The Tragic Magic Touch is a comic story drawn by Tony Strobl. It features Madam Mim, the Beagle Boys, Spitfire, Pluto and the likenesses of Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck and Ludwig von Drake. Mickey Mouse is mentioned and Emily Quackfaster makes a cameo.
Plot[]
Having been sent out by Mim to capture a dog for her cat Spitfire to play with, the Beagle Boys bring back an abducted Pluto. Aghast at drawing Mickey Mouse's ire, Mim orders them to bring him back home instantly. Realizing that they cannot do so in broad daylight as themselves, Mim shapeshifts the Beagles into the forms of Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck and Ludwig von Drake. What could go wrong?
Behind the scenes[]
The Tragic Magic Touch was first printed in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #296. It was only ever reprinted in English in the Australian Walt Disney's Comics #233.