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Four Color #495

Sep 1953 · Dell · 0.10 USD
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“Barber College”

In "Barber College," Scrooge McDuck faces a bizarre and urgent challenge: reclaiming his fortune by fulfilling a long-forgotten contract from a century ago, one that hinges on a lost case of horseradish and a forgotten debt to Chisel McSue’s ancestor. With the help of his nephews, Scrooge sets sail in a small ship on a quest through the Caribbean to recover the fabled root—before time runs out. Written and illustrated by Carl Barks, this 1953 adventure blends whimsy and determination, with Barks' distinctive art and storytelling on full display, both in the story and on the cover.

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writer, artist, inker, letterer Carl Barks · colorist Western Publishing Production Shop · cover Carl Barks

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writer, artist, inker, letterer Carl Barks
cover pencils, inks Carl Barks

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Scrooge is faced with the loss of his entire fortune to Chisel McSue because, many years before, an ancestor of Scrooge's failed to deliver a case of horseradish to Jamaica, and then failed to give all his property to McSue's ancestor, as provided in a contract. Scrooge can save his fortune only by fulfilling the terms of the original contract, and the ducks set out in a small sailing ship to find the horseradish, which was on a ship that sank in the Caribbean.

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