Disney Masters #2 - Walt Disney Donald Duck: Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket

(August 2018)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Luciano Bottaro (silhouette figure of Donald Duck)

Inks

Luciano Bottaro (silhouette figure of Donald Duck)

Colors

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

A running figure of Donald Duck (in silhouette); Donald Duck floating heads (in silhouette)

Keywords

character silhouettes; floating heads

Indexer Notes

Light green-toned page picturing many Donald Duck floating heads in silhouette and a full figure of a running Donald Duck also in silhouette at lower left.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck floating heads (in silhouette)

Keywords

character silhouettes; floating heads

Indexer Notes

Light green-toned page picturing many Donald Duck floating heads in silhouette.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Light green-toned blank page.

Disney Masters Donald Duck: Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket by Luciano Bottaro (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Donald Duck

Indexer Notes

One Donald Duck floating head in silhouette on page one.

Walt Disney Donald Duck Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket (Table of Contents: 5)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Luciano Bottaro

Inks

Luciano Bottaro

Colors

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Letters

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Feature Logo

Walt Disney Donald Duck [Carl Barks Dell Comics Logo with rounded k]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Rebo's General #1; Rebo's General #2

Synopsis

Rebo's Generals chase Donald with a butterfly net.

Keywords

butterfly net; chase; outer space setting; repurposed art

Indexer Notes

Repurposed from “Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket Chapter 3” (page 4, panel 3).

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blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Pale blue blank page.

Contents (Table of Contents: 7)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Luciano Bottaro

Inks

Luciano Bottaro

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Donald Duck

Keywords

repurposed art

Indexer Notes

Illustration of Donald Duck is repurposed from "The Return of Rebo Chapter 1" page 36, panel 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Orange blank page.

Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 9)

Donald Duck / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Luciano Bottaro (credited); Carlo Chendi (credited); Joe Torcivia (credited) (translation and dialogue)

Pencils

Luciano Bottaro (credited)

Inks

Luciano Bottaro (credited)

Colors

Christos Kentrotis (credited)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

They say land is the best investment -- because nobody's making any more of it!

Feature Logo

Donald Duck [Crooked Block Letters Upper Case]

Genre

adventure; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction

Characters

Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's Helper; The Beagle Boys; Huey; Dewey; Louie; McWindsock (Scrooge's airport attendant); Duckburg cop; various Martian-worshipping citizens of Duckburg; mayor of Duckburg; Goofy (one-panel cameo); various asteroid-inhabiting creatures; Jovian fisherman

Synopsis

To keep his money safe from The Beagle Boys, Scrooge commissions a rocket from Gyro to fly the funds to a presumably-safe storage on the Moon. He recruits easily-persuadable nephew Donald to come along to do the hard, physical work. A curious Huey, Dewey, and Louie follow their uncle and stow-away aboard the rocket. The boys’ added weight causes the rocket to miss the Moon and, before careening out of the solar system, Scrooge jettisons Donald onto an asteroid to lighten the ship – with the promise of picking him up on the return. With the ship under control, Gyro crash-lands on Jupiter.

Reprints

• from Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #230 (10 marzo 1960)

Keywords

abounding oddities; asteroid; crash-landing; inventor; Jupiter; minerals; money; monsters; Moon; outer space setting; rocket; stowaway

Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket Chapter 2 (Table of Contents: 10)

Donald Duck / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Luciano Bottaro (signed); Carlo Chendi (credited); Joe Torcivia (credited) (translation and dialogue)

Pencils

Luciano Bottaro (credited)

Inks

Luciano Bottaro (credited)

Colors

Christos Kentrotis (credited)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Uncle Scrooge and Gyro Gearloose decide to store Scrooge's money on the Moon to keep it safe from the ever-present threat of the Beagle Boys.

Feature Logo

Donald Duck [Crooked Block Letters Upper Case]

Genre

adventure; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction

Characters

Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's helper; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Rebo, the Supreme Leader and Unquestioned General of Saturn (intro); Rebo's General #1 (intro); Rebo's General #2 (intro); various Jovians; Jovian fisherman; Jovian fisherman's wife; Jovian fishermans two kids; three Jovian scientists; Bug-Eyed Trunkasaur; Rebo's prototype robot soldier

Synopsis

On Jupiter, Scrooge, Gyro, and the boys are met by a friendly group of Jovians. Meanwhile, Donald has been rescued from the asteroid and brought to Jupiter by a Jovian fisherman. As an alien creature, Donald is put under the observation of the Jupiter Animal Ministry and deposited in a Jovian zoo. The boys release Donald from the zoo and return to the Money Rocket, where Donald releases Scrooge’s money in an explosive decompression. To Scrooge’s horror he finds that the Jovians eat metals – especially precious metals. We also meet Rebo, frustrated by many years of failing to conquer Jupiter.

