Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #57
In "The Bigger the Beggar," Scrooge McDuck is drawn into a bizarre scientific scheme when a physicist unveils a mysterious teaching machine capable of pouring knowledge directly into the mind. When the Brutopian consul steals the device and forces Scrooge, the scientist, and Donald into the Dismal Swamp, the nephews must rescue them—only to find their helicopter swallowed by quicksand. Written and illustrated by Carl Barks, this 1965 adventure blends wacky invention with classic Disney peril, all on a cover by Carl Barks.
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A physicist invents a "teaching machine"—a small box that "spurts knowledge from an ionized core into the student's mental muscles." He asks Scrooge for his financial assistance, but the Brutopian consul steals the machine and uses it to command both Scrooge and the scientist to go to the Dismal Swamp, then commands Donald to go to the swamp, too. The nephews take him there in the Junior Woodchuck's helicopter, but it sinks in the quicksand before they can leave.
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