Uncle $crooge: The Dutchman's Secret
Story code: D 98202 Publisher: Egmont First Published: March 1999 Pages: 24 Versions: Both single-part and serialized versions. Plot and story: Don Rosa Art and ink: Don Rosa Story-type: Treasure-hunt. Sequel to Don Rosa's own story "The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff". Characters: Scrooge McDuck | Donald Duck | HD&L Duck | Jakob Walz (gold digger - mentioned) Locations: The Money Bin | Apache Junction (Arizona) | A dessert (Arizona) D.U.C.K.-dedication: This one is quite big and upside down. It's made out of the folds in the money sack in the lower left corner. Den forsvunne gruven DD&Co 9-10/1999 Walt Disney's Hall of Fame, vol 27 (February 2009) Hollænderens hemmelighed AA&Co 9-10/1999 Walt Disney's Hall of Fame, vol 24 (January 2009) Holländarens hemlighet KA&Co 9-10/1999 Walt Disney's Hall of Fame, vol 25 (March 2009) Comments: Scrooge and his nephews go to Arizona to search for a lost gold-mine once discovered by the "Dutchman" Jakob Waltz. When the map is lost they have to trust Donald's eye for details. But that's not their only problem - a cruel bandit is secretly following them... Interesting facts: This story is partly inspired by two of the classic albums about Lieutenant Mike Blueberry (La Mine de l'Allemand perdu (The Lost Dutchman's Mine) (1972) and Le Spectre aux balles d'or (The Ghost with the Golden Bullets) (1972). Both albums written by Jean-Michel Charlier and drawn by Jean "Moebius" Giraud, both famous Franch artists.
The hidden mountain village in page 31, panel 1 in Blueberry album #12: "The Ghost with the Golden Bullets" from 1972. The hidden mountain village in "The Dutchman's Secret", page 13, panel 1.
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