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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44585 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

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

Customer Reviews

The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion
As good as the first volume, the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, it fits subsequent stories into Scrooge's time-line.

A fun addendum
This 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 essays by the author that discuss his motivations and feelings about each included work.

My chief complaints have little to do with content and everything to do with presentation. I am by no means a "collector" that must keep all of his books in archival shape. However, my copy came arrived from Amazon looking scuffed. I'm not sure how to describe, really, the somewhat worn appearance of the cover, which is peppered with tiny gray splotches where something transfered onto it and small white bits where something removed the color from it. I might have sent it back for another, but I didn't want the hassle.

Also, I must agree with one reviewer that in some places the colors are out of alignment with the outlines in the interior of the book. However, I disagree with that same reviewer in that I found the colors themselves to be quite vibrant, possibly more so than in the main volume of "Life and Times."

Finally, I'm not sure why one tale was included only as an excerpt. I suppose only the portion dealing with Scrooge's early life was included. I wouldn't know where to find the complete tale or what was left out. It is labeled as a "bonus tale" so we're not supposed to complain. However, it may be a sour note for completists.

I dock this book 1 star for the condition it was in upon arrival from Amazon and also for the interior printing. My apologies to the author, as I would otherwise give this a 5-star rating.

A suitable companion
This 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.