Four Color #189
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "A Pair of Old Crows," Carl Barks delivers a classic adventure as Uncle Scrooge and the ducks journey to Scotland in search of a hidden treasure within the walls of the old McDuck castle. When a mysterious, shadow-casting "ghost" appears and steals the prize, trapping the ducks on a perilous balcony, the nephews must use their wits to find a secret passage through an ancient graveyard and uncover the truth behind the spectral thief. With art and storytelling by Carl Barks, this 1948 Four Color issue is a masterclass in suspense and charm, all rendered in the distinctive style of the Western Publishing Production Shop.
In "The Old Castle's Secret," Uncle Scrooge and the ducks travel to Scotland in search of treasure hidden within the walls of the ancestral McDuck castle, only to be haunted by a mysterious ghost whose skeletal shadow is the only sign of its presence. When the ghost steals the treasure and traps the ducks on a high balcony, the nephews must find a way down—leading them to a secret entrance hidden in an old graveyard, where the truth behind the phantom begins to unravel.
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Reprinted in Topolino #1 (1949), Topolino #2 (1949), Topolino #3 (1949), Cuentos de Walt Disney #2 (1949), Mickey Mouse Weekly #743 (1954), Mickey Mouse Weekly #744 (1954), Mickey Mouse Weekly #745 (1954), Mickey Mouse Weekly #746 (1954), Mickey Mouse Weekly #747 (1954), Mickey Mouse Weekly #748 (1954), Mickey Mouse Weekly #749 (1954), Mickey Mouse Weekly #750 (1954), Mickey Mouse Weekly #751 (1954), Donald Ducks Show #[6] (1961), Donald Duck & Co #7/1961 (1961), Walt Disney the Best of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge #1 (1964), Die tollsten Geschichten von Donald Duck #1 (1965), De beste verhalen van Donald Duck #3 (1976), The Walt Disney Best Comics Series #[6] (1980), De beste verhalen van Donald Duck #30 (1983), The Complete Carl Barks #6 (1983), Walt Disney's Godbiter #53 (1984), The Carl Barks Library #1 (1984), The Complete Carl Barks #32 (1985) + 19 more
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