Best of Walt Disney Comics (1972) comic books

Best of Walt Disney Comics (1972) 96170 FN- 5.5

A Golden Special. Cover by Carl Buettner. "Frozen Gold," script and art by Carl Barks; Donald flies penicillin to Point Marrow, Alaska, but a crook has stashed a stolen map to a gold mine in Donald's plane; When he reaches Alaska, Donald is kidnapped by two crooks and abandoned on the barrens; The nephews use a plane to rescue him. "Mystery of the Swamp," script and art by Carl Barks; Donald and the nephews go exploring in the Everglades, where they run afoul of strange little goblins called Gneezles; Donald tries to capture a Gneezle, but instead the ducks are captured by them, and are to be fed to the alligators. Both stories reprinted from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #62. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.50.

Best of Walt Disney Comics (1972) 96172 FN 6.0

A Golden Special. Cover by Carl Barks. "Only A Poor Old Man," script and art by Carl Barks; When the Beagle Boys erect a building next to Scrooge's money bin, with plans to puncture the bin and drain out the money, Scrooge secretly transfers his money to an old reservoir, where he hides it underwater; Learning of this stratagem, the Beagle Boys try to destroy a dam so that Scrooge's money will flow onto their land; Reprinted from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #386. "Billion Dollar Pigeon," script and art by Carl Barks; Scrooge uses a carrier pigeon to send a million dollars to the bank, but the pigeon flies south instead; Reprinted from Uncle Scrooge (Dell, 1953 series) #7. "The Round Money Bin," script and art by Carl Barks; For safety's sake, Scrooge has his coins changed into greenbacks and stores them in an old water tank, but this fails to stop the Beagle Boys; Reprinted from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #495. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.50.