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Lucky Duck #7
Lucky Duck #7 is an anthology comic featuring multiple stories. The lead story, "The World's Wackiest Screwball," shows Lucky Duck engaged in comedic antics at a diner, juggling donuts and wielding a baseball bat. A subsequent story involves Lucky Duck battling what appears to be a costumed villain with a hook, engaging in slapstick combat. The issue also includes "Disagreeable Duxbury," a prose and illustration tale by Marty Mendel about a grouchy duckling named Duxbury who lives alone on an island in a river; when spring flooding threatens him, an older Mallard named Big John risks his life to rescue Duxbury, teaching the young duck about friendship and community. Another humorous story follows a character in a plaid outfit encountering logs and waterfalls, ultimately learning a lesson about maps and navigation in a comic-book context.