Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #568

Great cover- but it's also a bit of a spoiler.

It's time once again for holiday fun with the cast of characters from Disney. This is issue stars my favorite Disney character, Uncle Scrooge. And in the cover story, Scrooge McDuck is in total Scrooge mode!

With just a couple of days until Christmas, Scrooge is singularly focused on one thing- salvaging the lost treasure from a sunken ship. To do this, Uncle Scrooge has drafted Donald and his nephews to captain a submarine. Huey, Dewey & Louie are afraid that Santa won't find them. But they find solace in that Donald mailed a letter to Santa on their behalf. Only Donald forgot to mail it. Uh-oh!

The second story stars a character called Bucky Bug. Based on the appearance of Buck and his friends, this story looks like it might be from the 1930s or 40s. It involves Bucky getting ready for a holiday event for the local children involving a visit from Santa. Unfortunately, the Santa suit is in disrepair and there's not an appropriate substitute suit to be found.

The last story wasn't Christmas themed. It was the first of a 5 part series involving a wondrous invention made by Mickey and his nephew Morty. This adventure was taken from a series of newspaper strips and was lots of fun. I only hate that I don't have the rest of the story!

The Uncle Scrooge story was great. The Bucky Bug story was heartwarming. But the level of rhyming in this story starting to get nauseating. I'm not kidding. At one point, the flow of the narrative was too fluid and I act felt a wave of vertigo. 

Featuring the talents of Carl Barks and William Van Horn, this was a recent find. Well worth the couple of bucks I spent for it. 

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.