Scrooge and Flintheart Glomgold find a sun-baked atoll dripping with gold... perched right on the International Date Line in Don Rosa's classic "Island at the Edge of Time!" Then "Queen Kazabra's Crown," a magically jinxed royal relic, proves nearly lethal to Scrooge when it enchants Daisy Duck! Piet Zeeman's "Treasure of Alexander the Great" sends Scrooge and Donald back in time to fight on opposing sides of an ancient war. And then Kari Korhonen delivers "A Cup at Joe's..". the final lunchtime showdown between Scrooge and Carl Barks' long-suffering diner chef! An all-new Don Rosa pin-up wraps the book.
Keno Don Hugo Rosa, known as Don Rosa, is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his Disney comics stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, and other characters which Carl Barks created for Disney-licensed comic books, first published in America by Dell Comics. Many of his stories are built on characters and locations created by Barks; among these was his first Duck story, "The Son of the Sun" (1987), which was nominated for a Harvey Award in the "Best Story of the Year" category. Rosa created about 90 stories between 1987 and 2006. In 1995, his 12-chapter work The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck won the Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story.