"The Phantom of Notre Duck"

Here's this. Perhaps you have heard of it. It's a fairly atypical Barks story, so let's get to it.Now, you might say, this is actually kind of typical for this era of Barks, innit? The one that also gave us "Queen of the Wild Dog Pack," "The Loony Lunar Gold Rush," "Intergalactic Postman," et al. And you're not wrong. There's all kinds of goofy wordplay here, eg, of which "a swingin' swingin' door" is merely the tip of the iceburg. And generally, it's certainly goofy enough. But also...look, it's kind of weird that I'm writing this like this, as though I'm trying to keep things quiet until I can do my big reveal. I doubt anyone reading this hasn't also read it. But we'll get into stuff as it comes up, kay? Seems fair.I do love Scrooge's insane 3-D abacus, I'll tell you that much. (And even if you haven't read it, come on--I have a high opinion of you. I think you can infer anything I skip over just fine. It's all good.)"Savage duck." "Mad duck." Cool, cool. Although "if you smell money, you're off limits?" I mean, I get what it means, presumably, but surely something like "you're trespassing" would be better? Seeing Scrooge cheerily talking about "hex proofing" certainly demonstrat...