{"id":1357,"date":"2010-04-03T07:46:59","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T12:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2010-04-03T07:54:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T12:54:15","slug":"happy-easter-from-the-golden-age-of-comic-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/03\/happy-easter-from-the-golden-age-of-comic-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Easter from the Golden Age of Comic Books!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Easter from the Golden Age of Comic Books! Easter is celebrated by many for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but it is also the delight of millions of children as they wait anxiously to see what goodies the Easter Bunny left in their Easter baskets. How would you feel if it was revealed that the Easter Bunny was really Donald Duck in disguise?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1360\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs32may1943.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1360\" title=\"Walt Disney's Comics &amp; Stories #32 (May 1943)\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs32may1943.jpg\" alt=\"Walt Disney's Comics &amp; Stories #32 (May 1943)\" width=\"400\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs32may1943.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs32may1943-106x150.jpg 106w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs32may1943-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walt Disney&#39;s Comics &amp; Stories #32 (May 1943)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is the cover of<em> Walt Disney&#8217;s Comics &amp; Stories <\/em>#32 (May 1943) featuring Donald as the Easter Bunny. Unfortunately, Donald&#8217;s version is not so charitable, as it appears that our favorite Duck donned this costume in order to steal a few eggs! Whatever the case may be, it&#8217;s fun to see this early Golden Age Easter Themed cover by Carl Buettner.<\/p>\n<p>Also of note, this issue marks the great Carl Barks&#8217; second work in this title, his first appearing in the immediately preceding issue (#31, April 1943).\u00a0\u00a0 The Barks story in issue #32 is credited as the first Donald Duck story both written and drawn by Barks, and is aptly titled, &#8220;The Rabbit&#8217;s Foot&#8221;.\u00a0 It has been reprinted in several Gladstone issues over the years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1361\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs31april43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1361\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1361\" title=\"Walt Disney's Comics &amp; Stories #31 (April 1943)\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs31april43-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"Walt Disney's Comics &amp; Stories #31 (April 1943)\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs31april43-215x300.jpg 215w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs31april43-107x150.jpg 107w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs31april43.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walt Disney&#39;s Comics &amp; Stories #31 (April 1943)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;margin: 1px;\"><br><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6740759833732487\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:6\";\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br><\/div><div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1357\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/03\/happy-easter-from-the-golden-age-of-comic-books\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1357\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/03\/happy-easter-from-the-golden-age-of-comic-books\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/03\/happy-easter-from-the-golden-age-of-comic-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/03\/happy-easter-from-the-golden-age-of-comic-books\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Easter from the Golden Age of Comic Books! 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