{"product_id":"donald-duck-the-old-castles-secret-carl-barksw","title":"Donald Duck - The Old Castle's Secret - Carl Barksw","description":"With this volume, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library\u003c\/span\u003e loops back to Barks's earlier days, collecting the entirety of Bark's (astounding) 1948 output. The title story, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Old Castle's Secret\u003c\/span\u003e, is notable not just for being the first full-length 32-page adventure instigated by Scrooge McDuck (in his second-ever appearance), but for featuring some of Bark's spookiest, lushest settings in old Clan McDuck castle of Dismal Downs. The other long story, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sheriff of Bullet Valley\u003c\/span\u003e, plunks Donald and the nephews in the Wild West, with Donald as an overconfident deputy having to deal with some high-tech rustlers. The book also includes the less-known \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIn Darkest Africa\u003c\/span\u003e, originally published in a giveaway and unreleased for decades. This volume also features an even 10 of Bark's dynamic \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWalt Disney's Comics and Stories\u003c\/span\u003e 10-pagers, including \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWintertime Wager\u003c\/span\u003e (the first appearance of a not-yet-lucky-but-still-obnoxious Gladstone Gander); \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSpoil the Rod\u003c\/span\u003e (in which the exquisitely named educational professor Pulpheart Clabberhead is brought in to help tame the nephews); \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRocket Race to the Moon \u003c\/span\u003e(a rare full-on adventure interplanetary, no less in the short form); \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGladstone Returns\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLinks Highjinks\u003c\/span\u003e (two more Gladstone yarns); and five more stories... plus a half-dozen hilarious one-page gags. Of course, once again all the stories have been shot from crisp originals, then re-colored (and printed) to match, for the first time since their original release over 60 years ago, the colorful yet soft hues of the originals and of course the book is rounded off with essays about Barks, the Ducks, and these specific stories by Barks experts from all over the world.","brand":"Frames Etc ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62683430420639,"sku":"035530482750","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/9450\/5119\/files\/IMG_2651.jpg?v=1770852796","url":"https:\/\/www.framesetc.net\/products\/donald-duck-the-old-castles-secret-carl-barksw","provider":"Frames Etc ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}