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Ole Damgaard wrote about CBSV:

> It also contains Barks' Barney Bear and Benny Burro stories, among
> other things.

There are *no* plans to include stories featuring Barney Bear, Benny
Burro, Andy Panda or any other non-Disney characters in CBSV.

Barney Bear will, however, be commented upon in CBSV.

Lars

Mickey/Michele wrote:

> With the help of other Italian friends, I've drawn up a synopsis of a
> possible "Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck", following the stories
> created by our authors in these decades.

Sounds *very* interesting. Could you post the text here or provide a
link to it?

Lars

Ole Damgaard wrote:

>......1500 pages of
> articles and Barks biography, written by Geoffrey Blum. It also contains
> Barks' Barney Bear and Benny Burro stories, among other things.

Correction: Geoffrey Blums material mentions the Barney Bear-stories, and
this, combined with the fact that one of the editors has been asking around
for danish names of some characters in the Barney Bear-series, made me
assume, that CBSV would include the non-Disney Barney/Benny-stuff. Now it
seems that I might have been wrong on that point. I'm checking up on that
right now. Or maybe someone on the list can tell us some facts? Lars, or
someone?

o.

> First, though, I have a question:
>
> In John Lustig and Vicar's story "Family of Fore" (D 99285), we learn
> that Flintheart Glomgold is related to somebody named Bogey McDivot --
> and through him to Scrooge McDuck and the rest of the Duck Family.
>
> Apart from this story, though: have we ever heard of any of Flintheart's
> relatives?

Quoting from Gilles Maurice's excellent "Calisota Online" pages:

"In "The Top Treasure In Town", by Daniel Branca, Tom Anderson, and Werner
Wejp-Olsen, from 1981, first published in the Swedish "Kalle Anka & C:o"
#1981-41, the Ducks go back in time to old [L]ondon, thanks to Gyro's
science, and the name of Flintheart Glomgold's grandpa, Stoneheart
Glomgold, is mentionned."

http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/trees/myducktree.html

That's the only relative mentioned there (apart from Bogey McDivot), and I
can't remember any others myself either, but perhaps others do?

Olaf Solstrand
www.andebyonline.com

Olaf Solstrand wrote:

> Quoting from Gilles Maurice's excellent "Calisota Online" pages [...]

Thanks. I tried to get onto that site earlier today, but it seemed to be
down.

So... Stoneheart it is. Does anybody else know of any relatives?

Lars

Lars:

> Sounds *very* interesting. Could you post the text here or provide a link
to it?

Oh! I thought that attachments were admitted, here. So, nothing's arrived...
This is the synopsis (you could ask more details, if you're interested):

The Italian way to the life and Times of Scrooge McDuck

In the Yukon, from the gold-seekeers Scrooge sr. McDuck (called "Daddy
Scrooge") and "Oretta Paporetta", after the 1897 two twins were born: the
little Scrooge McDuck and his brother, the black sheep of the family, since
he's lavish as much his twin is a tightwad.
The first word pronounced by Scrooge is "dollar" and, when six months old,
he begins to show a silly attraction to the gold. In these days, a strong
competition with John Rockerducks starts.
Later, his sibling Papera ["female duck"] and Gedeon will born.
When 12 years old, Scrooge finds his first goldmine.
Nothing is known about the fate of his family: probably, the McDucks move
after the end of the gold rush in Canada.

The poor Scrooge comes back by boat in his native land. The captain pays him
with three coins: the first to touch his hand is the Number One Dime. Found
a job in the north, in the "Dark Forest", he meets an old witch that puts
him through a trial about generosity, successfully, and that suggests him to
save his first gain.
In this period, he meets Glittering Goldie.
When 18 years old, Scrooge receives from his dad a trunk, containing the
coins of their ancerstors. The magical aura showed later by them must have
confused his memories, since he remembers the deeds of his father and his
uncle [= Barks' stories set in XIX century] as he has lived them. He decides
to leave everything and take his chance.

In 1928 [date of the reprint, not original], Scrooge becomes an university
student and meets Brigitta McBrigde. To free himself from her grasp, he
gifts her an expensive hat of balaboo. Soon, he must have left university.

In the thirties, Scrooge tries his fortune in Duckburg, selling chestnuts,
and meets Molly McGold. They open parallel activities, until they earn their
first million the same day. They decide to build together their own Money
Bins.
Scrooge commissions the construction to the father of John Rockerduck.
Because of an unlucky investment, Molly goes bankrupt and decides to leave.
Scrooge asks her hand in marriage, to make her stay, but she refuses and
breakes his heart.

