Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Lonely Lighthouse on Cape Quack

The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library #29

by Carl Barks, Daan Jippes

Donald Duck tries to light a lighthouse in a powerful storm while a saboteur schemes against him. And Magica De Spell is back with another plan to steal Uncle Scrooge’s No. 1 Dime! Plus 15 more stories!

In the title story, it’s a cold and lonely night at the lighthouse on remote Cape Quack when the storm of the century suddenly pounds and pummels the tiny outpost. Donald and the boys are trying to help light the light to warn off all the ships at sea, but a sneaky crook who wants to claim the land for himself has wrecked the controls. With every passing minute, the storm grows fiercer, the waves crash higher, and the ships draw nearer to the deadly reef.
Then, Magica De Spell is back, this time with a Valentine’s Day threat to steal Uncle Scrooge’s No. 1 Dime. His only hope to save it lies with Donald and the boys ― but can they even fend off Magica’s secret plan?

And, Donald sets out on a new career as a “Master Wrecker,” demolishing old and outdated buildings. Hmm. Giving a crane and wrecking ball to Donald Duck. What could possibly go wrong? Plus: The Junior Woodchucks are back in four new crafty adventures, written and penciled by Barks and finished and inked by Daan Jippes.

The Good Duck Artist delivers another superb collection of surprise, delight, comedy, adventure, and all-around cartooning brilliance. Seventeen stories in all, more than 180 pages of story and art, each meticulously restored and newly colored. Plus, insightful story notes by an international panel of Barks experts.

Full-color illustrations throughout

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

220 pages, Hardcover

First published October 14, 2025

About the author

Carl Barks was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him "The Duck Man" and "The Good Duck Artist". In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Barks worked for the Disney Studio and Western Publishing where he created Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), The Junior Woodchucks (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952), Cornelius Coot (1952), Flintheart Glomgold (1956), John D. Rockerduck (1961) and Magica De Spell (1961).
He has been named by animation historian Leonard Maltin as "the most popular and widely read artist-writer in the world". Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books." Beginning especially in the 1980s, Barks' artistic contributions would be a primary source for animated adaptations such as DuckTales and its 2017 remake.

Reviews

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weaker Barks stories are still good, but if you've read every other volume, these feel repetitive and stale

[Ángel Javier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Otra excelente colección de relatos del gran dibujante de patos por excelencia, Carl Barks. Poco que reseñar, sin embargo, ya que no difiere en demasía de otros tomos de la biblioteca. Resaltar las excelentes contribuciones del artista holandés Daan Jippes entintando y restaurando historias que, por lo que sea, han quedado dañadas por el tiempo o se publicaron de manera diferente a la que Barks hubiera querido. Otra cosa a señalar es la curiosa perversión con la que Barks trata a veces a su más genial creación, Gilito McPato, cambiando su carácter de duro y avaricioso, pero justo hombre de negocios a capitalista sin escrúpulo alguno. En mi opinión, esto puede reflejar la cada vez más cínica visión de la vida que tenía el genial artista, pero va en detrimento de la caracterización y coherencia del personaje. En fin, menudencias, al fin y al cabo...