Get ready for Disney Masters Vol. 17: Mickey Mouse: The Man from
Altacraz by Romano Scarpa and Vol. 18: Uncle Scrooge: Pie in the Sky
by William Van Horn and John Lustig.
First, in "The Man from Altacraz," Mickey tries to reform musical
ex-convict J. Cobalt Bloogle--but another master criminal is using both
Bloogle and Mickey to get his hands on a priceless treasure! In "Risky
Bees-ness," the Beagle Boys hit Uncle Scrooge with a sting; and in "The
African Queen," Goofy falls in love with Zenobia, ruler of a lost jungle
kingdom... and Mickey's troubles are just getting started!Next: in "Pie
in the Sky," when Scrooge enters the infamous Flitterwobble Airplane
Show as a stunt pilot, he ends up defending his priceless antique
Sopwith Two-Seater plane from the bombastic Baron Von Strudel! In "The
Amazon Queen," Scrooge sells a cursed necklace to a fellow treasure
collector. And in "Another Vine Mess," a rare Patagonian Wirevine
attacks Donald's house with ferocious, duck-destroying greenery!
Fantagraphics' Disney Masters series unearths a treasure trove of
previously unavailable comics epics in the grand Walt Disney tradition:
expanding the lore of Mickey, Donald, and Scrooge, anthologizing the
work of fan-favorite North American talents, and bringing you the best
of the acclaimed international artists whohave popularized Disney around
the world.
