Uncle Scrooge #403
In "The Pelican Thief," Scrooge McDuck finds himself tangled in a scheme where a cunning impostor gains his trust, setting the stage for the Beagle Boys to disguise their plans as a government renovation. With the help of a peculiar bird trainer’s pelicans, the crooks plot a bizarre heist using the birds’ beaks to ferry coins away—leaving Scrooge to unravel the deception. Written by Romano Scarpa and Joe Torcivia, with art by Scarpa and inks by Giorgio Cavazzano, the issue features a striking cover by Marco Rota.
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Impersonating a government official, The Identity Thief worms his way into Scrooge's confidence paving the way for the Beagle Boys (posing as reformed government contractors) to make alterations to Scrooge’s Money Bin – so that the obedient pelicans of captured TV bird trainer “Tex Aviary” can systematically carry-out the coinage to the crook’s ship in their deep-and-oversized beaks.
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