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I once read a comic version of The Odyssey in which the main characters were portrayed by characters in the Duck universe.

Can you help identify the story?

Here is some information:

  • The story was likely published some time before 2007.
  • I presume the copy I read may have been several hundred A5-pages thick and the language may have been Norwegian.
  • I am fairly certain that Donald Duck plays the role of Odysseus and that Daisy Duck plays the role of Penelope. I think Gladstone Gander may have been a suitor of Penelope.
  • Donald gets tied to the mast of the ship as they pass the sirens and I think he asks his crew to put cotton in his ears.
  • I seem to recall a cyclope and several sheep.
  • Donald gains some weight while staying with Circe. I don't think Circe was portrayed by Magica de Spell, although it is possible.
  • I think one of the final scenes involves archery and tomatoes.

None of these stories look correct:

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I have made a small research, could it be in this publication of the 2005?
Sverd og sandaler

Inside I found that it has this story (which was also published earlier in Norway in the 1995), which is called The Adventures Of Donald Dysses

Unluckily I haven't read the story, so I cannot say if it ticks all boxes, or if it is one of the already-mentioned stories in the question. Anyway it seems to have the characters mentioned by the OP (such as Gladstone and Magica).

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    I am fairly certain that this is it! I recognize the crown on Donald's head. I will try to obtain a copy of it and then mark this answer as correct.
    – Improve
    Commented Feb 26, 2023 at 17:54
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    This is it! I had conflated the storylines of Circe (Magica) and Calypso, and the crew puts parsley and not cotton in their ears (and not Donald's). Thank you so much for your efforts. Now I get to read the story again after all these years.
    – Improve
    Commented Mar 1, 2023 at 18:15

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