The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #24

In a delightfully absurd twist, the Beagle Boys crank up a giant "Paul Bunyan" machine to tear into Scrooge’s Money Bin—only for Scrooge to outwit them by shipping his fortune to an Idaho forest and hiding it inside trees. When the Beagles track the money to the woods, Scrooge meets them head-on with a Paul Bunyan machine of his own, turning the wilderness into a showdown of wits and whimsy.

Scrooge and Gyro, forced by a doctor to take a break from work, try their hand at having fun—only to find themselves counting money and tinkering with inventions, no matter what they attempt. It’s a charming, wry look at two minds too used to productivity to ever truly relax.

In "Island in the Sky," Scrooge McDuck's plan to stash his fortune on a remote asteroid takes an unexpected turn when he inadvertently disrupts the fragile existence of little aliens living on the desolate rock. With their only food source—birds' eggs—scattered by the duck family's arrival, the tiny inhabitants face an uncertain future as they gaze across the void toward a lush, distant world just out of reach.

In "Pipeline to Danger," Scrooge McDuck ventures into the Sahara Desert to drill for oil, only to discover a volcanic lava crater perfect for storage—unaware it's home to a colony of tiny Arab ducks. When his plan triggers a cascade of danger, Scrooge finds himself trapped with the ducks as the oil begins to flow, threatening to flood the crater.

In "Yoicks! The Fox!", Scrooge McDuck finds himself in a high-stakes chase across the countryside, forced to prove his sportsmanship by riding to the hounds in a race against other wealthy rivals—all vying to buy Von Crankenshaft’s motor factory. With his usual cunning and determination, Scrooge must outwit his competitors in a wild ride where speed, strategy, and a touch of luck could make or break his deal.

In "The Gab-Muffer," Gyro Gearloose’s latest invention—a machine designed to silence the nephews—takes an unexpected turn when a backyard fire forces the entire group, including Donald and Gyro, into the very silence they’d intended to impose. With chaos brewing and words suddenly trapped, the usual mayhem of Duckburg takes a surprising, quiet twist.

In "The Stubborn Stork," Scrooge and Gyro enlist the help of Gyro’s bike-saucers in a wacky battle of wills against a determined stork nesting in a money bin air vent—only to find the bird has a mind of its own and isn’t going anywhere.

In "Milktime Melodies," Gyro Gearloose channels his genius into a whimsical invention: a hi-fi system designed to keep Grandma's cows content with soothing tunes. When a mishap sends the device blasting piercing sound waves across the countryside, the results are anything but quiet—though the cows seem to enjoy the unexpected symphony.