David said:
>	Trudy Van Tubb (her complete English name) will
>	be in WALT DISNEY TREASURES' Ellsworth story, 
>	on sale in just a couple of weeks. And we'll 
>	probably have another story with Trudy early 
>	next year.

That’s pretty cool.  I wondered if Trudy would ever make it into the USA 
publications considering a past fear that some voiced about confusion surround her 
being his “girl friend” when the animated series “GOOF TROOP” seemed to establish 
Pete as being married.  As a fan of the series, I absolutely adored April 
Winchell’s voicing of Peg (Pete’s wife) and felt she proved a perfect foil to his 
villainy and hubris!  Still, that’s the GOOF TROOP universe and “single Pete” with 
Trudy is in the greater Mouse Universe. ;-)

As an aside, it’s nice to know Pete’s allies will be increasing!  Will Plottigat, 
being a “cousin” to Pete & Trudy, be making his debut sometime soon?  And does he 
have an English name as well?

BTW, does Trudy’s surname have anything to do with Pete’s former ID as J.P. 
Diamondtubs?

>	The other characters you list are all possibilities 
>	for the future, though I think we'd logically wait 
>	to introduce Bruto until our audience is used to 
>	Ellsworth.

Of course… that makes perfect sense considering he is introduced as 
Ellsworth’s “son.”  Along the same lines I'm delighted to see more use of Eega 
Beeva and Mortimer Mouse aka Montmorency Rodent.

As for others I would love to see revived (or used to a greater extent) include 
Glory-Bee, Launchpad, Tanglefoot, Figaro, Fifi the Peke & Butch the Bulldog (as 
fodder for Pluto stories), Morty & Ferdie (& Melody), Clara Cluck, Disney Babies, 
Jose Carioca/Panchito reprints & modern stories (not just the Rosa stories), Prof. 
von Drake, Muscles McGurk, April, May & June & modern Moby Duck tales.  I know 
DUCK stories feturing Donald, Scrooge & the Nephews are the POPULAR requests, but 
I consider myself a champion of the "little guys" ;-)

> > [ME: Super Daisy (Papernika)]
>	Er, who came up with the name "Super Daisy"? When she's
>	in her costume, nobody's supposed to know that she's 
>	Daisy. So she couldn't logically call herself "Super
>	Daisy." (It's the same reason why Donald Duck's secret
>	identity is "Duck Avenger" rather than "Super Donald"...)

Well, that makes perfect sense to me too, and I’m not exactly sure where I first 
saw the name “Super Daisy”, but I’m sure it was in relation to “Super Donald” and, 
hey, as a longtime reader of Marvel and DC superhero comics, I totally comprehend 
the necessity of a secret ID… still, I guess I assumed there was some whacky twist 
in the Disney Universe where all someone had to do was put “Super” or some other 
modifier before their name and suddenly no one recognized them… hence Super Genius 
(Genius being Ellsworth’s French name) and others like Super Scamp, Elastic 
Mickey, etc. LOL!  I’m very happy the name DUCK AVENGER was adopted for that very 
reason.  Given that, I’d much prefer to see “Super” Daisy or rather Papernika 
debut under a much more clever name like the CRIMSON QUACKETTE, or better yet, 
since Donald emulates Batman in his “Dark Knight” persona, thus Daisy could sync 
up with Batman’s dark protégé The Huntress, taking on the name “DUCK HUNTRESS” 
(which is actually quite funny when you think about it!).

Thanks,

Rich 
xephyr@cwnet.com


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