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Paperinik (Italian: [paperiˈnik, papeˈriːnik]), also known as PK (Italy, pronounced [ˌpiˈkappa]), Superduck (UK and Digicomics) or Duck Avenger (US), is a comic book-costumed vigilante and Donald Duck's alter ego. The character was created in Italy by Elisa Penna, Guido Martina and Giovan Battista Carpi, and first appeared in the Italian comic series Topolino #706 (June 1969). The character appears in specific Paperinik stories, and he is never mentioned in the main Duckburg continuity.
In the comics, Donald originally created Paperinik as a dark avenger alter-identity to secretly seek revenge upon relatives, before he soon found himself fighting other menaces as a vigilante. He subsequently appeared in many stories on other Disney publications, some of which were dedicated to the character. On 1996, he became the protagonist of the ongoing PK saga (it), started with the series PK – Paperinik New Adventures (PKNA; known in the United States as Duck Avenger), in which Paperinik becomes a superhero facing villains and more dangerous enemies, especially the Evronians alien race. The PK comics were translated in multiple languages and were adapted in other media, most notably video games.
Donald originally created Paperinik as a dark avenger alter-identity to secretly seek revenge upon relatives such as Scrooge McDuck and Gladstone Gander, but he soon found himself fighting other menaces as a superhero. The Italian creators (editor-in-chief Elisa Penna, writer Guido Martina, and artist Giovan Battista Carpi) introduced Paperinik in the two-part, 60-page story "Paperinik il diabolico vendicatore" ("Paperinik the diabolical avenger") published in Italy in Topolino #706–707, on June 8 and June 15, 1969, in response to complaints from readers about Donald's constant bad luck. The name "Paperinik" was initially meant to reference the Italian comic book antihero Diabolik, to which Paperinik's original depictions bear similarities. The character was also inspired by Fantômas and Batman.
The debut story featured Donald receiving the ownership papers of Villa Rosa, an abandoned villa outside of Duckburg whose owner had disappeared decades ago. Donald finds that the ownership papers were actually intended for his cousin Gladstone, but he is content not to correct the mistake. Visiting the villa with his nephews, he discovers the diary and an abandoned suit of Fantomius (Fantomallard), who was known as a notorious gentleman burglar and sometime vigilante active long ago. Donald learns Fantomius's methods of maintaining a secret identity by acting as a harmless and rather incompetent gentleman during the day and during the night as a vindicator, taking revenge for his grievances against society.
In the early stories, Paperinik was an anti-hero vindicator inspired by Diabolik and Fantômas. The writers toned this aspect down later and turned him into a Batman-style heroic avenger instead, and he started targeting the criminal population of Duckburg, in particular the Beagle Boys. This still remains his main mission today, although he occasionally faces higher profile adversaries and finds missions which require him to travel away from Duckburg.
Paperinik's most important ally in his heroic identity is the inventor Gyro Gearloose, who fabricates most of his special equipment, but (in some stories) without knowing his identity. To be able to equip and support Paperinik without risk of accidentally disclosing his secret identity, Gyro has invented the Caramelle cancelline (or Car-can in short, meaning "erasing sweets"), pills which causes complete loss of memory of the most recent few hours upon ingestion: after every meeting with Paperinik, Gyro takes one of these pills as a safety precaution. They are called UhKa, short for unohda kaikki in Finnish or VergAll, short for vergiss alles in German, both meaning "forget everything". Later stories, however, disregard this particular detail.
Paperinik keeps his real identity as Donald Duck secret from everyone - even from his own nephews. To this end, he has constructed a secret hideout beneath his house, which is accessible by a secret elevator located in a clothes cabinet in his bedroom. When Donald embarks on his patrol as Paperinik at night, he pretends to go to sleep, and leaves a dummy figure representing his own head on the pillow complete with recorded snoring noise, on the chance his nephews should go and take a look at his bedroom during the night.
Donald's set-up with his secret hideout sometimes runs into problems, as he is only renting his home - the owner of the house is his uncle Scrooge McDuck, who is as oblivious of Donald's secret identity as Donald's nephews are, and Donald is often running late on his rent. Scrooge sometimes goes as far as to temporarily let out Donald's home to other tenants, or threaten to have it dismantled altogether, which puts Paperinik's secret hideout in danger of being revealed.
