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Overall I thought it was very good. A nice 60th anniversary tribute to Scrooge. I liked the variety of artists, styles, decades, and stories. My comments on the stories themselves:
"The Seven Cities of Cibola" - Pure classic. I guess it's one of Barks' most famous Scrooge stories as the one that influenced the boulder scene in "Raiders"; also significant as the first Scrooge treasure hunt.
"Getting That Healthy, Wealthy Feeling" - IMHO the weakest of the lot. I honestly didn't know it was the "origin story" of the Lucky/Old Number One Dime. If anyone's read it before, what exactly was cut?
"Witness Persecution" - Okay. Never read it before, but I have read better Briggita stories. The one they printed in UNCLE SCROOGE ADVENTURES for Scrooge's 50th IMO might've been better, or maybe "The Last Balaboo" (if I'm not mistaken her first appearance in America.) Still a funny story, worth a read.
"The Money Ocean" - Haven't read this since the Disney Comics era. Not too much to say about it, but entertaining.
"Pipe Dreams" - Kind of a sad story IMO. More could've been done. Scrooge and Goldie have a nice, fairly romantic reunion and Scrooge still clearly comes out the loser. If they're going to have a relatively overt relationship then it might as well have ended on a happier note, or at least a clearer reason why Goldie got the house besides Scrooge's apparent sentiment, rather than just show Scrooge upset about his loss.
"Windfall on Mount G'zoontight" - Missed it at the time of its first publication. It had a lot of Barks-like touches especially for a DUCKTALES story, i.e. the Beagle Boy cameo as a charity collector for criminals, Scrooge "owing himself a fortune in insurance", and that the nephews correctly guess that the Scrooge statue they see is not the real Scrooge since he looks too generous. That midget was a good character too, IMO. Of course Launchpad was more or less completely useless in this story. He didn't even crash the plane in this story. In the series I remember Launchpad would actually get disappointed when he didn't crash. Here, he actually got what he hoped for. Launchpad not crashing and pleased is like a SEINFELD episode where Kramer just knocks on Jerry's door.
"A Little Something Special" - Great as it was ten years ago. Honestly though if I had to select one Rosa story, I would've chosen "A Letter From Home." IMO this was the acme of Rosa's continuity. Then again, I guess "A Little Something Special" is more appropriate because of the celebration theme.
"Whatever Happened to Scrooge McDuck?" - Interesting how it remains a mystery until the last page as to just "whatever happened to Scrooge McDuck." Makes sense that Donald would put all the cash into banks and charities. Donald has no sentimental value to the cash. He didn't earn it himself. It's just money to him that could be used, apparently for good. Donald and Daisy getting married was nice. The only thing was that since the exhibit was in Scrooge's honor, but in this story, what exactly was Scrooge's contribution to the larger Duckburgian society? In this story, Donald really deserved his own exhibit rather than Scrooge, since it is Donald (with the help of the rest of the Duck family) who apparently permanently defeats Scrooge's villains, probably gave the largest charity donation in history, and probably eventually became even richer than Scrooge himself, since he put the money into banks.
Don't get me wrong. For all I have said, this was a great book all in all. Scroogophiles cannot afford to miss this one. A fitting tribute to one of the greatest characters in comic history.

Hmmm, Scroodle, it sounds to me like you only really liked one or two of the stories... I hardly feel that qualifies as a book that "Scroogophiles cannot afford to miss." Especially when the feature stories are reprints.
And regarding "Whatever Happened to Scrooge McDuck?" I don't understand how a story of a mere 6-pages made it into a volume of "epic" stories such as this one.
Sorry, i guess i need to learn to not complain so much...

Thanks for the headsup WB. I'll try to buy this (and a few other books) ASAP. :)

I loved "The Money Ocean".

Quote from user: Robb_KLars, was the idea for your story based on the idea from Der Donaldist (reprinted in Carl Barks & Co.)?
No, I got the idea from DC Comics' "Whatever Happened to..." stories, printed in the comic book DC Comics Presents in the early 1980s.

Quote from user: Robb_KWho was the final artist for your story?
Maximino. And he did a good job.