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I was reading some old threads around here and from what I could understand, people in general were pretty excited/curious about The Case of the Missing Mummy when it was coming out, because of its "choose your own adventure" structure.
I didn't really understand what all the fuss was about; I can clearly remember reading a bunch of stories with that structure in the past. I must have half-a-dozen to a dozen stories like that back in my disney-boxes back in Portugal. And then I remembered that maybe those were Brazilian stories, that I ended up having a chance to read because we in Portugal got many (most?) of our stories from Brazil, and that maybe they weren't printed anywhere else in the world.
I tried some googling and such, but I couldn't really find anything on the subject other than The Case of the Missing Mummy. Does anyone know about this? Is there anyone else here who might have come across the same stories? I read these stories somewhere in the mid 90's, but the stories might have been reprints, so I can't be sure of when they were originally published.
Unlike The Case of the Missing Mummy (which I haven't read, but I read about it), these stories had multiple endings, depending on the path you chose.
One day, when I am able to get my hands back on those comics, I will post some more information here, and maybe some scans or the like, but as of now I'm quite far away from them.
Does anyone else know/remember this?
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Quote from user: lorianI was reading some old threads around here and from what I could understand, people in general were pretty excited/curious about The Case of the Missing Mummy when it was coming out, because of its "choose your own adventure" structure.

I didn't really understand what all the fuss was about; I can clearly remember reading a bunch of stories with that structure in the past. I must have half-a-dozen to a dozen stories like that back in my disney-boxes back in Portugal. And then I remembered that maybe those were Brazilian stories, that I ended up having a chance to read because we in Portugal got many (most?) of our stories from Brazil, and that maybe they weren't printed anywhere else in the world.

I tried some googling and such, but I couldn't really find anything on the subject other than The Case of the Missing Mummy. Does anyone know about this? Is there anyone else here who might have come across the same stories? I read these stories somewhere in the mid 90's, but the stories might have been reprints, so I can't be sure of when they were originally published.

Unlike The Case of the Missing Mummy (which I haven't read, but I read about it), these stories had multiple endings, depending on the path you chose.

One day, when I am able to get my hands back on those comics, I will post some more information here, and maybe some scans or the like, but as of now I'm quite far away from them.

Does anyone else know/remember this?

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I can't think of any other Disney stories that had the muliple ending format. But as you are a Dane, I can't help but think that you may be remembering several stories of that form written and drawn by Freddy Milton with his own characters ("Job Jungelen", Rig Eller Ærlig", "Hvem Dræbt(?) Koch Robin" ("Who Killed Cock Robin?"), and so forth. He now has published some more during the last few years.

Quote from user: Charlie BrownI just know "The Case of the Missing Mummy". But you can find more stories of that kind at inducks: http://coa.inducks.org/subseries.php?c=Which-way
I think that might be it! :) I tried all kinds of keywords, but not "which-way". I can't remember too much about those stories, except that one of them was in a Ghost Town, and another one was inside a Pyramid (both stories with Donald Duck). Maybe they are in that list, I can't really read Italian.

Quote from user: Robb_KI can't think of any other Disney stories that had the muliple ending format. But as you are a Dane, I can't help but think that you may be remembering several stories of that form written and drawn by Freddy Milton with his own characters ("Job Jungelen", Rig Eller Ærlig", "Hvem Dræbt(?) Koch Robin" ("Who Killed Cock Robin?"), and so forth. He now has published some more during the last few years.
I'm not a Dane (I'm Portuguese, just living in Denmark), but I'm 100% sure it was Donald. I never really read many comics other than Disney. Maybe they were Italian stories instead of Brazilian like I assumed in my previous post. In any case, I have no clue who the writer/artist were. I was in my teens, I didn't care about anything other than reading the story and moving on to the next comic. :)

Quote from user: Robb_KI looked over the COA data entries for all the "Which Way" stories.

I think I have identified, at least, the "Ghost Town" story. It might be:

"A Cidade do Velho Oeste", with Donald 7 his nephews, printed in Brasil in 1995, in O Pato Donald 2060. It was written by Bruno Concina (who wrote about 20 "which way" stories for Disney Italia. It was drawn by Giuseppe Dalla Santa.

I'm not sure about the story with the pyramid. But it might be this one:

"Os Quatro Caminhos da Sorte", with Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, The Nephews and Gladstone Gander. It was printed in Brasil, in Almanaque Disney 261, in 1993. There is another story referred with this one, entitled: "Mistério na Mesopotamia".

It was written by Bruno Cancina, and drawn by The Comicup Studio (no individual artist listed).

Was the pyramid a Babylonian step pyramid?
The Ghost Town story is DEFINITELY "A Cidade do Velho Oeste" (I TL 1859-A). I can recall that first page, as well as the "which way" bubbles. :)

So I guess it was Bruno Cancina who wrote the stories with this structure. Thanks for your help Robb!

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