Susan Daigle-Leach, one the finest Disney colorists ever, did all the coloring for this issue, including Stephende Stefano’s cover. Noteworthy, too, is the 22-page effort, “Canute the Brute’s Battle Axe,” written by England’s Tom Anderson and drawn by Vicar. This fantasy dates back to 981 (a suspicious clue, we think, that it was exactly 1,000 years before the story was conceived). The stout-hearted Fayodor McDuck led the native clans of Scotland in a passionate battle against Canute’s vainglorious Vikings. In present day, the avaricious Chisel McSue (see Carl Barks’ famous “horseradish” story in Uncle Scrooge Four Color #495, September 1953) confronts Scrooge McDuck for executive committee chairmanship of Duckburg’s Old Tartan Club. In short, the ducks launch an epic search for the original battle axe of Canute in the murky bog of Scotland’s Quackly Moor. Very Barksian and well worth more than one reading. The frosting on this book’s cake is the pair of fillers from Uncle Scrooge FC #456 and #8 by Carl Barks.
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