12 Facts About Paperinik

1.

Paperinik continued to work at the daily strip until October 10,1968, and at the Sunday page until February 16,1969.

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2.

Paperinik was allowed to focus entirely on his own cast of Duckburg citizens, such as the richest duck in the world, Uncle Scrooge McDuck, lucky cousin Gladstone Gander, and peculiar inventor Gyro Gearloose.

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3.

Paperinik created his first Donald Duck ten-pager, The Victory Garden, which first published in April 1943; the basic script came from the studio, but Barks was asked to rewrite it in addition to drawing it.

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4.

Paperinik's nephews accompanied him in those stories and Barks gave many aspects to their personalities.

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5.

Paperinik was mentioned by name and made a cameo in Good Deeds, first published in July, 1943.

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6.

Paperinik was mentioned as a neighbor that Donald likes to harass, but more as a form of teasing than anything more serious.

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7.

Paperinik later worked briefly for the Dutch editors, but moved to work directly for Egmont soon afterwards.

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8.

Paperinik, known as PK, Duck Avenger, Superduck, Phantom Duck, Phantomias, Stalanden, Stal-Kalle, Fantonald, Taikaviitta is a comic book-costumed vigilante, Donald Duck's alter ego.

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9.

The name "Paperinik" was initially meant to reference the Italian comic book antihero Diabolik, to which Paperinik's original depictions wear similarities.

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10.

Paperinik is given special powers, and told that he has become a "platyrhynchos kineticus", an energized duck, or PK for short, stepping around his Paperinik roots.

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11.

In 2008, a mobile Java game known as PK: Phantom Duck was released; with the help of Gyro, Paperinik has to fight against the plans of the Beagle Boys there.

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12.

Paperinik was an unlockable character in a video game The Duckforce Rises in 2015.

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