In the much-requested 1954 classic "The Mysterious Stone Ray", Scrooge takes an ocean voyage for his health, only to end up with more than he bargained for! Sailing off the beaten path to rescue a castaway scientist, Scrooge finds the scientist's island festooned with stone Beagle Boys - and the scientist himself, a spindly geek with a love of cabbage, might just be the fellow who turned them that way! In "Sudden Impulses", Gyro Gearloose unsuccessfully tries to control his urge to invent. "Bottled Battlers" is a Barks-written Junior Woodchuck epic drawn by Daan Jippes: the 'Chuckers end up imprisoned in a giant bottle by Magica De Spell! Finally, in "Something Out of Nothing", Scrooge splits the atom to create matter out of anti-matter.

 

There are 64 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2006 by Gemstone Publishing .

Carl Barks (1901-2000) spent most of his life in Oregon. One of the most brilliant cartoonists of the 20th century, Barks has entertained millions around the world with his timeless tales of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. In 1987, he was one of the three inaugural inductees in the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame (along with Eisner and Jack Kirby). Giorgio Cavazzano is an Italian artist that started his career at the age of 14 inking for Romano Scarpa producing stories for Disney with the characters Micke Mouse, Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, and others. He is known for combining the traditional appearance of Disney characters with realistic illustrations of technological gadgets and machinery.