History Magazine / DisneyAdventures

* IconicLogo: As seen above, but with various changes throughout the magazine's lifespan.
** The logo looked like the one above until the [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=Disney_Adventure_Daisy_Minnie_Jessica.png April 1992]] issue, which added an extension to the horizontal line of the A in "Adventures," and added a swoosh below the "Adventures" that said "The Magazine for Kids."
** Starting in [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=Disney_adventures_magazine_cover_february_1995_x_men.jpg February 1995]], one issue after the move to New York, they did away with the swoosh below the logo.
** From [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=Disney_adventures_december_1996_cover_dalmatians_space_jam.jpg December 1996]] through [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=6_Disney_Adventures_June_1_1997.jpg June 1, 1997]], DA experimented with a new logo that made "Disney" bigger and had "Adventures" straightened out.
** The logo went back to normal in the [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=7_Disney_Adventures_June_30_1997.jpg June 30, 1997]] issue, but retained the bigger "Disney" and brought back the "Magazine for Kids" swoosh. The "Disney" eventually shrank back to its original size in [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=Disney_Adventure_James_bond.jpg January 1998]], the first staple-bound issue.
** The [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=4_march_1999.jpg March 1999]] issue made the "Adventures" letters 2D with a much thinner traditional drop shadow. Then one issue later, in [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=Disney_Adventure_-Doug.jpg April 1999]], the "Magazine for Kids" swoosh disappeared for good.
** Starting with [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=Disney_Adventures_Magazine_cover_April_2003_comics_Kim_Possible.jpg April 2003]], they placed an oval behind the "Disney" in the logo, but otherwise kept it the same.
** Starting with [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=2001468-ashley_tisdale_miley_cyrus_disney_adventures_august_2006_1.jpg September 2006]], DA permanently abandoned their longtime logo in favor of one that had "Disney" dwarf a reshaped "Adventures". This logo lasted all the way to the [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=Disney_adventures_november_2007.jpg last issue]].

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''

* SpiritualSuccessor: After canceling ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfDAndA'' in 1998, DA would try the "secret organization fighting aliens and monsters" thing again a little over a year later with the ''Super Music Action Ready Team'' comics.

* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''

* RogerRabbitEffect: Or at least a version of it. Many of the magazine's classic covers featured celebrities interacting with Disney characters - including, yes, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Roger Rabbit]].

* OddballInTheSeries: The August 30, 1997 issue completely removes almost all of the magazine's regular features to cover lists of "What's Hot" in entertainment, activities, sports, and so on, leaning heavily into the entertainment focus that would come to dominate Suzanne Harper's time as editor-in-chief. Even [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=10_Disney_Adventures_August_30_1997.jpg the cover itself]] shys away from the format used by the magazine at the time. The only regular feature in the issue is the Comics Zone, which only runs the debut of ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfDAndA'' and no other regular comics. This is the only time the magazine would attempt this format, although the annual newsstand-only music specials starting in 1999 would come close.

** The logo looked like the one above until the [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=Disney_Adventure_Daisy_Minnie_Jessica.png April 1992]] issue, which added a notch to the A in "Adventures," and added a swoosh below the "Adventures" that said "The Magazine for Kids."

* BrieferThanTheyThink: The magazine's Burbank production, often seen as its "golden age," lasted just over 4 out of its 17 years, from November 1990 to December 1994.

* AnimatedAdaptation: Actually, "Animated Adaptation Which Was Already Adapted From Animation". One of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' comics, "The Long Hot Recess" from 1998, was slightly re-made into an episode, "The Coolest Heatwave Ever", in 2001. Some elements of the plot were changed.

[[index]]

* ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfDAndA'': A series about two tweens, Denise Dawson and Adam Anderson, who cross paths with a paranormal investigations organization and become agents themselves.

* The Fluffy trilogy: Three ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' stories about a super-intelligent housecat that becomes a villain.
* ''ComicBook/GorillaGorilla''

* ''Kid Blastoff'': A one-off three-parter from Creator/EvanDorkin about a [[SmallNameBigEgo wannabe]] CelebritySuperhero.
* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfTheChaosGod'': A five-part CrossThrough of ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'', ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', and ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''.

* ReCut: Nineteen years after the story originally ran in the magazine, writer Doug Gray posted his original version of the second Fluffy story, "Cat in a Hot Tin Suit", [[https://mongomblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/darkwing-duck-cat-in-hot-tin-suit_11.html on his blog]].

** The [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=4_march_1999.jpg March 1999]] issue reduced the thickness of the shadow behind the logo. The swoosh disappeared one issue later, this time for good, in [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=Disney_Adventure_-Doug.jpg April 1999]].

** The logo looked like the one above until the April 1992 issue, which added a notch to the A in "Adventures," and added a swoosh below the "Adventures" that said "The Magazine for Kids."
** Starting in February 1995, one issue after the move to New York, they did away with the swoosh below the logo.
** From December 1996 through June 1, 1997, DA experimented with a new logo that made "Disney" bigger and had "Adventures" straightened out.
** The logo went back to normal in the June 30, 1997 issue, but retained the bigger "Disney" and brought back the "Magazine for Kids" swoosh. The "Disney" eventually shrank back to its original size in January 1998, the first staple-bound issue.
** Starting in April 1999, the swoosh disappeared again, but the rest of the logo remained.
** Starting with April 2003, they placed an oval behind the "Disney" in the logo, but otherwise kept it the same.
** In September 2006, DA permanently abandoned their longtime logo in favor of one that had "Disney" dwarf a reshaped "Adventures". This logo lasted until the end of the magazine.

