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I would like to read "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" but the book is very expensive. It's almost $100 at Amazon, so I can't afford it right now.
Then I saw "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion", which is not expensive at all.
So, my question is: Is it worth it to buy the "companion" without having read the original book? I mean, you're supposed to have the original before you have a "companion" to go along with, right? I mean, these are not the same stories from the original, right?
I'm new to Disney comics, so I apologize if I say anything too stupid. :P

I think the Companion book is perfectly enjoyable all on its own.

To tell you the truth, I read the second book and then the Companion without reading part 1 of the main chapters. Found the chapter that were of his early life was still perfectly readable, but not as much insight as of the chapters I did read. Reading the main chapters give a sense of what he as doing and all that jazz that continues on to the Companion stories, but they perfectly hold up on their own. I is kind of like watching a TV series without watching the first few episodes: there might be some breaches of understanding, but you can still get into it perfectly fine.

I saw the e-book on the internet. I'm able to read it if I want to, using a software such a ComicRack. I think it's rather depressing, though. It is not the same thing. I wish they would reissue the book so I could get an actual physical copy of it. Is it expensive everywhere? I wish Fantagraphics would release the book. :/