Line #14 Trivia/DisneyAdventures


1	* BonusMaterial: The ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' story "May The Force Be With You," which was printed the August 1994 issue, was made exclusively for the magazine, and wasn't included in any ''Bone'' comic books or paperbacks. It was eventually reprinted in ''The Art of Bone''.
2	* ChannelHop:
3	** ''Dr. Watchstop'' was originally in ''Magazine/EpicIllustrated'' and ''Fusion'' back in TheEighties.
4	** ''Nervous Rex'' had its own direct market comic book in the '80s; William Van Horn later created a handful more stories specifically for DA.
5	** As detailed under WhatCouldHaveBeen below, Roger Langridge's [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets]] comic appeared in the last issue; he ended up jumping ship to ''ComicBook/TheMuppetShowComicBook'' after the magazine's cancellation.
6	* ColbertBump: DA's reprints of "Out From Boneville" introduced the indie comic ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' to a more mainstream audience who might not have known about it otherwise.
7	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer:
8	** One issue claims that [[Franchise/{{Madagascar}} King Julien, Maurice, and Mort]] are villains. They're not. Julien can be a {{Jerkass}}, but he's not evil.
9	** The February 2005 issue has an article about then-upcoming movies, and the blurb about Madagascar mentions a "Johnson the lemur." No such character exists in the film.
10	** The March 1998 issue claims that Bart Simpson's favorite carnival ride is the Tooth Chipper. In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E12BartCarny "Bart Carny"]], Bart doesn't have a good time on that ride.
11	** The July 1992 article about villains claims that [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 Shredder]] lives in the sewers; he doesn't, but the Turtles do. It also claims that Lex Luthor hates ComicBook/{{Superman}} because of an accident from when they were kids; while this ''was'' the origin for comic book Lex, DA uses an image of Creator/GeneHackman's Lex from ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'', who didn't have that in his backstory.
12	** The cover of the [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Adventures?file=Disney_Adventures_Magazine_cover_May_2004_Mega_Quiz.jpg May 2004 issue]] seems to think [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Cosmo is his godchild Timmy Turner]].
13	* CreatorBacklash: In her 2007 [[https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/ retrospective]] about the magazine, Heidi [=MacDonald=] talked about the good times she had working with Disney on the comic adaptations of their properties, but mentioned that "there are some things of which we do not speak, like ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' and (GAH!) ''The WesternAnimation/{{Mighty Ducks\|TheAnimatedSeries}}''."
14	* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: 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.
15	* CreatorsOddball: The comic "Drastic Park" from the January 1994 issue parodies ''Film/JurassicPark'' and its marketing, and includes a jab at ''Film/LastActionHero'' at the end. It's far different than any other comic the magazine ran at the time, and reads more like a movie parody from ''Magazine/{{MAD}}''.
16	* ExecutiveMeddling: The magazine went from a fairly independent publication (albeit backed by Disney) that featured full articles, educational material, and professional comics artists (at one point it even ran reprints of ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}''), but in later years it got watered down immensely.
17	** [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090615051135/http://marvwolfman.com/2007/08/disney-adventures-rip.html According to Marv Wolfman]], the reason the magazine's founding staff in Burbank were replaced with the New York staff in 1995 was because Disney was seeking to consolidate its publishing operations in New York.[[note]]Incidentally, according to a [[https://www.tumblr.com/damailbox/744861503977570304/doug-shaky-ground-disney-adventures-december statement of ownership]] printed in the December 2000 issue, DA's owner Buena Vista Magazines, Inc. (Disney's publishing subsidiary founded at the same time as DA) was still based in Burbank, even though the magazine's publishing operations were all located in New York. Today the subsidiary is known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Publishing_Worldwide Disney Publishing Worldwide]] and is still based in California.[[/note]]
18	** [[https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-ballad-of-disney-adventures/ According to Heidi MacDonald]], Suzanne Harper disliked the name "Comics Zone," which explains why the name (and Heidi's column) disappeared less than a year after Suzanne took over as editor-in-chief from Phyllis Ehrlich.[[note]]Funnily enough, the section would eventually get the name back after Heidi left, except called ''Comic Zone'' with no S, which would later be used as the name of the spin-off DA comics magazine printed under Heidi's successor Steve Behling.[[/note]]
19	** [[https://mongomblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/darkwing-duck-cat-in-hot-tin-suit.html According to writer Doug Gray]], the second Fluffy story "Cat in a Hot Tin Suit" had several sight gags edited and a sequence reordered.[[note]]Heidi [=MacDonald=] later [[https://www.comicsbeat.com/lets-get-dangerous-darkwing-duck-writing-credit-kerfuffle/ admitted]] that she always loved that story, had no memory of why she edited it so heavily, and apologized for the edits.[[/note]] He also mentioned that DA's editors removed Fluffy's lisp in the second story, which he concedes was a good change.
