COMIX #24 republished by the sea history of Don Rosa, "Thesaurus in the Glass". The cover more impressive than that of COMIX 75 of the First Period but the structure of the issue is like that of previous issues of 2016.
The twenty-fourth COMIX has total, 7 stories. Let's go take a look at them.
The first story "Thesaurus in the Glass" It has 20 pages.
Summary:
Scrooge and his nephews are looking for a treasure in the Florida seas.
Rosa's plan is beautiful and history has some impressive frame. But I think that in connection with Barks' sea stories he's a little behind in some things like action and danger. Otherwise it is a very beautiful story with Scrooge and his nephews discovering a very important map. Waterscapes of the sea are beautifully designed.
For the above, I'll add one. 9-9,5/10.
The second story is "Conney and Blyde".
Summary:
Donald and Daisy arrive in an isolated city following Donald's mistake and due to their resemblance to a couple of robbers, they are arrested by its inhabitants.
Let's start with the secondary stories of the issue. History from Vikar's pen which was very modest script while the design was its strongest point. Didn't the villagers see that Donald and Daisy don't look particularly like the bandits couple? It seemed very strange to me or that Donald and Daisy trusted the bandits... In general, we have the standard ten pages we'll forget after a week.
We'll use it. 6/10.
The third story is Escape From Adventure.
Summary:
Minnie is determined to ban Mickey from any new adventure.
So we've reached Noel Van Horne's story. The plan is very modest while the script is pointless and generally fits for Super Mickey... Well, that story isn't about COMIX. Minnie's not well designed and acting like a little girl. Still history could come out in fewer pages. What's wrong with Van Horne? But what I do know is that we're losing great stories with Mickey.
We'll use it. 4/10.
The fourth story is "The Crime Trade Union".
Summary:
Scrooge manages in disguise to become president of the crime union in order to neutralize the outlaws of Limnoupoli.
The third best story the issue had. Smart script and a pretty good plan, but I didn't like a few things. Like the Crime syndicate is 5-6 people. The underworld of Limnoupoli had to consist of much more. I generally liked the idea that Scrooge would sneak into the underworld to learn the plans of the bandits. I found it kind of original. Another two points I liked in history was how Scrooge took the Marrowlyns out of battle but also on the last page the first big frame that reminds the scene of Barks' story "The Horror of the Mounds".
So, 6,5/10.
The third story is "Guard Treasure".
Summary:
Scrooge and Donald reveal a map according to which in Mr. Jones' garden there is a treasure.
History from Mau Hymans... He came in to fill the issue and it's meaningless. As for the plan, one is good and one is not. As with Noel Van Horn, the Staff is passing us and the five-pages of Hymans... if we don't read their stories, we'll get hurt.
One, 5,5/10 We'll put it on.
The sixth story is "Lost in the Desert".
Summary:
Donald and his nephews are looking for Lufa in the desert, believing he's lost there.
Well, I don't know what father and son have caught, but his stories go together... Along with his son the story of Van Horn is one of the worst of the issue! The plan unlike his son is quite good but the story script was nonexistent! Maybe more meaningless ten pages I've ever read! It could be in fewer pages, but there was no good gang or anything that would make you remember the story.
One 4,5/10 I think it's only because of the plan.
Seventh story is "Identity Change".
Summary:
Magica manages to take Scrooge's body and give Scrooge her own body with an identity exchange bomb.
Very good script but drawing and coloring is the biggest disadvantage in history. The plan is relatively good when it could be better. Especially the design of Magica sometimes... The script was presented intelligently. Magica and Scrooge change identities and I really liked the Battle scene with Scrooge (Matzika) and Magica (Scrooge) in Vesuvius. The witch's magic arsenal was also used, showing that her house is dangerous. The second best of the issue and I enjoyed it. Long time no see a very good companion for which they did not have an article! There had to be an article and they could tell about Barks' story."For an old penny." In which Magica takes the form of Scrooge.
One 7,5/10 So for the story!
COMIX #24 was the best in terms of accompanying stories so far (the two we talked about) we saw this year from the Rosa issues... I will emphasise again that very negative articles have been cut. We only have one for Rosa's story... It would be good to have a lot because without it the magazine loses its identity. We'll do the above. 6,5/10 as an issue. Relatively good issue along with 2 pretty good accompaniments (and the rest of the crap) and Rossa's story. Imagine if they put Fantomy’s stories or generally multi-pages how much better a reprinted issue would be. And we'd all be happy.
In the new issue of COMIX we will see again (for seven times!) reprint history of Rosa "Back to Xanadu" as a main 30-page story. This story has been in the past COMIX 78 1994 and 2009 COMIX Library 2. It's on Friday. 29 July. We don't know anything about the rest of the story.
The cover of COMIX #25 I have to say it is very impressive (including the black frame) and would fit better in volume.
According to the calendar the poster for the month August (COMIX 26) is dedicated to history "The Wendigo War" published in COMIX 143 The 2000 and COMIX 3 Library The 2009.
I wonder how long it's gonna be to see a story of the decent thing with Mickey in COMIX... Even if it's not from Castie. Van Horn not only is for Super Mickey but reminds me of the bad times of COMIX on Terzopoulos (bad issues after 250 and may just before) with low-level stories. I wonder when the Fantomy stories will come in. Have they forgotten? Even as escorts. It's tragic, though, to have good stories and not have them and to keep them. But here you will tell me that even the articles have now been reduced to one for Rosa's story. I don't say there are stories that don't deserve an article but here we had 1-2 worth having!
Finally, COMIX continues the year Rosa with the twenty - fourth issue rising a little. Small improvement in COMIX 24 in accompanying stories (2 good) but that is unfortunately not enough again. The best thing would be to have another multi-page with the reprint or the reprints not going in consecutively so that we could see stories of other creators. It is exhausting to be the same creator all the time and here it is also a reprint.
What is your opinion, according to the above?
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