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GeoX just mentioned his enjoyment of the scene in one of Rosa's homage/parody comic "covers" wherein Donald dismembers Gladstone. As it happens, yesterday I got an old copy of the British Disney Magazine 2 27 with a story by Werner Wejp-Olsen where Gladstone and Donald are in a skating race. Gladstone's luck plays no role in the story, but his obnoxiousness does. He repeatedly delays Donald (the faster skater) by throwing things in his way, freezing his skate to the ice, melting ice in front of him, etc., and he does win the race in the end. But only because Donald takes time out to help a fisherman who is being pulled under the ice by a huge fish. Donald is invited by the saved (millionaire) fisherman to a great banquet, to which he brings Daisy, and Gladstone is left shivering outside in the snow, looking through a window at the others enjoying the banquet. In other words, Donald essentially comes out on top, due to his being a better person. I found this very satisfying!
Here's my question: Do you know of other stories where Donald triumphs over Gladstone in such a way?

Ah, interesting--that's Rosa's "From Duckburg to Lillehammer," and while Donald does get to represent Duckburg at the Olympics, I didn't register that as Donald winning out over Gladstone, since Donald's Olympic ski jump is a spectacular failure (and Gladstone is actually happy with his own outcome). But it's true, as you say, that Donald does win out over Gladstone in their competition, because the ruling is that one can't win by luck.

Quote from user: Patrick HanifinThere's a Carl Barks story where Donald competes with Gladstone in a fishing contest in Puget Sound. Gladstone wins first prize with Donald's fish that he lost when hit by a runaway speedboat and Gladstone wins a snazzy car. While losing his fish, though, Donald ends up rescuing a little girl and is rewarded enough money to buy a car way better than Gladstone's. I have this story in Gladstone Comic Album Series #15. It doesn't tell where it was originally published.

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It was originally published in Walt Disney's Comics & Stories # 167 in 1954.

Hey, I wrote about this story! It's true that in a broader sense he wins out because he's a better person, but that's usually the case when he wins. As far as the actual act of saving the girl, though--that strikes me as being more luck than anything else. He was flung into a situation in which there wasn't much else he could do. I guess it's debatable, but I kind of doubt Gladstone in would've done anything differently.

"Gemstone Hunters" is another one. But you're right; Gladstone rarely scores an unambiguous win.