The Return of Rebo, originally printed as Paperino e il Returno di Rebo (which would be translated as Donald Duck and the Return of Rebo), is a comic story written and drawn by Luciano Bottaro. A sequel to Bottaro's then-35-years-old classic Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket, it features Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, Rebo and his Generals, Gladstone Gander, Saturnian Cats, a Weepasaur and the Jovian Fisherman. Grandma Duck is mentioned, a puppet with the likeness of Mickey Mouse is prominently featured, and a flashback also shows the Donald-Robots.
Plot
An attempt by Scrooge McDuck at a publicity stunt involving aliens unhappily coincides with the revenge scheme of Rebo, the indefatigable and egotistical Supreme Leader of the planet Saturn whom Donald Duck defeated thirty-five years earlier. Both ducks, whisked off to Rebo's humongous mothership in a Saturnian Saucer, discover… a giant toy assembly line. But not all is not as it seems!
Continuity
- The Duck family, the Saturnians and the Jovians all remember and recall the events of Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket (1960).
Behind the scenes
This story was first published in Italy in its original version in Topolino #2049. An English version by Jonathan Gray was published in America in 2018's Disney Masters #2, alongside the original story.