Reprints

• from Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #231 (25 marzo 1960)

Keywords

abounding oddities; asteroid; exploring; first appearance of recurring character(s); inventor; Jupiter; money; Moon; outer space setting; precious metals; rocket; Saturn; zoo

Indexer Notes

This chapter of the story marks the first appearance of Rebo S.L.U.G.(*) of Saturn, Rebo's General #1, Rebo's General #2, and the Jovians, all of whom will appear in a number of future sequels.

(*) Supreme Leader and Unquestioned General

Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket Chapter 3 (Table of Contents: 11)

Donald Duck / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Luciano Bottaro (credited); Carlo Chendi (credited); Joe Torcivia (credited) (translation and dialogue)

Pencils

Luciano Bottaro (credited)

Inks

Luciano Bottaro (credited)

Colors

Christos Kentrotis (credited)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Uncle Scrooge, fearful that his money is unsafe on Earth, rockets it to Jupiter, where ravenous metal-eating denizens have consumed his coins!

Feature Logo

Donald Duck [Crooked Block Letters Upper Case]

Genre

adventure; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction

Characters

Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's helper; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Rebo, the Supreme Leader and Unquestioned General of Saturn (intro); Rebo's General #1 (intro); Rebo's General #2 (intro); Rebo's cat (intro); various Jovians

Synopsis

Rebo has ordered his generals to capture the scientific genius from Earth who was responsible for bringing the Money Rocket to Jupiter, with the intent of forcing him to create a vast robot army with which Rebo will at last conquer Jupiter. Instead of Gyro, the generals return with Donald. What could possibly go wrong?

Reprints

• from Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #232 (10 aprile 1960)

Keywords

interplanetary war; inventor; Jupiter; money; outer space setting; robot army; rocket; Saturn; wrong impression

[Donald Meets His Saturnian Match] (Table of Contents: 12)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Luciano Bottaro (signed)

Inks

Luciano Bottaro (signed)

Colors

Luciano Bottaro (signed)

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Rebo, the Supreme Leader and Unquestioned General of Saturn

Synopsis

Illustration of Rebo looming over Donald.

Reprints

• from Tesori Disney (The Walt Disney Company Italia, 1998 series) #7

The Return of Rebo Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 13)

Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Luciano Bottaro (credited); Carlo Chendi (credited); Jonathan H. Gray (credited as Jonathan Gray) (translation and dialogue)

Pencils

Luciano Bottaro (credited)

Inks

Luciano Bottaro (credited)

Colors

Disney Italia (credited); Digikore Studios (credited)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

One shiny morning...

Genre

adventure; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction

Characters

Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; editor of Ducks Illustrated Magazine; Gladstone Gander; Scrooge's photographer; Rebo, the Supreme Leader and Unquestioned General of Saturn; Rebo's General #1; Rebo's General #2; Rebo's collection of cats

Synopsis

A typical Donald vs. Scrooge vs. Gladstone battle of wits and luck, that would be perfectly at home in a “Donald Duck ten-pager” in Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, is disrupted by the sudden return of Rebo seeking revenge against the duck who destroyed his dreams of conquest. Donald and Scrooge are individually removed from Earth and taken aboard Rebo’s great warship.

Reprints

• from Topolino (Disney Italia, 1988 series) #2049

Keywords

alien costume; magazine sales; outer space setting; photography; publicity stunt; revenge; Saturn; scam; spaceships; toys; UFOs; uncanny luck

Indexer Notes

Bottaro's unique visuals are highlighted by a three-page sequence (pg. 22-25) where Donald and Scrooge exhibit the effects of space flight by assuming various bizarre "squash-and-stretch" forms, and an overall reddish-pinkish tint.

The Return of Rebo Chapter 2 (Table of Contents: 14)

Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Script

Luciano Bottaro (credited); Carlo Chendi (credited); Jonathan H. Gray (credited as Jonathan Gray) (translation and dialogue)

Pencils

Luciano Bottaro (credited)

Inks

Luciano Bottaro (credited)

Colors

Disney Italia (credited); Digikore Studios (credited)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Unbelievable! Rebo built a toy factory!

