Donald Duck Adventures, Barks/Rosa Collection, Vol. 2: Donald Duck's Atom Bomb/The Duck Who Fell to Earth

by Carl Barks, Don Rosa, Daan Jippes

It's the second in a new series of Gemstone trade paperbacks - pairing Carl Barks' classic Duck adventures with Don Rosa's modern-day sequels! In "Donald Duck's Atom Bomb," armchair chemist Donald joins Professor Mollicule to save a hair-dissolving explosive from a scheming spy. Then Mollicule returns in "The Duck Who Fell to Earth," helping the Ducks recover satellites in outer space! Donald becomes "Super Snooper" by drinking radioactive isotopes; after which "Super Snooper Strikes Again" to rescue his nephews from a self-caused disaster! Finally, "The Trouble with Dimes" and "The Money Pit" have Donald trying to game the collectors' market with Scrooge's rare coins - both before and after Scrooge becomes aware of their "worth." "Donald Duck's Atom Bomb" "The Duck Who Fell To Earth" "Super Snooper" "Super Snooper Strikes Again" "The Trouble With Dimes" "The Money Pit"

Genres: Comics

64 pages, Paperback

First published February 27, 2007

About the author

Carl Barks was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him "The Duck Man" and "The Good Duck Artist". In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Barks worked for the Disney Studio and Western Publishing where he created Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), The Junior Woodchucks (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952), Cornelius Coot (1952), Flintheart Glomgold (1956), John D. Rockerduck (1961) and Magica De Spell (1961).
He has been named by animation historian Leonard Maltin as "the most popular and widely read artist-writer in the world". Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books." Beginning especially in the 1980s, Barks' artistic contributions would be a primary source for animated adaptations such as DuckTales and its 2017 remake.