Here Daphne Duck (Donald's paternal aunt) married Goosetave Gander and the two were Gladstone's parents.ĭespite being a popular character in the comics, Gladstone has only made a few appearances outside the comic book medium. Don Rosa's on the other hand did retcon Gladstones ancestry, when he made the McDuck family tree. The identity of his parents was supposedly retconned by Barks later but no story tells this retcon.
He was later adopted by Matilda McDuck and Goosetave Gander. In Carl Barks' original version of the family tree from the 1950s, Gladstone was the son of Luke the Goose and Daphne Duck who died by overeating at a free-lunch picnic. Gladstone's heritage has also been subject to changes. In the first stories, this was not important, but in Gladstone's Terrible Secret in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #140 (1951) it was revealed that he hated work and his greatest shame was the one day in his life he had worked. Yet another personality trait of Gladstone that was added is his laziness and lack of ambitions. One would think that with Donald's temper and Gladstone's luck, Gladstone would be the winner of the contest every time, but in many cases, the prize that Gladstone has won, isn't Daisy, and when trying to cheat to ad something to his victory, the luck also has a tendency to backfire. The competition started with Donald's Love Letters from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #111 (1949), and is still going on today. With his competitive attitude, especially towards Donald, competing for Daisy Duck's affection was a given. His luck started showing in Race to the South Seas in Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #41 from 1949, but it wasn't until Luck of the North from One Shots #256 the same year, that his lucky streak really took off. Gladstone's incredible luck was also added later, and not a part of the original idea. Somewhere around the mid 1950s, Gladstone was changed into looking more or less like any other duck. His heritage was explained by Barks as being the son of Luke the Goose and Daphne Duck, which would explain the beak. He was a gander, his beak was longer and slightly rounder and he had blond curly hair. An ordinary annoying member of Donald Duck's family, and quite similar to Donald apart from the visuals. When he started out in the story Wintertime Wager in 1948 however, he was just an ordinary duck. Games: Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (2000)īackground notes: Gladstone is known as the luckiest duck in the World, and has been known for his incredible luck for a long time. Cartoons: "DuckTales" in "Dime Enough for Luck" (Sept.
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