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The Dutchman's Secret
"The Dutchman's Secret" is a 1999 Donald Duck comic story by Don Rosa. It is a direct sequel to his 1998 story '' The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff'' and is one of his most historically accurate stories. The story was first published in the Danish '' Anders And & Co.'' #1999-09; the first American publication was in ''Uncle Scrooge'' #319, in July 2003. Plot The story begins approximately fifteen minutes after the end of ''The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff'', where Scrooge McDuck is in his Money Bin together with Donald Duck and his grandnephews, having just finished telling them a story about his encounter with famous American Old West legends such as the Dalton Gang, Phineas T. Barnum, Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and Geronimo. It's only now that Scrooge learns that the poster that was the original cause for the earlier adventure also contains a secret map leading to the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, one of the biggest lost treasures in the United States. Scrooge, Donald, and the boys thus s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrooge McDuck
Scrooge McDuck (occasionally stylized as $crooge McDuck) is a cartoon character created in 1947 for The Walt Disney Company by Carl Barks. Appearing in Disney comics, Scrooge is a Scottish-born American anthropomorphic duck. Like his nephew, Donald Duck, he has a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a red or blue frock coat, top hat, pince-nez glasses, and spats varying in color. He is portrayed in animation as speaking with a Scottish English, Scottish accent. Originally intended to be used only once, Scrooge became one of the most popular characters in the Disney comics world, as well as Barks' signature work. Scrooge is an extremely rich duck who lives in the fictional city of Duckburg (which is also Donald Duck and Huey, Dewey, and Louie's home city) in the fictional U.S. state of Calisota (a blend of California and Minnesota), whose claimed location is in real-world California, United States. Named after the character Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |