Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #16
In "Fertile Assets," Carl Barks spins a classic adventure where Scrooge McDuck, under a hypnotist’s spell, recalls a forgotten past as Matey McDuck of the British navy—and a buried treasure in the Caribbean. With Donald and the nephews also under the same spell, the race is on across the sea, all chasing the same long-lost fortune. The story, written and illustrated by Carl Barks with cover art by Barks, captures the timeless charm of early Disney comics.
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A hypnotist, behind on his rent, trades Scrooge nine minutes of hypnotism for his arrears. While under the spell, Scrooge learns that he was Matey McDuck of the British navy in an earlier life, and helped to bury a treasure on an island in the Caribbean. He heads for the island, but Donald has been hypnotized, too, and he and nephews have the same destination.
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