Uncle Scrooge #39 (Family Comic Friday)

With school back in session, it's not feasible for students and their families to take a trip to Italy or Australia. Or is it? For today's Family Comic Friday, we not only travel to the boot of the Mediterranean and to the land down under, but we also trek to the city of Duckburg! It's here we go on a global adventure with Daisy, her nephews and the richest man in Duckburg in the pages of Uncle Scrooge #39.

Uncle Scrooge #39

Written by Simone “SIO’ Albrigi, Bob Karp
Art by Stefano Intini, Al Taliaferro
Published by IDW Publishing

Reprinted Stories:
Main: The Colossal Coin Calamity 2016, Italy
Back-up: It’s All Relative 1962, USA


The first story is a reprint of an Italian Disney comic. When Uncle Scrooge discovers that a museum in Australia houses the ultimate rare coin needed to complete Scrooge's collection, he takes Daisy and the nephews to make a deal with the curator. But when Scrooge McDuck arrives at the museum's location, he discovers that the attraction has fallen into a deep sink hole- as has Scrooge's rare coin!

It's up to the gang to go spelunking in search of the missing museum. What bizarre creatures will the explorers discover underground? What is the big deal with remote controlled marbles? Will Donald get all of Scrooge’s coin collection dusted by the time his uncle returns? And why is Scrooge's arch-enemy, Flintheart Glomgold, nosing around the excavation site?

This was an enjoyable issue. I still would like for IDW to be producing original material for their Disney titles. But I think Disney has been giving those rights to Dark Horse and Marvel.
The artwork actually looks like the rebooted Duck Tales. I've only seen one episode of the new series but I felt like the pacing of the character’s dialogue was on point. There were a couple of awkward scenes and that's probably due to the original source material being in Italian. But overall, the main feature was quite enjoyable.

There was also a classic back-up short from the 1960s. It stars Donald and his Uncle Ludwig. It was very well crafted, especially for a non-Carl Barks story starring the Ducks of Disney! And the ending gave me a chuckle

This was a fun read starring the original Duck Dynasty family! Great for the whole family. It may not look 100% like Donald, Uncle Scrooge and the rest of the gang do on TV and the big screen. But this comic book is definitely 100% Disney!

Uncle Scrooge #39 debuted in stores and digital media on August 29, 2018.

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.