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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741 EAN: 9781888472400 ISBN: 1888472405 Label: Gemstone Publishing Manufacturer: Gemstone Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: September 20, 2006 Publisher: Gemstone Publishing Studio: Gemstone Publishing Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Want more of Don Rosa's monumental The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck? The Life of Scrooge McDuck Companion is it, six new chapters that weave through the original 12 that have the pre-miser Scrooge encountering Magica De Spell, the Beagle Boys, Annie Oakley and other Western icons, and Teddy Roosevelt at the Panama Canal. Even better, "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek" and "Hearts of the Yukon" reveal Scrooge's (gasp) romantic side in his brief but intense relationship with Glittering Goldie. Filling out the volume are an excerpt from another Rosa tale of the early Scrooge, "Last Sled to Dawson," and "The Dream of a Lifetime," which puts an amusing time-travel spin on a number of the Life and Times chapters. If you haven't already read the complete "Last Sled to Dawson," however, you'll have to pick it up elsewhere, like in the Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck: Don Rosa Special or Uncle Scrooge #350. --David Horiuchi Product Description: You asked for them, and here they are... the pre-chapters, the post-chapters and the in-between chapters of Don Rosa's Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck! Included in this companion are the stories "The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark," "The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff," "The Prisoner of White Agony Creek," "Hearts of the Yukon" and "Sharpie of the Culebra Cut." Finally rounding out the collection are two slightly unusual takes on Scrooge's life: "Of Ducks and Dimes and Destinies" and "Dream of a Lifetime" in which the Beagle Boys invade Scrooge's subconscious mind (!) and wreak havoc during dream-versions of the various "Life of Scrooge" chapters. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck CompanionAs good as the first volume, the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, it fits subsequent stories into Scrooge's time-line. Rating:  - A fun addendumThis book makes no pretenses that it is as good or as important of a work as the main "Life and Times" volume. That said, it is an enjoyable if somewhat scatter-shot collection of Rosa tales penned both before and after the main series that also interleave with those stories and Barks' original tales. Inside you'll find an alternate perspective of how Scrooge earned his first dime, a multiple dose of Glittering Goldie, the return of Pothole McDuck, and more. There are also ... Read More Rating: - A suitable companionThis trade paperback collects the pre-, post-, and in-between chapters of gifted storyteller Don Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, and it's excellent fun. Essentially Rosa uses every bit of Carl Barks-created Scrooge obscura to create a gripping adventure that is both entertaining and nuanced. All-ages material at its finest. Rating: - Actually quite good...Here Rosa presents stories hat did not fit into the original Scrooge Life and Times storyline. The stories here focus on the Yukon and Scrooges troubled relationship with Glittering Goldie. Again, Rosa departs from Barks and creates realistic three-dimensional characters, wtih real feelings and motivations. Some of these stories I cannot believe why they were not included in the original collection! Here, even Donald Duck gets an opportunity to show his (well-hidden) compassion and Scrooge finally ... Read More Rating: - Wonderful story from don rosaDon Rosa made a wonderfull job, in the companion as in the main book "the Life and Times of scrooge McDuck", succeeding to bring a breathtaking story with really hilarious moments (how scrooge gained his first dime, and the story about how the boat dislocated and the piano went through the windows) ... And most of call, considering the whole duck tales universe, it's canon ! Worth reading ! 
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