Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #49
In "The Loony Lunar Gold Rush," Scrooge McDuck delivers a lecture on the dangers of gold fever—just as the first astronauts return with news that the Moon is rich in gold. Inspired, the Junior Woodchucks build a rocket and blast off, where Scrooge sets up a lunar store charging gold rush prices. When a villain named Dan McShrew lures them away, chaos and a darkly comedic twist unfold. Written, drawn, and inked by Carl Barks, with cover art by Barks, this 1964 Western Publishing classic captures the absurdity of frontier fever in space.
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Scrooge is lecturing the Junior Woodchucks on the follies of gold fever when the first astronauts return from the Moon with the news that gold is thick there. The ducks build their own small rocket and go to the Moon, where Scrooge sets up the rocket as a store selling everything at gold rush prices. A villain named Dan McShrew lures the ducks away from the rocket and leaves them to die, leading to a parody of Robert W. Service's "The Shooting of Dan McGrew."
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