20	* FleetingDemographicRule: There were articles on historical topics (such as mummies and space) that the magazine would reuse after a few years, with new illustrations/images of course. Several comics were reused as well; a ''Franchise/ToyStory'' comic from 1995 was later reprinted to help promote ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''.
21	** The T-rex on the cover of the July 1993 issue was later reused for the April 1996 cover.
22	** {{Averted\|Trope}} with the reprints of ''Bone''. The magazine reprinted the first issue of "Out From Boneville" as a three-parter, followed by a DA-exclusive one-off, in 1994 at the tail-end of the Burbank years. ''Bone'' then didn't return to DA until three years later, and picked up where the last "Out From Boneville" issue had left off.
23	* FollowTheLeader: ''Jet Pack Pets'' is most likely inspired by ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' and shows of its ilk that aired around the same time.
24	* HostilityOnTheSet: Downplayed -- Heidi [=MacDonald=] mentioned in a retrospective that the magazine's main editorial staff had a "sometimes uneasy" relationship with the comics side of the house.
25	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: [=eBay=] is your best bet to obtain these comics and articles. Aside from some comics being reprinted in ''Disney's Colossal Comics Collection'', most of the original comics have never been reprinted. In addition, none of the magazine's articles have ever been reprinted.
26	** Averted with "Return to Blaggard Castle", which was included as a bonus story in volume 2 of The Floyd Gottfredson Library, fittingly enough the volume that contains the original Blaggard Castle story.
27	** Also averted with the DA-exclusive ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' comic "May the Force Be With You", which was later reprinted in black and white in Creator/JeffSmith's ''The Art of Bone''.
28	** The ''DA Casebusters'' stories and novel series haven't been reprinted since their original run.
29	* MilestoneCelebration: The magazine had one for its 50th issue, its 100th issue, and its tenth anniversary.
30	* OfficialFanSubmittedContent:
31	** In 1993, DA held a contest for kids to submit their ideas for comic book superheroes; the winner, [[http://www.tauycreek.com/2010/07/metamorphon-leader-of-legion-of-might.html Metamorphon]], got a comic in the March 1994 issue that was written by Creator/MarvWolfman and penciled by [[ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow Curt Swan]].
32	** A 1995 contest for reader-submitted villains included the top four winners in a RogerRabbitEffect comic where they interact [[DescendedCreator with the DA staff]] and try to take over the magazine.
33	* ReferencedBy: The magazine was referenced by the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "[[Recap/Ducktales2017S2E16TheDuckKnightReturns The Duck Knight Returns]]", which briefly shows Drake's stack of ''Darkwing Adventures'' comics that have the same "Adventures" logo as the magazine.
34	* StillbornFranchise:
35	** Given its name, the title characters of ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfDAndA'' were very clearly meant to become the magazine's mascots; and per the RoguesGallery teased in the comic's third story, the writers had several stories planned. However, the characters themselves had no presence anywhere else in the magazine, and the comic was quietly canceled after its third story.
36	** ''Luna Park'' looks like it was intended to be a recurring feature, given its introductory page in the April 1999 issue, but its second and last appearance was in Heidi [=MacDonald=]'s penultimate issue as comics editor. The comics section later attempted to recapture ''Luna Park'''s "spooky" vibe with ''Little Gloomy'' and ''Society of Horrors''.
37	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
38	** Near the end of the magazine's run, Roger Langridge was to write and illustrate one-to-two-page comics of ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' for the magazine. Only one strip saw the light of day by being included in the last issue because of the cancellation of ''Disney Adventures''. Roger Langridge would subsequently write and draw for ''ComicBook/TheMuppetShowComicBook'', which featured material intended to be ''Disney Adventures'' strips in the comic's preview issue.
39	** [[https://music-slut.livejournal.com/241292.html According to Kean Soo]], there were talks to include ''Jellaby'' short stories in the magazine, with the first to be included in the January 2008 issue (to coincide with the release of the ''Jellaby'' graphic novel). Ultimately this didn't happen because of the magazine's cancellation.

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