Walt Disney's Giant Comics #600
In "The Mysterious Unfinished Invention," Scrooge McDuck sets sail for a seaside cure—his pores clogged with gold dust—and answers a desperate plea found in a bottle, leading him and the ducks to a strange island where the Beagle Boys have unearthed a mysterious ray that petrifies living things. Written, drawn, and inked by Carl Barks, this 1974 adventure blends whimsy and suspense, with Barks' iconic art bringing the island's eerie secrets to life, all under his masterful cover pencils and inks.
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Scrooge takes a sea voyage so that the wind can clean out the gold dust that's clogging his pores and making him feel tired, and also to answer a plea for help that turns up in a bottle on the beach. When the ducks arrive at the island from which the message was sent, they find the Beagle Boys and a mysterious ray that turns living things into stone.
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