The Complete Carl Barks #27

In "Paperino e gli Indiani Paperuti," Scrooge McDuck journeys to the South American village of the Cura de Coco Indians in search of rare wild nutmegs for his favorite tea. Donald Duck, sent by the Tutor Corps to teach farming, ends up teaching the villagers to play bongo drums instead—and helps a witch doctor concoct a potion meant to turn small things into big ones. When a splash of Scrooge’s prized nutmegs is added, the magic goes awry, causing giant wildlife to emerge from the river. Scrooge and his family barely escape, but not before losing a few of their precious nutmegs.

In "Archimede Pitagorico e il carnevale marino," Gyro invents a magical wand that commands fish to do his bidding, hoping to impress the crowd at the sea carnival—but his performance draws no applause until he uses the wand to free a stranded ocean liner.

In "Zio Paperone e la sferarmata," Scrooge McDuck faces a new challenge when the Beagle Boys are released from jail, prompting him to protect his fortune with a clever twist: he converts his coins into paper money and stores them in a remote-controlled spherical vault. With the vault’s movements guided from afar, Scrooge sets up a high-tech defense to keep his wealth safe from the ever-persistent thieves.

In "Paperino conducente di tronchi," Donald Duck finds himself hauling a massive load of logs downriver to the sawmill, forced into the job after his cousin Whitewater Duck is injured. Along the way, he must outwit the slick and unscrupulous rival logger Black Pierre, who’s determined to sabotage his journey.

In "Paperino e la pepita mimetizzata," the holiday spirit in Duckburg turns competitive when Huey, Dewey, and Louie convince Uncle Scrooge to buy them and Donald Duck the gifts they’ve been dreaming of—each with a very specific wish. While the boys eye a chemistry set and Donald insists on a dump truck, Scrooge’s usual frugality is put to the test in a season of unexpected demands.

In "Zio Paperone novello Ulisse," Scrooge McDuck receives a mysterious letter from a supposed descendant of the sorceress Circe, claiming to hold the lost treasure of Ulysses—and demanding proof of Scrooge’s identity by bringing his Old Number One Dime. With the nephews suspicious of Magica de Spell’s hand in the scheme, Scrooge sets off on a quest that blends ancient myth with his own legendary fortune-hunting spirit.

In "Archimede Pitagorico e l’irriducibile vocazione," the ever-inventive Gyro Gearloose begins his first day as a postman with a series of clever contraptions designed to streamline his route—each one more elaborate than the last. His relentless drive to innovate quickly clashes with the Postmaster’s strict adherence to routine, setting up a familiar yet delightfully chaotic clash between creativity and bureaucracy.

In "Zio Paperone snob di società," Scrooge McDuck sets his sights on acquiring the world's most coveted status symbol—the Candy-Striped Ruby—only to recall he once traded it to the king of a remote South Seas island. With his usual blend of determination and curiosity, he sets off in a submarine to reclaim it, unaware that a rival status seeker, Porkman de Lardo, is hot on his tail, hiring the Beagle Boys to crew his own vessel.

In "Zio Paperone e il denaro colloso," Scrooge is puzzled by the Beagle Boys' sudden extravagance—until he discovers they're siphoning cash from his Money Bin through a hidden vacuum tube, all while Donald and the nephews celebrate their latest invention: super-sticky glue. With clever teamwork and a splash of sticky genius, the ducks set a trap to stop the heist before the thieves make off with more than just money.

In "Paperino e il turismo veloce," Donald Duck and his nephews find themselves caught in a whirlwind tour of Venice, where their sightseeing group moves at a breakneck pace—running from landmark to landmark with barely enough time to snap a photo. Donald, perpetually lagging behind by just ten seconds, struggles to keep up, each missed moment adding to his growing frustration as the city blurs past in a dizzying rush.