Genre

adventure; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction

Characters

Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge; Rebo, the Supreme Leader and Unquestioned General of Saturn; Rebo's General #1; Rebo's General #2; Rebo's collection of cats; various creatures of Jupiter; Jovian fisherman; members of the Jovian High Command; Duckburg cop; judge; editor of Ducks Illustrated Magazine; Gladstone Gander

Synopsis

On Saturn, the Ducks find Rebo has used an Earth toy catalogue to design new war machines to conquer the Jovians. They escape to Jupiter where Donald is revered as the great “Hero of Jupiter” for his inadvertent defeat of Rebo in the previous story. The Jovians use an illusion-caster called the “Virtuoduck” to trick Rebo into piloting his ship into the Sun. With Rebo and his two generals presumed dead, the Jovians return Donald and Scrooge to Earth – where the initial plot with Gladstone resumes. Scrooge is revealed to have stolen the “Virtuoduck” from Jupiter, setting up two more sequels.

Reprints

• from Topolino (Disney Italia, 1988 series) #2049

Keywords

alien costume; court case; illusions; Jupiter; magazine sales; outer space setting; photography; publicity stunt; revenge; Saturn; scam; spaceships; toys; UFOs; uncanny luck

Indexer Notes

Rebo's spaceship is sent hurtling into the Sun, and the Saturnians are vaporized on-panel. But, like all good villains, Rebo's got a few more sequels left in him. Two of those "sequels" appear in Disney Masters Vol. 16.

TV Trickery (Table of Contents: 15)

Uncle Scrooge / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Luciano Bottaro (credited); Thad Komorowski (credited) (translation and dialogue)

Pencils

Luciano Bottaro (credited)

Inks

Luciano Bottaro (credited)

Colors

Christos Kentrotis (credited)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

On the top floor of McDuck Tower No. 38, Scrooge McDuck has made a nightly routine of -- watching TV?!

Feature Logo

Uncle Scrooge [Gladstone and beyond]

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Uncle Scrooge; Witch Hazel; Gyro Gearloose; Gyro's Helper; Donald Duck; Huey; Dewey; Louie; Will Woofer (TV game show host); Duckburg beat cop; Beelzebub the Broom; QBC studio guard; OBC program director; Babul Beezmeer (TV magician); gnome; McDuck, Inc. advertising executives; TV cameraman; couple watching TV; passerby

Synopsis

Scrooge nabs Witch Hazel watching his TV for free, from outside his 13th floor window, and makes a deal with the witch that, if she can get herself on TV, Scrooge will provide her with a free TV set. Both Hazel and Scrooge bend the rules, as one would expect them to do.

Reprints

• from Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #397 (7 luglio 1963)

Keywords

advertising; be-careful-what-you-wish-for; magic; television; toothpaste; wager; working-at-cross-purposes

Indexer Notes

Nice Touch: Witch Hazel refers to herself as "...a card-carrying member of Witches' Union Local 839". "Local 839" refers to the Animation Guild - seen often in the "blanket end credits" of the various incarnations of "The Bugs Bunny Show" (1960-on) for decades, and sometimes spoofed in Warner Bros. cartoons.

Luciano Bottaro (Table of Contents: 16)

Disney Masters / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Armando Botto (credited)

Pencils

Paolo Castagno (photo) (credited)

Inks

Paolo Castagno (photo) (credited)

Colors

Paolo Castagno (photo) (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Disney comics have remained hugely popular in Italy since their debut in the 1930s.

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Synopsis

Text biography of Luciano Bottaro, with an overview of his career.

Reprints

• in Disney Masters (Fantagraphics, 2018 series) #16 - Walt Disney Donald Duck: Jumpin' Jupiter (2021)

Keywords

background information; biography; editorial feature

Indexer Notes

A photo of Luciano Bottaro circa 2006 appears on page one.

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blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Light green-toned blank page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck floating heads (in silhouette)

Keywords

character silhouettes

Indexer Notes

Light green-toned page picturing many Donald Duck floating heads in silhouette.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Luciano Bottaro

Inks

Luciano Bottaro

Colors

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Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor

Characters

Donald Duck; Uncle Scrooge

Keywords

character silhouettes; repurposed art

Indexer Notes

Gold-toned page picturing many Donald Duck floating heads in silhouette and a full figure silhouette of Uncle Scrooge at lower right taken from “Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket Chapter 1” - page 12, panel 1. Inside back cover.

Disney Master artist Luciano Bottaro whisks Donald and the gang to outer space! (Table of Contents: 20)

Donald Duck / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Gerstein

Pencils

Luciano Bottaro

Inks

Luciano Bottaro

Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Fantagraphics presents Disney Masters - acclaimed artists from around the world working in the grand Walt Disney Tradition.

Genre

adventure; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction

Characters

Donald Duck; Jovian fisherman; various Jovians

Synopsis

The Jovian fisherman gives Donald a ducks-eye view of his home city on Jupiter.

Keywords

city; Jupiter; outer space setting; repurposed art

Indexer Notes

Illustration repurposed from “Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket Chapter 2” - page 5, panel 3. On back cover.