Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Vol. 14: The Seven Cities of Gold (The Carl Barks Library)

When I was a kid I had an old original copy of the "seven cities" comic book (that had been my father's), and it was my favorite story.This collection accurately reproduces the original. The images give a similar feeling to the original, and the printing is a good medium between over-modernization and the original low-resolution half-tone printing.These are great adventure stories from a time when books and comics were the only way to get that "Indiana Jones" experience. And of course this book contains the story that inspired the beginning of the first Indiana Jones movie.There's also a lot of the feeling (and several plot points) of the Seven Cities story in the 1999 Brendan Fraser movie "The Mummy" and I highly recommend the one for fans of the other.It's really delightful to find these stories available once again to inspire new generations.G.

I used to read these stories as a child. I remember loving them, and spending many hours of fun by myself reading the adventures of Donald Duck, McScrooge, Rockerduck & Co. I wish I still had my original books!I’m now happy to share the same adventures with my kids, both under 11, and to see them enjoy these old tales just as much as I did! It brings back memories while fostering new ones. These stories are lighthearted, easy to understand, and capturing. I am planning on slowly buying them all and rebuild my old collection.Carl Barks, Giovan Battista Carpi, Don Rosa, you name it. I love them all.

I grew up with the comic books that included the duck stories of Carl Barks. It is wonderful to relive them again in this series of books. Not just the stories themselves but reproductions of cover art. At the end of the book you’ll find short histories of each story and one-pager including any art that had been changed by Barks himself to tighten the story or at the request of his publisher. My one complaint is that the book is listed as being for a maximum age of 12 and at over 70 years of age I’m enjoying them with an older eye that notices deeper meanings and subtle humor to the stories than I did as a youngster.

Other reviewers have said it all; Carl Barks' Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics are fantastic in their art and stories. The stories themselves are timeless adventures, where humor and a bit of real-world history is presented in a way that doesn't speak down to younger readers, and doesn't make adults feel like they're reading kid comics. This is my second volume of many that I plan on purchasing, much appreciation to Fantagraphics for making this series possible!

As always, the stories from Carl Barks are quite enjoyable. They were written in a heyday of these Disney classic comics, possessing a sharper humor than we usually see in today's stories for youngsters. I haven't been a youngster for quite awhile but these are still a fun read.

These stories are beautifully written and drawn. I first read them as a child, but I think I enjoy them more now. I'm grateful they're still available to the public. Suggestion to readers: look carefully at each panel, notice the choices that Barks makes. Everything is done with great care. Suggestion to Amazon: please produce more of these volumes in Kindle format.

Grew up on these comics. Carl Barks was a fantastic story teller and illustrator. Tho a kid the first time, the 50's, the stories were educational as well as interesting and escapist. These books have done a great job in restoring the original art and color and include interesting background information on the artists / writer and the story behind the story. Great to revisit old friends and find the stories still interesting 60 years later. Looking forward to more releases of Carl Barks' work.

Super ! Contains ALL of the $crooge Classics from 1955 and 1956 from U.S. #7 through U.S. #12, including second stories from the original comics-all Carl Barks. "The Golden Fleecing" and "The Fabulous Philosophers Stone" are two of my all time favorites. I am looking forward to the publication of the next Uncle $crooge volume, which will contain the stories from U.S. # 13 through #18.....Great reading for young and old alike !

It's Carl Barks and that pretty says it all. If you're not unfamiliar with the name you know you cannot be at fault with his Uncle Scrooge stories - they're all great, he never had a less inspired phase and, as such, this (as many other Barks collections) is full of classical adventures. If you don't know who Carl Barks is, well, he is the duck-man, the good Disney artist, the guy that created uncle Scrooge and his best stories. Buy the book, it won't fail to marvel you.

Disney on his best with the GREAT Carl Barks

These older Disney stories by Carl Barks are an absolute delight! Whether you're a child or only a child at heart, you will enjoy these classic adventures. Carl Barks was the quintessential Disney storyteller, with a wonderful imagination and the ability to tell an ostensibly children's story with the pacing and sophistication to please an adult. I imagine that I am the typical target purchaser of these reissued stories, a middle aged person who remembers these stories from childhood who wants to pass on the enjoyment to the kids in his/her life (currently in my case, my nieces and nephews).I plan to purchase as many of these stories by Carl Barks (and Don Rosa as well who is no slouch himself) as I can.

One of my favorite Disney characters ever........Uncle Scrooge. Reading these comics just transports me back to my childhood.

Mais um lindo volume do tio patinhas por Carl barks. Muito precioso. Várias histórias ótimas.

En este tomo aparecen grandes historias, como la que da titulo al album asi como la piedra filosofal y el rayo petrificador, preciosa edicion con magnificos colores, imprescindible

you cant beat the content, "seven cities" is a classic barks tale, but i wish the book was slightly larger, the whole series of these books are not much larger than an average graphic novel. i would prefer a larger format to see the artwork on a grander scale.

thanks

Satisfied.

Have been a Carl Barks fan for a long time, so am unsurprisingly predisposed to enjoy anything he created. The whole Fantagraphics series has been quite good so far. I plan on buying all of them as they are released.

Classic Disney