Donald Duck Best Comics #[nn]

In "Frozen Gold," Donald Duck races against time to deliver penicillin to Point Marrow, Alaska, but a hidden map to a gold mine in his plane sets off a dangerous chase. After being kidnapped and left stranded on the frozen barrens, Donald's quick thinking and the nephews' daring rescue become a test of survival and courage in the harsh Arctic wilderness.

In "Lost in the Andes," Donald, a museum janitor, stumbles upon a mystery when he realizes that ancient Inca "blocks" are actually square eggs. With the expedition team weakened by illness, Donald and the nephews press on into the remote Andes, where they encounter a hidden people who speak with Southern accents and survive on the very eggs they’ve long mistaken for stone.

In "Maharajah Donald," a chance encounter with a pencil stub sets off a chain of absurd trades that lands Huey, Dewey, and Louie on a steamship bound for India—only for Donald to claim the ticket for himself, leaving the boys to stow away. With the ship’s crew on alert and a wealthy Maharajah offering a solution, Donald finds himself tasked with a seemingly harmless favor: riding a sacred elephant across a narrow river to a neighboring kingdom.

In "Luck of the North," Donald Duck, fed up with Gladstone Gander’s endless string of good fortune, sends him on a reckless quest to Alaska in search of a legendary uranium mine. When guilt sets in and he fears for Gladstone’s safety, Donald and the nephews race to track him down—only to stumble upon a frozen Viking ship, gleaming with gold trim, adrift on a desolate iceberg.

In "Land of the Totem Poles," Donald Duck lands a job as a salesman along the Kickmiquick River in Northwest Canada, only to discover his wares are steam calliopes—completely useless in a remote village of Indigenous people. When he improvises with a suitcase of cosmetics, his attempt at commerce accidentally sparks a cultural storm, drawing the attention of a tribe unaccustomed to white men and their strange offerings.

In "The Magic Hourglass," Scrooge McDuck’s latest treasure hunt takes a surprising turn when he realizes the hourglass that’s powered his fortune may be more than just a lucky find. When he learns his nephews have taken it to Africa to refill it with sand from the mythical oasis of No Issa, Scrooge sets off in pursuit—armed with a billion dollars and a growing sense that the real wealth might not be in gold, but in the mystery itself.

In "A Christmas for Shacktown," Jo and the others rally to make the season bright for the children of Shacktown, securing Scrooge’s promise to match their donation—only to face a crisis when his money bin collapses, sending his fortune plunging into a hidden cavern beneath his vault, perilously close to quicksand.

In "Only a Poor Man [Only a Poor Old Man]," Scrooge McDuck finds his money bin threatened when the Beagle Boys build a structure next to it, planning to drain his fortune. Determined to outwit them, he secretly moves his wealth to an old underwater reservoir, turning his usual wealth into a hidden gamble. When the Beagle Boys learn of the reservoir, they plot to destroy the dam, hoping to flood Scrooge’s new hiding place—setting up a tense race between greed and strategy.

In "The Golden Helmet," Donald Duck, a museum curator, and even his nephew Jo join a high-stakes race across Labrador with Azure Blue, a Viking descendant, to claim a legendary golden helmet said to grant dominion over North America. As the quest unfolds, the lure of power stirs strange visions in each contender—dreams of ruling the continent—testing their resolve and revealing just how far they’ll go for glory.