The next offering in VeVe’s digital comic line-up continues with an historical comic from Disney — Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge: Back to the Klondike! Fully readable, with five variant covers in blind box format.
This February, celebrate Valentine’s Day with a very special Uncle Scrooge comic story by Carl Barks! Mr. McDuck goes back to the Klondike with his nephews and meets an old flame from the time of the Gold Rush. She is none other than Glittering Goldie, the Star of the North! And she owes Scrooge a thousand dollars which, after 50 years of interest, now amounts to one billion dollars! Discover their first encounter and the very first appearance of Goldie and her bear Blackjack. This story is made of golden nuggets, impervious mountains, old ballrooms, ferocious bears, billions of mosquitoes and…unpredictable lovers!
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Vintage/Main Cover
This is the very first cover of the Back to the Klondike comic story. Published in 1953 with the comic, this cover illustration was created by Carl Barks in 1952. The image shows all the main characters of the story: Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Glittering Goldie and the bear, Blackjack.
Fire Variant
This illustration, created by Italian artist Marco Rota, was published for the first time in Italy in 1999 as cover of Hearts of the Yukon comic story. The image shows Glittering Goldie and Uncle Scrooge surrounded by a fire. In the lower part of the image, colored in light blue, Donald drives a sled.
Adventure Variant
This illustration, created by Italian artist Marco Rota, was published for the first time in Italy in 1996 as cover of The King of the Klondike comic story. In this image, Uncle Scrooge climbs a snowy mountain pointing to the peak. On the top of the image, Glittering Goldie stares at Scrooge with a romantic glare while Soapy Slick holds a parchment.
Romantic Variant
This is one of the latest illustrations created, showing the love between Uncle Scrooge and Glittering Goldie. Published in Italy in 2022 as a cover, it was created by Andrea Freccero and Andrea Cagol and refers to an Italian comic story named Sipario. The picture shows Goldie and Mr. McDuck gazing dreamily at the readers.
Heart Variant
This illustration, created by Italian artist Marco Rota, was published for the first time in Italy in 2004 as the cover of The Dream of a LifeTime! comic story. The image shows Scrooge and Goldie together inside a heart, holding their hands in love. This illustration also displays Scrooge through the ages running from a Beagle Boy!
Drop Date: 3 February 2023, 8 AM PT
List Price: 10.00
License: Disney
Published: 1953
Cover Variants: 5
Total Editions: 10,000
First Available Public Edition: #186
COMMON — Vintage/Main Cover: 6,000
UNCOMMON — Fire Variant: 2,250
RARE — Adventure Variant: 1,000
ULTRA RARE — Romantic Variant: 500
SECRET RARE — Heart Variant: 250
Available: Globally
A total of 375 editions across all five rarities will be withheld by VeVe for licensor, promotional, team and comp distribution.
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