Lo$ part 12: The Richest Duck in the World
(The Recluse of McDuck Manor)
| Story code: | D 93488 |
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| Publisher: | Egmont |
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| First Published: | May 1994 |
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| Pages: | 16/19 |
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| Versions: | Two single-part versions |
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| Plot and story: | Don Rosa |
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| Art and ink: | Don Rosa |
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| Story-type: | The Life and Times of $crooge McDuck, Chapter 12 / Sequel to the Barks-classic "Christmas on Bear Mountain". |
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| Chronology: | This story takes place on Christmas day in 1947. |
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| Characters: | Scrooge McDuck | Donald Duck | HD&L Duck | The Beagle Boys | Blackheart Beagle | Matilda McDuck (seen on film) | Hortense McDuck (seen on film) | Della Duck (seen on film) | Quackmore Duck (seen on film) | Grandma Duck (seen on film) | Gladstone Gander (seen on film) | Gus Goose (seen on film) | Fergus McDuck (in Scrooge's memory) | Downy O'Drake (in Scrooge's memory) | Glittering Goldie (in Scrooge's memory) | Howard Rockerduck (in Scrooge's memory) | The clan McDuck (mentioned) | Cornelius Coot (mentioned) | Sir Francis Drake (mentioned) | Theodore Roosevelt (in Scrooge's memory) |
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| Locations: | Duckburg (various locations) | Scrooge's mansion | The Money Bin |
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| D.U.C.K.-dedication: | The dedication is written on the wad of bills in the upper right. |
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Eneboeren på herregården |
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Eneboeren i Andeby Slaget om Andeby |
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Enslingen i von Anka-palatset |
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Comments: |
Donald and HD&L pay Scrooge a visit in his mansion after their stay on Bear Mountain (shown by Barks in FC-178 "Christmas on Bear Mountain" from 1947). Provocated by Donald, Scrooge takes his nephews to his Money Bin to show them his fortune. Unfortunately they are followed by The Beagle Boys - lead by Blackheart Beagle, all disguised as Santa Claus. After chasing and defeating 8 members of The Beagle Boys Scrooge decides to reopen his financial empire. Don Rosa's own comments about this story can be read at Dan Shane's great The Life and Times of $crooge McDuck pages. |
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Interesting facts: |
In this story Donald and HD&L view Scrooge's money vault for the first time. Don Rosa added 3 extra pages for the US version (which later ended up in the European hard cover versions as well), he says: "This story had appeared around the rest of the world in a 16-page form. I always thought that version was very abrupt in several spots -- and I had already begged a 16th page onto my usual 15 page limit (given by Egmont) for that original version. But for Gladstone I added three extra pages, not all at once or even as pages, but as tiers of panels spread throughout the story." |
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