His Fortune On The Rocks, also printed as just Fortune on the Rocks, is a comic story written and drawn by Don Rosa. It features Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, and, in their debuts, the Snee-Kah Indians. The Roadrunner and Batman a cameo in one panel each.
Plot[]
Scrooge McDuck ropes his nephews into a climb up Snee-Kah Peak (which he recently bought as part of a larger business deal with the Snee-Kah Indians) looking for precious ore to make this forced purchase profitable. Unfortunately, all they find is disappointment, mountain goats, and a lot of misunderstandings…
References[]
- Scrooge McDuck bought Snee-Kah Peak from the Snee-Kah Indians. He also earns some desert land in the middle of Phoenix.
Continuity[]
- Donald Duck refers to his one-time membership of the Little Booneheads, first mentioned in Carl Barks's Ten-Star Generals (1951).
Behind the scenes[]
This story was first printed in 1988 in Uncle Scrooge Adventurs #9, and was reprinted in Uncle Scrooge Adventures in Color by Don Rosa #7, Walt Disney Treasures #1, and, of course, in the Don Rosa Library, as well as serialized in the British London Editions Disney Weekley #1 and #2 (under the title of just Fortune on the Rocks).