Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: Operation Galleon Grab: Disney Masters Vol. 22

by Giorgio Cavazzano

The Beagle Boys give Scrooge a super sea battle in this wild new collection of adventure comics! When Scrooge McDuck finds an old model ship covered with clues to a sunken treasure galleon, pirate gold seems close! But so is a real rival billionaire John D. Rockerduck, following the clues on a second model ship! But… are both tycoons being tricked? The terrible Beagle Boys are also at sea and know much too much about this treasure hunt! Also in this exciting Donald Duck seeks a crocodile-infested fountain of youth in “There’s No Fool Like an Old Fool”; Goofy battles supervillains in “Here Today, Gone Apollo”… and Scrooge discovers a parallel dimension in “Brother From Another Earth”! Full-color illustrations throughout

Genres: Comics, Fiction, Humor

192 pages, Hardcover

Published July 18, 2023

About the author

Cavazzano was born in Venice, Italy. He started his career at the age of 14, as an assistant to Luciano Capitanio (his cousin) and an inker for Romano Scarpa. He produced stories about Disney characters Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck and others.
Cavazzano's work is known for combining the traditional rubbery appearance of Disney characters with realistic illustration of technological gadgets and machinery. This style has had a big influence on many Disney illustrators of the new generation, especially the Italians.
Recently, he drew the series 'Big Bazoon' for the Italian Playboy, and cooperated with the Spanish artist Sergio Aragonés on the gag series 'Oran et Outang'/'C'Est la Jungle' in Spirou. He also illustrated the epic Disney fantasy comic World of the Dragonlords, which was written by Byron Erickson. In Italy, he continued to draw Disney comics for Topolino. In 2006, he set up a new series for Disney Italia, 'Jungle Town'.
He has received numerous awards for his work in comics. Apart from Disney, he has also been involved in drawing other, less known, comics and has done work in advertisement.

Reviews

[Al Berry · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting selection of stories, I don’t like the techno type of art that Cavazzano develops in the 90s, his art from the 70s and 80s is superior. He’s still better than some of his fellow Italians, like the subpar Luciano Bottaro.

Most stories are written by others so the quality is quite variable. Overall another set of unique tales, and I’ll continue to read the series as long as art isn’t by Bottaro.