Gladstone was responsible for helping to thaw the freeze between Disney and destiny concerning "A Cold Bargain," an Uncle Scrooge adventure from the chilly part of 1957's Cold War; for many years Disney banned the story, prohibiting its republication. The Studio's objections and subsequent restrictions to Barks' art and text were puzzling at best, ridiculous at worst. Our company was, for example, forced to change the Brutopian ambassador's denigration of Scrooge from a "rich pig of a duck," to a "rich dog of a duck." Huh? More understandable, perhaps, were the facial reconstructions required: the Brutopian was too Slavic and looked a bit too similar, Disney felt, to the Soviet Union's former leader, Nikita Khrushchev. By the time this comic album was done in 1997, however, the ethnic facial features of the menacing arms merchant were reinstated and the word "pig" instead of "dog" was written back in to Barks' original copy. In your humble former publisher's personal opinion, Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color #17 is an absolute must for any serious fan who doesn't have $180 or more to buy a near mint copy of the original comic. $
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