Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Lost Peg Leg Mine Hardcover – 28 Mar. 2018

This review applies to all Donald Duck books by Carl Barks. This man was a genius. Not just in its story telling but also in it's art work and being able to show all the different emotional expressions in the character's faces.I was brought up with these stories before I could read and you don't need to be able to read to enjoy them, so I am biased. I think the following in the UK will be small as the Donald Duck magazines published here were nothing like these Donald Duck stories which were published in the USA and the Netherlands - and were what they were, baby publications.These are stories written for adults to share with the children. There are so many plays on names and characters of the day that a child wouldn't necessarily understand but adds to the enjoyment of the more grown up and at same time takes nothing away for the child.It's a pity that so many go for the superman/heroe type things which while having impressive illustrations and art work are nowhere near as relaxing and funny as Donald.I tend to think there's a Donald Duck hidden inside all of us, and maybe that's its appeal to so many.

excellent, those were the bests times of Walt Disney's Donald Duck with only one pair Don Rosa

Another excellent collection... recommended for children and adult fans of comic art

Excellent book and very nice delivery

Excellent reproduction of the master!

This Donald Duck comic book contains all stories of equal length (10 pages each). The stories themselves vary in quality.The title story “The Lost Peg Leg Mine” gets to a rather whirlwind start and those familiar with bigger Barks stories can feel that more details could have been added to make it smoother, but nevertheless it’s enjoyable.The one liked the most is “The Runaway Train” – a story that contrasts the alacrity of Donald’s nephews’ mind with the indifference nature of Donald about anything serious. It encompasses importance knowing science and mathematics (in calculating the runaway trains’ meeting time), alertness (nephews not missing the news while still playing with their toys), presence of mind (asking help from Uncle Scrooge when they know nobody else is even going to believe them), and many more things. In short this is a model story for all ages to learn and imitate upon.Gyro, for the first time, gets one story under his belt “Gyro’s Imagination Invention” which lets the boys and Donald travel to prehistoric times. While it shows Barks remarkable imagination on how different scales of comparison can be, it also indicates some kind of time travel.“Red Apple Sap” is a special one because unlike the characteristic nature of Gladstone who is not very generous, he gives away his apples to Donald which is kind of a different twist towards the end of the story.Rest of the stories are pretty much in line with Barks style – Donald/Nephews getting into troubles for no apparent reasons or quick judgement calls and in the rest of the story they try to get out of the mess. Or Donald getting helped by the nephews in hindsight and getting delusions of grandeur (“The Runaway Train” or “Borderline Hero”). Uncle Scrooge has a lesser extent of appearance in this book, which is understandable because Barks had already started crafting dedicated story lines for him.Quite a handful to make you giggle!

Carl Barks is a legend, and the magic continues in this book. A great buy for fans.

My 9 year old cannot get enough of these books, he reads and reads. He's now on his 9'th book, and still want more. Great for stimulating reading for small ones.