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Paperinik
Paperinik (Italian: [paperiˈnik, papeˈriːnik]), also known as PK (Italy, pronounced [ˌpiˈkappa]), Superduck (UK and Digicomics) or Duck Avenger (US), is a comic book-costumed vigilante and Donald Duck's alter ego. The character was created in Italy by Elisa Penna, Guido Martina and Giovan Battista Carpi, and first appeared in the Italian comic series Topolino #706 (June 1969). The character appears in specific Paperinik stories, and he is never mentioned in the main Duckburg continuity.
In the comics, Donald originally created Paperinik as a dark avenger alter-identity to secretly seek revenge upon relatives, before he soon found himself fighting other menaces as a vigilante. He subsequently appeared in many stories on other Disney publications, some of which were dedicated to the character. On 1996, he became the protagonist of the ongoing PK saga (it), started with the series PK – Paperinik New Adventures (PKNA; known in the United States as Duck Avenger), in which Paperinik becomes a superhero facing villains and more dangerous enemies, especially the Evronians alien race. The PK comics were translated in multiple languages and were adapted in other media, most notably video games.
Donald originally created Paperinik as a dark avenger alter-identity to secretly seek revenge upon relatives such as Scrooge McDuck and Gladstone Gander, but he soon found himself fighting other menaces as a superhero. The Italian creators (editor-in-chief Elisa Penna, writer Guido Martina, and artist Giovan Battista Carpi) introduced Paperinik in the two-part, 60-page story "Paperinik il diabolico vendicatore" ("Paperinik the diabolical avenger") published in Italy in Topolino #706–707, on June 8 and June 15, 1969, in response to complaints from readers about Donald's constant bad luck. The name "Paperinik" was initially meant to reference the Italian comic book antihero Diabolik, to which Paperinik's original depictions bear similarities. The character was also inspired by Fantômas and Batman.
The debut story featured Donald receiving the ownership papers of Villa Rosa, an abandoned villa outside of Duckburg whose owner had disappeared decades ago. Donald finds that the ownership papers were actually intended for his cousin Gladstone, but he is content not to correct the mistake. Visiting the villa with his nephews, he discovers the diary and an abandoned suit of Fantomius (Fantomallard), who was known as a notorious gentleman burglar and sometime vigilante active long ago. Donald learns Fantomius's methods of maintaining a secret identity by acting as a harmless and rather incompetent gentleman during the day and during the night as a vindicator, taking revenge for his grievances against society.
In the early stories, Paperinik was an anti-hero vindicator inspired by Diabolik and Fantômas. The writers toned this aspect down later and turned him into a Batman-style heroic avenger instead, and he started targeting the criminal population of Duckburg, in particular the Beagle Boys. This still remains his main mission today, although he occasionally faces higher profile adversaries and finds missions which require him to travel away from Duckburg.
Paperinik's most important ally in his heroic identity is the inventor Gyro Gearloose, who fabricates most of his special equipment, but (in some stories) without knowing his identity. To be able to equip and support Paperinik without risk of accidentally disclosing his secret identity, Gyro has invented the Caramelle cancelline (or Car-can in short, meaning "erasing sweets"), pills which causes complete loss of memory of the most recent few hours upon ingestion: after every meeting with Paperinik, Gyro takes one of these pills as a safety precaution. They are called UhKa, short for unohda kaikki in Finnish or VergAll, short for vergiss alles in German, both meaning "forget everything". Later stories, however, disregard this particular detail.
Paperinik keeps his real identity as Donald Duck secret from everyone - even from his own nephews. To this end, he has constructed a secret hideout beneath his house, which is accessible by a secret elevator located in a clothes cabinet in his bedroom. When Donald embarks on his patrol as Paperinik at night, he pretends to go to sleep, and leaves a dummy figure representing his own head on the pillow complete with recorded snoring noise, on the chance his nephews should go and take a look at his bedroom during the night.
Donald's set-up with his secret hideout sometimes runs into problems, as he is only renting his home - the owner of the house is his uncle Scrooge McDuck, who is as oblivious of Donald's secret identity as Donald's nephews are, and Donald is often running late on his rent. Scrooge sometimes goes as far as to temporarily let out Donald's home to other tenants, or threaten to have it dismantled altogether, which puts Paperinik's secret hideout in danger of being revealed.
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