Some of my early memories of reading and collecting comic books included reading Uncle Scrooge, published by Gold Key back in the day. The stories were fun to read especially for a 10 year old kid. I don’t recall who wrote those stories, nor do I have any of those comics today, but the memory of reading them lives on. So I was delighted when I saw it announced that Marvel comics was releasing a new take on the dear uncle, with a Marvelous twist by tying it to the Infinity Stones, but now the stones have morphed into the Infinity Dime.
I was surprised by the list of variant covers that are available for this comic, so I picked up a random one rather than looking for one that would be my favorite. Looks like a trip back up to my favorite comic book shop is in order.
Comic Book Info
Series: Uncle Scrooge and the Infinity Dime Issue: 1 Publisher: Marvel Comics Release Date: June 2024 Writer: Jason Aaron Editor: Mark Paniccia Art: Paolo Mottura Colors: Arianna Consonni Francesco D'Ippolito Lucio de Giseppe Alessandro Pasrovicchio Vitale Mangiatordi Giada Persissinotto Letters: Joe Caramagna Cover Artist: Francesco Francavilla Note - includes reprint of the story Christmas on Bear Mountain by Carl Barks
Being a slow reader with not a lot of time for fun reading (there’s this thing called making a living and raising a family that takes priority), it took a few days before I got to read this new Uncle Scrooge adventure. The gist of the story is that Uncle Scrooge, on one lonely Christmas, finds that a magic mirror he had acquired on his adventures from Magica de Spell has the ability to serve as a doorway to alternate universes. You can probably guess where what Scrooge does next, and if not, read the book! It’s worth it.
Before I get to far into the comic itself, I feel it is important to note that Jason Aaron included a one page article talking about his passion for, and motivation to bring us this whole new story. The article is well worth reading as he gives a bit of background on Carl Barks who wrote and drew all of those marvelous adventures way back in the day.Until I read Jason’s intro to the comic, I had no clue who made those original comic books for Gold Key.
Jason Aaron wrote a very compelling story about Uncle Scrooge and the Multiverse he finds himself in, complemented with his alternate self. The line-up of artists providing the pencils and inks, colors, and letters kept the look and feel of Uncle Scrooge consistent throughout the book, with touches of their own unique styles. The art is a lot of eye candy, with some gorgeous panels.
As noted above, the book includes a reprint of Carl Barks story “Christmas on Bear Mountain”, which Aaron points out in his intro has a direct relationship to how his story opens.
Even better, at the end of the book there is an announcement for two issues of What If… featuring Donald duck to look forward to.
That’s about it. It’s been a long time since I have posted on my own blog, I figure it is about time to start doing so again, and what better way to do so than with talking about one of my childhood favorites that is seeing new life in comics.
Thanks for joining me here, and see you next time.
