Nobody’s Business (comics)

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Nobody's Business

First page from the publication of Nobody's Business in the United States
Story code	AR 103
Story	Don Rosa
Ink	Don Rosa
Hero	Donald Duck
Pages	10
Layout	4 rows per page
Appearances	Donald Duck, Gladstone Gander, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Gyro Gearloose Little Helper (cameo) Azure Blue (cameo) Shawyer Sharky (cameo)
First publication	Uncle Scrooge #220, May 1987
I.N.D.U.C.K.S. profile

Nobody's Business is a 1987 ten pages long Disney comic written and drawn by Don Rosa, whose main characters are Donald Duck and Gladstone Gander. Nobody's Business was the second comic after Son of the Sun by Don Rosa.

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Uncle Scrooge catches sight of his two loafer nephews, Donald Duck and Gladstone Gander, from his Money bin. Although he feels his fortune is secure in the hands of his chosen heirs, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, he feels he should do something for his other nephews, and decides to put them through a test to see what kind of business they would be good at. He calls Donald and Gladstone to his room, passes five thousand dollars to both, and tells them to return in twenty-four hours to report how they've invested it.

Donald tries his wings in the restaurant and industry businesses and with inventions, but his enthusiasm exceeds his common sense, and he quickly squanders his money in failed enterprises. At the same time, Gladstone lies around in a hammock reading comic books while amazing opportunities get dropped into his lap.

The next day, Scrooge is initially pleased at how well Gladstone has done (to Donald's chagrin), but then a clerk pulls Scrooge aside and tells him that all of Gladstone's opportunities have resulted in losses to McDuck Enterprises. Scrooge is chilled, thinking that Gladstone's legendary luck is the one thing that could ruin him forever.

Both nephews receive their own company, though Scrooge has little hope for their success: Donald gets a soda stand, and Gladstone is owner of a comic book publisher.

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The comic papers read by Gladstone are real magazines of Dell Magazines publisher from 1950s, where the stories of Don Rosa take place.
There are villains of the story Golden Helmet by Carl Barks, Azure Blue and Shawyer Sharky, walking behind Gladstone's hedge in the 4th panel of the 7th page.
Don Rosa hid his dedication D.U.C.K. ("Dedicated to Unca Carl (Barks) from Keno) in the comic magazine in the last panel. Disney had forbidden signatures from their artists, but that was kept because it seemed to be a headline of a comic magazine, not a signature used by the artist.
The original publisher of the comic was Gladstone, a now closed-down publisher. In the end of the story, Gladstone Gander becomes the new owner of the company, which is clear from the logo of the company in the wall of his work room.
The name of Donald Duck's fizzy drink stand, "Donald Duck Soda" comes from the company that was in activity in the 1940s and 50s and made fizzy drinks with groceries license of Donald Duck.