It’s impossible not to comment on the cover to #265, done to illustrate the lead story, “Ten-Cent Valentine,” by Carl Barks (from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #258, March 1962) in which Magica de Spell tries to steal Scrooge’s old Number One Dime. This is what the editor says about the cover. “Penciled by Bob Foster who, thanks to a deadline crunch, took a drawing of Uncle Scrooge that he liked from the lead story, blew it up, flopped it, added some background detail, and turned it over to Brian Garvey, who saved it by doing a great inking job.” Well, Bob, great minds do run in channels (or is that the way the old phrase goes? Hmmm.). That is exactly how the “new Barks” covers of many of the comics, albums, trading cards and even The Carl Barks Library were created! Sorry, there’s a very limited supply of this issue.
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