Donald Duck & Co #44/2001

When Donald starts becoming a first-rate laugh stock, the boys decide it’s time to give him something to laugh at—so they pull out an unexpected prank involving a dose of excessive laughing gas that dramatically lifts his mood.

In "Slangelist," a street artist's cobra puts Uncle Scrooge under its spell, demanding a bigger cash reward for a live performance—leaving the miserly duck with no choice but to hand over more money. The story unfolds with a mix of whimsy and tension, as the hypnotic act turns the usual transaction on its head.

In "Stablekonkurransen," the Hakkespettene host a wacky barnyard competition to build the perfect stack—where each cube must have room for a rat between them, but absolutely no space for a cat. Bolivar, ever the practical prankster, insists on laying every stack perfectly flat, throwing the whole contest into chaos.

Onkel Skrue stumbles upon Christopher Columbus’s logbook and, fueled by a tale of a legendary crown hidden by a temple knight in the Caribbean in 1492, sets off on a swashbuckling quest. With nothing but old maps and a wild hunch, he drags his reluctant nephew Jo into a tropical adventure where myth and mystery collide.