Timeless Tales (Disney comics)

Timeless Tales
Publication information
Publisher	IDW Publishing
Format	Hardcover
Genre	Funny animals Adventure
Publication date	May 2016 – July 2018
No. of issues	Donald Duck: 3 Mickey Mouse: 3 Uncle Scrooge: 3 Walt Disney's Comics and Stories: 1 In total: 10
Main character(s)	Donald Duck Mickey Mouse Scrooge McDuck Others
Creative team
Written by	various
Penciller(s)	various
Editor(s)	Series editor: Sarah Gaydos Archival editor: David Gerstein Collection editors - Justin Eisinger, Alonzo Simon

Timeless Tales was a 2016–18 hardcover book collection series, compiling the complete runs of several Disney comics titles from IDW Publishing, including Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Uncle Scrooge and Walt Disney's Comics and Stories.[1][2][3] The series were released as compiled collector's editions of the single issues of the run of each comic book title, while also in conjunction with the same issues being released in trade paperback collections. The first series to launch was Uncle Scrooge: Timeless Tales - Vol 1 in May 2016. After a total of ten hardcover volumes the four lines of the Timeless Tales series were cancelled, ending with the Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Vault - Vol. 1 in mid 2018.

Background

IDW Publishing got the rights to publish Disney Comics in 2015. They launched four monthly comics titles during the spring and summer of 2015.[4][5][6] The monthly single floppy issues they later reissued in trade paperback format, containing three single issues each, in 2016 they also began compiling the single issues of the monthly titles in the Timeless Tales hardcover collection, each of these volumes collecting six single issues, the equivalent of two trade paperbacks.

The last Timeless Tales volume to be solicited but not released was Uncle Scrooge: Timeless Tales - Vol. 4 which was meant to collect #19 to #24 of the Uncle Scrooge comic book from IDW Publishing. The volume was scheduled for a release in February 2018 but was never published.[7]

Format

The hardcover volumes of the collections measure 7.5 inches × 10 inches, (191 mm × 254 mm). All pages are printed in full color. Extras such as introductions by David Gerstein,[8] interviews and biographies of writers and artists are also íncluded. The MSRP of the volumes collecting six issues each was set at $29.99[9] while it was set at $34.99 for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Vault - Vol. 1[10] and at $39.99 for the Mickey Mouse: Timeless Tales - Vol. 3 since each of these contained approximately 40 to 100 pages more than the other published volumes of the series.

Some of the material of the Timeless Tales are since February 2017 also available in digital form via IDW Publishing's digital service and at ComiXology.[11]

Volumes

Donald Duck: Timeless Tales Volume Release date Title Colleted issues (IDW numbering) Page count ISBN INDUCKS link 1 2016-05-31 Donald Duck: Timeless Tales - Vol. 1 #1 – #6 256 978-1-63140-572-3 DD TT 1 2 2017-01-31 Donald Duck: Timeless Tales - Vol. 2 #7 – #12 256 978-1-63140-765-9 DD TT 2 3 2017-08-01 Donald Duck: Timeless Tales - Vol. 3 #13 – #18 256 978-1-63140-911-0 DD TT 3

Mickey Mouse: Timeless Tales Volume Release date Title Collected issues (IDW numbering) Page count ISBN INDUCKS link 1 2016-06-28 Mickey Mouse: Timeless Tales - Vol. 1 #1 – #6 260 978-1-63140-580-8 MM TT 1 2 2017-02-07 Mickey Mouse: Timeless Tales - Vol. 2 #7 – #12 256 978-1-63140-801-4 MM TT 2 3 2018-03-27 Mickey Mouse: Timeless Tales - Vol. 3 #13 – #21 352 978-1-68405-049-9 MM TT 3

Uncle Scrooge: Timeless Tales Volume Release date Title Colleted issues (IDW numbering) Page count ISBN INDUCKS link 1 2016-05-03 Uncle Scrooge: Timeless Tales - Vol. 1 #1 – #6 240 978-1-63140-566-2 US TT 1 2 2016-12-13 Uncle Scrooge: Timeless Tales - Vol. 2 #7 – #12 256 978-1-63140-672-0 US TT 2 3 2017-08-15 Uncle Scrooge: Timeless Tales - Vol. 3 #13 – #18 256 978-1-63140-935-6 US TT 3

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Vault Volume Release date Title Collected issues (legacy numbering) Page count ISBN INDUCKS link 1 2018-07-31 Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Vault - Vol. 1 #721 – #734 + 75th Anniversary Special The Search for the Zodiac Stone serial originally featured in these numbers are not included 294 978-1-68405-180-9 WDC V 1

References

1. "MICKEY MOUSE TIMELESS TALES: VOLUME 1: Review: A Classic". ComicsVerse. 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
2. Saad, Zack (2017-01-18). "OG Review: Donald Duck: Timeless Tales Vol. 2". Outright Geekery. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
3. "Donald Is #1: Donald Duck Timeless Tales Volume 2". www.bleedingcool.com. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
4. "IDW Debuts Collection of Disney Comics Starting This April | IDW Publishing". www.idwpublishing.com. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
5. "IDW Launches DISNEY COMICS Line". Newsarama. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
6. "IDW to Publish Comics Based on Classic Disney Characters". The Hollywood Reporter. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
7. Estrella, Ernie (2017-09-25). "IDW Publishing solicitations: December 2017". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
8. Saad, Zack (2017-08-15). "Donald Duck Timeless Tales Vol. 3 Is Just Okay". Outright Geekery. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
9. "Traded Up: 'Uncle Scrooge: Timeless Tales #3' (review)". Forces of Geek. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
10. "Walt Disney Comics and Stories Vault HC Volume 1 Review — Major Spoilers — Comic Book Reviews, News, Previews, and Podcasts". Major Spoilers. 2018-07-21. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
11. "DISNEY Reaches Deal For Digital Comics Debut". Newsarama. Retrieved 2019-07-19.

External links

• IDW Publishing - Donald Duck: Timeless Tales
• IDW Publishing - Mickey Mouse: Timeless Tales
• IDW Publishing - Uncle Scrooge: Timeless Tales
• IDW Publishing - Walt Disney's Comics & Stories Vault