Uncle Scrooge #40
Carlo Chendi, Joe Torcivia (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano (a) • Andrea Freccero (c)
“The Case of the Saucer Impostor!” O.K. Quack’s coin-shaped spaceship can shrink to the size of a real coin—and since Scrooge McDuck spent it and lost it, he’s forced to help Humphrey Gokart, ace detective, find it!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Walt Disney Showcase #6: The Phantom Blot
Tito Faraci, Joe Torcivia (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano (a & c)
The sinister Blot and Pegleg Pete are robbing Mouseton blind—and with Mickey Mouse out of the picture, it’s up to Detective Casey and his wild-card “bad cop” partner, Brick Boulder, to take the menace down… or join the hit list!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Uncle Scrooge #38
Pat and Carol McGreal (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano (a) • Andrea Freccero (c)
“Mismatched Mentors.” Scrooge McDuck is forced to teach business skills to a bratty little kid—on the same day that Magica De Spell is tutoring a young apprentice in black magic! How many ways can this go wrong?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Uncle Scrooge #37
Jerry Siegel, Joe Torcivia (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano (a) • Dave Alvarez (c)
“Few and Pharoah Between!” In a new-to-USA duck tale by Jerry Siegel (Superman), Scrooge McDuck travels through time to find riches in ancient Egypt—only to wind up stranded in a dystopian future!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Uncle Scrooge: The Tourist at the End of the Universe
Giorgio Cavazzano, Marco Rota, Daan Jippes, Noel Van Horn, Jonathan H. Gray (w & a)
Unmistakable Uncle Scrooge action in this new collection! O.K. Quack may look like a normal Duckburgian to Scrooge McDuck—but he’s really a spaceman whose shrunken ship is lost in Scrooge’s Money Bin! Then in “Crisis at Sorcery Summit,” Magica De Spell sics her fellow magic-makers on Scrooge… and in “The Great Cackle Caper,” a golden egg has turned up at the McDuck Chicken Farm, and the Beagle Boys are ruling the roost! Collects issues #29–31 of IDW’s Uncle Scrooge comic series.
TPB • FC • $12.99 • 112 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 978-1-68405-317-9
Uncle Scrooge #33
Carlo Chendi, Jonathan H. Gray (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano, Bas Heymans (a) • Jonathan H. Gray (c)
“The Big Blast-Off Blowout!” When a giant satellite plummets to earth at light speed, the McDuck Money Bin lies right in its path! Can Scrooge dodge a crash course… or will the Beagle Boys make this space chase scarier?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Uncle Scrooge #30 collects two international stories in one book, reprinting one story from 1981 and another from 2011. The book will likely pique interest in those who are jumping on the Duck Tales revival train—myself included—and if you’re just here for classic Duckburg humor then you’re in the right place.
It’s hard for me to recommend purchasing the book, however, as it’s arbitrarily reproduced stories from older books. I can’t help but compare my reading experience to Duck Tales, which may not be fair, but it’s not to be helped, either. The television reboot is original, clever, and seamlessly blends classic Donald Duck comics with the cult-hit 90s cartoon.
In comparison, Uncle Scrooge is the same joke dragged out ad nauseam, which makes the story predictable. Where the new show works hard to give each of the triplets their own personality, and Donald his own meta-twist where his speech is only understandable about 60% of the time, the older stories feel dismissible in comparison. Donald uses complete sentences, Scrooge has no accent, the boys are referred to as clones (with good reason), and Scrooge is so cheap he charges interest on bus fare.
Maybe I’m coming down hard on the book because I hold Duck Tales and Donald Duck so very dear. I don’t like to see them mistreated. But Uncle Scrooge does just that. If the book used the older comics as bookends, like the newer Archie books, I would be much more inclined to return to “Uncle Scrooge” in the future. As it stands now, I think I’ll pass.
Story: Carlo Chendi, Daan Jippes, Jonathan Gray Art: Daan Jippes, Giorgio Cavazzano
Cover Art: Giorgio Cavazzano
Story: 5.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 6.5 Recommendation: Pass
IDW Publishing provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Donald Duck #21
Carlo Panaro, Unn and Stefan Printz-Påhlson, Jonathan Gray (w) • Andrea Freccero, Victor “Vicar” Arriagada Rios (a) • Giorgio Cavazzano (c)
“Helmet of the Gods,” Part 2 of 2! Donald at last has Odin’s helmet in his grasp! But the sponsor of his treasure hunt now wants to stop him—by fair means or foul!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Uncle Scrooge #26
Michelle Gazzarri, Jonathan Gray (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano (a/c)
“The Villainous Vase Case!” Who do the Beagle Boys rob when they’re not robbing Scrooge McDuck? Playboy tycoon John D. Rockerduck, of course—so why is Scrooge taking the blame?
FC • 40 pages • $3.99
Donald Duck #19
Rodolfo Cimino, Jonathan Gray (w) • Giorgio Cavazzano (a) • Daan Jippes, Ulrich Schroeder (c)
“Kingdom Under the Sea!” Skindiver Donald chases a fish dinner straight into Princess Reginella’s awesome subaquatic world—just in time for duck-smashing deepwater danger!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
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