I think I heard someone calling my name, baybeee!
Gyro's absolutely my comfort character and I've been slowly amassing a collection of favorite stories! That said, there's obviously a LOT of material out there so I’m always looking for recommendations myself. imo he's not featured in nearly enough English comics so most of my recommendations are either going to be translated or untranslated, usually Italian. (I don’t speak Italian but it's my goal to get everything I recommend on this list that's untranslated translated eventually ;A; )
Some of my English favorites are:
Weird Science (D 97629) -- He's left alone to guard Scrooge's Money Bin and has to time travel to help himself try and avoid getting the crap beat out of him by Magica and having her successfully steal the dime. This one's really good, the art and script are fantastic, and it's got triple the Gyro, lol. Also Magica!
Deep-Sea Dilemma (D 98440) -- He's not the star here but he's in quite a lot of this comic. He's helping out a researcher (and Scrooge) raise some sunken treasure, but the Beagle Boys also have their eyes on it.
These two ^^^ are both on readcomicsonline.li (have a good adblocker on if you've never been there) but I’m afraid I don’t have direct links for these anymore.
There's also several really cute Gyro/Little Helper-focused stories here: Gyro and the Surprise Staycation, Charleston!, and Little Helper Takes Out the Trash (which I was elated to find, because it was on my to-translate list lol).
As for other languages, the Topolino Gyro is really a lot of fun and he's my personal favorite version of Gyro. A lot of Italian artists, especially Corrado Mastantuono, have a lot of fun with him and get him out of that "invention of the day" style of storytelling.
All of the Mad Ducktor comics -- An overworked Gyro accidentally creates an evil version of himself who wreaks havoc, looking to steal the dime and destroy Scrooge's money as revenge for the way Gyro's been mistreated. There are four "main" stories: Paperinik and the Friendly Threat, the Return of the Mad Ducktor, the Revenge of the Mad Ducktor, and the Mad Ducktor Protocol. (My personal favorite is the Mad Ducktor Protocol because I like the art style for Gyro and Mads best, shh, don’t tell Corrado.) Gyro usually features pretty heavily in these. The Mad Ducktor also appears in Paperinik and Nik Paper vs the Mad Ducktor, as well as the Great Race Against Time, but I don't personally like those stories as much (the styles of both just aren't my favorite and I heavily debate them being Mad Ducktor canon. Also, there are a LOT of characters in the Great Race so Gyro/Mads don’t get that much screen time.)
The Ducks on the Road series is fantastic -- a 1970s AU where Gyro, Daisy, and Dickie road trip across the US. It's fun and strange and very musical! It gave me an appreciation for the '70s, which I absolutely did not think was possible, lol.
Beautiful Teeth -- Donald needs (permanently visible) teeth to get a new job and Gyro offers his assistance, and it is...something. It's definitely something. Words don’t really do this comic justice, but it gives a canon answer for the retractable teeth debate...
Gyro...Such Stress!!! -- Overworked (and underpaid) Gyro just really really needs a nap but no one will leave him alone.
OK, Paperinik! Out of Order -- Donald gets stuck in his elevator and needs Gyro to take over his patrol duty as Paperinik. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
These are comics that aren't translated yet (that I know of) but I adored the art and/or they looked like fun stories. Translations are in progress/planned by me (unless someone's beaten me to them lol):
Archimede e la copia imperfetta - D-2005-336
Archimede e la sfida inventiva - IP-3397-5 (Gyro in college!)
Archimede e il picnic tra le nuvole - IP-3331-5
Archimede e l'inventore inceppato - IP-3334-1
Also I know it's not Gyro but I have a huuuge soft spot in my heart for his nephew Newton too, and I'd recommend any and all Topolino Newton stories, they're usually pretty fun (if weird and chaotic, often with really wacky endings...) Sometimes Gyro shows up as well. My personal favorites are Newton Pitagorico e l'aspirazione natalizia (I TL 3396-2), and his Topolino intro story (that I'm almost finished translating) Newton Gearloose and the Knowledge Tans (Newton Pitagorico e le tintarelle erudite - I TL 3357-1).
The entire Newton e Pico in viaggio nel sapere series (I TL 3392-6P) is also so good! It starts by Newton kinda maybe sorta blowing up the school chemistry lab and failing a test -- so Gyro does some parenting and brings him to Ludwig for remedial lessons. (Nobody is particularly happy about this arrangement except Gyro.) This one's an ongoing current series, they just released another installment a few weeks back.
I could probably blather on forever but these would be my top picks for now! (And an absolutely enormous thank you to all the hardworking scanners and translators out there!!)
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