** At the end of the ''Bonkers'' comic "Temple of Doom," Gloomy smashes the Toonstone, releasing spirits that carry him off. A panel later, the Toonstone is somehow back in one piece, with Bonkers asking Nimrod if Gloomy is trapped forever.

* IconicLogo: As seen above. From December 1996 through June 1997, they experimented with a new logo that was bigger and had "Adventures" straightened out, but things went back to normal in the June 30 issue. In September 2006, Disney permanently abandoned this logo in favor of one that had their name dwarf the word "Adventures".

* OddballInTheSeries: The August 30, 1997 issue completely removes almost all of the magazine's regular features to cover lists of "What's Hot" in entertainment, activities, sports, and so on, leaning heavily into the entertainment focus that would come to dominate Suzanne Harper's time as editor-in-chief. Even [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=10_Disney_Adventures_August_30_1997.jpg the cover itself]] shys away from the format used by the magazine at the time.[[note]]Starting in 1999, this format would be emulated with the newsstand-only music specials.[[/note]] The only regular feature in the issue is the Comics Zone, which only runs the debut of ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfDAndA'' and no other regular comics.

* OddballInTheSeries: The August 30, 1997 issue completely removes almost all of the magazine's regular features to cover lists of "What's Hot" in entertainment, activities, sports, and so on, leaning heavily into the entertainment focus that would come to dominate Suzanne Harper's time as editor-in-chief. Even [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=10_Disney_Adventures_August_30_1997.jpg the cover itself]] shys away from the format used by the magazine at the time. The only regular feature in the issue is the Comics Zone, which only runs the debut of ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfDAndA'' and no other regular comics.[[note]]Starting in 1999, this format would be emulated with the newsstand-only music specials.[[/note]]

* CutShort: The third-to-last issue reprinted the first half of a ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' story (most likely attempting to advertise the show's second DVD set), but despite the promise made in the last panel, they forgot to run the second half in the final two issues.

* OrphanedSeries: As recounted [[https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/the-disney-adventures-archive-part-2.4715881/post-73669731 here]], ''Luna Park'' was discontinued after Heidi [=MacDonald=]'s departure; its second and final installment appeared in the May 1999 issue, which was also Heidi's penultimate issue.

* OrphanedSeries: As recounted [[https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/the-disney-adventures-archive-part-2.4715881/post-73669731 here]], ''Luna Park'' was discontinued after Heidi [=MacDonald=]'s departure; its second and final installment appeared in the May 1999 issue, which was also Heidi's last.

Perhaps the most memorable thing about ''Disney Adventures'', though, were its comics in each issue, which were later consolidated into a single section, the Comics Zone, in 1995. During the early half of the 1990's, the magazine's comics were mainly based on Disney's currently-running animated properties, such as the shows on WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon programming block. Later on, however, the Comics Zone began to expand its horizon to running excerpts of other independent comic books, such as ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'', ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'', ''Dr. Watchstop'', ''Nervous Rex'', and ''Little Gloomy''. Then, in 1997, the magazine ran its first original comic, ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfDAndA'' (described [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople/worstcomixever/deeanday.html here]] on Website/PlatypusComix), which opened the way for more original properties in the Comics Zone.

Perhaps the most memorable thing about ''Disney Adventures'', though, were its comics in each issue, which were later consolidated into a single section, the Comics Zone, in 1995. During the early half of the 1990's, the magazine's comics were mainly based on Disney's currently-running animated properties, such as the shows on WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon programming block. Later on, however, the Comics Zone began to expand its horizon to running excerpts of other independent comic books, such as ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'', ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'', ''Dr. Watchstop'', ''Nervous Rex'', and ''Little Gloomy''. Then, in 1997, the magazine ran its first original comic, ''The Adventures of D & A'' (described [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople/worstcomixever/deeanday.html here]] on Website/PlatypusComix), which opened the way for more original properties in the Comics Zone.

* ''The Adventures of D & A'': A series about two tweens, Denise Dawson and Adam Anderson, who cross paths with a paranormal investigations organization and become agents themselves.

''ComicBook/TheLegendOfTheChaosGod'', ''ComicBook/GorillaGorilla'', and ''ComicStrip/ComicZoneLiloAndStitch'' each have their own pages.

* AlliterativeName: A twofer: the eponymous pair in ''The Adventures of D & A'' are named Denise Dawson and Adam Anderson.
* AllThereInTheManual: In Heidi [=MacDonald=]'s column introducing ''The Adventures of D & A'', she mentioned that Adam was a fan of the Boston Red Sox, and Denise liked listening to Music/NoDoubt. This never once came up in any of the comics.

* ''Weird Yet True'': A feature containing arcane LittleKnownFacts.

* ''Weird Yet True'': A feature containing arcane "Did you know?" trivia.

* TransatlanticEquivalent: [[https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/ According to Heidi MacDonald]], DA was the brainchild of Michael Lynton, who was born in Denmark and came up with the idea of an American version of Disney's ''Topolino'' magazine that was popular in Italy.