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I share your opinion of that story more or less exactly, Gyro. On the whole, I actually probably like it somewhat better than you do--because, as you say, the first part really IS good--but BOY was abruptly tossing in Eega Beeva like that a bad move. It's not even so much that he's a deus ex machina (although he is), but rather that it just completely wrecks the tone of the story--suddenly, it's no longer shadowy and ominous, but rather bouncy and cheerful. I LIKE EB under the right circumstances, but this story starts out doing one kind of thing, and does that thing quite well, and then, thanks to EB's presence, starts doing something completely different, and much less interesting. A shame.
(Also, it always strikes me as really weird the way Martina just arbitrarily tosses in the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland as a minor character--but that's neither here nor there.)

Quote from user: Mr. MI never asume he was ment to be THE Mad Hatter but just some goofy hat selsman with desing and personality model after him (In Polish translation they even gave him a name "Mateusz" in the story, which is avrage Polish name) but seeing how many stories at the time had "Captin Hook meet Madam Mim" and stuff I guess irt was nothing that mind-scratching.
In the US version, he identifies himself as "Thomas Topper," to which Mickey responds "oh, yes--the Mad Hatter!" I don't mind his presence, especially; I just find it...odd.

Quote from user: Robb_KThese are the kind of "public service educational" comics that are preachy and, therefore, not usually liked by children. Stories with educational messages in them must have the message delivered very subtly, or the reader will rebel, and not be open to receive the message because he or she has been promised entertainment, but instead been given educational material because of an agenda of the publisher.
To be honest the story didn't feel preachy until the final page where characters start praising how awsome the help phoneline is and I think that it handle the topic subtel enough... The main problem is that out-side of "Whoa! Morty and Ferdie friend got black-eye from his uncle!" there isn't much to the story...

- Morty and Ferdie meet a new friend who just move to Mousetown.
- They learn the next day he got bit-up by his uncle who got very "nervous" in recent days (BTW -> While it would made the story more powerfull I'm glad there isn't any flash-back of the man hiting the boy...) M&F want's to go to the police but the boy ask them to promise they won't do it.
- M&F conisder talking with Mickey but his buissy plus Morty dosen't like the idea knowig Mickey will most likley call the police.
- M&F get idea of calling he help line...
- Stil no gags in this story...
- The help line sent their expert to investigate the situation
- Expert turns out to be Mickey (what a twist)
- Mickey visits the the boy's uncle (who is asistent to a very rich business women) at work and then spy at him to discover source behind his behavior...
- Turns out that the guy is getting blackmailed my some mysterious bad guy blah, blah, blah... some very generic mystery...
- All end's well, man apologizes to the boy for hitting him...

I can't be to harsh for this story since it had it's hearth in the righr place but as a whole it's pretty generic and a bit bland. Giorgio Cavazzano did great job with the ilustrations (as usual) but that's abouit it. I wish they would spend more time on the main issue which could make a very emotional story but that type of realism could be way off-character for Disney comics so it's understandable...

As I learn recently this story was part of bigger series of strories that all center around the "help phoneline".

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Interesing... In oryginal Italian version, the story is 30 page long but in other countires is only 29... I wonder what did the cut-out...

BTW -> I know it's a cheap joke but I can not help but think that if they would try to do the same story but with HD&L rather then Morty and Ferdie in the scene when they learn about helplines for abuse children at least One of them would go :
"Whait a second! Forget about our new friend! You telling us that all those years we could report Uncle Donald!?"

The only thing that throws me off in this are the exhibits of short temper in the Italian pocket book stories, in which persons get kicked in the butt for trivial reasons.

Just look at the way boys jump on Donald leg in this story...
http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=D+98474

http://coa.inducks.org/hr.php?image=http://outducks.org/thumbnails3/webusers/2010/10/fr_pm_0466p066_001.jpg&normalsize=1