Walt Disney's Giant Comics #649
In "The Golden River," Carl Barks delivers a whimsical tale of greed, chance, and unexpected fortune as Scrooge McDuck finds himself reluctantly retreating to a mountain cabin with Donald and the nephews, seeking peace from his usual obsession with wealth. When Dewey reads him the fabled story of "The King of the Golden River," the tale takes on a curious life of its own—just as a nearby waterfall begins to flow with gold, defying reason and stirring old dreams. With art and storytelling by Carl Barks, and a cover by Barks, this 1976 issue captures the quiet magic of a classic Disney adventure, all in a 25-cent comic from W. G. Publications.
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Scrooge, more miserly than ever because dry weather is shrinking his money pile, is taken to a mountain cabin by Donald and the nephews for the sake of his nerves. There, Dewey reads him the story of "The King of the Golden River," a story that comes true, after a fashion, when a waterfall near the cabin starts flowing intermittently with gold.
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