The Life & Times Of Scrooge McDuck Vol 2
This volume finishes Rosa’s 12-chapter comics project that re-creates the rags-to-riches story of Scrooge McDuck based entirely on the “Barksian facts” peppered throughout Carl Barks’ legendary comics from the 1940s on. Here, Uncle Scrooge makes the sour turn from an enterprising, hardworking lad to penny-throttling bajillionaire, but for all his miserliness, there’s still plenty of terrific adventure and comedic gold mines throughout. Until Barks’ original Scrooge comics get the widespread reprint publication they deserve in this country, this series is more than up to the task of introducing young readers to the patriarch of the world’s most beloved duck clan. Grades 5-8. --Ian Chipman