1" is dropped from the code: "KJD 059-1" becomes "KJD 059".

contributions: Copywrite 5 (fall 1992), Harry Fluks

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