I am very glad that despite the crisis that slightly affected the Polish economy, the Egmont publishing house has not stopped publishing the wonderful stories of Carl Barks about Kaczogród drakes. The more so that this year is full of really good titles. The Flying Dutchman is one of them.
Fairy Tales and Waters
The next volume of ducklings adventures is nothing new. An old, well-proven formula that presents us with the classic of the Disney comic strip. Clearly, however, the leitmotifs of these stories are water and fairy tales. The stories published in the years 1958-1959 show readers a plot related to myths and broadly understood shipping. We are dealing here with two long stories. The first is the title Flying Dutchman , referring to a haunted ship, which, as it turns out, is not entirely haunted. Young ducklings, Donald and Scrooge, as always, will rise to the occasion and while searching for gold, they will discover what is really behind the legend. In addition, we can also find a reproduction of Carl Barks’ painting entitled The Curse of the “Flying Dutchman” and the Flying Dutchman.Barks put the main emphasis on an exotic ship, but, as befits a master, he took care of details that are difficult to take care of in the case of tiny comic frames. The sea landscape with blown sails and foaming waves is something that can certainly be a decoration of many living rooms.
The second story with a similar theme is the Mystery of the Strait . This inconspicuously beginning comic leads us into a whirlwind of intrigue that the ducklings must unravel to save Uncle Scrooge’s gold. The strongest side of this comic is certainly the drawings full of dynamism (we have many action scenes here). At the very end of the volume we find a two-page insert about the sailors from Kaczgród – a pleasant element enriching our knowledge of the duck universe.
Into space and beyond
Another theme that seems to dominate the latest volume is space travel. All in all, it is good that we could savor it in the volume published in the month of July, because for me it is forever associated with the 1969 Moon landing. Here we have a strange plot that, despite the many unusual voyages of Scrooge into space, he experiences amnesia and discovers it completely. Well, because it looks phenomenal, because a landscape showing the stars up close is an unusual sight, so it’s easy to be amazed every time.
The first long story is Harder Than Diamond, where Diodac – next to Scrooge – is the main character. The tertiary pages are filled with shape fun. The tremendous speed that the rocket of the inventor from Kaczgorod develops until it crushes the heroes into the seats, causing the laws of physics to deform their bodies.
The closing story of the entire volume, and the second one related to space flights, is On the Golden Globe . The gold rush is transported into space. As the world spreads word that there is a second moon of gold, Scrooge McDuck and his competitors embark on a veritable race into space. What is perhaps the most important, however, is the punch line that reaches the old drake at the end of the journey – a punchline of moral and ecological significance.
Another nice tome that can teach us a lot
The adventures of the duck family that I have reviewed are not enough. In the latest volume we can also find many one-page pages, but also stories that we had the chance to see in the latest issues of the Donald Duck magazine . I can certainly recommend this edition and encourage you to buy and complete the collection further.
Nasza ocena: 10/10
Nostalgia and a return to values such as family, brotherhood and honor, along with a large dose of adventure and humor. What more could you want?Characters: 10/10
GRAPHIC DESIGN: 10/10
STORY: 10/10
EDITION: 10/10