Still in America, in 1940 Scrooge has earned his first billion, thanks to a
goldmine found in Tucson, Arizona.
In 1948, he reaches the 300 billion dollars target. He buys his hat in Gold
Town, where his sister livea. After more than thirty years, Scrooge and
"Papera" acts like strangers. They begin to go round with each other.
In the night of a 16 September, the two siblings risk to run over a forsaken
duck pup and decide to take him with them. They baptize him Donald, and
rebaptize themselves as "Uncle Scrooge" and "Grandma Duck", since their age.
The child lives with Grandma Duck in Quack Town, near Duckburg, where
Scrooge has his Money Bin.

When Donald is adult, Scrooge makes inquiries about him and discovers that
they're really relatives, even if we don't know how. Meanwhile, Della sends
his children to his cousin Donald, so the very history of the ducks starts.

Finally, Gedeon McDuck moves to Duckburg and launches a newspaper.

Hi all!

First of all, Bucky Bug in WDCS 659! When John Clark said that a Bucky Bug
story was oft-requested, I wondered for a second if he meant that many people
had asked for it, or if just one person (me) had asked for it many times! ;)
Thank you Gemstone! Hopefully BB will show up more often in WDCS. I think David
Gerstein once said that Bucky Bug stories were being made in Europe at one
point. I wonder if they were any good and worth one day printing over here?

MMA 4: I noticed that the issue was made with glossy paper similiar to what
US and WDCS are made of. Upon getting DDA 13 today, I found that it had the
same kind of paper that it and MMAs before 4 had used. Was the glossy paper thing
for MMA 4 a one time thing? (Maybe paper prices went down that month, so
glossy paper?) At any rate, MMA 4's paper quality was a nice surprise, especially
since it was for the same price as always. :)

Derek Smith

Hi, everyone!

- Dani?l -

>>> In Rosa-adventure 'A Letter From From Home' (D 2003-081), Scrooge is
>>> mourning over never having received letters from his father, and about
>>> not knowing whether or not his father is proud of him. This raises
>>> questions when reading Lo$8 and Lo$9.
>>> In Lo$8 Scrooge gets letters from his mother and father.
>>> In Lo$9 Scrooge meets his farther in Scotland, and he tells Scrooge
>>> that he is proud of him, which is celebrated with a party.
>>> How does this match with the mourning and misunderstandings in 'A
>>> Letter From Home'?

That first letter (Chapter 8) was written in 1896; Scrooge saw his father in
1902 (Chapter 9), and the latter pased away when Scrooge and his siters
left.
Then his sisters parted with him in 1930, when he returns to Duckburg after
almost 30 years travelling around the world, because he has changed so much
in the meantime.
"The Old Castle's Other Secret; or, A Letter From Home" (I like that old
style "or, " kind of title) takes place in the early '50s.
Scrooge knew in 1896 and 1902 that his parents were proud of him at the
time, but he has no idea of knowing whether his father / mother would have
approved of his empire-building, or whether they truly understood what it
all meant to him, however proud of his achievements they might have said
they were.
This letter therefore comforts him, as it gives him the assurance that his
father did understand him.

I only got U$ 342 last month, and was thus only able to finally read the
story a few weeks ago, but unfortunately haven't had time to comment on it
yet. I'll seize this opportunity.

I loved it, it's a great story.
Not for the mystery, the adventure, the puzzle, the rooting in history,
however good they all are. These are definitely not what make the story
outstanding and interesting-- there are other such treasure hunts, and
according to one's taste, possibly better ones by Barks & Rosa.
I'm stating the obvious, but the true interest and point of the story, and
utlimately, the true treasure, for the reader as well as for Scrooge, is the
relationship between Matilda and Scrooge, and the letter.

Don-- Mr Rosa, you excel at character-writing and melodrama-- in a good
sense. I'm not of the overly sensitive kind that cries easily, but I'm not
a rock either, and can be truly moved by fiction. Two comic stories have
brought tears to my eyes; the end of Chapter 9, that splendid finale
featuring the ghosts of Scrooge's parents, and the beautiful conclusion of
this story.

The scene between Matlida and Scrooge, the sad Scrooge, the memories, and
the letter, are wonderful moments. i love the staging too-- Scrogoe's father
solving the clues, finding the treasure, writing this letter and leaving it
with the treasure for Scrooge to find, knowing he will certainly do.

One thing astounded me; I guess it was discussed when the story was first
published, then reprinted, but I skipped all these discussions to avoid
spoilers.
The inclusion in the treasure of the Grail and the Ark was already a
surprise.
But how could Donald do such a thing to the Grail really floored me. And how
could it pass (friendly) censorship? Have there been any complaints?
Of course, one might argue we can't be sure it *is* the Holy Grail.

This story is definitely one of the best, on the basis of its last few
pages; and it's the true conclusion, in a sense, of "The Life and Times of
Scrooge McDuck"-- since the very true conclusion, that ditty of a last
adventure of Scrooge's, is something that can probably never be told-- nor
should be...

Olivier