This volume of the Gladstone Publishing series features two Donald Duck stories (both stories also include Uncle Scrooge and the three nephews, Huey Dewey and Louie). The main story, "Voodoo Hoodoo" by Carl Barks, was originally published in 1949 and contains some troubling racial stereotypes, beginning with a large, mute, dark-skinned zombie, and gets worse when the ducks go to Africa to confront a tribe of witch doctors, who are of the old-school spear-carrying natives variety. (The publisher's notes inform us that the artwork was altered to make the faces of the African characters more like the cartoon animals found in the Carl Barks universe, and less like offensive caricatures of blacks -- their behavior remains the same, however...) I've been reading a bunch of these old Carl Barks stories to my kid; this was one I decided to skip; adult readers may not find these mildly racist pop culture relics less troubling. The backup feature, "McMerganser Macabre," is okay, although it's certainly not one of Barks' best. In it, Scrooge buys a supposedly haunted Scottish castle, and finds a fortune within, after first solving the mystery of the haunting. It's not one of the most imaginative Scrooge stories, but it's okay.
On balance, I'd say this is one of the less vital volumes in this particular series -- if you're looking for a complete run, pick it up, but if you just want the best of these old Disney comics, other volumes are much stronger and less potentially offensive. (Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain book reviews)
Donald Duck's at it again. This was an okay comic album with two donald duck stories in it. In the first story Donald gets pierced by the thorn from an old Voodoo doll and is followed by a zombie from Africa. After getting new information from his Uncle Scrooge, Donald and his three nephews travel to Africa so they may be able to find the chief of a remote village and reverse Donald's curse so he doesn't shrink. In the second story Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge and their nephews search for treasure in a recently purchased castle in Scotland.
Great! This is one of the classics by the old duck master himself
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