Im Bann der Hexe

Lustiges Taschenbuch #465

by Walt Disney Company

Hex-hex, ein Spruch, ein Lächeln – und schon ist alles zauberhaft? Nicht mit Gundel Gaukeley! Wer in den Bann dieser Hexe gerät, hat ein Problem! Wenn Gundel sich den Besen schnappt und mit ihrem getreuen Gefährten und Gehilfen, dem Raben Nimmermehr, den Abflug aus ihrem Hexenhaus am Hang des Vesuvs macht, dann wird’s brenzlig. Denn dann will sie was, und wenn Gundel was will, ist ihr von der Buff-Bombe bis zum Gestaltwandel jedes Mittel recht. Meistens will die schwarzhaarige, schwarz gekleidete Schwarzmagierin etwas ganz Bestimmtes: Dagobert Ducks Nummer eins nämlich, den Glückstaler, den sie im Vulkanfeuer zu einem mächtigen Amulett umzuschmelzen gedenkt. Und diesmal ist sie überzeugt, beim Studium einer uralten Schriftrolle genau den richtigen Zauber zu diesem Zwecke gefunden zu haben. Sogar die Planeten stehen unglückseligerweise bald richtig … Als Zauberer verkleidet soll mit Düsentriebs Hilfe ausgerechnet Donald für seinen vorgewarnten Erbonkel die Kastanien aus dem Feuer und die gefährliche Schriftrolle aus Azgorath holen, das ist ein geheimer Ort zur Aufbewahrung alles Magischen und gesichert mit Mitteln modernster Magie. Wer sich da wohl als Erster entzaubert?

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 3, 2015

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Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

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